Leonard Grimes, Golden State Mutual employee, and Artist Hale Woodruff at Beckwourth Pass during the Golden State Mutual mural research tour, Chilcoot (California), 1948
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G.S.M. mural research tour with Charles Alston and Hale Woodruff
Leonard Grimes of Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company (L) and artist Hale Woodruff (R) at the landmark at Beckwourth Pass, the lowest mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada mountain range. They were researching the mural for the new building of the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company. Beckwourth Pass was discovered by James P. Beckwourth in 1850. Beckwourth developed Beckwourth Trail, traversing the pass, that was used by immigrants during the Gold Rush from 1851 to 1855. After that, the railroad came into use. Landmark inscription: Emigrant Train / Beckwourth Pass / Elevation 5231 [...]
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uclalsc_1889_b01_f16_003.tif ark:/21198/z1mw4145
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African American artists Mountain passes Beckwourth Trail (Calif. and Nev.) Beckwourth, James Pierson, 1798-1866 Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co Woodruff, Hale, 1900-1980 Grimes, Jr., Leonard M., 1923-1999
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