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Image contains nine vignettes depicting the various exploits, struggles, and encounters of "Mr. Greenhorn" when he first arrives in San Francisco. The vignettes are satires of life in San Francisco and of the many prospective miners coming to California. "Published & Sold by Cooke & Lecount Booksellers & Stationers, Montgomery St. S. F. Lith. by Justh Quirot. Jackson St S. F."--text, below image. Paper color: gray.
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Image of a wide main street stretching back with buildings on both sides. Rolling hills with a few scattered trees are in the background. "Lith. & Published by Quirot & Co. corner of California & Montgomery Sts S-Francisco."--text, below image. Paper color: gray.
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Image is of three log cabins, a tent, men at the foot of a mountain, oxen and a wagon, and men mining in a stream. "C. Riehn del. Lith & Published by Quirot & Co. corner Montgomery & California Sts. S.F."--text, below image. Paper color: gray.
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Image of a village nestled in a ravine. There are several oxen-drawn carts and horsemen in the foreground and sparse tall trees on the low hills in the background. "Lith. & Published by Quirot & Co. corner Montgomery & California Sts. S. Francisco."--text, below image. Paper color: gray.
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![Miners Weighing Their Gold [upper], The Dream of a Prospecting Miner [lower]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4KX1TJQ%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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Upper image is of three miners seated around a crude table. One miner is weighing his gold while the other watch. The lower image is of a miner sleeping by a fire with his weapons nearby. Three vignettes above him depict his dreams. "Lith. & Published by Quirot & Co. corner Montgomery & California Sts. S. Francisco." Paper color: gray.
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Image of buildings at the foot of rolling hills. Signs for several of the buildings are marked. There is a fence in the foreground and miners are digging in the dry river bed between the fence and the town. "Lith. & Published by Quirot & Co. corner of Montgomery & California Sts. S. Francisco."--text, below image. Paper color: gray.
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