Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material

Bird's-eye view of Riverside, San Bernardino Co[unty], Cal[ifornia] looking north to the San Bernardino Mountains 1877 BANC PIC 1963.002:0966--C

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Creator/Collector: Glover, Edwin S. (active ca. 1876-ca. 1877), artist A.L. Bancroft & Company (active ca. 1872-ca. 1973), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 30.9 x 53.7 cm.

Content/Description:

View overlooking small town in valley surrounded by orchards; Santa Ana River at left, San Bernardino Mountains in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC): Bird's-eye view of Rive Side, San Bernardino Co[unty], Cal[ifornia]/Looking north to the San Bernadino Mountains. Printed (LC, below title): Settled in 1870 by Dr. Greves and Judge North, population 800/1877; (LL): Drawn by E.S. Glover, Los Angeles, Cal[ifornia]; (LR): A.L. Bancroft & Co., Lith, San Francisco.

California, Southern; Los Angeles region (Calif.); Rivers; Settlements

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color

View of East Los Angeles, California, from Brooklyn Heights looking north to the Sierra Madre Mountains [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0969--C

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Creator/Collector: Glover, Edwin S. (active ca. 1876-ca. 1877), artist A.L. Bancroft & Company (active ca. 1872-ca. 1973), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 31.1 x 54 cm.

Content/Description:

View overlooking small town surrounded by agricultural fields, orchards, and hills; Los Angeles River at left; Sierra Madre Mountains in background.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn by E.S. Glover, Los Angeles, Cal[ifornia]; (LC, below title): Subdivided by John S. Griffin, John G. Downey, and Hancock M. Johnson; (LR): A.L. Bancroft & Co., Lith., San Francisco.

Agriculture; California, Southern; Los Angeles region (Calif.); Mountains; Settlements

Cityscapes; Lithographs, color

Glendora, Los Angeles County, California [1888] BANC PIC 1963.002:0973--D

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Creator/Collector: H.S. Crocker & Co. (active ca. 1890), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 51.3 x 68.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Bird's-eye view of six month old town with small number of buildings and houses; street names and railroad Santa Fe Railroad identified. Marginal views include residences, public buildings, and businesses.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, below title): Glendora Land Company; (LR): Lith. H.S. Crocker & Co., S[an] F[rancisco]. Date based on comparison to 1963.002:0650--A.

Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Southern; Dwellings; Los Angeles region (Calif.); Railroads; Settlements

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs

Bird's-eye view of Alosta, Los Angeles Co[unty], Cal[ifornia] Jan[uary] 1888 1888 BANC PIC 1963.002:0974--D

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Creator/Collector: Moore, Edwin S. (active ca. 1880), artist

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 57.4 x 70.6 cm.

Content/Description:

Central image looking from Alosta Heights over town; railroad at left; orchards in distance with mountain ridges behind; streets and points of interest identified. Marginal views include residences, businesses, and other buildings.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Signature (LR): E.S. Moore, artist.

Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Southern; Dwellings; Los Angeles region (Calif.); Settlements

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs

San Pedro, Los Angeles Co[unty], California [ca. 1895] BANC PIC 1963.002:0975--D

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Creator/Collector: Pierce, Bruce Wellington (1858-1947) , American, artist and lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 55.8 x 80 cm.

Content/Description:

Bird's-eye view looking inland from Pacific Ocean; waterfront area in foreground with beach and bathhouse, railroads (Southern Pacific Railroad and Los Angeles Terminal Railroad), and piers and wharves (piles of lumber at right); numerous ships (steam and sail) in harbor. Marginal views include residences, businesses, churches, and public buildings.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LR, within image--caption or signature?): G. Falk. Handwritten date (LC): ca. 1895. Printed (LL): Drawn & litho'd by B.W. Pierce, 230 N. Main St[reet], L[os] A[ngeles], Cal[ifornia].

Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Southern; Churches; Dwellings; Harbors; Los Angeles region (Calif.); Lumber industry; Railroads; Settlements; Vessels; Waterfronts

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color

Bird's-eye view of town and waterfront of San Pedro, California: showing the existing inner and the proposed outer harbor 1897 BANC PIC 1963.002:0976--C

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Creator/Collector: H.S. Crocker & Co. (active ca. 1890), lithographer Los Angeles Times, publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 44.4 x 58.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Coastline showing waterfront area with harbor and wharves; ships in channel and railroad lines along shore; city in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LR): H.S. Crocker Co., Los Angeles, S[an] F[rancisco] and Sac[ramento]; (on verso): The Los Angeles Times, April 25, 1897. Complete edition of Los Angeles Times.

California, Southern; Harbors; Los Angeles region (Calif.); Settlements; Waterfronts

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color

Avalon, Santa Catalina Island [California] [1898] BANC PIC 1963.002:0979--A

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper: photomechanical 10.2 x 12.8 cm., visible image

Content/Description:

View overlooking Catalina harbor, beach and waterfront area with buildings, pier and boats in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Handwritten (LC, on mat): [1898]. Printed (on verso): [Los Ange]les Times.

Bays; California, Southern; Harbors; Los Angeles region (Calif.); Settlements

Cityscapes; Photomechanical prints

Bird's-eye view of Azusa, Los Angeles Co[unty], Cal[ifornia] 1887 1887 BANC PIC 1963.002:0992--D

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Creator/Collector: Moore, Edwin S. (active ca. 1880), artist

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 51.3 x 68.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Central image looking from above over town; railroad at right; orchards with mountain ridges behind; streets and points of interest identified. Marginal views include A.T. & S.F. Depot and Hotel Azusa.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LR): E.S. Moore, del.

Buildings; California, Southern; Hotels; Los Angeles region (Calif.); Settlements

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs

[View of Mission San Luis Rey, Santa Margarita Valley, California] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0993--C

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Creator/Collector: Muller, lithographer Bertrand, Arthus , French, publisher Lemercier (active ca. 1855) , French, printer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 34.2 x 53.1 cm.

Content/Description:

Church façade with mission buildings to left; men, women, and children of various ethnic backgrounds in foreground.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC): Vue de la Mission de Saint Louis Roi de France. Printed (UL): Voyage de M. D. de Mofras; (UR): No. 23 de l'Atlas; (LL): Publié par Arthus Bertrand; (LC, above title): Imp. par Lemercier; (LC, below title): Dans la Nouvelle Californie; (LR): Lith. par Muller. Reference note from Inventory Sheets: Exploration du térritoire de l'Oregon, des Californies et de la mer Vermeille (Paris, 1844), pp. 23 and 24. Present façade differs from that shown in image. Inscriptions in French.

Buildings; California, Southern; Churches; Los Angeles region (Calif.); Missions

Lithographs

[Plan of Mission San Luis Rey, Santa Margarita Valley, California] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0993a--C

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Creator/Collector: Avril, Charles , French, engraver Bineteau , French, lithographer Bertrand, Arthus , French, publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving 34.2 x 53.1 cm.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UC): Plan geometriue de la Mission de S[ain]t Louis Roi de France/Dans la Nouveau Californie. Printed (UL): Voyage de M.D. de Mofras; (UR): No. 24 de l'Atlas; (LL): Gravé sur pierre par Ch. Avril; (LC): Paris Arthus Bertrand, éditeur; (LR): Lith. de Bineteau. Printed legend. Inscriptions in French.

Buildings; California, Southern; Churches; Los Angeles region (Calif.); Missions

Architectural drawings; Engravings

[Early California farm., probably in vicinity of Los Angeles, ca. 1860-70] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0997--C

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: painting on paper: gouache 35.3 x 50.7 cm.

Content/Description:

River valley with towering snow-capped mountains in distance; farm buildings in center; arid landscape; palms and agaves in foreground.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Title from modern mat (now removed), see Inventory Sheets.

Agriculture; Buildings; California, Southern; Dwellings; Los Angeles region (Calif.)

Gouaches; Landscapes; Paintings

[Corner view of San Fernando Rey Mission building, California] 1890 BANC PIC 1963.002:1342--B

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Creator/Collector: Fenn, Harry (1845-1911) , British, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: drawing on paper: ink and wash 20.6 x 15.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Corner of mission building with bell over tiled roof; friar standing in right foreground.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Signature and date (LL): FH [monogram of Harry Fenn] and [18]90. Possibly illustration for publication: Century Company (New York) stamp on verso.

California, Southern; Los Angeles region (Calif.); Missions

Drawings

[View of San Fernando Rey Mission, California] [ca. 1890] BANC PIC 1963.002:1343--B

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Creator/Collector: Fenn, Harry (1845-1911) , British, artist

Physical Description: painting on paper: watercolor 15.4 x 29 cm.

Content/Description:

View looking towards San Fernando Mission; two large palms foreground; mountains in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Handwritten annotations on verso including: 'Fenn' and 'San Fernando'.

Buildings; California, Southern; Los Angeles region (Calif.); Missions

Paintings; Watercolors

[Valley near Los Angeles, California] [187-?] BANC PIC 1963.002:1373--FR

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Creator/Collector: Herzog, Hermann (1832-1932) , German, artist

Physical Description: painting on board: oil 20 x 30.5 cm.

Content/Description:

View from arroyo; valley with body of water in right foreground; group of buildings in middleground; mountains in far distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Signature (LR): H. Herzog.

California, Southern; Los Angeles region (Calif.)

Landscapes; Oil paintings

[Scene in Los Angeles, California] [187-?] BANC PIC 1963.002:1374--FR

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Creator/Collector: Herzog, Hermann (1832-1932) , German, artist

Physical Description: painting on canvas: oil 27.8 x 38 cm.

Content/Description:

Street with building at left (possibly Mission San Gabriel); figure in front of building carrying parasol; low plaster wall and white towered structure in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Title based on handwritten text on stretcher. Signature (LR): H. Herzog.

California, Southern; Los Angeles region (Calif.); Settlements

Landscapes; Oil paintings

[Valley near Los Angeles, California] [187-?] BANC PIC 1963.002:1375--FR

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Creator/Collector: Herzog, Hermann (1832-1932) , German, artist

Physical Description: painting on board: oil 20 x 30.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Quiet valley with groves of oak trees; hills and mountains beyond; large bird circling in air.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Signature (LL): H. Herzog.

California, Southern; Los Angeles region (Calif.)

Landscapes; Oil paintings

[Valley near Los Angeles, California] [187-?] BANC PIC 1963.002:1376--FR

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Creator/Collector: Herzog, Hermann (1832-1932) , German, artist

Physical Description: painting on board: oil 19.1 x 30.4 cm.

Content/Description:

Valley with church in foreground; body of water in right middleground; snow-capped mountains in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Signature (LR): H. Herzog.

California, Southern; Churches; Los Angeles region (Calif.)

Landscapes; Oil paintings

Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Cal[ifornia] 1857 c1857 BANC PIC 1963.002:1457--D

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Creator/Collector: Kuchel & Dresel (active ca. 1853-ca. 1865), artist and lithographer Hellman & Bro., publisher Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), printer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 50.4 x 65.4 cm.

Content/Description:

Low angle view of city with backyards visible; marginal views of businesses, residences, etc.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (UC): Kuchel & Dresel's California views; (MC): Entered... 1857 by Kuchel & Dresel... California; (LL): Drawn from nature & stone by Kuchel & Dresel, 176 Clay St[reet], S[an] Francisco; (LC, below title): Published by Hellman & Bro.; (LR): Printed by Britton & Rey.

Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Southern; Dwellings; Los Angeles region (Calif.); Settlements

Cityscapes; Lithographs, color

Bird's-eye view of Sierra Madre, San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles County, Cal[ifornia] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:1460--D

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Creator/Collector: Steinegger, Henry [Stggr] (active ca. 1854-ca. 1880) , Swiss, artist Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 60.5 x 80.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Central view of city sparsely populated with orchards and fields; Santa Fe Railroad at lower right foreground. Marginal views include residences, businesses (Cigar Factory), churches, and public buildings.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LR, within image): HStggr [Henry Steinegger); (LC, below title): Elevation from 1400 to 1800 f[ee]t/View and climate unsurpassed, abundance of pure mountain water piped to each lot/Lith. Britton & Rey, San Francisco, Cal[ifornia].

Business enterprises; California, Southern; Dwellings; Los Angeles region (Calif.); Railroads; Settlements

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs

[Green Hotel, Pasadena, California] [ca. 1910] BANC PIC 1963.002:1471--FR

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on board: lithograph, color 29.5 x 116.5 cm., visible image

Content/Description:

View of large, several-stories hotel; cars, carriages, and pedestrians in front of building.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Title and date based on printed label (on verso).

Buildings; California, Southern; Hotels; Los Angeles region (Calif.)

Cityscapes; Lithographs, color

Pasadena, California, 1893 1893 BANC PIC 1963.002:1472--F

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Creator/Collector: Pierce, Bruce Wellington (1858-1947) , American, artist and lithographer Wood & Church (active ca. 1893), publisher

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on board: lithograph 71.4 x 107.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Bird's-eye view of densely populated city with Arroyo Seco in left foreground; Southern California Railroad (S.C.R.R.) running through center of city; numerous orchards; and Sierra Madre Mountains in distance (Lowe, Wilson's Peak, and Baldy). Marginal views include residences, hotels, schools, and public buildings.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, above title): Published by Wood & Church, no. 52 E[ast] Colorado St[reet]; (LR): Drawn & lithographed by B.W. Pierce, L[os] A[ngeles], Cal[ifornia]. Each image captioned. Printed legend.

Agriculture; Buildings; California, Southern; Dwellings; Los Angeles region (Calif.); Mountains; Railroads; Settlements

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs

Key to the city of Los Angeles, Cal[ifornia], bird's-eye view, looking south to the Pacific Ocean c1876 BANC PIC 1963.002:1474 (supplement)--B

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Creator/Collector: Glover, Edwin S. (active ca. 1876-ca. 1877), artist A.L. Bancroft & Company (active ca. 1872-ca. 1973), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving 25.3 x 40.7 cm.

