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Title
The Marshall Monument at the site of Sutter's Mill, Coloma, California
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of The Marshall Monument at the site of Sutter's Mill, Coloma, California, [s.d.]. The statue depicts James Marshall in pioneer garb, holding a gold nugget in one hand and pointing to "the place he found the first gold (June 19, 1848)" with the other hand. Two trees flank the monument. Grass and wild flowers cover the area in the foreground. Bushes and trees cover the hill in the background.
Legible signs include: "Marshall", "48", "commissioner for the state, A. Caminetti, John H. Miller, George Hofmeister, H.C. Gesford, the site of this monument is a gift to the state of California from Placerville Parlor, N.S.G.W.".
"The Marshall Monument stands at the summit of Marshall Hill, overlooking the town of Coloma and the site of Sutter's Mill. The bronze Marshall, holding a gold nugget in one hand, points with the other to the site where he discovered those first few flakes of gold. The monument is made of granite and stands thirty-one feet tall, atop of which is the ten foot six-inch tall bronze statue of James Marshall. The monument was designed and sculpted by J. Marion Wells, and cast in San Francisco. It was erected by an Act of the Legislature, in May of 1890 at a cost of $5,000. James Wilson Marshall is buried beneath the monument." -- unknown author.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photonegative, photoprint, b&w
26 x 21 cm.
glass plate negatives
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
art
Identifier
chs-m13828
USC-1-1-1-13984
USC-1-1-1-14136 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-5690...-8312
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13828
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-5690.jpg
Subject
Marshall, James
Men
Monuments
Place
California
Coloma
El Dorado
USA
Source
1-112-22 [Microfiche number]
5690; 8312 [Accession number]
CHS-5690; CHS-8312 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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