Box 2
Container
Contains 67 Results:
The winter in California., undated
File — Box: 2, Folder: 33
Identifier: Baird 333:
Scope and Contents
Four cautionary wintertime scenes illustrating the high prices of goods in California; miners trudging through snow; a flooded street; and a mule train struggling through muddy terrain.
Dates:
undated
Annie Lawrie., undated
File — Box: 2, Folder: 34
Identifier: Series 2:
Scope and Contents
Music and lyrics for the love song Annie Lawrie.
Dates:
undated
Articles in a miner's creed., 1855
File — Box: 2, Folder: 34
Identifier: Series 2:
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
California politicians., undated
File — Box: 2, Folder: 34
Identifier: Series 2:
Scope and Contents
Unattributed poem satirizing California politicians.
Dates:
undated
Hutchings table of distances for California. Compiled from various sources., 1855
File — Box: 2, Folder: 35
Identifier: Series 2:
Scope and Contents
Table indicating distances between towns and cities inside and outside California.
Dates:
1855
The San Francisco News Letter. Sold by all booksellers. A summary of events from the 20th of October to the 5th of November, 1856. Price 6 1-4 cents., 1856
File — Box: 2, Folder: 35
Identifier: Series 2:
Scope and Contents
A summary of California news, with listings for San Francisco businesses.
Dates:
1856
The San Francisco Prices Current and Shipping List. Per Steamer of March 5th. Tuesday, March 4th, 1856. Letter sheet edition., 1856 March 4
File — Box: 2, Folder: 35
Identifier: Series 2:
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:
1856 March 4