Content/Description:Stone wall with "Sutter Mill" imbedded in it stands in shallow water of the American River. Miner with gold pan in his hand and pick over his shoulder in foreground surrounded by lush vegetation.
Notes/Inscriptions:Handwritten title (LL). Signature (LR): Blanding Stone. Printed (LL, within image): Blanding Sloan, [19]31. Printed label (LC): Sutter Mill, Coloma, California, The spot where gold was discovered in California... Here dawned the first day of a golden epoch, Philip Johnston. Handwritten title (LL). Signature (LR): Blanding Stone. Printed (LL, within image): Blanding Sloan, [19]31. Printed label (LC): Sutter Mill, Coloma, California, The spot where gold was discovered in California... Here dawned the first day of a golden epoch, Philip Johnston.
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