California gold diggers-a scene from actual life at the mines, and California emigrants-the last day on the plains : engravings, ca. 1856.

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California gold diggers-a scene from actual life at the mines, and California emigrants-the last day on the plains : engravings, ca. 1856.

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Depicting scenes from early California history, these two sheets are from the illustrated weekly newspaper, Ballou's pictorial drawing-room companion. The weekly which was published in Boston changed its name from Gleason's pictorial in 1855 when the managing editor, Maturin Ballou purchased the paper.

2 prints ; 38 x 55.5 cm. or smaller.

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 8130361

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Ballou, Maturin Murray, 1820-1895

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Andrew, John, 1815-1875

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