Content/Description:

City with numerical and alphabetical designations for sites, buildings, and streets.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (MC). Printed (UC): Weekly Herald Supplement/Los Angeles, Saturday, March 10th, 1877; (ML): From a sketch by E. S. Glover; (MC): Entered... 1876 by E.S. Glover; (MR): A.L. Bancroft & Co., Lith., S[an] F[rancisco]. Meant to accompany main item 1963.002:1474--D.

California, Southern; Los Angeles region (Calif.); Settlements

Bird's-eye views; Engravings; Keys (Legends)

Los Angeles, Cal[ifornia] 1873 1873 BANC PIC 1963.002:1476 (copy)--C

Creator/Collector: Mathews, A. E. (active ca. 1866-ca. 1883), artist A.L. Bancroft & Company (active ca. 1872-ca. 1973), lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 35.2 x 52.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Broad, elevated view looking from outskirts toward town in distance; orchard and fields in foreground; mountains in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, below title): Los Angeles gives its name to the valley in which it is located, and where it occupies a charming location, nestling amidst orange groves and vineyards, the coast range with its accompanying valleys here forms a panoramic view of rare beauty; (LL): A.E. Mathews, delt.; (LC, below title): A.L. Bancroft & Company, publishers, 721 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal[ifornia]; (LR): A.L. Bancroft & Co. Lith.

California, Southern; Los Angeles region (Calif.); Settlements

Cityscapes; Lithographs, color

Los Angeles, Cal[ifornia] 1873 1873 BANC PIC 1963.002:1476--C

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Creator/Collector: Mathews, A. E. (active ca. 1866-ca. 1883), artist A.L. Bancroft & Company (active ca. 1872-ca. 1973), lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 34.9 x 48.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Broad elevated view looking from outskirts toward town in distance; orchard and fields in foreground; mountains in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, below title): Los Angeles gives its name to the valley in which it is located, and where it occupies a charming location, nestling amidst orange groves and vineyards, the coast range with its accompanying valleys here forms a panoramic view of rare beauty; (LL): A.E. Mathews, delt.; (LC, below title): A.L. Bancroft & Company, publishers, 721 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal[ifornia]; (LR): A.L. Bancroft & Co. Lith.

California, Southern; Los Angeles region (Calif.); Settlements

Cityscapes; Lithographs, color

Carlton Hotel, Pasadena, Cal[ifornia] [1888] BANC PIC 1963.002:1480--A

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Creator/Collector: Chamberlaine & Ingalsbe (active ca. 1888), undetermined

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on paper: engraving, hand colored 22 x 16 cm.

Content/Description:

Advertisement including view of three story Victorian-style hotel with horse-drawn carriages and streetcars in front.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UC). Printed (LL, within image): Chamberlaine & Ingalsbe, S[an] F[rancisco]. Handwritten (LC): Pasadena directory, 1888.

Buildings; California, Southern; Hotels; Los Angeles region (Calif.); Vehicles

Advertisements; Cityscapes; Engravings, color

Los Angeles [California] in 1881 [ca. 1931] BANC PIC 1963.002:1806--F

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Creator/Collector: Los Angeles Times, publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: photomechanical 55.9 x 84 cm.

Content/Description:

Scale model of Los Angeles in 1881 published in commemoration of fiftieth anniversary of Los Angeles Times; primarily residential areas with key and legend identifying buildings and residences.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UL). Printed (UL, above title): [page] 2; (UC): 1881, Los Angeles Times, 1931; (UR): [page] 3. Printed legend.

California, Southern; Los Angeles region (Calif.); Settlements

Keys (Legends); Photomechanical prints

[San Fernando Rey Mission?, San Fernando Valley, California] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:1883--B

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper: photomechanical, hand colored 27.5 x 35.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Two mission buildings set in vast landscape with mountains in background; ruins stand in center; small fountain in left foreground.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Handwritten (on verso): Probably San Fernando Mission.

Buildings; California, Southern; Los Angeles region (Calif.); Missions

Landscapes; Photomechanical prints

Southern California: San Diego

San Diego 1850 [California] 1850 BANC PIC 1963.002:0270--C

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Creator/Collector: Conts, C. G. (active ca. 1850), artist Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 46.9 x 59.1 cm., dome top

Content/Description:

View overlooking small settlement; bay to left; Indians in foreground.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Lith. of Britton & Rey, San Francisco; (LR): C.G. Conts, del.

Bays; California, Southern; San Diego (Calif.); Settlements

Landscapes; Lithographs, color

San Diego, California [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0356--A

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving, hand colored 14.2 x 20.1 cm.

Content/Description:

Bird's-eye view of town towards hills; harbor with wharves, sailing and steam ships in foreground.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC): No. 119, San Diego, California. Printed (UL): [page] 38; (UC): Specimen Book of Electrotypes. From periodical.

Bays; California, Southern; Harbors; San Diego (Calif.); Settlements; Waterfronts

Bird's-eye views; Engravings, color

San Diego and bay [California] [not before 1887] BANC PIC 1963.002:0417--B

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Creator/Collector: Andrew, W. O. (active ca. 1887-ca. 1891) , American, artist

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving, color 12.5 x 47.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Panoramic view of waterfront area with dense buildings; harbor with masted sailing ships; and bay.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC): Pen sketch of San Diego Harbor, drawn and engraved for the Golden Era by W.O. Andrews. Printed (LL, within image): Drawn on zinc & eng[raved] by W.O. Andrew; (LC): San Diego & bay 1887.

Bays; California, Southern; Harbors; San Diego (Calif.); Settlements

Engravings, color; Panoramic views

San Diego [California] [ca. 1846] BANC PIC 1963.002:0418--A

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Creator/Collector: E. Weber & Co. (active ca. 1835-ca. 1854), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 13.2 x 22 cm.

Content/Description:

General view over early settlement showing group of one-story buildings and row of tents; US flag flies in center.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, below title): Lith. by E. Weber & Co., Balto. [Baltimore]. Illustration from " Notes of a military reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, including part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila rivers" by Lieut. Col. W. H. Emory (Washington: Wendell and Van Benthuysen, 1848).

California, Southern; Expeditions & surveys; Military facilities; San Diego (Calif.); Settlements

Cityscapes; Illustrations; Lithographs

Pen sketch of Point Loma [California] from the beach [1888?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0480:01--A

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Creator/Collector: Andrew, W. O. (active ca. 1887-ca. 1891) , American, artist

Physical Description: print on paper: pen lithograph 15.7 x 23.9 cm.

Content/Description:

Two figures sit on bench near shore looking out across bay; Point Loma in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LR, within image): W. Andrew; (on verso): The San Diego Bay Region. Possibly published in Guide to San Diego Bay region, California (San Diego: San Diego Land & Town Co., 1888).

Bays; California, Southern; Waterfronts

Landscapes; Lithographs

Pen sketch from ocean side of beach [San Diego, California] [1888?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0480:02--A

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Creator/Collector: Andrew, W. O. (active ca. 1887-ca. 1891) , American, artist (in the style of)

Physical Description: print on paper: pen lithograph 14.4 x 24.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Inland waterway with ocean to right; boardwalk and small pier on water; mountains in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (on verso): The San Diego Bay Region. Possibly published in Guide to San Diego Bay region, California (San Diego: San Diego Land & Town Co., 1888).

Bays; California, Southern; San Diego (Calif.); Waterfronts

Landscapes; Lithographs

Glimpse of harbor and US barracks from Babcock and Story's Wharf [San Diego, California] [1888?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0480:03--A

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Creator/Collector: Andrew, W. O. (active ca. 1887-ca. 1891) , American, artist (in the style of)

Physical Description: print on paper: pen lithograph 12.8 x 24.4 cm.

Content/Description:

Large buildings in compound at left, US flag flies from main structure. Small buildings along shoreline; boats on bay at right.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Pen sketch; (on verso): The San Diego Bay Region. Possibly published in Guide to San Diego Bay region, California (San Diego: San Diego Land & Town Co., 1888).

Buildings; California, Southern; Military facilities; San Diego (Calif.); Waterfronts

Cityscapes; Lithographs

Court House of San Diego County, California, erected in 1872 [not before 1872] BANC PIC 1963.002:0482:01--B

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 25.6 x 31.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Two-story building surrounded by fenced park; horse-drawn carriage in foreground.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC).

Buildings; California, Southern; San Diego (Calif.); Vehicles

Lithographs, color

"Cajon Villa," country res[idence], orchard and vineyard of Maj[or] Levy Chase, El Cajon Valley [San Diego County, California] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0482:02--B

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 25.6 x 31.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Views of country and town residences of Major Chase; country residence surrounded by orchards and vineyards.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (UC, below upper image): Town residence of Maj[or] Chase.

Agriculture; California, Southern; Dwellings; San Diego (Calif.)

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color

[Mission San Diego de Alcalá, California] 1888 and 1898 BANC PIC 1963.002:0697--B

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Creator/Collector: Jones, Seth C. (1853-1930) , American, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 25.3 x 32.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Mission church facade and adjacent buildings.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Handwritten (LR): San Diego/Jan[uar]y 1888 [and] [18]89.

Buildings; California, Southern; Churches; Missions; San Diego (Calif.)

Drawings

[Mission San Diego de Alcalá, California] 1889 BANC PIC 1963.002:0698--B

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Creator/Collector: Jones, Seth C. (1853-1930) , American, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 25.5 x 32 cm.

Content/Description:

Mission church and adjacent buildings.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Handwritten (LL): San Diego Mission/Jan[uar]y 1889. Bodleian watermark.

Buildings; California, Southern; Churches; Missions; San Diego (Calif.)

Drawings

San Diego [Mission, California] [18--?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0771--A

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: drawing on paper: ink and wash 9 x 18.1 cm., image on sheet 16 x 24.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Southeast end of mission church. Long, low adobe structure with tile roof in state of dilapidation; portion of facade visible above roofline. Other ruined structures nearby, with empty field in foreground.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LL): San Diego.

California, Southern; Churches; Missions; San Diego (Calif.)

Drawings

Hotel Del Coronado, Coronado Beach, San Diego, California July 1888 BANC PIC 1963.002:0846--B

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Creator/Collector: Rand McNally Company , American, engraver A. Phillips & Co. (active ca. 1888-ca. 1889) , American, publisher

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on paper: engraving 16.9 x 22.6 cm., on sheet 40.7 x 24.5 cm

Content/Description:

Three-quarter view of hotel and grounds in front of main entrance; women, children, men on horseback, and carriages among grounds. View accompanied description of the newly built hotel in 'Phillips' California Guide.'

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UC). Printed (UR): J.B. Seghers, Jr., Manager; (LC): The Largest and most elegantly furnished hotel in the world. Bathing every day in the year. Handwritten (LL, within image): Rand McNally Co. Printed two page description from original guide enclosed with image.

Buildings; California, Southern; Hotels; San Diego (Calif.)

Engravings; Illustrations

Bird's-eye view of San Diego, California, 1876, from the northeast, looking southwest c1876 BANC PIC 1963.002:0909 (variant)--D

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Creator/Collector: Glover, Edwin S. (active ca. 1876-ca. 1877), artist A.L. Bancroft & Company (active ca. 1872-ca. 1973), lithographer Schneider & Kueppers (active ca. 1876), publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 53.7 x 74 cm.

Content/Description:

Town with waterfront with piers and bay in distance; several ships on water.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn by E.S. Clover [Glover] and published by Schneider & Kueppers, San Diego; (LC, above title): Entered... 1876 by Schneider & Kueppers... ; (LR): A.L. Bancroft & Company, lithographers, San Francisco, Cal[ifornia]. Printed legend.

Bays; California, Southern; San Diego (Calif.); Waterfronts

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color

Bird's-eye view of San Diego, California, 1876 from the northeast, looking southwest c1876 BANC PIC 1963.002:0909--D

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Creator/Collector: Glover, Edwin S. (active ca. 1876-ca. 1877), artist A.L. Bancroft & Company (active ca. 1872-ca. 1973), lithographer Schneider & Kueppers (active ca. 1876), publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 53.7 x 74 cm.

Content/Description:

Town with waterfront with piers and bay in distance; several ships on water; cowboy lassoing cow in foreground.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn by E.S. Glover and published by Schneider and & Kueppers, San Diego; (LC, above title): Entered... 1876 by Schneider & Kueppers... ; (LR): A.L. Bancroft & Company, lithographers, San Francisco, Cal[ifornia]. Printed legend.

Bays; California, Southern; San Diego (Calif.); Waterfronts

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color

Coronado Beach, Southern California 1890 BANC PIC 1963.002:0970--C

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Creator/Collector: Reinhart, Charles Stanley (1844-1896) , American, artist Harper's Weekly (active ca. 1881) , American, publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: pen lithograph, hand colored 40.4 x 56.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Vacationers strolling and relaxing on beach in front of hotel; children on burros and playing in sand.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC): Coronado Beach, Southern California, Drawn by Charles S. Reinhart, see page 699. Printed (LR, within image): C.S. Reinhart, N[ew] Y[ork] [18]90. Printed (UL): [page] 700; (UC): Harper's Weekly; (UR): [page] 701; (on verso): September 6, 1890.

California, Southern; Clothing & dress; Manners & customs

Lithographs, color

Bird's-eye view of Coronado Beach, San Diego Bay and city of San Diego, Cal[ifornia] in distance [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0971--E

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Creator/Collector: Moore, Edwin S. (active ca. 1880), artist H.S. Crocker & Co. (active ca. 1890), lithographer

Physical Description: print on tinted paper mounted on board: lithograph 52.3 x 69.5 cm., on mount 66 x 81.2 cm.

Content/Description:

View of Coronado Beach peninsula; bay with wharf, piers, and ships in middleground; Hotel Del Coronado in foreground.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Crocker & Co. lith. S[an] F[rancisco]; (LC, below title): Coronado Beach Company/capital, one million dollars; (LR): Sketch by E.S. Moore. Printed legend.

