Did you know? Columbia, CA is know as the birthplace of Cinco de Mayo. Learn more about California's Mexican history through our latest traveling exhibition on view now at the Tuolumne Historical Society. More info: buff.ly/3PzWZWD

Family hires a photographer for a group portrait.

Realizes their potato crop is better looking. (Via CAHistoricalSociety)

California gold miners, circa 1850, arriving for the Gold Rush. Photo via the CAHistoricalSociety

Good morning, Twitter. (Via CAHistoricalSociety)

On Nov. 20, 1969, Native American activists began the Occupation of Alcatraz, a 19-month effort to reclaim native land. Richard Oakes, a Mohawk student and leader of the group, said of the movement: “Alcatraz is not an island. It’s an idea.”

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The annual Western History Association conference is in #DTLA this week. westernhistory.org/2023 #WHA2023

Here are just some of the panels focused on #CAhistory & #LAhistory :

This archive photo is titled “Dog sitting on a pumpkin in which there is a cow calf.”

It didn’t disappoint. (Via CAHistoricalSociety)

California fellow 🇺🇸s join me tomorrow and a panel of 2 others as we prepare for finding our roots. Coalition For A Just & Equitable California CAHistoricalSociety FridayJones Gavin Newsom Kamilah Moore, Esq. NotYourNegro 🇺🇸 Sir Maejor - FBA 🇺🇸 The Reparationist Perspective ARCC Sacramento MarcelForCongress CeeCee Freedmen

A little late to the #ArchivesHashtagParty but we're here! Sending a funny #ArchivesPostcard from our collections to our friends at CAHistoricalSociety.

Happy birthday to the Bay Bridge -- it opened to the public on November 12, 1936. [Photo: CAHistoricalSociety]

🌈 Happy #SFPride2019 ! The Exploratorium team is representing #MuseumsWithPride with SFMOMA The CJM Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) Asian Art Museum California Academy of Sciences CAHistoricalSociety Cartoon Art Museum de Young Museum Legion of Honor MoAD Tenderloin Museum YBCA The Walt Disney Family Museum

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Sep 9, 1850: California entered the Union as the nation's 31st state. @LibraryCongress map (1888): loc.gov/resource/g4360… #CAAdmissionDay #CAhistory

A map of California when it was a part of Mexico, via David Rumsey (1845): davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/d… #LatinoHeritageMonth #CAhistory

Today’s #ArchivesHashtagParty theme is #ArchivesBlackDesign . These two artists painted these murals for LA's Golden State Mutual building:
-The Negro in #CAhistory - Exploration & Colonization by Charles Alston
-The Negro in #CAhistory - Settlement & Development by Hale Woodruff

Still at it til 9 tonight! What a great #CultureForCommunity day with our neighbors in the Yerba Buena district!
111MinnaGallery
CAHistoricalSociety
Children's Creativity Museum
@crownpointpress
@jewseum
MoAD
Mirus Gallery
SPUR
@YBCA
@YBAllianceSF
The Thirsty Bear
Pizzeria Delfina

We'll be at #SFPride2019 this Sunday with Museums with Pride friends SFMOMA The CJM Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) Asian Art Museum California Academy of Sciences CAHistoricalSociety @cartoonart@deyoungmuseum Legion of Honor MoAD Tenderloin Museum The Walt Disney Family Museum YBCA San Francisco Pride

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We welcome Susan D. Anderson, who joins our staff later this month as CAAM’s new history curator! A widely published author and expert on African American history in California, she was most recently Director of Public Programs for the CAHistoricalSociety.

We’re celebrating San Francisco Pride 🏳️‍🌈 with #MuseumsWithPride friends SFMOMA The CJM YBCA de Young Museum Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) CAHistoricalSociety Tenderloin Museum Cartoon Art Museum Legion of Honor Asian Art Museum The Walt Disney Family Museum #SFPRIDE2019

Mar 12, 1928: The St. Francis Dam collapsed, the second deadliest disaster in California history. “At two and a half minutes before midnight on the 12th of March 1928, the lights in Los Angeles flickered,' American Experience. pbssocal.org/shows/american… #StFrancisDam #CAhistory