the Crocker family

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business family philanthropic family prominent American family

The Crocker family is a prominent Sacramento-based family of 19th-century railroad and banking magnates and philanthropists whose legacy includes major cultural institutions such as the Crocker Art Museum.

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Crocker family 1
Crocker family estate 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf business family ⓘ
philanthropic family ⓘ
prominent American family ⓘ
activeInCentury 19th century ⓘ
associatedWith Central Pacific Railroad ⓘ
Crocker Art Museum ⓘ
Crocker National Bank ⓘ
Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ
basedIn Sacramento ⓘ
surface form: Sacramento, California
cityOfInfluence Sacramento ⓘ
contributedTo cultural life of Sacramento ⓘ
development of California rail network ⓘ
development of Sacramento ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
economicSector finance ⓘ
real estate ⓘ
transportation ⓘ
era post–Gold Rush California ⓘ
fieldOfActivity arts patronage ⓘ
banking industry ⓘ
civic philanthropy ⓘ
railroad industry ⓘ
hasNotableMember Charles Crocker ⓘ
Edwin B. Crocker ⓘ
Margaret Crocker ⓘ
historicalRole banking magnates ⓘ
philanthropists ⓘ
railroad magnates ⓘ
knownFor Crocker Art Museum ⓘ
banking enterprises ⓘ
philanthropy ⓘ
railroad enterprises ⓘ
legacyIncludes Crocker Art Museum ⓘ
endowments for arts and culture ⓘ
historic Sacramento architecture ⓘ
notableFor patronage of visual arts ⓘ
support of public cultural institutions ⓘ
partOf Big Four railroad magnate circle ⓘ
regionOfInfluence western United States ⓘ
surface form: American West

California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
socialStatus Gilded Age elite ⓘ
stateOfInfluence California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
timePeriodOfProminence late 19th century ⓘ
mid-19th century ⓘ
wealthSource banking operations ⓘ
land and real estate holdings ⓘ
railroad investments ⓘ

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Margaret Crocker → associatedWith → the Crocker family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crocker family
Crocker Art Museum → namedAfter → the Crocker family ⓘ
E. B. Crocker Art Gallery → partOf → the Crocker family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crocker family estate