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- Creator:
- Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876
- Call Number:
- WA MSS 128
- Image Count:
- 49
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Reports to the Assistant Adj. Gen., Dept. of Dakota and orders signed by 1st Lt. James Calhoun
- Description:
- The Black Hills Expedition, the 7th United States Cavalry commanded by Gen. Custer, under the authority of Gen. Terry, was to reconnoiter a route to the Black Hills and explore their interior. It left from Fort Hall July 2, 1874 and returned in August. and Available on microfilm.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.)
- Subject (Name):
- Custer, George A. 1839-1876. (George Armstrong), and United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th.
- Subject (Topic):
- Exploring expeditions and Gold discoveries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Black Hills Expedition order and dispatch book, 1874
3.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1848 and 1850?]
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- 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 fighting; miners using various tools including baskets, gold pans, shovels, picks and cradles; mining camp and rolling hills in distance
- Description:
- BEIN WA Prints +204: On sheet 29 x 37 cm. and At foot of print: 370.
- Publisher:
- Kelloggs and Comstock and Ensign and Thayer
- Subject (Geographic):
- California and Sacramento River (Calif.)
- Subject (Topic):
- Gold miners, Gold panning, Indians of North America, African Americans, and Gold discoveries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > California gold diggers : mining operations on the western shore of the Sacramento River
4.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1850 and 1855?]
- 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 ersatz Jenny Lind in performance, and a central group of both men and women jostling their way into a mine
- 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:
- 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 ...
6.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1852 and 1860?]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 428
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Four vignettes illustrate two men's experience with gold prospecting, from the promise of the early trek, to the excitement of a pan of gold, to the doldrums of a worthless pit, to the final bedraggled return to civilization
- Description:
- BEIN WA Prints 428: State A, with "9" in upper right corner., BEIN WA Prints 429: State B, with no number in corner., Title from caption above image., and Known to exist in two different states. State A has "9" printed in the upper right corner. State B has no such printed number.
- Publisher:
- Lith. & published by Britton & Rey, corner of Montgomery & Commercial Sts
- Subject (Geographic):
- California
- Subject (Topic):
- Gold miners, Miners, Gold mines and mining, and Gold discoveries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The mining business in four pictures
7.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1852 and 1860?]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 429
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Four vignettes illustrate two men's experience with gold prospecting, from the promise of the early trek, to the excitement of a pan of gold, to the doldrums of a worthless pit, to the final bedraggled return to civilization
- Description:
- BEIN WA Prints 428: State A, with "9" in upper right corner., BEIN WA Prints 429: State B, with no number in corner., Title from caption above image., and Known to exist in two different states. State A has "9" printed in the upper right corner. State B has no such printed number.
- Publisher:
- Lith. & published by Britton & Rey, corner of Montgomery & Commercial Sts
- Subject (Geographic):
- California
- Subject (Topic):
- Gold miners, Miners, Gold mines and mining, and Gold discoveries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The mining business in four pictures
