The way they go to California / lith. & pub. by N. Currier. – Historic Print
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The way they go to California / lith. & pub. by N. Currier.
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Printed in New York around 1849, this satirical lithograph takes its title from the many ways people set out for California. Nathaniel Currier issued it from his Spruce Street shop during the gold rush, which followed the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in January 1848. Hopefuls reached the goldfields by sailing around Cape Horn, crossing overland by wagon, or taking the Isthmus of Panama route. Cartoons like this one poked fun at the era's reckless optimism and show how eastern audiences viewed the migration.
| Created / published | Spruce, N.Y. : Published by N. Currier, c1849. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Editorial cartoons 1840-1850.Lithographs 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7107. |
| Subjects | Gold rushes--California--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,323 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-181333 |
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