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California Gold Rush Collection

Background imageCalifornia Gold Rush Collection: Sutters Mill, site of the first gold discovery in California

Sutters Mill, site of the first gold discovery in California
Sutters Mill replica on the American River, where the Gold Rush began, Coloma, California. Digital photograph

Background imageCalifornia Gold Rush Collection: Panning for gold, California

Panning for gold, California
Reenactor panning for gold on the American River, where the Gold Rush started, Coloma, California. Digital photograph

Background imageCalifornia Gold Rush Collection: GLAT2A-00018

GLAT2A-00018
Boat landing at the Chagres River, Panama, a seaport during the California Gold Rush. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageCalifornia Gold Rush Collection: EVNT2A-00012

EVNT2A-00012
Prospectors panning for gold in the California Gold Rush. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageCalifornia Gold Rush Collection: California Gold Rush prospectors

California Gold Rush prospectors
California prospectors washing gravel in a stream, looking for gold. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageCalifornia Gold Rush Collection: Clipper ship loading supplies for the California gold fields

Clipper ship loading supplies for the California gold fields
Clipper ship R.B. Forbes in Boston, taking on cargo for California, 1851. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageCalifornia Gold Rush Collection: BUSN2A-00126

BUSN2A-00126
Tunnel in a California mine, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageCalifornia Gold Rush Collection: EVNT2A-00256

EVNT2A-00256
California Gold Rush miners in a gambling saloon playing faro. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageCalifornia Gold Rush Collection: EVNT2A-00311

EVNT2A-00311
Henry Biglers diary entry marking James Marshalls gold discovery at Sutters Mill, California, 1848. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash

Background imageCalifornia Gold Rush Collection: Prospector in the California Gold Rush

Prospector in the California Gold Rush
California prospector hoping to strike it rich. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageCalifornia Gold Rush Collection: PUSA2D-00001

PUSA2D-00001
Statue of James Marshall, whose discovery of gold on the American River started the California Gold Rush, Coloma, California. Digital photograph

Background imageCalifornia Gold Rush Collection: EVNT2A-00158

EVNT2A-00158
Sutters Fort in the 1840s when it became the center of the California Gold Rush. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageCalifornia Gold Rush Collection: EVNT2A-00199

EVNT2A-00199
Gold seekers en route to the California Gold Rush on a clipper ship in fair weather, 1849 or 1850. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageCalifornia Gold Rush Collection: HSET2A-00021

HSET2A-00021
California migrants last camp on the plains before heading over the Rockies, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageCalifornia Gold Rush Collection: HSET2A-00035

HSET2A-00035
Men around a wagon train campfire at night. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageCalifornia Gold Rush Collection: EVNT2A-00213

EVNT2A-00213
Prospectors traveling to the California gold regions crossing through jungle on the isthmus of Panama, 1849 or 1850. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageCalifornia Gold Rush Collection: EVNT2A-00220

EVNT2A-00220
Gold Rush prospectors washing sediments from a stream to find nuggets in California. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageCalifornia Gold Rush Collection: PUSA2A-00042

PUSA2A-00042
James Wilson Marshall, discoverer of gold in California, with his signature. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century portrait

Background imageCalifornia Gold Rush Collection: EVNT2A-00175

EVNT2A-00175
Prospectors finding gold in a stream during the California Gold Rush. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageCalifornia Gold Rush Collection: EVNT2A-00176

EVNT2A-00176
Town of Marysville, California, during the California Gold Rush, 1850. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageCalifornia Gold Rush Collection: EVNT2A-00173

EVNT2A-00173
Prospectors traveling a rough road to the gold regions of California. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageCalifornia Gold Rush Collection: EVNT2A-00106

EVNT2A-00106
Prospectors panning for gold during the California Gold Rush. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageCalifornia Gold Rush Collection: EVNT2A-00096

EVNT2A-00096
Sutters Mill, site of James Marshalls discovery of gold in California, 1848. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageCalifornia Gold Rush Collection: EVNT2A-00077

EVNT2A-00077
Prospectors looking for new diggings during the Gold Rush, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageCalifornia Gold Rush Collection: EVNT2A-00032

EVNT2A-00032
Miners ball during the California Gold Rush. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th century painting

Background imageCalifornia Gold Rush Collection: EVNT2A-00005

EVNT2A-00005
Prospector washing pebbles from a stream using a cradle device to sparate gold nuggets. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageCalifornia Gold Rush Collection: Prospectors cabins, California Gold Rush

Prospectors cabins, California Gold Rush
Miners camp in Boston Ravine, Grass Valley, during the California Gold Rush, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration


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