Bays; California, Southern; San Diego (Calif.); Settlements; Waterfronts

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs

Elsinore, San Diego Co[unty], Cal[ifornia] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0977--C

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 47.4 x 60.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Small settlement situated in Lake Elsinore Valley with lake in center; Sierra Madre Mountains in distance. Marginal images include residences, businesses, schools, churches, terracotta industry, hot sulphur springs, and others. Features in description mention "inexhaustible deposits of asbestos."

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UC). Printed (UC): Lake Elsinore 1280 feet above the sea, taken from mountains 1700 feet above the lake; (LC) Compliments of Wm. Varcoe & Co., Real Estate Dealers. Printed text.

Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Southern; Dwellings; Industry; Lakes & ponds; Mountains; San Diego (Calif.); Settlements

Cityscapes; Landscapes; Lithographs, color

San Diego, California... 1873 BANC PIC 1963.002:0995--B

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Creator/Collector: Mathews, A. E. (active ca. 1866-ca. 1883), artist A.L. Bancroft & Company (active ca. 1872-ca. 1973), lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on board: lithograph, color 31.5 x 48.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Bay with ships and sailboats in foreground, city in middleground and mountains in far distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC): San Diego, California/Terminus of Texas Pacific Railway. From the Peninsula looking east across the bay. 1873 (Description of city below title). Printed (LL): A.E. Mathews Delt; (LR) A.L. Bancroft & Co. Lith.; (LC, below title and description of city): A.L. Bancroft & Company, Publishers, 721 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal[ifornia].

California, Southern; Harbors; San Diego (Calif.); Settlements; Vessels; Waterfronts

Cityscapes; Lithographs, color

[View of Julian, California] [ca. 1899] BANC PIC 1963.002:1328--FR

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Creator/Collector: Phillips, C. B., artist

Physical Description: painting on paper: pen and watercolor 57.2 x 88.9 cm.

Content/Description:

Broad view of town with wooden buildings along main street and scattered houses behind; figures on horseback and walking; horsedrawn wagons on street; signs on two buildings read "Julian Sentinel" (newspaper) and "Turf Saloon."

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title.

Buildings; California, Southern; Dwellings; Settlements

Cityscapes; Paintings; Watercolors

Mission, San Diego [California] [1887] BANC PIC 1963.002:1409--A

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Creator/Collector: Franklin & Kugeman (active ca. 1890), publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: etching 13.6 x 17.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Dilapidated mission buildings.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LR). Printed (LC, within image): Franklin & Kugeman. Handwritten (on verso): Miss Fish (Mary Stevens Fish?). For items from the same series see BANC PIC 1905:01243--PIC.

Buildings; California, Southern; Missions; San Diego (Calif.)

Etchings

Ready relief mill & mine... Julian Mining Dist[rict], San Diego County, Cal[ifornia] [1882] BANC PIC 1963.002:1479--C

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Creator/Collector: H.S. Crocker & Co. (active ca. 1890), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 35.4 x 51.1 cm.

Content/Description:

Mining buildings and entrance to mine. Inset images showing equipment and cross-section of mine shafts.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC): Ready relief mill & mine prop. of Berthold Baruch, Drury D. Bailey & James O. Bailey: Julian Mining Dist[rict], San Diego County, Cal[ifornia]. Date 1882 within image. Printed (LL): Lith. H.S. Croker [sic] & Co., S[an] F[rancisco]. Handwritten annotations on verso regarding Bailey family.

Buildings; California, Southern; Equipment; Mining; San Diego (Calif.)

Lithographs

Southern California: San Juan Capistrano

[Mission San Juan Capistrano, California] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0273--A

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Creator/Collector: Thierry, H. J., etcher

Physical Description: print on paper: etching 15.3 x 10.2 cm., image on sheet 29.2 x 21.6 cm.

Content/Description:

View along arched corridor with beamed ceiling above.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LL, within image and below image): San Juan Capistrano. Printed (LR, within image and below image): H.J. Brothers.

California, Southern; Missions

Etchings

[Mission] San Juan Capistrano near San Juan Point [California] 1889 BANC PIC 1963.002:0699--B

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Creator/Collector: Jones, Seth C. (1853-1930) , American, artist

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 25.3 x 33 cm.

Content/Description:

Interior of crossing in mission church; includes annotations indicating color scheme and ambiance to be rendered in color version of this sketch.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LR). Handwritten (LR, below title): January 1889/[Signature] Seth C. Jones/See color sketch. Bodleian watermark.

Buildings; California, Southern; Churches; Interiors; Missions

Drawings

[Mission] San Juan Capistrano [California] 1889 BANC PIC 1963.002:0700--B

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Creator/Collector: Jones, Seth C. (1853-1930) , American, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 33 x 25.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Ruined stone church with side portal and arches.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LL). Handwritten (LL, below title): Jan[uary] 1889. Bodleian watermark.

Buildings; California, Southern; Churches; Missions

Drawings

[Mission] San Juan Capistrano [California] 1889 BANC PIC 1963.002:0701--B

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Creator/Collector: Jones, Seth C. (1853-1930) , American, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 25.5 x 31.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Nave of mission church.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LR). Handwritten (LR, below title): Jan[uar]y 1889.

Buildings; California, Southern; Churches; Missions

Drawings

[Mission San Juan Capistrano, California] [1889] BANC PIC 1963.002:0702--B

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Creator/Collector: Jones, Seth C. (1853-1930) , American, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 25.3 x 33 cm.

Content/Description:

Partial view through arched structure of crossing in mission church.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Handwritten (UL): Santa Margarita, 2 [erroneously labeled, not by artist?]. Bodleian watermark.

Buildings; California, Southern; Churches; Missions

Drawings

[Mission] San Juan Capistrano [California] 1889 BANC PIC 1963.002:0703--B

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Creator/Collector: Jones, Seth C. (1853-1930) , American, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 33 x 25.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Partial view of crossing in mission church with notes indicating color scheme and ambiance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LR). Handwritten (LR, below title): Jan[uar]y 1889. Handwritten annotations throughout. Bodleian watermark.

Buildings; California, Southern; Churches; Missions

Drawings

[Mission] San Juan Capistrano [California] 1889 BANC PIC 1963.002:0704--B

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Creator/Collector: Jones, Seth C. (1853-1930) , American, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 25.3 x 33 cm.

Content/Description:

Partial view of crossing area of mission church with notes indicating color scheme and ambiance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LL). Handwritten (LL, below title): Jan[uar]y 1889. Handwritten annotations throughout. On verso: sketch of path and surrounding vegetation (uncataloged).

Buildings; California, Southern; Churches; Missions

Drawings

[Mission] San Juan Capistrano [California] 1889 BANC PIC 1963.002:0705--B

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Creator/Collector: Jones, Seth C. (1853-1930) , American, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 33 x 25.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Arched portal flanked by double columns.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LR). Handwritten (LR, below title): Jan[uar]y 1889. Bodleian watermark.

Buildings; California, Southern; Missions

Drawings

[Mission] San Juan Capistrano [California] 1889 BANC PIC 1963.002:0706--B

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Creator/Collector: Jones, Seth C. (1853-1930) , American, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 25.3 x 33 cm.

Content/Description:

Arcaded corridor of convent.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LR). Handwritten (LR, below title): Jan[uar]y 1889. Bodleian watermark.

Buildings; California, Southern; Missions

Drawings

[Mission] San Juan Capistrano [California] 1889 BANC PIC 1963.002:0707--B

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Creator/Collector: Jones, Seth C. (1853-1930) , American, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 25.3 x 33 cm.

Content/Description:

Simple door with benches on both sides; cloister arcade area.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LR). Handwritten (LR, below title): Jan[uary] 1889. Bodleian watermark.

Buildings; California, Southern; Missions

Drawings

[Mission] San Juan Capistrano [California] 1889 BANC PIC 1963.002:0708--B

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Creator/Collector: Jones, Seth C. (1853-1930) , American, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 25.3 x 33 cm.

Content/Description:

Arched corridor with partial view of chapel.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LL). Handwritten (LL, below title): Jan[uar]y 1889. Bodleian watermark.

Buildings; California, Southern; Missions

Drawings

[Mission] San Juan Capistrano [California] 1889 BANC PIC 1963.002:0709--B

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Creator/Collector: Jones, Seth C. (1853-1930) , American, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 25.3 x 33 cm.

Content/Description:

Arched corridor with partial view of chapel.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LR). Handwritten (LR, below title): Jan[uary] 1889. Bodleian watermark.

Buildings; California, Southern; Missions

Drawings

[Mission] San Juan Capistrano near San Juan Point [California] 1889 BANC PIC 1963.002:0710--B

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Creator/Collector: Jones, Seth C. (1853-1930) , American, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 25.3 x 33 cm.

Content/Description:

Arched corridor looking toward chapel.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LR). Handwritten (LR, below title): January 1889. Bodleian watermark.

Buildings; California, Southern; Churches; Missions

Drawings

[Mission] San Juan Capistrano [California] 1889 BANC PIC 1963.002:0711--B

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Creator/Collector: Jones, Seth C. (1853-1930) , American, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 25.3 x 33 cm.

Content/Description:

Arched corridor and chapel.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LR). Handwritten (LR, below title): Jan[uary] 1889. Bodleian watermark.

Buildings; California, Southern; Churches; Missions

Drawings

[Mission] San Juan Capistrano [California] 1889 BANC PIC 1963.002:0712--B

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Creator/Collector: Jones, Seth C. (1853-1930) , American, artist

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 33 x 25.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Ruined arcaded wall; other buildings in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LC). Handwritten (LC, below title): Built by Father Juniper Serra 1776/Distroyed by earthquake 1812. Signature and date (LR): Seth C. Jones/Jan[uary] 1889. Bodleian watermark.

Buildings; California, Southern; Missions

Drawings

The ruined altar, San Juan Capistrano Mission [California] 1918 BANC PIC 1963.002:0948--A

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Creator/Collector: Doolittle, H. L. (active ca. 1918), etcher

Physical Description: print on paper: etching 30.7 x 24 cm.

Content/Description:

Interior of Mission San Juan Capistrano.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LL). Signature (LR): H.L. Doolittle. Printed (LR, within original): HLD (monogram) 1918. Handwritten (LC): 59/100; (on verso): Made in U.S.A.

Buildings; California, Southern; Churches; Interiors; Missions

Etchings

San Juan by-the-sea/Dana's Point [area and Mentone, California] [1888?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0964--A

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Creator/Collector: Los Angeles Lithographic Company (active 189-) , American, lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 22.7 x 34 cm., folded to 22.7 x 16.9 cm.

Content/Description:

Two sections; one on San Juan by-the-sea/Dana Point area; and one on Mentone, with vignettes of points of interest in the two areas, including beaches, buildings, Mission San Juan Capistrano, mountains, mansions, etc. (Each section includes five paragraphs of verse extolling the area's virtues, possibly inducement for tourists or developers to visit).

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UR, LL). Printed (LL): Los Angeles Lithographic Co. Item appears to have been removed from booklet. Printed text on verso.

California, Southern

Lithographs, color

[Old door and corridor arches at Mission San Juan Capistrano, California] [not after 1901] BANC PIC 1963.002:1341--B

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Creator/Collector: Sandham, J. Henry (1842-1912) , Canadian, artist

Physical Description: painting on paper mounted on board: gouache 24.5 x 17.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Building arches and portal.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Signature (LL): Hy Sandham. Various annotations on mount including: Old door, corridor arches, San Juan Capistrano. Century Company (New York) stamp on verso.

California, Southern; Missions

Gouaches

[Mission San Juan Capistrano, California] [ca. 1885] BANC PIC 1963.002:1505--FR

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Creator/Collector: Cole, Joseph Foxcroft (1837-1892) , American, artist

Physical Description: painting on paper: watercolor and pencil 29.5 x 59.5 cm., visible image

Content/Description:

Mission ruins in low hill setting with cows grazing.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Signature (LR): J. Foxcroft Cole

Buildings; California, Southern; Missions

Landscapes; Watercolors

San Juan Capistrano [Mission, California] [19--?] BANC PIC 1963.002:1803--B

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Creator/Collector: Borein, John Edward (1872-1945) , American, artist

Physical Description: print on paper: etching 29.4 x 38.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Arched walkway with three figures including two fathers.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LL). Signature (LR): Edward Borein. Watermark (LL): France.

California, Southern; Missions

Etchings

Southern California: Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, Lower California 1871 BANC PIC 1963.002:0242--A

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Creator/Collector: Colyer, Vincent (1825-1888) , American, artist

Physical Description: painting on paper: watercolor 8.8 x 25.3 cm., mount 17.7 x 34.4 cm.

Content/Description:

Bay with ocean to right and mountains in background; dog(?) and figures strolling on beach.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LL). Date handwritten (LL): Oct[ober] 15, 1871. Handwritten on mount: by Vincent Colyer.

Bays; California, Southern; Waterfronts

Landscapes; Paintings; Watercolors

Mission Santa Barbara [California] 1852 BANC PIC 1963.002:0302--A

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Creator/Collector: Wackenreuder, Vitus (active ca. 1852-ca. 1861), artist

Physical Description: painting on paper: gouache 20.6 x 33.1 cm.

Content/Description:

Mission church and front corridor, group of outbuildings at right; animals and small figures scattered about; mountains in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LC). Handwritten (LR): Made by Vitus Wackenreuder, July 1852.

Buildings; California, Southern; Churches; Missions

Gouaches; Paintings

Santa Barbara [Mission, California] February 1889 BANC PIC 1963.002:0718--B

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Creator/Collector: Jones, Seth C. (1853-1930) , American, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 25.3 x 33 cm.

