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California Gold Rush clippings, 1850, 1937, 1941
- Title
- California Gold Rush clippings, 1850, 1937, 1941
- Identifier
- P0054
- Date
- 1850, 1937, 1941
- Description
- Abstract
Articles from two Norwegian newspapers about Norwegians immigrating to California in the 1850s. One includes a letter from San Francisco.
Contents
- Photograph, Johannes Iversen Eide, from Skogn, Norway, member of a gold digging expedition to California in 1850. Photo by Knut Vang of Brooklyn.
- Letter from Gunnar Skavlan (1937).
- Clipping, Gullgraverekspedisjnen til California, Fjell-Lyom, Dec. 22, 1941, in Norwegian.
- Clipping, Gullgravarar frå Innherad, Nord-Trøndelag og Inntrøndelagen, July 1941.
- Gullgraverne fra Røros, Østerdalen og Gauldelen som 1850 dro til California. Fjell-Ljom, December 1941 in Norwegian.
Location:
1/A/3 - Extent
- 2 folders
- Language
- English
- Norwegian
- Subject
- Eide, Johannes I.
- Mahlum, Jens H.
- Skavlan, Gunnar
- Vang, Knut
- Villvoll, Varg
- America Letters
- California
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Gold miners
- Gold mines and mining
- Norway--Emigration and immigration
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- Rights
- Rights undetermined.
- Type
- Clippings
- Correspondence
- Photographs
Collection
Citation
Skavlan, Gunnar and Vang, Knut, “California Gold Rush clippings, 1850, 1937, 1941,” Norwegian American Historical Association, accessed October 16, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/9619.