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Title: James Marshall
Date Created and/or Issued: ~1880s
Contributing Institution: Sacramento Public Library
Collection: Sacramento Room Photographs
Rights Information: This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
Description: Hodson Photography Company took this black and white photo of James Marshall in the 1880s. Marshall was the first person to report that he found gold in the American River at Coloma. His claim of finding gold led to the start of the Gold Rush in California.
Type: image
Identifier: PH-2019-33
http://sacroom.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15248coll1/id/4046
Subject: Portraits
Pioneers
Mining and Dredging
Gold Rush, California
Gold Rush
Source: Sacramento Room Photograph Collection

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