Content/Description:

Two views of Santa Barbara Mission church. Left view: towered façade with adjacent convent; mountains in background; trees and vegetation in foreground. Right view: three-quarter view of church's façade; fountain and two friars in foreground.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LR). Handwritten (LR, below title): Feb[uar]y 1889. Bodleian watermark.

Buildings; California, Southern; Churches; Missions

Drawings

Santa Barbara [Mission California] February 4, 1889 BANC PIC 1963.002:0719--B

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Creator/Collector: Jones, Seth C. (1853-1930) , American, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 25.3 x 33 cm.

Content/Description:

Angle view of church façade with bell towers, convent, and fountain in foreground.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LL). Handwritten (LR, below title): February 4, 1889/Father Anthony Patio/[Father] Fox Bells/[Father] Herinious Garden [and] Church. Bodleian watermark.

Buildings; California, Southern; Churches; Missions

Drawings

[Confession scene at Santa Barbara Mission, California] February 1888 BANC PIC 1963.002:0720--B

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Creator/Collector: Jones, Seth C. (1853-1930) , American, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 25.3 x 33 cm.

Content/Description:

Father takes confession from Mexican boy; priest holds rosary in his hands; doorway in back.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LL): Santa Barbara/Father Anthony. Handwritten (LL, below title): Feb[ruar]y 1888. Confession in Spanish of Mexican Peon Boy/by Father Heronious.

California, Southern; Mexicans; Missions; Rites & ceremonies

Drawings

The Secret Garden, Santa Barbara [Mission, California] February 1889 BANC PIC 1963.002:0721--B

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Creator/Collector: Jones, Seth C. (1853-1930) , American, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 25.3 x 33 cm.

Content/Description:

View over garden towards church and monastery; one father standing at basin; two others strolling to right.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LL). Handwritten (LL, below title): February 1889. Bodleian watermark.

Buildings; California, Southern; Missions

Drawings

Santa Barbara Mission, [California] founded 1786 [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0949--C

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Creator/Collector: Moran, Peter (1841-1914) , British, artist Vickery, W. K., publisher

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on board: etching 47 x 63.4 cm.

Content/Description:

Mission church and buildings; sheep grazing in foreground; cloud covered mountains in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LL, within image). Signature (LR): P. Moran. Printed (LL, within image): P. Moran; (UC): Published by W.K. Vickery, San Francisco, 631 Market St[reet], San Francisco, Cal[ifornia].

Animals; Buildings; California, Southern; Churches; Missions

Etchings

Mission La Purisima Concepcion [Santa Barbara, California] [18--?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0988--B

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Creator/Collector: Borein, John Edward (1872-1945) , American, etcher

Physical Description: print on paper: etching 28.7 x 44.3 cm., irregular shape

Content/Description:

Mission with covered walkway extending down length of building. Large packtrain of mules and men on horseback in foreground.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LC). Signature (LR): Edward Borein.

Animals; California, Southern; Missions; Packtrains

Etchings

Santa Barbara, Cal[ifornia] 1873 1873 BANC PIC 1963.002:0996--C

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Creator/Collector: Mathews, A. E. (active ca. 1866-ca. 1883), artist A.L. Bancroft & Company (active ca. 1872-ca. 1973), lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 35.2 x 52.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Bird's-eye view looking inland from ocean toward town situated on coast; two piers and boats on water; Santa Ynez mountains in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): A.E. Mathews, delt.; (LC, below title): A.L. Bancroft & Company, publishers, 721 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal[ifornia]; (LR): A. L. Bancroft & Co. Lith.

California, Southern; Mountains; Settlements; Waterfronts

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color

[Santa Barbara Mission, California] [188-?] BANC PIC 1963.002:1327--FR

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Creator/Collector: Ford, Henry Chapman (1828-1894) , American, artist

Physical Description: painting on paper: watercolor 29.3 x 52.2 cm., visible image

Content/Description:

Mission church with outbuildings set in open landscape, mountains in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Signature (LR): H.C. Ford. Note from Inventory Sheets: Probably done in early 1880's when Ford was doing his etched series on missions.

Buildings; California, Southern; Missions

Watercolors

[Scene near Santa Barbara, California] [187-?] BANC PIC 1963.002:1372--FR

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Creator/Collector: Herzog, Hermann (1832-1932) , German, artist

Physical Description: painting on board: oil 18.5 x 30.4 cm.

Content/Description:

Three horses standing in open meadow lined with trees; outline of buildings of Santa Barbara in far distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Title based on handwritten text on wooden frame support.

California, Southern

Landscapes; Oil paintings

Bird's Eye View of Santa Barbara, Calif[ornia], 1877: Looking north to the Santa Barbara Mountains 1877 BANC PIC 1963.002:1456--FR

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Creator/Collector: Glover, Edwin S. (active ca. 1876-ca. 1877), artist and publisher A.L. Bancroft & Company (active ca. 1872-ca. 1973), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 51 x 80.4 cm., visible image

Content/Description:

City and bay with pier; includes sailing ships, pedestrians, horse-drawn carriage, and cows.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn and published by E.S. Glover; (LR): A.L. Bancoft & Co., lithographers, S[an] F[rancisco]. Printed legend.

California, Southern; Harbors; Settlements

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color

Southern California: Other

Oak Home Farm, San Joaquin County, California, the residence of W.I. Overhiser Esq., 1861 1861 BANC PIC 1963.002:0206--B

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: painting on paper mounted on board: watercolor 29.1 x 41.8 cm.

Content/Description:

Modest white wooden house in grove of trees; woman being helped from wagon by man; barn and outbuildings at right; men carrying sacks from barn to empty wagon pulled by four-oxen team at right; train of three wagons at left drawn by seven pairs of horses departs at left; cows in foreground.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LC).

Agriculture; Animals; Buildings; California, Southern; Cattle; Dwellings; Vehicles

Paintings; Watercolors

Hauling borax from Death Valley, California [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0274--E

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Creator/Collector: Federal Litho. Co., undetermined

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on board: photomechanical 101.5 x 38 cm.

Content/Description:

Twenty-mule team pulling two wagons with barrels attached to their sides and one water wagon. Desert setting with mountains in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LC). Printed (LL, within image): F.J. [Beyer?]. Handwritten (below wagon, within image): Trade Mark. Printed (LL): The Federal Litho. Co. N[ew] Y[ork]. Note from Inventory Sheets: Copyright by the Pacific Coast Borax Co.

Animals; California, Southern; Industry; Vehicles

Photomechanical prints

San Buenaventura [Ventura], California [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0354--A

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper: wood engraving, hand colored 14.7 x 23.6 cm.

Content/Description:

View taken from hill above town [presently known as Ventura] towards ocean; vegetation and body of water (estuary?) in foreground; well defined buildings and houses in middleground; bay with pier and ships in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Clipping from Swedish language periodical.

California, Southern; Settlements

Cityscapes; Engravings, color

[Fruit production in National City, California] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0355--A

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Creator/Collector: Ryder, E. L., artist

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving, hand colored 21.6 x 24.1 cm.

Content/Description:

Collage of seven images relating to fruit production in National City area. Includes views of town, buildings and houses, fruit exhibit, Southern Pacific train, and others.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC): Frugt-udstilling, National City, Cal[ifornia]. Printed (LL, within image): E.L. Ryder; (on fruit containers, within image): 'London Layers' and 'National...' Clipping from Swedish language periodical. Inscriptions in Swedish.

Agriculture; Buildings; California, Southern; Railroads; Settlements

Engravings, color

Battle of San Gabriel, California [not before 1847] BANC PIC 1963.002:0405--A

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Creator/Collector: Southwick, John, artist Worcester & Co., undetermined

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving 21 x 28.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Battle of the Rio San Gabriel which occurred on January 8, 1847. Artillery and riflemen in center; mounted Californians, Mexicans, and Indians at left and right; dead and wounded in background.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Date in pencil (LR): 1851. Printed (LL): Worcester & Co. Scene drawn by John Southwick of the United States Navy (information from text below image). Clipping from: Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion. Handwritten (on verso): Should be 1847.

California, Southern; Events; Frontier & pioneer life

Engravings

Mormon settlement in the San Bernardino Valley, with a view of the peaks of San Bernardino and San Gorgonio [California] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0479:02--A

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Creator/Collector: Orr, N., engraver

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on paper: engraving 11.8 x 16.1 cm., on mount 14.8 x 18.8 cm.

Content/Description:

Broad, valley with high mountains in distance. Houses and farms in middleground; groups of figures, and horse and carriage in foreground.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LR, within image): N.Orr, N[ew] Y[ork].

California, Southern; Mountains; Settlements; Settlers

Engravings; Landscapes

San Gorgonio Mountain [California] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0479:03--A

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Creator/Collector: Orr, J. W., engraver

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on paper: engraving 11.4 x 16.1 cm., on mount 14.2 x 20.6 cm.

Content/Description:

Broad plain with house at right; wagon train moves out in left distance. Two Indians with child in papoose stand in foreground.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Handwritten (LC, after title): Weaver's house. Printed (LR, within image): J. W.Orr, N[ew] Y[ork].

California, Southern; Dwellings; Indians of North America; Settlers; Westward movement

Engravings; Landscapes

[Mission San Luis Rey, California] 1889 BANC PIC 1963.002:0713--B

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Creator/Collector: Jones, Seth C. (1853-1930) , American, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 25.3 x 33 cm.

Content/Description:

Angle view of San Luis Rey de Francia Mission church showing façade, bell tower, adjacent arcaded wall, and entrance to cemetery.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LL): San Luis Rey de Francia. Handwritten (LL, below title): Feb[ruar]y 1889. Bodleian watermark.

Buildings; California, Southern; Churches; Missions

Drawings

[Mission San Luis Rey, California] 1889 BANC PIC 1963.002:0714--B

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Creator/Collector: Jones, Seth C. (1853-1930) , American, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 33 x 25.3 cm.

Content/Description:

North-side view of church and bell tower; cemetery in foreground. Head study of man in hat called "Jose" in upper right.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten (LL): San Luis Rey/Jan[uar]y 1889/Father O'Keefe.... Bodleian watermark.

Buildings; California, Southern; Churches; Missions

Drawings

[Mission San Luis Rey, California] 1889 BANC PIC 1963.002:0715--B

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Creator/Collector: Jones, Seth C. (1853-1930) , American, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 33 x 25.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Father standing besides side portal; high stairway behind.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Handwritten title (LR): San Luis Rey/Jan[uary] 1889. Bodleian watermark.

Buildings; California, Southern; Missions

Drawings

[Mission San Luis Rey, California] 1889 BANC PIC 1963.002:0716--B

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Creator/Collector: Jones, Seth C. (1853-1930) , American, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 33 x 25.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Father standing on stairs; partial view of building.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Handwritten title (LL): San Luis Rey/Feb[ruar]y 1889. Bodleian watermark.

Buildings; California, Southern; Missions

Drawings

[Mission] San Luis Rey, altar in Mortuary Chapel [California] 1889 BANC PIC 1963.002:0717--B

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Creator/Collector: Jones, Seth C. (1853-1930) , American, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 33 x 25.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Father with Bible in his hands standing in front of altar in Mortuary Chapel; advanced dilapidation of interior.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LR). Handwritten (LR, below title): Feb[ruar]y 1889. Bodleian watermark.

Buildings; California, Southern; Churches; Interiors; Missions

Drawings

Santa Inés Mission [Solvang, California] 1889 BANC PIC 1963.002:0722--B

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Creator/Collector: Jones, Seth C. (1853-1930) , American, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 25.3 x 33 cm.

Content/Description:

View along convent's acraded corridor.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LR). Handwritten (LR, below title): 1889. Bodleian watermark.

Buildings; California, Southern; Missions

Drawings

Doorway, Santa Margarita [California] January 1889 BANC PIC 1963.002:0723--B

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Creator/Collector: Jones, Seth C. (1853-1930) , American, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 25.3 x 33 cm.

Content/Description:

View through doorway in thick stone wall to country beyond; possibly at one of Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa's ranches. (Different doorway than shown in 1963.002:724--B).

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LL). Handwritten (LL, below title): Jan[uar]y 1889.

Buildings; California, Northern; Missions; Ranches

Drawings

Main doorway, Santa Margarita [California] January 1889 BANC PIC 1963.002:0724--B

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Creator/Collector: Jones, Seth C. (1853-1930) , American, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 25.3 x 33 cm.

Content/Description:

View through doorway in thick stone wall to country beyond; possibly at one of Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa's ranches. (Different doorway than shown in 1963.002:723--B).

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LL). Handwritten (LL, below title): Jan[uar]y 1889. Bodleian watermark.

Buildings; California, Northern; Missions; Ranches

Drawings

San Bernardino, Cal[ifornia] [18--?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0755--B

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving, hand colored 16 x 38.6 cm.

Content/Description:

Bird's-eye view of town of San Bernardino with significant points of interest numbered (no legend). Buildings, churches, houses, streets, and small farm visible.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (ML): Bien (title of serial?). Text of document (verso) in German.

California, Southern; Settlements

Bird's-eye views; Cityscapes; Engravings, color

San Miguel Arcangel [Mission, San Miguel, California] 1879 BANC PIC 1963.002:0770--C

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Creator/Collector: Jackson, M. (b.1872?) , American?, artist

Physical Description: painting on board: oil 31.9 x 49.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Mission church and buildings.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Date and signature (LR): [18]79, M. Jackson. Printed label (on verso): San Miguel Arcangel. Dedicated, July 25, 1797, faces the coast highway, nine miles north of Paso Robles, the chapel is in good repair, and the original artistic interior decorations have been preserved.

