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Print shows a prospector with a pick working next to a stream and a sluice-box labeled "Klondike Placer" surrounded by vultures labeled "Gin Mill Keeper, Card Sharp, Dance House Keeper, Gambling Den, Dive Keeper, [and] Opium Joint" perched on rocks, watching. Also shows two large buildings in the background.

Alois Senefelder, the inventor of lithography, introduced the subject of colored lithography in 1818. Printers in other countries, such as France and England, were also started producing color prints. The first American chromolithograph—a portrait of Reverend F. W. P. Greenwood—was created by William Sharp in 1840. Chromolithographs became so popular in American culture that the era has been labeled as "chromo civilization". During the Victorian times, chromolithographs populated children's and fine arts publications, as well as advertising art, in trade cards, labels, and posters. They were also used for advertisements, popular prints, and medical or scientific books.

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gold mining yukon klondike river valley gold miners gold rushes vultures frontier and pioneer life vice cartoons commentary chromolithographs color periodical illustrations partners dalrymple political cartoons vintage images prints 19th century vintage color illustrations library of congress
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Date

01/01/1897
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Contributors

Dalrymple, Louis, 1866-1905, artist
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Chromolithographs

Chromolithograph is printed by multiple applications of lithographic stones, each using a different color ink.
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klondike river valley
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Library of Congress
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http://www.loc.gov/
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gold mining yukon klondike river valley gold miners gold rushes vultures frontier and pioneer life vice cartoons commentary chromolithographs color periodical illustrations partners dalrymple political cartoons vintage images prints 19th century vintage color illustrations library of congress