Things as They Are 1849. picture of conditions in the goldfields of California during the 1849 Gold Rush contains a backhanded swipe at the outgoing Polk administration. Henry Serrell & S. Lee Perkins

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Things as They Are 1849. picture of conditions in the goldfields of California during the 1849 Gold Rush contains a backhanded swipe at the outgoing Polk administration. Henry Serrell & S. Lee Perkins

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