Buildings; Churches; Missions

Oil paintings

A view northward from the town of Ontario, Cal[ifornia] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0887--D

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Creator/Collector: H.S. Crocker & Co. (active ca. 1890), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on heavy paper: lithograph, color 50.2 x 70.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Elevated view of town with Ontario Land Company office in center; railway in center; mountains in distance. Electric railroad tram at right.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, below title): With San Antonio Heights and Sierra Madre M[oun]t[ain]s six miles distant/elevation from 983 feet to 2500 feet above the sea/Ontario Land and Improvement Co[mpany], proprietors, C. Frankish, manager, Ontario Cal[ifornia]; (LL): H.S. Crocker & Co. lith., S[an] F[rancisco].

California, Southern; Settlements; Vehicles

Cityscapes; Lithographs, color

Riverside, San Bernardino Co[unty] California [1887] BANC PIC 1963.002:0908--D

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Creator/Collector: Elliott, William W. (active ca. 1870-ca. 1890), lithographer Holt, L. M. (active ca. 1887), publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 53.7 x 70.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Bird's-eye view of city surrounded by orchards and open fields. Marginal views include artesian wells of Gage canal system, Rowell's Hotel, local banks, and residences.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, below title): Issued by the/Press and Horticulturist/the leading fruit and land paper/of Southern California/L.M. Holt, editor and publisher; (LC, below title): W.W. Elliott, lith., Oak[land], Cal[ifornia]. Date handwritten (on verso): 1887. Image and description on verso of the Rubidoux Hotel and Riverside irrigation system. Each image captioned. Printed legend.

Agriculture; Buildings; California, Southern; Settlements; Water works

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs

Bird's-eye view of Redlands, San Bernardino Co[unty], Cal[ifornia], June 1888, looking southeast 1888 BANC PIC 1963.002:0932--E

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Creator/Collector: Moore, Edwin S. (active ca. 1880), artist

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 61 x 89 cm.

Content/Description:

Small town surrounded by extensive orchards, mountains in distance. Marginal images include residences, schools, and hotels.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL, within image): E.S. Moore, artist. Each image captioned. Printed legend.

Agriculture; Buildings; California, Southern; Settlements

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs

San Bernardino, Cal[ifornia] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0933--E

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Creator/Collector: Elliott, William W. (active ca. 1870-ca. 1890), lithographer W.H. Syme & Co., publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 61.5 x 86.8 cm.

Content/Description:

Bird's-eye view of large town in flat valley surrounded by orchards with high mountains in distance. Marginal images include residences, businesses, school and other public buildings, and hotels.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Published by W.H. Syme & Co.; (LR): Lithographed by W.W. Elliott.

Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Southern; Dwellings; Settlements

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs

Bird's-eye view of San Buenaventura, California, 1877, from the bay looking north 1877 BANC PIC 1963.002:0967--D

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Creator/Collector: Glover, Edwin S. (active ca. 1876-ca. 1877), artist and publisher A.L. Bancroft & Company (active ca. 1872-ca. 1973), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 53.6 x 73.9 cm.

Content/Description:

Town Ventura, California, looking inland; steam and sailing ships near large wharf in foreground; San Buenaventura River at left.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn and published by E.S. Glover; (LR): A.L. Bancroft & Co., lith., S[an] F[rancisco]. Printed legend.

California, Southern; Settlements; Waterfronts

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color

Bird's-eye view of San Luis Obispo, Cal[ifornia] 1877 1877 BANC PIC 1963.002:0968--D

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Creator/Collector: Glover, Edwin S. (active ca. 1876-ca. 1877), artist and publisher A.L. Bancroft & Company (active ca. 1872-ca. 1973), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 50.6 x 66.2 cm.

Content/Description:

View from above of town surrounded by hills with river (Orroyo San Luis Obispo) running through town; cowboys branding cattle in foreground; houses and buildings in middle distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn and published by E.S. Glover; (LR): A.L. Bancroft & Co., lith., San Francisco. Printed legend.

California, Southern; Cowboys; Rivers; Settlements

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color

San Luis Rey Mission [California] [19--?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0989--B

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Creator/Collector: Borein, John Edward (1872-1945) , American, etcher

Physical Description: print on paper: etching 25.6 x 43 cm.

Content/Description:

Southwest corner of mission church and exterior of walled garden; mission buildings extend into distance at left. Pedestrians, people on horseback, and herder with large flock of goats in foreground.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Title based on handwritten caption (LL): Luis Rey de Francia. Signature (LR).

Animals; Buildings; California, Southern; Churches; Missions

Etchings

[Mission San Louis Obispo de Tolossa 1772, California] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:1398--FR

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: painting on paper: watercolor 20 x 31.3 cm., visible image

Content/Description:

Main mission building and church.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Title based on handwritten text within image.

Buildings; California, Southern; Churches; Missions

Paintings; Watercolors

[Mission in Southern California?] c1891 BANC PIC 1963.002:1408--A

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Creator/Collector: Ford, Henry Chapman (1828-1894) , American, artist

Physical Description: print on paper: etching 30.3 x 21 cm.

Content/Description:

Three palm trees with mission buildings in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Signature (LR): Henry Chapman Ford. Printed (LL, within image): H.C. Ford; (LR, within image): Copyright H.C. Ford, Cal[ifornia], 1891.

California, Southern; Missions

Etchings; Landscapes

Silver Creek, California [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:1430--B

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Creator/Collector: Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 28 x 38 cm.

Content/Description:

Moonlight landscape, looking over broad stream; trees to left, low hills covered with grass and trees to right. Possibly Silver Creek in San Bernardino County, Southern California.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Published by Currier & Ives; (LR): 125 Nassau St[reet], New York.

California, Southern; Rivers

Landscapes; Lithographs, color

Rubio Canyon Falls, M[oun]t Lowe, Cal[ifornia] [ca. 1890] BANC PIC 1963.002:1483--D

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 71.9 x 56.1 cm.

Content/Description:

Waterfall surrounded by high rocks; wooden stairway at left, and two bridges.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Handwritten (LR): Ca. 1890.

California, Southern; Nature

Landscapes; Lithographs, color

California: Other

On the coast of California [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0204--B

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Creator/Collector: Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 28.1 x 38.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Tropical coastal scene with palm trees and huts with thatched roofs; snow-covered cone shaped peak in distance. Road winding along coast with pedestrians and pack horses, ships in distant harbor.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Published by Currier & Ives; (LR): 152 Nassau St[reet], New York.

Dwellings; Nature; Settlements

Landscapes; Lithographs, color

Nouveau Medoc Vineyard and Wine Cellars [ca. 1890?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0362--FR

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Creator/Collector: Duhem, V. (active ca. 1890), undetermined

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on board: lithograph, color 51 x 66 cm., visible image

Content/Description:

Tri-part view of commercial winery (grape industry) including vineyards, cellars, and transportation operations with horse drawn wagons and railcars loaded with wine barrels. Sign at entrance reads "Brun & Chaix Props..."

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL, within image): V. Duhem.

Agriculture; California, Northern; Vehicles

Lithographs, color

Sunset, California scenery c1868 BANC PIC 1963.002:0401--B

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Creator/Collector: Bierstadt, Albert (1830-1902) , German, artist Harring, William (active ca. 1860-ca. 1890), lithographer L. Prang & Co. (active 1868-ca. 1873) , American, lithographer and publisher A. B. (active ca. 1861), undetermined

Physical Description: print on textured paper mounted on board: photomechanical 31 x 47 cm.

Content/Description:

View looking across water toward distance mountains with cascading waterfall. Rocky shore and pine trees in right foreground; glowing afternoon sky fading in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (on label, on verso): Sunset, California scenery/after A. Bierstadt. Printed (LR, within image): A.B. '61/W. Harring Chr.. Original in possession of Mss. Eliza Bierstadt./Chromo-lithographed and published by L. Prang & Co./No. 159, Washington St[reet], Boston/Entered... 1868 by L. Prang & Co. A list of titles and prices of Prang's American Chromos (dated Oct. 1, 1868) on label on verso of mount.

California, Northern; Mountains

Landscapes; Photomechanical prints

[Sunset, California scenery] [1868] BANC PIC 1963.002:0401--C

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Creator/Collector: Bierstadt, Albert (1830-1902) , German, artist (based on original by) Harring, William (active ca. 1860-ca. 1890), lithographer L. Prang & Co. (active 1868-ca. 1873) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color (oleograph) 33.6 x 49.8 cm.

Content/Description:

View looking across water toward distance mountains with cascading waterfall; rocky shore and pine trees in right foreground; glowing afternoon sky fading in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Handwritten (MR): Lewis 13 edition. Handwritten (LR, within image): Chromolith. & published by L. Prang & Co., W. Harring Chr. Attribution, date, place of publication, and title based on comparison to 1963.002:0401--B.

Nature; West (U.S.)

Landscapes; Lithographs, color

The home of the seal [California] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0664--B

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Creator/Collector: Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 28 x 34.9 cm.

Content/Description:

California coastline with three seals on mossy shore in foreground; larger group of seals on rock in middleground; masted ships in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Published by Currier & Ives; (LR) 125 Nassau St[reet] New York.

Animals; Waterfronts

Lithographs, color

The vintage in California, at work at the wine presses [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0665--C

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Creator/Collector: Frenzeny, Paul (1840-1902) , French, artist

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving, hand colored 37.7 x 56.6 cm.

Content/Description:

Scene of grape harvest at winery. Chinese laborers and other workers hauling baskets, crushing grapes with their feet, and pressing with large wine press; vintners at right with pump and tasting glass. Warehouses above at right; wagons loaded with baskets.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL, within image): P. Frenzeny; (LC, after title): drawn by P[aul] Frenzeny, see page 790. From "Harper's Weekly" (?).

Agriculture; Chinese; Industry; Laborers

Engravings, color

Trout stream, Sulphur Creek, California [185-] BANC PIC 1963.002:0730--A

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Creator/Collector: Galt (active ca. 1855-ca. 1860), artist

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 21.5 x 27.9 cm., oval image

Content/Description:

Mountain pool with falls at back spilling over huge rocks; two men fish from large rocks in foreground, one stands with pole, the other casts into pool; rifle lays idle on rock in foreground.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LC). For explanation of attribution to Galt, see artist's biography.

Lakes & ponds; Rivers

Drawings; Landscapes; Travel sketches

Golden fruits of California c1869 BANC PIC 1963.002:0737--C

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Creator/Collector: Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 46.9 x 59.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Display of pears, grapes, and plums.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Published by Currier & Ives; (LC, above title): Entered... 1869 by Currier & Ives... New York; (LR): 152 Nassau Street, New York.

Agriculture; Plants

Lithographs, color

[California farm] 1887 BANC PIC 1963.002:0990--B

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Creator/Collector: Ford, Henry Chapman (1828-1894) , American, etcher

Physical Description: print on tissue mounted on board: etching 18 x 27.6 cm., on mount 24.5 x 33.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Distance view of small farm; animals graze in middleground; large oak trees frame scene.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Printed (LR, within image): H.C. Ford 1887. Handwritten (LR): Henry Chapman Ford.

Agriculture; Animals; Dwellings

Etchings

[Architectural drawing of residence, California?] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:1056--C

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: painting on paper: watercolor 50.1 x 60.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Large estate house of brick with wooden balconies, stick framing of gables, wooden porches, turret, and tower.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Handwritten (LC, within image): Williams Arch[itec]t & del.

Dwellings

Architectural drawings; Paintings; Watercolors

[California pioneers around a campfire] [1850?] BANC PIC 1963.002:1501--FR

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Creator/Collector: Brooks, B. V., artist

Physical Description: painting on canvas: oil 30.5 x 40.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Scene in moonlit forest setting showing group of eight men around campfire; log cabin at right with mining tools leaning against it.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Signature (LL): B.V. Brooks.

Dwellings; Frontier & pioneer life; Settlers

Landscapes; Oil paintings

[California mountains] [ca. 1925] BANC PIC 1963.002:1520--FR

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Creator/Collector: Payne, Edgar Alwin (1882-1947?) , American, artist

Physical Description: painting on board: oil 19.6 x 24.5 cm., visible image

Content/Description:

Mountain landscape with trees in foreground.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Signature (LR): Edgar Payne. Title and date from Inventory Sheets.

Mountains; Nature

Landscapes; Oil paintings

Pacific Northwest

Scenes along the Northern Pacific Railroad, Western Division [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0318--C

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on board: lithograph, color 35.6 x 52 cm.

Content/Description:

Views captioned: Young's River Falls, Oregon; Columbia River; Big Grade N.P.R.R.(Northern Pacific Railroad) at head of Cabinet Rapids; view from Cabinet Rapids, down Clarks Fork, Columbia River; bird's-eye view of Fort Coeur D'Alene and the lake, Idaho; Cape of Good Hope; Multnomah Falls, Columbia River; Spokane Falls, Washington Territory; and view of Portland and Mt. Hood.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). From The Wasp.

Idaho; Lakes & ponds; Mountains; Northwest, Pacific; Oregon; Railroads; Rivers; Washington (State)

Landscapes; Lithographs, color

[Shipwreck of the Astrolabe's yawl at Port des Francais, Lituya Bay, Alaska, on July 13, 1786] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0337--E

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Creator/Collector: Crepin, Louis Philippe, artist Prot & Dissart Sculpserum, engraver

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving, hand colored 53.4 x 71.6 cm.

Content/Description:

Group of French crew members fight storm in small boats as sailing ship at right comes to rescue; rocky mountains in distance. Related to La Perouse expedition.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC): Naufrage de M.M. de Laborde sur les canots de la Peyrouse au Port des François dans la Californie: Dédié a Monsieur Alexandre de Laborde leur frère [descriptive paragraph follows below]. Printed (LL, above title): Crepin pinxit; (LR): (LR, above title): Prot & Dissart Sculpserum; (LL, below title): Déposé à la Bibliotheque Impériale; (LR, below title): Voyage de la Peyrouse, Tome 2. Inscriptions in French.

Alaska; Events; Northwest, Pacific; Vessels; Voyages to the Pacific

Engravings, color; Marines (Visual works)

Eugene City, Lane County, Oregon, 1859 [1859] BANC PIC 1963.002:0423--A

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Creator/Collector: Kuchel & Dresel (active ca. 1853-ca. 1865), artist and lithographer Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), undetermined (attributed to)

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 24.6 x 37.9 cm.

