Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photographic portrait of James Marshall, [s.d.]. The man can be seen from the chest up slightly turned to the left. The man is balding with white hair and a white beard. He is visible wearing a dark three-piece suit with a bowtie. A caption underneath the image reads, "Jas. W. Marshall". Mr. Marshall discovered gold at Coloma on the twenty-fourth of June, 1848. Photoprint reads: "discovered gold at Coloma -- June 19, 1848".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photoprints, b&w 26 x 21 cm. photographic prints photographs
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