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Image 1 Portrait of an "
assimilated "
Maidu man in
Sacramento , 1867. (from
History of California )
Image 2 San Francisco harbor,
c. 1850 –51. (from
History of California )
Image 5 Map of the
Butterfield Overland Mail routes through California, c. 1858. (from
History of California )
Image 6 The Spanish founded
Mission San Juan Capistrano in 1776, the third to be established of the
Californian missions . (from
History of California )
Image 7 Mission San Francisco Solano , founded in 1823 by order of Governor
Luis Antonio Argüello , was the last Californian mission established. (from
History of California )
Image 9 Forces raising the U.S. flag over the
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Image 14 Advertisement for sailing to California, c. 1850. (from
History of California )
Image 19 The
Treaty of Cahuenga , signed at the
Campo de Cahuenga in 1847 by Californio general
Andrés Pico and American general
John C. Frémont , proclaimed a ceasefire under an American victory. The
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo , signed a year later in 1848, officially ended the
Mexican–American War and formally ceded
Alta California to the United States. (from
History of California )
Image 20 General
Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo reviewing his troops in
Sonoma in 1846. (from
History of California )
Image 23 Mission San Gabriel Arcángel , founded in 1771 by padres Pedro Benito Cambón and Ángel de la Somera. (from
History of California )
Image 25 Founded by
Vicente Francisco de Sarría in 1817,
Mission San Rafael Arcángel , was the last mission founded during the Spanish period. (from
History of California )
Image 26 The 1562 map of the Americas, created by Spanish cartographer
Diego Gutiérrez , which applied
the name California for the first time. (from
History of California )
Image 27 A Southern Pacific Train at
Arcade Depot , Los Angeles, 1891 (from
History of California )
Image 30 Mission Santa Barbara , founded in 1786, was the first mission to be established by
Fermín de Lasuén . (from
History of California )
Image 31 California Gold Rush. He served as inspiration for
Zorro , the famed Californian bandit-hero character. (from
History of California )
Image 32 The 1835
Manifiesto a la República Mejicana , by
José Figueroa , was the first book published in California (from
Culture of California )
Image 37 Depiction of the
Donner Party heading west on the
California Trail . (from
History of California )
Image 38 The
University of California, Berkeley is the flagship school of the University of California system. (from
Culture of California )
Image 39 Angustias de la Guerra played a crucial role in defending
women's property rights during the drafting of the Constitution of California. (from
History of California )
Image 40 "Independent Gold Hunter on His Way to California", c. 1850 (from
History of California )
Image 42 Depiction of the revolt of the
Mission Indians against padre
Luis Jayme at
Mission San Diego de Alcalá in 1775. (from
History of California )
Image 45 The American capture of
San Diego by the
USS Cyane in 1846 (from
History of California )
Image 46 Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo , established in 1770, was the headquarters of the
Californian mission system from 1797 until 1833. (from
History of California )
Image 48 Junípero Serra conducting the first
mass in
Monterey Bay in 1770. (from
History of California )
Image 49 Poppies, Antelope Valley , a
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Image 51 Map of the route taken by the
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Image 52 In-N-Out burgers (from
Culture of California )
Image 53 The railway station in
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Image 55 Between 1846 and 1873, U.S. government agents waged an extermination campaign against
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Image 56 California was often depicted as an island , due to the
Baja California peninsula , from the 16th to the 18th centuries, such as in this 1650 map by cartographer
Johannes Vingboons . (from
History of California )
Image 57 California's first State Capitol building in
San Jose , which served as the capital of California 1850–51. (from
History of California )
California is a garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or see, But believe it or not, you won't find it so hot If you ain't got the do re mi
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Image 5 conspiracy to commit murder for the
deaths of seven people , including the film actress
Sharon Tate . The prosecution contended that, while Manson never directly ordered the murders, his ideology constituted an overt act of conspiracy.
Before the murders, Manson had spent more than half of his life in correctional institutions. While gathering his cult following, he was a
singer-songwriter on the fringe of the
Los Angeles music industry, chiefly through a chance association with
Dennis Wilson of
the Beach Boys , who introduced Manson to record producer
Terry Melcher . In 1968, the Beach Boys recorded Manson's song "Cease to Exist", renamed "
Never Learn Not to Love " as a single B-side, but without a credit to Manson. Afterward, Manson attempted to secure a record contract through Melcher, but was unsuccessful. (
Full article... )
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Image 7 Time Warner in 1996; Hanna and Barbera stayed on as advisors. (
Full article... )
Image 8 Six Gallery Reading, and created the first artistic denunciation of American foreign policy in Vietnam. Wally Hedrick was known as an “idea artist” long before the label “conceptual art” entered the art world, and experimented with innovative use of language in art, at times resorting to puns. (
Full article... )
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Image 10 Roy Edward Disney KCSG (January 10, 1930 – December 16, 2009) was an American businessman. He was the longtime senior executive for
the Walt Disney Company , which was founded by his uncle,
Walt Disney , and his father,
Roy O. Disney . At the time of his death, he held more than 16 million shares (about 1% of the company), and served as a consultant for the company, as well as director emeritus for the board of directors. During his tenure, he organized ousting of the company's top two executives:
Ron W. Miller in 1984 and
Michael Eisner in 2005.
