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Box 1

 Container

Contains 76 Results:

J Street, Sacramento, on New Year's Day, 1853., circa 1853

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
Identifier: Baird 117:
Scope and Contents

Depicts the flooding of J Street in Sacramento, with people and domestic animals on boats and in the street, and a sign for the Daily Union Office.

Dates: circa 1853

Jackson, Amador Co., undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 28
Identifier: Baird 118:
Scope and Contents

Three vignettes depicting Jackson, Butte City, and the Gate.

Dates: undated

James King of William--The patriot martyr of California, editor of the San Francisco Evening Bulletin, who was murderously assassinated by James P. Casey, May 14th, 1856...., 1856

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 28
Identifier: Baird 120:
Scope and Contents

Two portraits of James King of William, one depicting the living man, and the other showing the entrance and exit of the fatal bullet on the corpse.

Dates: 1856

James Stuart hung by the Vigilance Committee on Market St. wharf, on the 11th of July 1851...., circa 1851

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 29
Identifier: Baird 121:
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: circa 1851

Jenny Lind Theatre, San-Francisco., undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 29
Identifier: Baird 122:
Scope and Contents

Shows the Jenny Lind Theatre with the buildings of the El Dorado and the Union on either side and ships in the background.

Dates: undated

Joe Bowers. A very pathetic ballad, as sung by Mr. Johnson at the Melodeon, San Francisco., undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 30
Identifier: Baird 123:
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

Joe Bowers. A very pathetic ballad, as sung by Mr. Johnson, of the Melodeon, San Francisco., undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 30
Identifier: Baird 124:
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

[John Smith's Story.], 1851

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 31
Identifier: Baird 125:
Scope and Contents

Nine crude vignettes illustrating the cautionary tale of John Smith, who travels to California, makes a "pile," loses it gambling, reforms, rebuilds his fortune, and returns home.

Dates: 1851

The jolly old miner., undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 31
Identifier: Baird 126:
Scope and Contents

Humorous illustration of a drunk miner riding backwards on his horse, with two laughing miners at his left, and text below.

Dates: undated

La Porte, Sierra County., circa 1858-1859

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 32
Identifier: Baird 129:
Scope and Contents

View of La Porte's main street, with signs for Lee and Neds Pioneer Livery Stable, Hotel de France, Union Hotel, and Everts Wilson & Co. Banking House.

Dates: circa 1858-1859