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Gold Fever! Untold Stories of the California Gold Rush
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AUDIENCE: General, School Groups
RENTAL FEE: $1,000 + shipping for an 8-week booking
SIZE: 200 linear feet
SECURITY: Limited
INSTALLATION IMAGES: View online here
This exhibit presents California before the fateful discovery of gold in the American River through the frenzied rush to the gold fields overland and by sea. The experience of vigilante justice, life in the rowdy gold camps, Gold Rush era commerce and farming, and the shaping of California's future are all explored.
From staggering success to unmitigated disaster, Gold Fever! spotlights the remarkable stories of individual Californios, women, Native Americans, adventurers, and gold seekers who emigrated from all parts of the world during the tumultuous and colorful Gold Rush era.
Originally developed by the California Council for the Humanities in collaboration with the Oakland Museum of California.
The exhibition includes:
- 24 exhibition panels with photo-murals
- Suitcase with hands-on artifacts and activities
- School curriculum from the Oakland Museum
- Exhibition manual
- Press kit
TOP: Lugo Family at Rancho in Bell, California, 1888. Photographer Unknown. Collection of the Seaver Center for Western History Research, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History ABOVE: Exhibition at the San Joaquin County Historical Museum
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TOP: Miners Near Nevada City, 1852. Photographer Unknown. Collection of the California State Library MIDDLE: Exhibition at the San Joaquin County Historical Museum SECOND ROW MIDDLE: Mining on the American River, 1852. Whole plate daguerreotype by George H. Johnson. Collection of Matthew R. Isenburg ABOVE: Hydraulic Mining, North Bloomfield, Nevada Co., California, ca. 1870. Albumen print by Carleton E. Watkins. Collection of the California State Library |
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