1848-1865: Gold Rush Era > Everyday Life and People
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Title: King's California Circus Creator/Contributor: Clipper Steam Press (active ca. 1858), printer Risdon (active ca. 1858), undetermined Date: 1858 Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley The images in this group offer a glimpse of daily life in California during the mid-1800s in big cities like San Francisco and in smaller, rural towns like Dixon and Nevada City. These photographs show some of the everyday people of the time, as well as the shops, saloons, and other establishments that served them. For the complete selection of images, visit: http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/themed_collections/subtopic1c.html Learn more about the Gold Rush Era at: http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/themed_collections/topics1.html Calisphere is the University of California's free public gateway to a world of primary sources. More than 150,000 digitized items — including photographs, documents, newspaper pages, political cartoons, works of art, diaries, transcribed oral histories, advertising, and other unique cultural artifacts — reveal the diverse history and culture of California and its role in national and world history. Calisphere's content has been selected from the libraries and museums of the UC campuses, and from a variety of cultural heritage organizations across California. Visit Calisphere at: http://www.calisphere.org Comments No comments have been left for this image.Leave a comment This image does not allow anonymous comments.
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