Gold Rush Of 1849 San Francisco
Posted in Jewellery on 01/13/2010 10:02 pm by admin
Two early letters from the California Gold Rush for auction at PBA Galleries
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Prospectors landing in San Francisco during the Gold Rush Photo Mugs Gold-seekers arriving in San Francisco to head for mining regions, 1848. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration…. |
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Photo Jigsaw Puzzle of San Francisco, Calif from Mary Evans $29.99 Photo Puzzle, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. The former Spanish settlement of Yerba Buena was taken from the Mexicans in 1846 and renamed San Francisco it expanded rapidly during the Gold Rush of 1849. Chosen by Mary Evans. 10×14 Photo Puzzle with 252 pieces. Packed in black cardboard box of dimensions 5 5/8 x 7 5/8 x 1 1/5. Puzzle image 5×7 affixed to box top. Puzzle pieces printed on RA4 paper at 300 dpi… |
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Photo Jigsaw Puzzle of Bay of San Francisco, Upper California from Mary Evans $29.99 Photo Puzzle, Bay of San Francisco, Upper California. San Francisco was the scene of a gold rush in 1849, men made their way to California from all over the world. Chosen by Mary Evans. 10×14 Photo Puzzle with 252 pieces. Packed in black cardboard box of dimensions 5 5/8 x 7 5/8 x 1 1/5. Puzzle image 5×7 affixed to box top. Puzzle pieces printed on RA4 paper at 300 dpi. This item is shipped from o… |
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Photo Jigsaw Puzzle of San Francisco, In 1848 from Mary Evans $29.99 Photo Puzzle, SAN FRANCISCO, IN 1848. Compare this 1848 view with our view from 1850, and youll see the enormous expansion of the town during the Gold Rush of 1849 ! . Chosen by Mary Evans. 10×14 Photo Puzzle with 252 pieces. Packed in black cardboard box of dimensions 5 5/8 x 7 5/8 x 1 1/5. Puzzle image 5×7 affixed to box top. Puzzle pieces printed on RA4 paper at 300 dpi. This item is shipped fr… |
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The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream $6.99 Texas A&M University professor H.W. Brands enhances his reputation as one of America’s great popular historians with The Age of Gold, which tells the story of the California gold rush through rollicking narrative and intelligent analysis. “James Marshall’s discovery of gold at Coloma [in 1848] turned out to be a seminal event in history, one of those rare moments that divide human existence into b… |
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The Forty-niners: The California Gold Rush (Annotated) $3.99 * New Introduction, annotated, edited, new cover by Linda Pendleton. The Forty-niners:The discovery of gold in January, 1848 at Sutterâs Mill in Coloma, California, by James Marshall was the beginning of the California gold rush. It took some time for the news of the first discoveries to spread and then to be believed as credible. Gold had been found in small quantities several years before, … |
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The California Diary Of Captain John Sutter, From 1838 Through The 1849 Gold Rush $2.99 A look at the personal diary of Captain John Sutter, on whose land gold was first discovered in 1848. Deposited at the offices of the Argonaut, a California weekly newspaper, in 1878, it is written in Sutter’s own hand and contains numerous misspellings, but it is extremely valuable first hand information on California as it existed in the placid days before gold was discovered, and the hectic day… |