Rushing

Two diverse events converge in today's offering: On this date in 1848 James Marshall finds gold in Sutter's Mill (Coloma, California) — marking the beginning of the Gold Rush — and on the same day in 1899 Humphrey O'Sullivan patents the rubber heel, a most useful invention.

This yellow Retro Empty Pockets T-Shirt with its beautiful vintage comic book style line drawing of a shoe moving purposefully forward at the expense of some very loose change — the complete Retro Empty Pocket series is here — can be found in the absolutely fabulous Retro Art section of CafePress.com's Digiart-Mall shop.

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