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(Huntington Library: HM 43214 #90) William Rich Hutton, an itinerant land surveyor and mapmaker, produced dozens of pencil and watercolor drawings of California scenes during his sojourn there between 1847 and 1853.
(Huntington Library: RB 82892) As gold fever intensified through 1849 and beyond, shipowners and brokers in every major American port produced a blizzard of newspaper advertisements and broadsides. Seeing the opportunities presented by the enormous demand for passenger berths, they promoted their own golden visions of El Dorado.
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