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John A. Sutter California Gold Rush Daguerreotype

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Photographic Images Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 2,000.00 USD
John A. Sutter California Gold Rush Daguerreotype
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From the John Coffee Hays, Applewhite-Clark Collection. Largely responsible for the Gold Rush discovery, one of Sutter's most trusted employees, James W. Marshall, found gold at Sutter's Mill in 1848. Daguerreotype circa 1850-1852 early mounting and case with no surround 1/6 plate. 2.75" x 3.25"