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California Gold Rush Cartoon,1849

"The way they go to California," Currier, circa 1849. A Gold Rush cartoon, showing a dock crowded with men with picks and shovels, and men jumping from the dock to reach a departing ship. A crowded airship and a man on a rocket fly overhead, and a man with a pick and shovel parachutes from the airship.

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California Gold Rush Cartoon,1849

Caption:

"The way they go to California," Currier, circa 1849. A Gold Rush cartoon, showing a dock crowded with men with picks and shovels, and men jumping from the dock to reach a departing ship. A crowded airship and a man on a rocket fly overhead, and a man with a pick and shovel parachutes from the airship.

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Album / Science Source / Library of Congress

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Image size:

5921 x 3997 px | 67.7 MB

Print size:

50.1 x 33.8 cm | 19.7 x 13.3 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

19TH CENTURY • AMERICA • ART • BW • CALIFORNIA • CARICATURE • CARTOON • FORTY-NINERS • GOLD MINERS • GOLD RUSH • GOLDRUSH • HISTORY • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • PERSON • PROSPECTORS • SATIRE • SHIP • USA • WAY THEY GO TO CALIFORNIA, THE