As the last member of the
Disney family to be actively involved in the company, Disney was often compared to his uncle and to his father. In 2006,
Forbes magazine estimated his personal fortune at $1.2 billion. (
Full article... )
Image 11 Claremont Graduate School. In 1928, he founded the Voorhis School for Boys and became its headmaster. He retained the post into his congressional career. (
Full article... )
Image 12 peace activist, author, and educator. He published more than 1,200 papers and books, of which about 850 dealt with scientific topics.
New Scientist called him one of the 20 greatest scientists of all time. For his scientific work, Pauling was awarded the
Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954. For his peace activism, he was awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize in 1962. He is one of five people to have
won more than one Nobel Prize (the others being
Marie Curie ,
John Bardeen ,
Frederick Sanger , and
Karl Barry Sharpless ). Of these, he is the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes, and one of two people to be awarded Nobel Prizes in different fields, the other being
Marie Curie .
Pauling was one of the founders of the fields of
quantum chemistry and
molecular biology . His contributions to the theory of the chemical bond include the concept of
orbital hybridisation and the first accurate scale of
electronegativities of the elements. Pauling also worked on the structures of biological molecules, and showed the importance of the
alpha helix and
beta sheet in
protein secondary structure . Pauling's approach combined methods and results from
X-ray crystallography ,
molecular model building, and quantum chemistry. His discoveries inspired the work of
Rosalind Franklin ,
James Watson ,
Francis Crick , and
Maurice Wilkins on the structure of DNA, which in turn made it possible for geneticists to crack the DNA code of all organisms. (
Full article... )
Image 13 sports broadcaster in
Iowa . In 1937, he moved to California, and became a well-known film actor there. From 1947 to 1952, Reagan served as the president of the
Screen Actors Guild . During the 1950s, he worked in television and spoke for
General Electric . From 1959 to 1960, he again served as the Screen Actors Guild's president. In 1964, his "
A Time for Choosing " speech gave Reagan attention as a new conservative figure. He was
elected governor of California in 1966 . During
his governorship , he raised
taxes , turned the state budget deficit into a surplus, and cracked down harshly on university protests. After challenging and losing to incumbent president
Gerald Ford in the
1976 Republican presidential primaries , Reagan
won the Republican nomination and then a
landslide victory over incumbent
Democratic president
Jimmy Carter in the
1980 presidential election . (
Full article... )
Image 14 John Wells. She was a recurring guest star in several television series, and took on roles in several stage productions. After making her film debut at age 31 in the drama
Jolene (2008), Chastain had her breakthrough in 2011 with six film releases, including the dramas
Take Shelter (2011) and
The Tree of Life (2011). She received Academy Award nominations for playing an aspiring socialite in the period drama
The Help (2011) and a CIA analyst in the thriller
Zero Dark Thirty (2012). (
Full article... )
Image 15 Academy Award and three
Golden Globe Awards , she has been named Hollywood's highest-paid actress multiple times.
Jolie made her screen debut as a child alongside her father,
Jon Voight , in
Lookin' to Get Out (1982). Her film career began in earnest a decade later with the low-budget production
Cyborg 2 (1993), followed by her first leading role in
Hackers (1995). She starred in the biographical television films
George Wallace (1997) and
Gia (1998) and won the
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing a sociopath in the 1999 drama
Girl, Interrupted . Her role as the
titular heroine in
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) established her as a star. She continued her action-star career with
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005),
Wanted (2008), and
Salt (2010). She also received critical acclaim for her performances in the dramas
A Mighty Heart (2007) and
Changeling (2008); the latter earned her a nomination for the
Academy Award for Best Actress . Her biggest commercial successes include the fantasy picture
Maleficent (2014), its
2019 sequel , and the superhero film
Eternals (2021). She has performed a voice role in the animation film series
Kung Fu Panda from 2008 to 2016. Jolie has also directed and written the war dramas
In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011),
Unbroken (2014), and
First They Killed My Father (2017). (
Full article... )
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Nicknames: The Golden State
Capital: Sacramento
Total area: 163,696 mi2
Land: 156,002 mi2
Water: 7,694 mi2
Highest elevation: 14,505 ft (Mount Whitney )
Population 39,250,017 (2016 est)
Admission to the Union: September 9, 1850 (31st )
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