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California Lettersheets, 1849-ca. 1870
BANC PIC 19xx.097--A
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Collection Title: California Lettersheets
Date: 1849-ca. 1870
Collection Number: BANC PIC 19xx.097--A
Extent:
53 lettersheets ; various sizes
51 digital objects
Repository: The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Restricted originals. Use viewing prints or digital facsimiles only. Viewing prints shelved at the Reference Desk. Use of
originals only by permission of the Curator of Pictorial Collections, The Bancroft Library.
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish photographs must be submitted
in writing to the Curator of Pictorial Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library
as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must
also be obtained by the reader.
Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted
to research and educational purposes.
[Identification of item], California lettersheets, 1849-ca. 1870, BANC PIC 19xx.097--A, The Bancroft Library, University of
California, Berkeley
Digital Representations Available
Digital representations of selected original pictorial materials are available in the list of materials below. Digital image
files were prepared from selected Library originals by the Library Photographic Service. Library originals were copied onto
35mm color transparency film; the film was scanned and transferred to Kodak Photo CD (by Custom Process); and the Photo CD
files were color-corrected and saved in JFIF (JPEG) format for use as viewing files.
Title: California Lettersheets from the Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western Pictorial Materials,
Identifier/Call Number: BANC PIC 1963.002:1-194
Title:
California Pictorial Lettersheets from the Collection of Henry H. Clifford,
Identifier/Call Number: BANC PIC 1995.016--B
The California Lettersheets were assembled from various sources.
The 53 pictorial lettersheets in this collection date from 1849 to ca. 1870. Many of the lettersheets lack dates, but were
likely produced within the above period. A variety of places, events, and topics are depicted. City and landscapes and mining
scenes predominate. Also included are events of the day (fires, earthquakes, etc.). Places featured include San Francisco,
Marysville, Sacramento, Calaveras County, and other northern California towns. The medium of the bulk of the illustrations
are wood engravings or lithographs, featuring the work of the likes of Hutchings & Rosenfield, Barber & Baker, Britton & Rey,
and others.