Content/Description:

Broad view of town with wood frame houses, buildings and church; low hills in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, above title): From nature & lith. by Kuchel & Dresel, S[an] F[rancisco]. Attribution based on information from Inventory Sheets.

Northwest, Pacific; Oregon; Settlements

Cityscapes; Lithographs

Union Block, First and Stark Streets, Portland, Oregon [not before 1879] BANC PIC 1963.002:0424--B

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Creator/Collector: West Shore (active ca. 1879 - ca. 1890), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 29.7 x 45.1 cm.

Content/Description:

Corner view of three-story commercial building with various companies identified; pedestrians on sidewalks, several carriages and horse-drawn streetcar in street.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LR): W.H. Williams, architect/Lithographed by the West Shore. Date based on text in image.

Buildings; Business enterprises; Northwest, Pacific; Oregon

Lithographs, color

Entrance to the Columbia River [Oregon/Washington] 1887 BANC PIC 1963.002:0425--B

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Creator/Collector: Smith, F. C.(?) (active 1887), artist

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 30.2 x 44 cm.

Content/Description:

Columbia steamship and several other vessels on rough water.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LR, within image): [F. C?] Smith, 87; (LL, within image): Supplement to "The West Shore," Portland, Oregon.

Northwest, Pacific; Oregon; Rivers; Vessels

Lithographs, color

Spokane Falls, W[ashington] T[erritory] and surroundings [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0426--C

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Creator/Collector: Andrew, W. O. (active ca. 1887-ca. 1891) , American, artist Waugaman Lith., lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on board: lithograph, color 35.9 x 52.4 cm.

Content/Description:

Spokane River with town in distance. Marginal views include residences, Irving Heights and Booge's Addition, Grand Hotel, and interior of store.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (UC): Suplement [sic] to the Wasp; (LL, central image): Waugaman-Lith-532 Commercial St[reet], S[an] F[rancisco]; (LR, central image): W.O. Andrew; (LR, marginal images): WA [monogram]. Printed captions.

Buildings; Business enterprises; Dwellings; Northwest, Pacific; Rivers; Settlements; Washington (State)

Cityscapes; Lithographs, color

Spokane Falls and her natural resources [Washington] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0427 (enclosure)--B

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Creator/Collector: Gies & Co., undetermined

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 30.6 x 45.1 cm.

Content/Description:

Bird's-eye view of Spokane Falls (presently Spokane) and surrounding areas. Spokane River, falls, and bridges in center. Northern Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads identified, as is site of the Northwestern Industrial Exposition.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UL). Printed (LL): Gies & Co., Buffalo, N[ew] Y[ork]. Numerous captions within image describing sites of interest. Accompanying text describing the Northwestern Industrial Exposition.

Northwest, Pacific; Rivers; Settlements; Washington (State)

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color

Bird's-eye view of Port Townsend, Puget Sound, Washington Territory, from the northeast, 1878 c1878 BANC PIC 1963.002:0428--D

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Creator/Collector: Glover, Edwin S. (active ca. 1876-ca. 1877), artist and publisher A.L. Bancroft & Company (active ca. 1872-ca. 1973), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 48.3 x 73.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Small town situated on bay surrounded by heavily wooded forest; ships on bay near central pier; snow-capped mountains in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn & published by E.S. Glover, Portland, Oregon; (LC): Entered... 1878 by E.S. Glover...; (LR): A.L. Bancroft & Co., lith. San Francisco, Cal[ifornia]. Printed legend.

Bays; Northwest, Pacific; Oregon; Settlements; Waterfronts

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color

Bird's-eye view of Seattle and environs, King County, Wash[ington] 1891 c1891 BANC PIC 1963.002:0429--F

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Creator/Collector: Koch, Augustus (active ca. 1870), artist Hughes Litho. Co. (active ca. 1891), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on fabric: lithograph, color 87.4 x 133.3 cm.

Content/Description:

View from above harbor and wharf area on Elliott Bay with extensive piers, warehouses, rail lines, ships, and several lumber works. Residential area extending towards Lake Union, Salmon Bay, and Lake Washington with snow-capped peaks in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, above title): Entered... 1891 by Augustus Koch... ; (LC): Hughes Litho. Co., Chicago; (LC): Drawn by Augustus Koch. Printed legend.

Bays; Lakes & ponds; Northwest, Pacific; Settlements; Washington (State); Waterfronts

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color

[Columbia River with Mt. Hood, Oregon] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0430--A

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: drawing on paper: ink and wash 21.4 x 29.1 cm.

Content/Description:

River with stern-wheeler and canoe going to left; few buildings on both side of river; wooden bridge and cleared forest in foreground. Majestic Mount Hood in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Matting notations on reverse.

Mountains; Northwest, Pacific; Oregon; Rivers

Landscapes; Wash drawings

Port Townsend, Washington Territory, in 1855 1855 BANC PIC 1963.002:0726--A

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Creator/Collector: Galt (active ca. 1855-ca. 1860), artist

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 21.6 x 28 cm.

Content/Description:

Small settlement on beach with numerous wooden buildings (one under construction) and several tents; canoes on beach at right; US flags fly from poles on beach, on bluff above, and from stern of sidewheel steamship in bay.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LC). For explanation of attribution to Galt, see artist's biography.

Harbors; Northwest, Pacific; Settlements; Vessels; Washington (State); Waterfronts

Cityscapes; Drawings; Travel sketches

Fort Steilacoom: W[ashington] T[erritory] in 1856 (A view of Mt. Rainier) 1856 BANC PIC 1963.002:0727--A

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Creator/Collector: Galt (active ca. 1855-ca. 1860), artist

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 21.2 x 27.5 cm., oval image

Content/Description:

Numerous log buildings surrounding an open, central field; soldiers and other figures stand near buildings; Mount Rainier in far distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LC). For explanation of attribution to Galt, see artist's biography.

Military facilities; Mountains; Northwest, Pacific; Washington (State)

Drawings; Travel sketches

Cape Classet, W[ashington] T[erritory]: Bearing N.E. by E 1/2E, Western entrance to Straits of Juan de Fuca [1856] BANC PIC 1963.002:0728--A

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Creator/Collector: Galt (active ca. 1855-ca. 1860), artist

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 21.6 x 27.2 cm., oval image

Content/Description:

View looking east across water toward distant land, Cape Classet (now Cape Flattery?), and inlet to straits.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LC). For explanation of attribution to Galt, see artist's biography.

Bays; Northwest, Pacific; Washington (State)

Drawings; Marines (Visual works); Travel sketches

Dalles [sic], Wasco County, Oregon, 1858 1858 BANC PIC 1963.002:0750--D

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Creator/Collector: Kuchel & Dresel (active ca. 1853-ca. 1865), artist and lithographer Demoss, W. L. (active ca. 1858), publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 49.2 x 63.8 cm.

Content/Description:

Dallas town situated on fork of Willamette River; sidewheel steamships and other small boats in foreground with town in distance. Marginal views include local businesses.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (UC): Kuchel & Dresel's Pacific views; (LL): Drawn from nature and lith. by Kuchel & Dresel; (LC): Published by W.L. Demoss; (LR): Kuchel & Dresel, lithographers, 176 Clay St[reet], S[an] Francisco. Printed captions under marginal images.

Buildings; Business enterprises; Northwest, Pacific; Oregon; Rivers; Settlements

Cityscapes; Lithographs, color

Oregon City [Oregon] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0751--D

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Creator/Collector: Kuchel & Dresel (active ca. 1853-ca. 1865), artist and lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 46.7 x 68 cm.

Content/Description:

View looking across river toward town. Marginal views include residences, local businesses, churches, paddlewheel boats, and hotels.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (UC): Kuchel & Dresel's Pacific views; (LL): From nature by Kuchel & Dresel; (LR): Kuchel & Dresel, lithographers, 176 Clay St[reet], S[an] F[rancisco]. Each image captioned.

Buildings; Business enterprises; Northwest, Pacific; Oregon; Settlements; Vessels

Cityscapes; Lithographs, color

Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon,1858 1858 BANC PIC 1963.002:0752--F

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Creator/Collector: R. S.(?) (active ca. 1872), artist (attributed to) Kuchel & Dresel (active ca. 1853-ca. 1865), artist and lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 54.6 x 87.6 cm.

Content/Description:

View from across Willamette River looking toward city; several vessels (steamships, rowboats, and paddlewheel steamships). Marginal views include businesses, residences, schools, etc.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (UC): Kuchel & Dresel's Pacific views; (LL): Drawn from nature by Kuchel & Dresel; (LR): Kuchel & Dresel, lithographers, 176 Clay St[reet], S[an] F[rancisco], Cal[ifornia]. Each image captioned.

Buildings; Business enterprises; Dwellings; Northwest, Pacific; Oregon; Rivers; Settlements

Cityscapes; Lithographs, color

Seattle [Washington] 1889 c1889 BANC PIC 1963.002:0753--E

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Creator/Collector: Stubbs, C. L. (active ca. 1889), artist Schmidt Lithograph Company (active ca. 1900-ca. 1925), lithographer Elliott Pub. Co. (active ca. 1889), publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 61.6 x 97.2 cm.

Content/Description:

City from above waterfront area; docks, wharves, and steamships in foreground; outlying lakes and mountains in distance. Marginal views of local businesses, hotels (Denny and Occidental), banks, and Opera House.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL, within image): Sketch by C.L. Stubbs; (LL): Lith. by Schmidt L. & L. Co., S[an] F[rancisco]; (LC, below title): Copyrighted by Llewellyn, Dodge & Co., Seattle, 1889; (LR): Pub. by The Elliott Pub. Co., 120 Sutter St[reet], S[an] F[rancisco]. Each image captioned. Printed legend.

Buildings; Business enterprises; Hotels; Northwest, Pacific; Settlements; Washington (State); Waterfronts

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color

Astoria, Clatsop Co[mpany], Oregon: the proposed terminus of the North Pacific R.R. [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0825--C

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Creator/Collector: Castleman & Talbot, artist G.T. Brown & Co. (1841-1918) , American, lithographer Hustler, Capt. J. G., publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 40.6 x 61 cm.

Content/Description:

View looking inland toward town situated along coastline where Northern Pacific Railroad terminate. Columbia River with fishermen, sailboats, and sidewheel steamship in foreground. Marginal views include views of town.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (ML): From photographs & nature by Castleman & Talbot; (MR): G.T. Brown & Co. Lith, 540 Clay St[reet], S[an] F[rancisco]; (LC, below title): Published by Capt[ain] J.G. Hustler; Printed captions (marginal images): View, looking up the Colombia River; (LR): View, looking out to sea.

Northwest, Pacific; Oregon; Railroads; Rivers; Settlements

Cityscapes; Lithographs, color

Puget Mill Co's Mills, Teekalet W[ashington] T[erritory] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0826--D

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Creator/Collector: Grob, T., artist and lithographer Nagel, Fishbourne & Kuchel (active ca. 1862) , American, undetermined W.C. Talbot & Co, undetermined

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 52.7 x 78 cm.

Content/Description:

View from dock of lumber operation and mill; sailing ships, rowboats, and Indians in canoes on bay.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): From nature & on stone by T. Grob; (LC, below title): W.C. Talbot & Co./San Francisco, California; (LR): Nagel, Fishbourne & Kuchel, 529 Clay St[reet], San Francisco, Cal[ifornia]. Two plates slightly off registration.

Bays; Lumber industry; Northwest, Pacific; Vessels; Washington (State); Waterfronts

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

Admiralty Inlet from Port Townsend, Washington [1887] BANC PIC 1963.002:0827 (copy)--C

Creator/Collector: West Shore (active ca. 1879 - ca. 1890), publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 40.7 x 56.4 cm.

Content/Description:

View from shore across waterway with ships on inlet; Mount Baker in distance; encampment with tipi (teepee, tepee), wood structure, and canoes in foreground.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LC): Mount Baker; (LR): Supplement/to the West Shore. Portland, Oregon. Date based on comparison to 1963.002:0827--C.

Bays; Mountains; Northwest, Pacific; Washington (State)

Landscapes; Lithographs, color

Admiralty Inlet from Port Townsend, Washington [1887] BANC PIC 1963.002:0827--C

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Creator/Collector: West Shore (active ca. 1879 - ca. 1890), publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 40.7 x 54.5 cm.

Content/Description:

View from shore across waterway with ships; Mount Baker in distance. Encampment with teepee, wood structure, and canoes in foreground.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Handwritten (LL): Removed from West Shore 15:4 April 1887. Printed (LC): Mount Baker; (LR): Supplement/to the West Shore, Portland, Oregon.

Bays; Mountains; Northwest, Pacific; Washington (State)

Landscapes; Lithographs, color

Authorized bird's-eye view of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, USA, 1909 1909 BANC PIC 1963.002:0856--F

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Creator/Collector: Caughey, Rollin (active ca. 1903-ca. 1905), artist Schmidt Lithograph Company (active ca. 1900-ca. 1925), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 71.3 x 103.8 cm.

Content/Description:

Fair grounds and buildings with large fountain in center; Lake Union and Lake Washington in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL, within image): Caughey [Rollin?]; (LL, within image); Schmidt Litho. Co., Seattle, U.S.A. Stamped (LL): Charles F. Gunther/Memorial/Chicago Historical Society. Printed legend.

