Box 1
Container
Contains 76 Results:
City of San Francisco., before 1850 February 9
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: Baird 031:
Scope and Contents
High view of San Francisco from above Nob Hill, looking toward Yerba Buena Island with ships in the bay in the background.
Dates:
before 1850 February 9
City of Stockton, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: Baird 032:
Scope and Contents
View of Stockton from across the river, with (Boggs?) lumber yard in the foreground, city in the background, and boats on the water.
Dates:
undated
Coining money at the San Francisco Branch Mint., undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: Baird 034:
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of California lettersheets, mostly pictorial, created approximately between the years 1850 and 1870, with the bulk dating from the 1850s. Pictorial lettersheets are illustrated with lithographs or wood engravings depicting California and Western themes. Intended to be used as stationery during and after the California Gold Rush, these lettersheets served as a kind of reportage, depicting important events and popular stories of the day. Common illustrated topics and...
Dates:
undated
Col. E. D. Baker. We mourn his loss., circa 1861
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: Baird 038:
Scope and Contents
Portrait of Baker, with funeral poem by Fitz Green Halleck.
Dates:
circa 1861
Commandments to California wives., 1855
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: Baird 042:
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of California lettersheets, mostly pictorial, created approximately between the years 1850 and 1870, with the bulk dating from the 1850s. Pictorial lettersheets are illustrated with lithographs or wood engravings depicting California and Western themes. Intended to be used as stationery during and after the California Gold Rush, these lettersheets served as a kind of reportage, depicting important events and popular stories of the day. Common illustrated topics and...
Dates:
1855
Dame Partington in California., undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: Baird 048:
Scope and Contents
Satiric adaptation of the legend of Sydney Smith, directed against the opponents of the Vigilance Committee.
Dates:
undated
Day night of a miner's life., undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: Baird 049:
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of California lettersheets, mostly pictorial, created approximately between the years 1850 and 1870, with the bulk dating from the 1850s. Pictorial lettersheets are illustrated with lithographs or wood engravings depicting California and Western themes. Intended to be used as stationery during and after the California Gold Rush, these lettersheets served as a kind of reportage, depicting important events and popular stories of the day. Common illustrated topics and...
Dates:
undated
Departure for El Dorado., undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: Baird 051:
Scope and Contents
Includes 10 satirical vignettes depicting mining life in California.
Dates:
undated
Dividing the pile [upper]. Hard road to travel [lower]., undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: Baird 054:
Scope and Contents
Includes 2 vignettes depicting mining life in California.
Dates:
undated
[El Dorado]., 1851 August
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Identifier: Baird 064:
Scope and Contents
Shows San Francisco's El Dorado building from the northwest.
Dates:
1851 August