Test 'gold flakes' discovered in driveway of Valley home
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated November 21, 1950 partially reads, "An air of suspended animation hung today over the home of Lewis E. Jones, 52, at 7326 Variel Ave., Canoga Park. Jones has found what he believes to be pure flake gold in the driveway of his home. He panned some of it with a kitchen pot - which Mrs. Jones made him promise to scrub out afterwards. Now he's just waiting for word from an assayer's office."
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image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;12 x 10 cm. Photographic prints
Dwellings--California--Canoga Park (Los Angeles) Gold panning--California--Los Angeles Driveways--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Pots--California--Los Angeles Gold Canoga Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs Portrait photographs
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