Buildings; Events; Lakes & ponds; Northwest, Pacific; Washington (State)

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color

Portland, Oregon, 1890 c1890 BANC PIC 1963.002:0857--F

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Creator/Collector: Pierce, Bruce Wellington (1858-1947) , American, artist Elliott Pub. Co. (active ca. 1889), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 82.2 x 117.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Bird's-eye view of city with densely populated residential area in foreground and large commercial buildings along Willamette River. Marginal views include commercial and public buildings (Exposition Building, City Hall, Allen & Lewis, etc.), residences, banks, and Weinhard's Brewery.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL, within image): Litho. Elliott Pub. Co., 120 Sutter St[reet], S[an] F[rancisco]; (LL): Copyrighted by Clohessy & Strengele, 1890; (LR, within image): B.W. Pierce/artist, 120 Sutter St[reet], S[an] F[rancisco]. Each item captioned. Printed legend.

Buildings; Business enterprises; Dwellings; Northwest, Pacific; Oregon; Rivers; Settlements

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color

Portland, Oregon, showing also East Portland and the Cascade Mountains c1881 BANC PIC 1963.002:0858--F

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Creator/Collector: Glover, Edwin S. (active ca. 1876-ca. 1877), artist (attributed to) A.L. Bancroft & Company (active ca. 1872-ca. 1973), lithographer J.K. Gill & Co. (active ca. 1881), publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 71.3 x 115.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Bird's-eye view of densely populated town and waterfront area along Willamette River and beyond; Columbia River and St. Helen's, Adams, Taber, and Hood mountains in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Published by J.K. Gill & Co., Portland, Oregon; (LC, above title): Entered... 1881 by J.K. Gill & Co.... ; (LR): A.L. Bancroft & Co., lithographers, San Francisco, Cal[ifornia]. Printed legend. Attribution to Glover based on comparison to 1963.002:0900--F.

Mountains; Northwest, Pacific; Oregon; Rivers; Settlements; Waterfronts

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color

Stengele's view of Astoria, Oregon, 1890 c1890 BANC PIC 1963.002:0896--E

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Creator/Collector: Pierce, Bruce Wellington (1858-1947) , American, artist Stengele, J. W. (active ca. 1890), publisher

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on board: lithograph, color 61.7 x 97.6 cm.

Content/Description:

Central image of city and town with wharf area in foreground. Marginal views include local businesses, hotels, residences, etc.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (ML): [Pierce] artist/120 Su[tter]; (MR): [...?] a[rtis]t/120 Sutter St[reet], S[an] F[rancisco]; (LL): Copyrighted by J.W. Stengele, 1890; Handwritten (ML): McCarty at his usual [sp?]ot. Stamped (MR): J.W. Stengele/publisher of/city, county and state maps/bird's-eye views. Each image captioned. From newspaper "The Colombian".

Buildings; Business enterprises; Industry; Northwest, Pacific; Oregon; Settlements; Waterfronts

Bird's-eye views; Cityscapes; Lithographs, color

Bird's-eye view of the city of Seattle, Puget Sound, Washington Territory, 1878 c1878 BANC PIC 1963.002:0897--E

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Creator/Collector: Glover, Edwin S. (active ca. 1876-ca. 1877), artist A.L. Bancroft & Company (active ca. 1872-ca. 1973), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 55.5 x 91.5 cm.

Content/Description:

City with waterfront in foreground and numerous ships on water; buildings and streets of interest identified; heavily forested hills and bodies of water in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn by E.S. Glover, Portland, Oregon; (LC, above title): Entered... 1878 by E.S. Glover... ; (LR): A.L. Bancroft & Co., lithographers, San Francisco. Printed legend.

Northwest, Pacific; Settlements; Washington (State); Waterfronts

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color

View of New Tacoma and Mount Rainier, Puget Sound, Washington Territory: terminus of Northern Pacific Railroad c1878 BANC PIC 1963.002:0898--D

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Creator/Collector: Glover, Edwin S. (active ca. 1876-ca. 1877), artist and publisher A.L. Bancroft & Company (active ca. 1872-ca. 1973), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 48.8 x 74 cm.

Content/Description:

Elevated view of town situated on Commencement Bay; wharf, depot, and saw mill at left; Northern Pacific Railroad (N.P.R.R.) at right; heavily wooded area and snow-covered mountain in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn and published by E.S. Glover, Portland, Oregon/sketched Feb[ruary] 1878; (LR, above title): Entered... 1878... ; (LC, below title): Altitude of Mount Rainer, 14,400 feet; (LR): A.L. Bancroft & Co., lith., San Francisco, Cal[ifornia].

Bays; Mountains; Northwest, Pacific; Railroads; Washington (State); Waterfronts

Cityscapes; Lithographs, color

Bird's-eye view of the city of Olympia, East Olympia, and Tumwater, Puget Sound, Washington Territory, 1879 c1878 BANC PIC 1963.002:0899--E

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Creator/Collector: Glover, Edwin S. (active ca. 1876-ca. 1877), artist A.L. Bancroft & Company (active ca. 1872-ca. 1973), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 55.9 x 86.7 cm.

Content/Description:

City on Budd's Inlet, surrounded by water; railroad, wharf, and piers at right; town in distance. Artist in left foreground sketching scene.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn by E.S. Glover, Portland, Oregon; (LC): Entered... 1878 by E.S. Glover... ; (LR): A.L. Bancroft & Co., lithographers, San Francisco. Printed legend.

Bays; Northwest, Pacific; Settlements; Washington (State); Waterfronts

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color

Portland, Oregon, population 22,000: looking east to the Cascade Mountains c1879 BANC PIC 1963.002:0900--F

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Creator/Collector: Glover, Edwin S. (active ca. 1876-ca. 1877), artist and publisher A.L. Bancroft & Company (active ca. 1872-ca. 1973), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 68 x 115.1 cm.

Content/Description:

Bird's-eye view of densely populated town and waterfront area along Willamette River and beyond; Columbia River and St. Helen's, Adams, Taber, and Hood mountains in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn and published by E.S. Glover; (LC, above title): Entered... 1879 by E.S. Glover... ; (LR): A.L. Bancroft & Co., lithographers, San Francisco, Cal[ifornia]. Printed legend.

Mountains; Northwest, Pacific; Oregon; Rivers; Settlements

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color

Bird's-eye view of Victoria, Vancouver Island, B[ritish] C[olumbia, Canada] 1878 c1878 BANC PIC 1963.002:0901--E

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Creator/Collector: Glover, Edwin S. (active ca. 1876-ca. 1877), artist A.L. Bancroft & Company (active ca. 1872-ca. 1973), lithographer M. W. Waitt & Co. (active ca. 1878), publisher

Physical Description: print on : lithograph, color 61.2 x 91.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Densely populated city situated on Victoria Harbor, James Bay, and Straits of Fuca; and waterfront areas with wharves and piers.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn by E.S. Glover, published by M.W. Waitt & Co., Victoria, B[ritish] C[olombia]; (LC, above title): Entered... 1878 by E.S. Glover..., entered... 1878 by M.W. Waitt... Canada; (LR): A.L. Bancroft & Co., lithographers, San Francisco, Cal[ifornia], U[nited] S[tates]. Printed legend.

Bays; Canada; Northwest, Pacific; Settlements; Waterfronts

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color

[View of southwest side of fort at Sitka, Alaska] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0914--B

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Creator/Collector: Tetenkin , Russian, artist

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 27.8 x 46 cm.

Content/Description:

View across harbor and bay in Sitka with large hill rising up behind town; fort on hill near water with buildings and houses along shore; windmill on outcropping of rock in bay; various boats and ships on water.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC, in Russian): Vid' Kreposti Novoarkhangelskoi na Ostrovy Sitkhe c Iugozapadnoi Storony; B Litografii Primorskoi -- Tipografii Sostoiashchii. Printed (LR): Dis.? Tetenkin. Inscriptions in Russian.

Alaska; Bays; Military facilities; Northwest, Pacific; Settlements; Waterfronts

Cityscapes; Lithographs, color

Victoria, B[ritish] C[olumbia, Canada] 1889 c1889 BANC PIC 1963.002:0986--F

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Creator/Collector: R. H. (active ca. 1888), artist Ellis & Co. (active ca. 1889), publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 71.3 x 107.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Densely populated city situated on Victoria Harbor, James Bay, and Straits of San Juan de Fuca; waterfront area with wharves, piers, and ships on water.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL, within image): R.H.; (LL): Entered... 1889 by Ellis & Co.... Ottowa; (LR): Issued by Ellis & Co., publishers of The Colonist, Victoria, B[ritish] C[olombia]. Printed legend.

Bays; Canada; Northwest, Pacific; Settlements; Waterfronts

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color

Coast of the Pacific, near Vancouver's Island [Canada] 1884 BANC PIC 1963.002:1336--A

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Creator/Collector: Chancellor, H. (active ca. 1884), artist

Physical Description: drawing on paper: watercolor and pencil 12.5 x 17.6 cm.

Content/Description:

Rocky islands along coast; high, heavily forested, snow-capped mountains in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LR). Signature and date (LR): H. Chancellor, 29 May [18]84.

Canada; Nature; Northwest, Pacific; Waterfronts

Drawings; Landscapes; Watercolors

Tacoma, western terminus of the Northern Pacific Railroad [Washington] 1890 BANC PIC 1963.002:1487--F

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Creator/Collector: Carson, Will (active ca. 1890), artist

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 78.9 x 112.8 cm.

Content/Description:

Bird's-eye view of town and wharf area with piers, ships, and rail cars; lumber and ship building in foreground. Marginal views include Mount Tacoma (Mount Rainier), map of Tacoma and Puget Sound, schools, churches, Opera House, and Annie Wright Seminary.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Copyrighted by Will Carson, del., 1890. Each image captioned. Printed legend.

Buildings; Business enterprises; Mountains; Northwest, Pacific; Settlements; Washington (State); Waterfronts

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color

[View on Columbia River(?) with Indian encampment] 1886 BANC PIC 1963.002:1512--FR

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Creator/Collector: Stuart, James Everett (1852-1941) , American, artist

Physical Description: painting on canvas: oil 49.5 x 90 cm.

Content/Description:

Broad waterway surrounded by high walled mountains on either side; Indian encampment with canoes, tipis (teepees, tepees), men, women, and children along shore; canoe on shore holds furs with a figure of fur trader(?) standing next to it; smoke signal(?) in center background.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Signature and date (LR): J.E. Stuart, 1886.

Fur trade; Indians of North America; Nature; Northwest, Pacific; Rivers; Vessels

Landscapes; Oil paintings

West (U.S.): Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah

Apaches awaiting distribution of presents from Indian Commissioner [White Mountain Reservation, Arizona Territory] 1871 BANC PIC 1963.002:0238--A

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Creator/Collector: Colyer, Vincent (1825-1888) , American, artist

Physical Description: painting on paper mounted on board: watercolor 17.7 x 25.3 cm., image

Content/Description:

Indians seated in encircling row near Colonel Greene's log cabin; butte and hills in back.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LL). Signature and date (LC): V. Colyer, 1871, September 5th. Handwritten H[ea]dquarters of Col. Greene USA. Note from Inventory Sheets: (pencil note on mat, LC face): White Mountain Reservation, Arizona Territory

Arizona; Dwellings; Indians of North America; West (U.S.)

Paintings; Watercolors

Kansas Prairie, Arizona Territory 1871 BANC PIC 1963.002:0239--A

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Creator/Collector: Colyer, Vincent (1825-1888) , American, artist

Physical Description: painting on paper mounted on board: watercolor 17.8 x 25.3 cm., on mount 22 x 30 cm.

Content/Description:

Line of soldiers at left; tent with flag in center with soldiers nearby; Indians gathered at right.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LL): Kansas prarie [sic] /Arizona Ty. Handwritten (LR): Distribution of clothing and food to Apaches [the canon padre?] Idaho Oct 4/71.

Arizona; Camping; Indians of North America; West (U.S.)

Paintings; Watercolors

Wagons at the stockade [Arizona Territory?] [1871?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0240--B

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Creator/Collector: Colyer, Vincent (1825-1888) , American, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: painting on paper: watercolor and pencil 9.5 x 33.4 cm.

Content/Description:

One-story building with sod roof at right with covered wagon nearby; stagecoach (without horses) at left; set in flat landscape with snow-capped mountains in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten on mount (LC): Vincent Colyer: "Wagons at the stockade." See also 1963.002:238 and 1963.002:239--A.

Arizona; Buildings; Dwellings; Vehicles; West (U.S.)

Paintings; Watercolors

Map of confluence of Williams Fork and Colorado River, Arizona Terr[itor]y... [1866] BANC PIC 1963.002:0244--C

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Creator/Collector: Fairman, Edward, artist

Physical Description: drawing on heavy paper: pen and watercolor 44.1 x 47.9 cm.

Content/Description:

Map showing locations of Martin & Company mines and auxiliary land claims. Vignette of smelting works showing industrial equipment in detail including engine house and ore furnaces. Distances, claim numbers, locations, and landmarks identified.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UR): Map/of/confluence of Williams Fork and/Colorado River, Arizona Terr[itor]y:/showing locations of mines of/Martin & Co./with auxillary land claims. Signature (UR, below title): Surveyed & drawn by Edw[ard] Fairman, Civil Engineer. Scale: 4224. ft. one inch. Date based on comparison with alternate view, see 1963.002:0245--D.

Arizona; Buildings; Equipment; Industry; Mining; Rivers; West (U.S.)

Drawings; Maps; Watercolors

Aubrey City, Williams Fork, Arizona Territory 1866 BANC PIC 1963.002:0245--D

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Creator/Collector: Fairman, Edward, artist

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pen and ink 48.4 x 64.6 cm.

Content/Description:

View across river looking towards one-story buildings surrounding plaza with US flag on flag pole; mining operation owned by Martin & Co. to left; several wagons pulled by oxen teams; paddlewheel steamship towing barge in river; high mountains in distance. Located at confluence of Williams Fork and Colorado River.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Located by Martin & Co., June 10, 1865; (LR): Edw[ar]d Fairman, C[ivil] E[ngineer], del., August 25th, 1866. For alternate view see 1963.002:0244--C.

