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Title: Cornelius Cole, Mrch 9 1923
Creator: Hill, J. Frances
Date Created and/or Issued: 1923
Publication Information: L.A. : J. Frances Hill [Mrs.]
Contributing Institution: California State Library
Collection: California History Section Picture Catalog
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Description: Bust-length portrait. "Cornelius Cole 100 T Mrch 9 1923" -- handwritten on front. "J. Frances Hill - L.A.-" -- lower right corner.
1990-1620.
Cornelius Cole was born in New York in 1822. Came overland to California in 1849, spending time in gold mines. Worked as lawyer and newspaper editor (Sacramento Daily & Weekly Times) in Sacramento. Elected to Congress, serving in House of Representatives and Senate. Settled on ranch in Hollywood in 1881, worked as lawyer in Los Angeles. Died in 1924.
Type: image
Format: Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent: 1 photographic print ; 19 7/8 x 17 3/8 in.
Identifier: (C)001489184CSL01-Aleph
Language: English
Subject: Cole, Cornelius,, 1822-1924--Photographs
Pioneers--California
Gold miners--California
Lawyers--California
Legislators--California
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Portrait photographs
Place: California
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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