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English: Vertical hand-colored lithograph showing an oddly equipped prospector on the plains, 350 miles west of St. Louis, walking to California. The caption beneath the title reads: "I neither borrow nor lend". The image satirizes the gold fever which sent thousands to California in 1849-1850.
Title: "The Independent Gold Hunter on His Way to California.".
Date circa 1849
date QS:P,+1849-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source Missouri History Museum
URL: http://images.mohistory.org/image/429894E5-CA75-D2FC-CFF6-AAA7A070A884/original.jpg
Gallery: http://collections.mohistory.org/resource/146385
Author N. Currier
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Print Box A-28- Miscellaneous Prints
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Gold discoveries
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Discovery and exploration
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146385
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429894E5-CA75-D2FC-CFF6-AAA7A070A884

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