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Title
Finished site of the Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony historical landmark plaque
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1969
Publication Information
California State University, Sacramento. Library. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives
Contributing Institution
California State University, Sacramento Library
Collection
Japanese American Archival Collection
Rights Information
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts or photographs must be submitted in writing to California State University, Sacramento. Library. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of California State University, Sacramento. Library. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Description
Plaque reads: Site of the only tea and silk farm established in California. First agricultural settlement of pioneer Japanese immigrants who arrived at Gold Hill on June 8, 1869. Despite the initial success, it failed to prosper. It marked the beginning of Japanese influence on the agricultural economy of California. // California registered historical landmark No. 815 // Plaqued placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the Japanese American Citizens League, El Dorado County Historical Society , and Friends of the Centennial Observance.
Type
image
Format
10 x 8 in.
Photographic print.
col.
9.97 x 8.00 in.
Epson Expression 1600
Photoshop 6.0
None
600 dpi
RGB
24 Bit
5982 x 4800 pixels
84127 kb.
Tiff
Identifier
JC17A:30
ark:/13030/kt929022zm
459.jpg
http://csus.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/jaac/id/458
Language
English
Subject
Historical markers--California--Gold Hill (El Dorado County)
Gold Hill (El Dorado County, Calif.)
Agriculture--California
Japanese Americans--History
Relation
From the Japanese American Archival Collection. MSS-94/01. California State University, Sacramento. Library. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives

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