They Saw the Elephant

Book

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

They Saw the Elephant

Entry/Object ID

L1994.11.2

Description

They Saw the Elephant tells the history of women's experiences in the California gold rush. "Seeing the Elephant" symbolized the '49 gold rushers the exotic, mythical, once-in-a-lifetime adventure. The influence of women in developing culture and the society of those early days. This book describes how the women labored and struggled on the trail and even in mines in search of gold. 265/Softbound/Illustrations/Photographs

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Mining, Settlements

Search Terms

California-Gold Discoveries, Women Pioneers-California-History-19th Century, Women-California-History-19th Century, Frontier and pioneer life-California, California Trail, Women in the West, Western Migration, Gold Rush

Book Details

Author

Levy, Jo Ann

Place Published

City

Norman

State/Province

Oklahoma

Date Published

1992

Call No.

Western LE

ISBN

0-8061-2473-3

LCCN

92-54146

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent