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Title: Days of '49 Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1923
Box Number: 1567
Creator:
California State Library
Extent: 1 box
Repository:
California State Library
Sacramento, California
Language:
English.
Unrestricted.
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[Identification of item], Days of '49 Collection, California State Library.
Sacramento (Calif.)--Celebrations
California--Gold discoveries
Correspondence, clippings, brochures, cards, lists, programs, Whiskerino materials.
Held in Sacramento the week of May 23 to 28, 1923, the Days of '49 Celebration honored the discovery of gold in 1848 by James
Marshall. A parade, costume and whisker contest were held and a life size mining town was erected in downtown Sacramento.
All members of the Chamber of Commerce, the mayor, and most of the citizens of Sacramento participated.
- Peterson, Hal
- Tucker, J. L.
Material Transferred from the Collection
- 32 photographs to photo file
- Broadside: "Days of '49 Ball"