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Title: Old letter tells of pioneer's death
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
Date Created and/or Issued: 1950
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph article dated April 22, 1950 partially reads, "Don Gockel, of 2328 N. Orchard Dr., in Burbank, has a 100-year-old letter which describes in detail how his grandmother's brother met death attempting to cross a swirling river on his way to Golden California. The letter was written by Thomas Tompson, a member of a small group of men who left 'from the edge of the swamp near St. Joseph, Mo.,' on June 6, 1840--Gold Rush bound...The letter has been handed down, first to Mrs. Rebecca Cogely Gockel, then to her daughter and finally to her grandson, Don Gockel. The date of the letter reads: 'Sacramento City, Calif. April 7th, 1850."
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00135388
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d042_f11_i33
CARL0005609518
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/65242
Subject: Letters
Heirlooms--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Men--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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