Mexican American Gallery

US takes New Mexico during the Mexican-American War

Stephen Kearny captures New Mexico Territory from Mexico, 1846.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Peddlers in San Francisco, 1850s

Hucksters in front of the Empire Saloon during the Gold Rush, San Francisco, 1850s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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