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Gold Rush
Oil on board
Artist: John
Berkey
Art director: Howard E. Paine
First day of issue: June 18, 1999
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Several scholars helped to ensure the accuracy of the
clothing and equipment shown in this painting, but one
historian raised an interesting point: Free black men
participated in the gold rush, too. Using new reference
pictures, the design team altered the final
stamp to reflect this important fact. |
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