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Stern Grove Festival Association records
Collection
Identifier: MS 2063
Dates:
1931-1984
Found in:
California Historical Society
Steven S. Norris Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: PC -047
Dates:
1840-1983; Majority of material found in 1979
Found in:
California Historical Society
Timothy Stoen Papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS -3681
Dates:
1959-2018
Found in:
California Historical Society
Adolph Sutro papers and scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: MS 2115
Dates:
1853-1900
Found in:
California Historical Society
Thomas Houseworth and Co. stereograph collection
Collection — Box: P011
Identifier: PC-RM-Houseworth
Abstract
Thomas Houseworth and Co. is the company continued by Thomas Houseworth after his partner George Lawrence retired in 1869. Houseworth was an optometrist and stereograph merchant located in San Francisco, Calif. The images in this collection contain reprints of Lawrence and Houseworth images, as well as newly created images. Houseworth was a major player in the stereograph market until the early 1870s, and he took numerous measures to make sure his work remained viable, including introducing...
Dates:
1868-1869
Found in:
California Historical Society
Photographs of the effects of hydraulic mining in Nevada, Sutter, and Yuba counties
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: PC-RM -Todd
Abstract
Consists of seventeen photographs documenting the destructive effects of hydraulic mining. Includes images of washed-over roads, ruined orchards, broken dams, riverbank gravel deposits, and working hydraulic hoses. Photos were taken in Nevada, Sutter, and Yuba counties and feature the Yuba and Feather Rivers. Two other photographs depict waterfront and shipping scenes in unidentified location, probably San Francisco. One photograph shows a dredge docked near an unidentified waterfront.
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Dates:
Majority of material found within 1882 - 1883
Found in:
California Historical Society
Trade cards ephemera collection
Collection
Identifier: TC EPH
Abstract
Consists of trade cards advertising a variety of trades, goods, and services. The bulk of the materials are color lithographs dating from 1880-1900. Some of the trades, goods and services advertised include food and beverages, household goods, furniture, clothing, shoes, pharmacies, medicines and tonics.
Dates:
circa 1880-1900
Found in:
California Historical Society
Maria Paula Rosalia Vallejo del Leese daguerreotype
Item — Box: 04
Identifier: DAG-8H
Content Description
Portrait of Maria Paula Rosalia Vallejo Leese seated, arm resting on book, holding an embroidered purse in her lap. Leese's cheeks, purse, jewelry, and the book are tinted. Daguerreotype is housed in a double-hinged, triptych-style case; brown embossed leather exterior with shield shaped closure; red embossed velvet interior. Quarter plate daguerreotype measuring 9 x 7 cm.
Dates:
1840-1860
Found in:
California Historical Society
Jordan Vilchez photographs of Peoples Temple
Collection — Box: P007
Identifier: PC-032
Content Description
Six color photographs of Peoples Temple members including Jordan Vilchez, Philip George, Marthea Hicks, and Jim Jones. Bulk of photographs were taken between 1973 and 1978. Some photographs taken in Jonestown, Guyana other photograph locations are unidentified.
Dates:
circa 1973-1978
Found in:
California Historical Society
W. P. Fuller Co. (San Francisco, Calif.) Records,
Collection
Identifier: MS 3356
Dates:
1896-1921
Found in:
California Historical Society
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