Title:
A gold hunter on his way to California via St. Louis
Creator/Contributor:
Robinson, H. R. (active ca. 1849), publisher (publisher)
Date:
[ca. 1849]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0440--B
Format:
print on paper: lithograph
43.2 x 33 cm.
Content/Description:
Prospector carrying suitcase and loaded down with knives, mining tools, cookware, and food items making his way to California;
signpost displays distances to California and St. Louis.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (UC): I am sorry I did not follow... through the straits or by Chagres; (LC, below title): Published
by H.R. Robinson, 31 Park Row, N[ew] York. See also 1963.002:0441--B and 1963.002:1485--B.
Subjects:
Clothing & dress;
Equipment;
Gold rushes;
Miners;
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Genre/Format:
Lithographs