Box 1
Container
Contains 76 Results:
How the California mines are worked., before 1854 August 12
File — Box: 1, Folder: 23
Identifier: Baird 104:
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:
before 1854 August 12
Hutching's [sic] California scenes. The California Indians., before 1855 January 24
File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Identifier: Baird 105:
Scope and Contents
Eight vignettes--gathering acorns, gathering seeds, mode of traveling, burning their dead, cooking food, grinding acorns, &c, catching grasshoppers, and an Indian fandango--surrounding descriptive text about California Indian life.
Dates:
before 1855 January 24
Hutchings' California scenes.--Methods of mining., before 1855 November 15
File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Identifier: Baird 107:
Scope and Contents
Twelve vignettes depicting various mining methods and technologies, with text. Includes illustration of a Chinese miner "rocking the cradle."
Dates:
before 1855 November 15
[Hutching's California Szenen--Die verschiedenen arten des minenbaues., before 1856 July
File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Identifier: Baird 107a:
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:
before 1856 July
Hutchings' California scenes. Michigan Bar., undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
Identifier: Baird 108:
Scope and Contents
View of Michigan Bar, with signs for Drugs, Hawley & Co., Canal Co., Valentine Co., and Cosumnes House, and descriptive text printed below.
Dates:
undated
[Hutchings panoramic scenes.] Crossing the plains to California., undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
Identifier: Baird 109a:
Scope and Contents
Thirteen vignettes depicting the overland journey to California.
Dates:
undated
Hutching's panoramic scenes.--Northern California., 1855
File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
Identifier: Baird 110:
Scope and Contents
Six vignettes depicting the Northern California towns of Shasta, Jacksonville, Yreka, Mount Shasta, Scott's Bar, and Weaverville.
Dates:
1855
Hydraulic method of mining., undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 26
Identifier: Baird 111:
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
Inside view of Fort Hall., undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 26
Identifier: Baird 113:
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
J Street, from the levee [page 4], undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
Identifier: Baird 115:
Scope and Contents
Depicts the flooding of J Street in Sacramento, with people in boats, and signs for Baker & Hamilton, Agricultural Warehouse, Gilding, Plumbing, and Stoves.
Dates:
undated