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The dawn of gold : photograph made in 1882 of spot where Marshall discovered the previous metal on the American River in Eldorado County, Calif

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Title: The dawn of gold : photograph made in 1882 of spot where Marshall discovered the previous metal on the American River in Eldorado County, Calif
Contributor: Turner, Steve (Art dealer)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1910
Contributing Institution: UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives
Collection: Steve Turner Collection of African-Americana
Rights Information: Public domain
Constraint(s) on Use: This work may be used without prior permission.
Use: This work is available from the UC San Diego Library. This digital copy of the work is intended to support research, teaching, and private study.
Description: Postcard advertisement for Harold J. McCurry, official photographer, California State Fair, 1910. Recto illustrated with reproduction of 1882 photograph showing an African American man, with three other men, panning for gold on the American River.
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)
Still image
Grand Celebration Fiesta Dawn of Gold at Sacramento, September 3-10, 1910.
Sacramento, Calif.
Type: image
Format: 1 postcard : one color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Identifier: ark:/20775/bb1510261h
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Pictorial works
Gold mines and mining
African Americans
California
McCurry, Harold J, approximately 1885-1971
Place: California

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