Object number:
H97.1.1086
Object name:
photograph
Date made:
1853
Material / Technique:
gelatin silver
Dimensions:
H: 8 in, W: 10 in
Credit line:
The Oakland Tribune Collection, the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of ANG Newspapers.
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Content description:
This is a copy photograph of a lost daguerreotype by Carleton Watkins. The photo shows a man, supposedly James Marshall, standing in front of Sutter's Mill in Coloma. The original daguerreotype was taken in 1853 to commemorate Marshall's discovery of gold on the site in January 1848. This photograph may have been shot from the original daguerreotype because the edges of the images are rounded like the image has been in a case.
Concepts:
California Gold Rush
Places:
Coloma, California
Organizations:
Sutter's Mill
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