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Description
Bust-length portrait created in three-dimensions. 1990-1616. Removed from D. O. Mills Collection. Crawford W. Clarke born in New Albany, Indiana in 1828. Crossed via overland route to California in 1850, where engaged in gold mining. In 1852, with Fred Cox, formed Clarke & Cox, a firm engaged in cattle and butchering industry in Shingle Springs. Company eventually owned land throughout state, Clarke involved in variety of businesses: North Fork Ditch Company, reclamation projects, Capital bank of California, Pacific Mutual and Home Mutual Insurances Companies. Died in 1913.
Type
image
Format
Photographs. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photographic print ; 23 x 18 in.
Identifier
(C)001489183CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
Clarke, Crawford Washington,, 1828-1913--Photographs Pioneers--California Gold miners--California Business people--California Photographic prints Portrait photographs
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