california gold rush

Gavel of walnut wood,.

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Object: Black walnut gavel.

History: The gavel is a traditional symbol of authority, and is familiar to anybody...

1872

Temple fortune telling set. Date 1872. Container carved from bamboo. Sticks of split bamboo, pair of "answers"of teakwood.

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A person with a...

Clothespins, hand-made. Received from: Davis Brothers, Kent, Ohio.

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There were very few stores when the forty-niners arrived in California....

Chair for child,wood,factory made. Original arms have been removed.

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This little chair used to have arms, which means that for a child in the...

1850

Compass, in leather case, 1850 exhibit 19th c. Gallery, 9/78 M.G. A: compass. B: case From the History Information Station: Compass is enscribed "Elevapol, Augsburg, Paris, 18 Cracau 50,...

c. 1850

a,b,c 3 rusty knives a & c have wooden handles From the History Information Station: Object: Steel butcher's knife with wood handle, for all-purpose use. History: A knife had many uses....

Percussion musket. Used by John W. Searles, pioneer.20-gauge single-shot, muzzle shotgun; the muzzle is eight-sided at the breech, then becomes round; hammer and lockplate are engraved with...

chisel. Material: iron and wood; Description: a narrow chisel, manufactured by H Mort & Co. Sheffield nonesuch R. T.w. & J Walker, Stamped J.D. Bern" on the wooden handle.

Sunday March 14, 1858

newspaper. Description: Newspaper, "Ubiquitous;" Vol. 1; Sacramento: Sunday Morning, March 14, 1858. No. 4.

History: "Ubiquitous", according to John Swingle at Alta California Bookstore, is...

1856

Broadside. Description: Committee of Vigilance, San Francisco. Proclamation of the Vigilance Committee of San Francisco, June 9th, 1856. San Francisco (1856).

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19th century

carpenter and blacksmith's tools. Description: From Mother Lode - 19th Century. wood working tool with measuring guage on handle made in Saginaw, Mich.

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1849

poster. Description: "100 Laborers Wanted to build a Wharf..." Roach & Woodward.

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The phenomenally rapid growth of San Francisco required...

1858

California Almanac for 1858, published by Redington & Co., Wholesale Druggists, San Francisco. Numerous advertisements for drugs and remedies.

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Candlestick. Description: Brass candlestick with finger-type handle. Said to have been used in North bloomfield.

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Object: Brass candlestick and...

collected Nov. 24 - Dec. 17, 1913

Mining rocker, wood. Used in placer mining. Received from Henry Thompson, Stanfield Hill, Ca. Used to separate gold from earth and gravel shoveled into it and mixed with water.

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late 19th c.

Concertina. Description: From the Gold Rush Country. Made in London. Has case, hexagon-shaped like the concertina.

History: From Rough & Ready, California.

late 19th c.

Plates. Description: 3 white ironstone pottery dinner plates with transfer trademark "Maddock & Gater, Straffordshire Potteries".

late 19th c.

Concertina. Description: From the Gold Rush Country. Made in London. Has case, hexagon-shaped like the concertina.

History: From Rough & Ready, California.

c. 1850

Picture, Forty-niner. Independent gold seeker.

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Object: Lithograph. "The Independent Gold Hunter on his Way to California." Lithographed by...

1850

Travelling set. Description: three - piece travelling utensil set with case; tag with set: "Travelling case with silver plated knife, fork and spoon. Joseph Seymour and Co. Syracuse New...

Plate. Royal Ironstone China, Johnson Bro., England.

groving plane. Material: wood; Description: a groving plane with a metal keel for a bottom and a wooden side rail or guage. made by I & H soft/. made by Greenfield Tool Co. Reenfield, Mass...

1853

Hand pumper model. Description: (in case) Grissiam & Bailey working model of an 1853 hand pumper; wheels wood with polished brass surfaces; water tank wood with floral designs; pumping...

1849

Colt pocket pistol. Description: 1849 model. Caliber 31, cap and ball, serial number 121534. Inscribed on the back strap in script are the words "Harry Morse, Sherriff Alameda County...

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