Baskets on display in the window of an old building, Jacksonville, 1942
- Description:
- Close-up view of woven baskets on display in the front window of an old building in Jacksonville. The brick wall of the building lines the right and left edges of image, surrounding the window. A wood-framed window sits recessed in a brick wall. Behind the window pane, a small exhibit of baskets is on display. Three round panning baskets hang at center from the top of the window. Two baskets stand along the bottom ledge of the window; a short, square basket is at left and a taller, rounded basket is at center. A framed information placard sits in front of the taller basket and another placard sits to the right of it. The sign at center reads, "Building in which the women and children of Jacksonville took refuge when the [?????] River[?] Indians made their last raid on the white settlers in 18?6 [...]." The sign at right reads, "DISCOVERY OF GOLD Gold was discovered in Jacksonville by James Cluggage[?] in 1851. Cluggage and his partner, a man by the name of Pool, were carrying supplies by pack train from Yreka [????] in the Willamette Valley at the [...]."
- Date:
- July 2, 1942
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Photographer:
- West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
- Collection:
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West (H. H.) Collection