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Box 1

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Contains 76 Results:

Long Bar, Yuba River., undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 32
Identifier: Baird 136:
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

[Long Wharf.], undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 32
Identifier: Baird 137:
Scope and Contents

Shows the San Francisco Long Wharf, with docked ships and signs for a variety of businesses, including: W.C. Hoff, the Steamer New Orleans, White Hall, M.O. Power Produce & Commissions, the Fountain House, and Cundell. Includes the unidentified Noisy Carrier's Hall.

Dates: undated

Map of the burnt district., undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 33
Identifier: Baird 140:
Scope and Contents

Map of the blocks bounded by Mason, Broadway, Sansome, and California Streets.

Dates: undated

Map of the mining region of California. 1855., 1854

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 33
Identifier: Baird 145a:
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: 1854

Map of the mining region of California. 1855., circa 1855

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 33
Identifier: Baird 146:
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 1855

Map of San-Francisco, California., undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 34
Identifier: Baird 148:
Scope and Contents

Map of San Francisco with key for public buildings and places of worship.

Dates: undated

The May Festival of the Turnverein Association of San Francisco., undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 34
Identifier: Baird 152:
Scope and Contents

Depicts crowd watching gymnasts performing at the May Festival, with text below.

Dates: undated

The miners., undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 35
Identifier: Baird 157:
Scope and Contents

Shows a group of eight miners, some working with windlasses and buckets.

Dates: undated

The miners., undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 35
Identifier: Baird 158:
Scope and Contents

Shows a group of ten miners working on a river, pumping water and panning for gold. This image is surrounded by a floral border containing four additional vignettes, of Sutter's Fort, Mokelumne Hill, and miners at rest.

Dates: undated

The miners., undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 35
Identifier: Baird 158:
Scope and Contents

Shows a group of ten miners working on a river, pumping water and panning for gold. This image is surrounded by a floral border containing four additional vignettes, of Sutter's Fort, Mokelumne Hill, and miners at rest.

Dates: undated