History: "Scottie the egger", an egg hunter on the Farallon Islands during the California Gold Rush. The mass migration of miners created food shortages and the egg hunters sailed 28 miles on dangerous waters to collect eggs on the inhospitable, rocky islands. c.1860 [2048 × 2570]

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