Image / [George A. Macomber]

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Title: [George A. Macomber]
Date Created and/or Issued: [18--]
Contributing Institution: California State Library
Collection: California History Section Picture Catalog
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Description: Three-quarters length portrait.
1990-1709.
Born in New York State in 1814. Came with brothers Henry and Frederick overland to California in 1850. Worked the southern mines before buying sawmill, Bailey & Morgan. Eventually settled in Sonora where purchased orchards, developed business (Macomber Bros) dealing in fruit, cider, vinegar, champagne cider and pickles. Died in 1900.
Mr. Irving, Sonora
Type: image
Format: Portraits.
Pictorial works.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent: 1 drawing on cardboard mount : charcoal ; 15 x 13 in.
Identifier: (C)001490583CSL01-Aleph
Language: English
Subject: Macomber, George--Portraits
Pioneers--California--Sonora
Gold miners--California
Farmers--California--Sonora
Merchants--California--Sonora
Sonora (Calif.)--Pictorial works
Portrait drawings
Charcoal drawings
Place: California
Sonora
Sonora (Calif.)

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