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Listen: The Assorted Selections ProgramGeorge B. Mobley overseeing a gold excavation - Green Cove Springs, Florida
Image Number
C008775
Date Note
Photographed on January 14, 1948.
Rights
Collection
Department of Commerce collection
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Personal Subjects
Physical Description
1 photoprint - b&w - 5 x 4 in.
General Note
80 year-old gold digger George B. Mobley watches an excavation by electric dragline for a buried treasure chest, buried by pirates who once ranged the east coast of Florida.
Mobley holds his "money finding" device he invented in hand.
George B. Mobley overseeing a gold excavation - Green Cove Springs, Florida
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