Gold Rush History Buff Pillows

"Sorry Pardner, but this is fool's gold!"

'No, you can't drain the spaghetti in it!'

"Yep, first the gold run out, then the microchip manufacturing went overseas."

'...But the good news is your old Enron stock has become a high-priced collectible!'

'I miss the 90s. The good old days of hostile takeovers.'

"You never saw a tax haven. Now look into this light.

More Money for Greece.

A Gambling Scene At Pike's Peak, Colorado

The cry rang out. "There's gold in that there castle in the sky!" And the great beanstalk rush of 1849 had begun.

Quotes from Chairman Bernanke.

Deadwood 25 miles

First Market Decline

The high tech crash of the early 2000s...and the depression that followed.

The Two Economies

Spain Bleeding Under the German Controlled Euro.

"What about that! His brain still uses the old vacuum tubes."

Enron collapse starts domino effect.

"If there are nuggets in the sluice, let's dine out tonight."

'We're ahead of the game. We've lost nothing since we never had anything.'

European Capital Investment in the Ottoman State

"Remember always power up you machine clockwise"

Bank...formed 1893, merged 1971, saved by the Federal Government 1989.

Emblematic Print of the South Sea Bubble.

'Thinking back though, I'd have to say we all had a bloody good financial crisis.'

Spain-Italy-Debt-Interest rates

'Remember how we used to put stuff on layaway?'

"Let me in to look around. Just this one time and I'll never bother you again..."

"No gold - but lot's of silicon."

"I can't image growing up without computers or cell phones. Your generation had it rough, huh, Dad?"

Frank's Butcher Shop. Ernie's Bakery. Starbux Coffee. It hasn't been the same since the candlestick maker went out of business.

Aklexander Graham Bell, making the first call from New York to Chicago, gets a wrong number.

"You're sitting in my place!"

'Hold on to your Enron stock. It could become a valuable collector's item one day.'

"Either wishbone done hit the mother lode or he been in thet durn mine too long."

Guy with gold mining equipment holds sign saying 'them thar hills'.