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Title
Gold panning holds up ceremony
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
1956
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 caption dated May 28, 1956 reads, "Gold panning holds up ceremony - Dignitaries joined with youngsters on way to dedication site to watch gold being panned from Placerita Creek. They are, from left to right, Pat and Tommy Taylor, actor Leo Carillo, Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz, Supervisor Roger Jessup and Fred Yoakum, an old prospector, who actually found a few gold flakes."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00124353
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d028_f34_i14
CARL0005420519
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/56069
Subject
Carrillo, Leo
Biscailuz, Eugene W.,--1883-1969
Jessup, Roger W.,--1889-1971
Dedications--California--Los Angeles County
Children--California--Los Angeles County
Men--California--Los Angeles County
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States
Sheriffs--California--Los Angeles County
County council members--California--Los Angeles County
Gold miners--California--Los Angeles County
Gold panning--California--Los Angeles County
Gold--California--Los Angeles County--History
Cowboy hats
Panama hats--California--Los Angeles County
Placerita Canyon (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Placerita Canyon State Park (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Group portraits
Portrait photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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