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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: February 3, 2014
Caption: Joaquin Miller’s Abbey Marker
Additional Description: Capitons: The Abbey as it originally looked. (upper-left); Cincinnatus Hiner (“Joaquin”) Miller was a cultural icon of the 19th century. He lived from 1841 to 1913 (lower-left); “The Hights” in 1891. The Hights was purchased by the City of Oakland in 1917 and is now a designated California Historical Landmark. (center, upper); Joaquin Miller at the Abbey with is mother (left), daughter Juanita and grandson. (center, lower); Map by Karen Paulsen, Friends of Sausal Creek (map on right); Photos courtesy of the Oakland History Room, Oakland Public Library.
Submitted: February 15, 2014, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p266367
File Size: 3.435 Megabytes

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