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2.
- Creator:
- Kelloggs & Comstock, lithographer
- Call Number:
- WA Prints +205
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Print shows miners, Caucasians, Native American men, one African-American man, and one woman; panning and digging for gold along the Sacramento River in California. Some figures at left are seen holding gold nuggets in their hands; others at right are...
- Description:
- BEIN WA Prints +205: On sheet 29 x 37 cm.
- Subject (Geographic):
- California, Sacramento River (Calif.), and Sacramento River.
- Subject (Topic):
- Gold miners, Gold panning, African Americans, Indians of North America, and Gold discoveries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > California gold diggers. Mining operations on the western shore of the Sacramento River. [graphic]
3.
- Published / Created:
- [1854]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 398
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Abstract:
- John Sutter's account of James W. Marshall's discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill is accompanied by two large illustrations: a profile portrait of Marshall titled "Portait of Mr. Marshal, taken from nature at the time when he made the discovery of gold ...
- Alternative Title:
- Captain Sutter's account of the first discovery of gold
- Description:
- Title from caption in upper left.
- Publisher:
- Lith. & pub. by Britton & Rey
- Subject (Geographic):
- California and Coloma
- Subject (Name):
- Marshall, James Wilson, 1810-1885,
- Subject (Topic):
- Sawmills and Gold discoveries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Capt. Sutter's account of the first discovery of gold
4.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1850 and 1855?]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 377
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- stilll image and text
- Abstract:
- A satirical look at the characters in Gold Rush California, including miners, gamblers, charlatans, and other get-rich-quick schemers. Includes scenes of a miner carrying/wearing all his worldy goods, an exorbitant restaurant bill at Delmonico, an ers...
- Alternative Title:
- Departure for Eldorado
- Description:
- Title from sign above mine entrance at center of image.
- Publisher:
- Lith. by Quirot
- Subject (Geographic):
- California
- Subject (Topic):
- Miners, Internal migrants, Gold discoveries, and Wealth
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Departure for El Dorado
5.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1850 and 1859?]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 399
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two scenes of mining life. In the top scene, three miners, one of whom may be African-American, sit around a table in a cabin while a fourth miner weighs a small amount of gold. In the bottom scene, miners and their pack animals walk along a hilly tra...
- Description:
- Title from captions at bottom of each image.
- Publisher:
- Lith. & pub. by Britton & Rey, cor. Mont. & Comm'l. Sts
- Subject (Geographic):
- California
- Subject (Topic):
- Miners, Gold miners, African Americans, Gold mines and mining, and Gold discoveries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Dividing the pile ; Hard road to travel
6.
- Creator:
- Hutchings, J. M. (James Mason), 1820-1902, author
- Published / Created:
- [1855]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 415
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Abstract:
- A sheet with 12 images of various elements of Gold Rush mining operations, each with title and letterpress explanation of the activity depicted. The image for "Rocking the cradle" includes a Chinese worker. On the sheet's right side is a column listi...
- Alternative Title:
- Methods of mining
- Description:
- Title from caption at top of sheet.
- Publisher:
- Published by J.M. Hutchings
- Subject (Geographic):
- California and California.
- Subject (Topic):
- Gold mines and mining, Mining engineering, Gold miners, Miners, Gold discoveries, and Chinese
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hutchings' California scenes : methods of mining
7.
- Creator:
- Cooper, George Victor, 1810-1878, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1853]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 438
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from caption below image.
- Publisher:
- R.T. Young
- Subject (Geographic):
- California
- Subject (Name):
- Letts, J. M. (John M.) and Tracy, J. C.
- Subject (Topic):
- Prospecting, Gold miners, Gold mines and mining, Gold discoveries, Goldmining, Gold rushes, and Frontier & pioneer life
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > J.C. Tracy and myself "prospecting"
8.
- Creator:
- Swain, William, 1821-1904
- Call Number:
- WA MSS 466
- Image Count:
- 6
- Abstract:
- The journals and letters to his family and friends describe an 1849 trip from New York to California, by way of the Lakes, Chicago, St. Louis, and Independence. It notes preparations for the overland journey and traveling with the Wolverine Rangers to...
- Description:
- In 1849, Swain, with F. A. Bailey, M. Hutchinson, and J. Root,left Youngstown, New York, to join the California gold rush. After a few months at the mines, he returned to New York by Panama. He was a farmer in Youngstown and became prominent in local ...
- Subject (Geographic):
- California., California, Feather River Valley (Calif.), and West (U.S.)
- Subject (Name):
- Bailey, Frederick A., Hutchinson, Michael., Root, John, fl. 1849., Swain, George, 1819-1892., Swain, Patience., Swain, Sabrina., Swain, William, 1821-1904., and Wolverine Rangers (Firm)
- Subject (Topic):
- Frontier and pioneer life, Gold mines and mining, Ocean travel, Gold discoveries, and Description and travel
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Journals and letters, 1849-1851
9.
- Creator:
- Stuart, Joseph Alonzo, b. 1825
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-619
- Image Count:
- 3
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- The diary describes an 1849 overland journey to St. Joseph by rail and boat, and then by mule to California. The diary describes two years in the mines and Stuart's return to Lowell, Massachusetts, by way of Nicaragua. In 1851 he set out for Nicaragua...
- Description:
- In 1849 Stuart joined the Granite State and California Mining and Trading Company of Boston, which combined with the Mt. Washington Company of Boston.
- Subject (Geographic):
- California., California, and West (U.S.)
- Subject (Name):
- Stuart, Joseph Alonzo, b. 1825., Granite State and California Mining and Trading Company., and Mt. Washington Company.
- Subject (Topic):
- Frontier and pioneer life, Gold mines and mining, Ocean travel, Overland journeys to the Pacific, Voyages to the Pacific coast, Description and travel, and Gold discoveries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Notes on a trip to California, and life in the mines 1849-1853
10.
- Published / Created:
- 1849]
- Call Number:
- BrSides Zc72 849of
- Image Count:
- 2
- Description:
- BEIN: Imperfect: slightly mutilated.
- Subject (Geographic):
- California
- Subject (Name):
- Massasoit (Steamship) and South America (Ship)
- Subject (Topic):
- Gold discoveries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Off for California. The steamer Massasoit, Capt. Samuel Allen, by arrangement, is to tow the ship South America to sea, Saturday morning, Sept. 8th ...