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Lot 214
Sale 6425 - American Historical Ephemera and Early Photography, including The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography
Part I - Lots 1-222
Oct 23, 2025
10:00AM ET
Part II - Lots 223-376
Oct 24, 2025
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$1,560
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Lot Description
[GOLD RUSH]. The Way They Raise a California Outfit. New York: N. Currier, 1849.
8 3/4 x 11 7/8 in. lithograph (sight), matted and framed to 22 x 25 1/4 in. Title and copyright printed beneath image, along with caption reading, "Here—saay—take the pair fur four shilln:—you wont? Well what-'ll you give—saay. I'm bound to sell um, 'cause I'm up Kaleforny.—" Featured is a man dressed in tattered clothing, holding up two scrawny chickens. A ragged woman sits in a wagon led by a bony horse in the background. Text beneath the horse reads, "Overland route too Kalofoney."
This is one of a series of six prints produced by Currier satirizing various aspects of the rush for gold.
The Emily T. and Adolphus Andrews Collection of Native American Art