Arizona; Mining; Rivers; Settlements; Vessels

Cityscapes; Drawings

The Far West, Smokey Hill River [Colorado and Kansas] [1855] BANC PIC 1963.002:0312--B

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Creator/Collector: Vincent Brooks, Day & Son (active ca. 1855) , British, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 33.7 x 47.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Stagecoach pulled by six horses; 'Halliday's California Express' on roofline of coach; riding along river with mountains in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LR): Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Litho. handwritten (LL): London, 1855.

Colorado; Frontier & pioneer life; Kansas; Vehicles; West (U.S.)

Lithographs, color

Pimos and Coco Maricopas Indians [ca. 1846] BANC PIC 1963.002:0370--A

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Creator/Collector: E. Weber & Co. (active ca. 1835-ca. 1854), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 13.5 x 22.4 cm.

Content/Description:

Plains setting with mountains in distance with two groups including Indians (Pimas and Maricopa of Arizona) and white men, possibly traders. Group in left foreground includes five native women (one of them sits by pile of goods), Indian men on horseback and two traders; group in middle background stands by two large tents.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, below title): Lith. by E. Weber & Co., Balto. [Baltimore]. Possibly illustration from: Notes of a Military Reconnaissance... By W.H. Emory, Brevet Major, Corps Topographical Engineers. Made in 1846-47..."

Arizona; Camping; Expeditions & surveys; Indians of North America; Women

Illustrations; Lithographs, color

Indian scouting, Arizona [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0431--B

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Creator/Collector: Baker, George Holbrook (1827-1906) , American, artist

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 34 x 44.9 cm.

Content/Description:

Military scouting party with pack mules, horses and cannons fire upon Indian encampment in valley below.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Lith. Geo. H. Baker, San Francisco.

Animals; Arizona; Arms & armaments; Indians of North America; Packtrains; Settlements

Lithographs

Completion of the Pacific Railroad: meeting of the Union and Central Pacific Lines... [Promontory Point, Utah] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0472--A

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown] Savage & Ottinger, photographer

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving, hand colored 18.6 x 29 cm.

Content/Description:

Group of engineers gather around two locomotives.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC): Completion of the Pacific Railroad, meeting of the Union and Central Pacific Lines, the engineers shake hands. Printed (LR, below title): Photographed by Savage & Ottinger, Salt Lake City. Clipping from: Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion.

Events; Railroads; Utah

Engravings, color; Illustrations

Grand Cañon of the Colorado River, Arizona c1893 BANC PIC 1963.002:0654--F

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Creator/Collector: Moran, Thomas (1837-1926) , British, artist G.H. Buek & Co. (active ca. 1893), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 74 x 106.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Sweeping view of Grand Canyon based on 1892 painting by Thomas Moran.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL, within image): T. Moran, 1892, Copyright 1893 by Thomas Moran; (LR): Lith. by G.H. Buek & Co., N[ew] Y[ork].

Arizona; Mountains; Nature; Rivers; West (U.S.)

Landscapes; Lithographs, color

View of Great Salt Lake City [Utah] c1867 BANC PIC 1963.002:0661--D

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Creator/Collector: H.J. Toudy & Co (active ca. 1867), lithographer and printer Ritz, Philip (active ca. 1867), publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 43.2 x 80.8 cm.

Content/Description:

Broad view of city looking down main street with tabernacle and temple at right. Pastures in foreground, Rocky Mountains in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Lith. & printed by H.J. Toudy & Co., 505 Chesnut St[reet], Phila[delphia]; (LC, below title): Published by Philip Ritz, Walla Walla W[ashington] T[erritory], Jan[uar]y 1st, 1867; (LC, below title): Copyright secured.

Buildings; Settlements; Utah

Cityscapes; Lithographs, color

Del Muerto Cañon, to mesa top 670 feet [Arizona] [ca. 1889?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0725--B

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Creator/Collector: Jones, Seth C. (1853-1930) , American, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 25.5 x 31.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Pueblo homes with ladders leading to upper chambers (kivas?). Del Muerto Canyon also called Maverick Canyon, Arizona. Small upper corner drawing shows generalized view of mesa.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LL).

Arizona; Dwellings; Indians of North America; Settlements

Drawings

Bird's-eye view of Salt Lake City, from the north looking southeast, Utah, 1875 c1875 BANC PIC 1963.002:0765--E

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Creator/Collector: Glover, Edwin S. (active ca. 1876-ca. 1877), artist and publisher Strobridge & Company (active ca. 1875), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 66.5 x 86.9 cm.

Content/Description:

Large city (Mormon Temple and Tabernacle in view) with extensive downtown and residential areas. Utah Central Railway and Western Railway; River Jordan in foreground; Wasatach Mountains in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn & published by E.S. Glover, Salt Lake City; (LC, above title): Entered... 1875 by E.S. Glover... ; (LR): Strobridge & Co., lith. Cincinnati, O[hio]. Printed legend.

Settlements; Utah; West (U.S.)

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs

Bird's-eye view of Albuquerque, Bernalillo Co[unty], New Mexico, 1886 1886 BANC PIC 1963.002:0809--D

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Creator/Collector: Koch, Augustus (active ca. 1870), artist

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 61 x 81.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Town with residential area in foreground; railroad depot and town center in middleground; mills, factories, churches, and schools identified in legend. Handwritten annotations indicate new houses built since 1888.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LR): Drawn by Augustus Koch. Printed and handwritten legend.

Dwellings; New Mexico; Settlements

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs

Salt Lake City, Utah, 1891 1891 BANC PIC 1963.002:0859--F

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Creator/Collector: Wellge, H. (active ca. 1891), artist American Publishing Co. (active ca. 1891), publisher

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on board: lithograph, color 71.3 x 120.9 cm.

Content/Description:

Bird's-eye view of city with temple and tabernacle in center; River Jordan and Great Salt Lake at left; mountains in distance. Marginal views include land developments, temple and grounds, Wasatch Building, Garfield Beach, American National Bank, and others.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LR, within image): H. Wellge Sk.; (LC, above title): Copyrighted and published by the American Publishing Co., cor[ner] South Water & Ferry streets, Milwaukee, Wis[consin], U[nited] S[tates of] A[merica]. Each item captioned. Printed legend.

Buildings; Churches; Lakes & ponds; Settlements; Utah

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color

Mountain Meadows [Massacre of 1857, Utah] c1877 BANC PIC 1963.002:0987--D

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Creator/Collector: Redmont, S. H. (active ca. 1877), artist Britton, Rey & Co. (active ca. 1867-ca. 1880), lithographer Steinegger, Henry [Stggr] (active ca. 1854-ca. 1880) , Swiss, lithographer Pacific Art Company (active ca. 1877), publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 53.5 x 71.4 cm.

Content/Description:

View looking into valley as covered wagons and settlers make their way down trail; Indians with weapons hide among rocks in right foreground waiting in ambush. High rocky buttes in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): From nature by S.H. Redmond, 1877; (LC, above title): Published by the Pacific Art Co. of San Francisco, incorporated under the laws of the State of California, Copyright Sept[ember] 1877 by H. Williams, pres[ident], Pacific Art Co.; (LR): Lith. Britton, Rey & Co., S[an] F[rancisco].

Events; Frontier & pioneer life; Indians of North America; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Settlers; Utah; Vehicles; Westward movement

Landscapes; Lithographs, color

Sterling Station, Union Pacific Railway [Colorado?] 1884 BANC PIC 1963.002:1335--A

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Creator/Collector: Chancellor, H. (active ca. 1884), artist

Physical Description: drawing on paper: ink and watercolor 12.5 x 17.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Depot with train pulling into station; Chinese laborers with shovels and picks stand on platform; passengers stand near station building to left.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LR). Signature and date (LR): H. Chancellor, 9 May [18]84.

Buildings; Chinese; Railroads

Drawings; Watercolors

Great Salt Lake, Utah [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:1431--B

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Creator/Collector: Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 30.1 x 40.4 cm.

Content/Description:

View from above town with buildings and houses looking towards lake; mountains in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Published by Currier & Ives; (LR): 152 Nassau St[reet], New York.

Lakes & ponds; Settlements; Utah; West (U.S.)

Cityscapes; Lithographs, color

[Ute Canyon, Utah] [187-?] BANC PIC 1963.002:1507--FR

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Creator/Collector: Colman (or Coleman), Samuel (1832-1920) , American, artist

Physical Description: painting on tinted paper: watercolor and gouache 23.5 x 32 cm., visible image

Content/Description:

Wagon train crossing canyon along edge of river; towering cliffs on both sides.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title and artist's name on mat (on recto).

Utah; Vehicles; West (U.S.); Westward movement

Landscapes; Paintings; Watercolors

[Emigrant train attacked by Indians, Ute Canyon, Utah?] [187-?] BANC PIC 1963.002:1508--FR

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Creator/Collector: Colman (or Coleman), Samuel (1832-1920) , American, artist

Physical Description: painting on tinted paper: watercolor and gouache 24.2 x 33 cm., visible image

Content/Description:

Wagon train clustered at base of towering rock formations; approaching group of Indians in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title and artist's name on mat (on recto).

Indians of North America; Utah; Vehicles; West (U.S.); Westward movement

Landscapes; Paintings; Watercolors

[Ceremony to drive the golden spike at Promontory Point, Utah, 1869] [not before 1869] BANC PIC 1963.002:1804--E

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Creator/Collector: Hill, Thomas (1829-1908) , British, artist

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 48.6 x 70.6 cm., image on sheet 63.8 x 84.4 cm.

Content/Description:

Reproduction of painting showing ceremony which took place on May 10, 1869 celebrating completion of transcontinental railroad (Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads).

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Printed (LR, within image): T. Hill.

Events; Railroads; Utah

Photomechanical prints

West (U.S.): Idaho, Montana, Wyoming

El Mira Silver Mining Co. works, Banner I[daho]T[erritory] [18--?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0432--B

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Creator/Collector: Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 28.8 x 35.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Mining operation nestled in canyon.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Lith. Britton & Rey S[an] F[rancisco].

Buildings; Idaho; Mining

Lithographs, color

El Mira S[ilver] M[ining] Co., Assay Office and Boarding House, Banner I[daho]T[erritory] [18--?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0433--B

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Creator/Collector: Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 25.9 x 35.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Mining office and buildings on pine tree covered hill.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Lith. Britton & Rey, S[an] F[rancisco].

Buildings; Idaho; Mining

Lithographs, color

Montana Mine, Yankee Fork District, Idaho [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0434--C

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Creator/Collector: Bosqui Eng. & Ptg. Co. (active ca. 1863-ca. 1906), printer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 40.2 x 55.6 cm.

Content/Description:

Mining operation inside hills comprised of several wooden buildings; elevated track in center for ore cars.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): The Bosqui Engraving & Printing Co., S[an] F[rancisco], Cal[ifornia].

Buildings; Equipment; Idaho; Mining; West (U.S.)

Lithographs, color

Gold Hill Mine & Works, Quartzburgh, Boise Co[unty], Idaho [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0746--E

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Creator/Collector: Steinegger, Henry [Stggr] (active ca. 1854-ca. 1880) , Swiss, artist Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 49 x 92.8 cm., dome top

Content/Description:

Mining operation with main buildings and lumber for shafts in center; private residence at left; workers quarters at right. Low hills covered with tree stumps indicating environmental impact of logging.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL, within image): H. Steinegger; (LL): Lith Britton & Rey, S[an] F[rancisco]. Printed legend.

Buildings; Dwellings; Environmental degradation; Idaho; Lumber industry; Mining

Lithographs

[Indian encampment at foot of Big Horn Range, Rocky Mountains, Montana] [not before 1863] BANC PIC 1963.002:0769--E

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Creator/Collector: Bierstadt, Albert (1830-1902) , German, artist (based on original by)

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 55.4 x 88.9 cm.

Content/Description:

Indian encampment near lake with high mountain range (Landers Peak) in distance. Several tipis (teepees, tepees) with Indian men, women, and children involved in various activities; livestock, dogs, and horses nearby; blankets, saddles, and various domestic objects throughout camp. Image related to trip Bierstadt made to west with Fitz Hugh Ludlow in 1863 .

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LC): Indian encampment at foot of Big Horn Range, Rocky M[oun]t[ain]s. Printed (LR, within image): Bierstadt, 1863. Reproduction (printers proof) of Bierstadt's "The Rocky Mountains, Landers Peak" (1863, oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).

Dwellings; Indians of North America; Manners & customs; Montana; Mountains; Settlements; West (U.S.); Wyoming

Landscapes; Lithographs, color

Store, warehouse, granary, etc. of Marion F. Waldron, Centerville, Idaho [18--?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0811--B

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Creator/Collector: Green, E., artist

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 27.5 x 43 cm.

Content/Description:

Street lined with commercial buildings. Covered wagons, horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians in street in front of buildings. Main building bears two signs which read: Marion F. Waldron and Wells, Fargo & Co. Foothills covered with pine trees in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL, within image): E. Green, del.

Buildings; Business enterprises; Idaho; Settlements; West (U.S.)

Cityscapes; Lithographs

Ranch and mining claims of A. G. Church & brother, on the Payette River, Idaho [18--?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0812--B

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Creator/Collector: Green, E., artist

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 27.5 x 42.8 cm.

Content/Description:

Ranch buildings (house and barn) and hydraulic mining operation. Cows, horses, figures on horseback, horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians in foreground. Low, tree-less foothills being mined in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL, within image): E. Green, del.

Buildings; Dwellings; Idaho; Mining; Ranches

Lithographs

[Castle Butte, Green River, Wyoming?] 1892 BANC PIC 1963.002:1319--FR

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Creator/Collector: Moran, Thomas (1837-1926) , British, artist

Physical Description: painting on paper: watercolor 19.3 x 25.7 cm., visible image

Content/Description:

Moonlit view of dramatic basalt rock formation; river in foreground.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Signature and date (LL): T. Moran, 1892. Title from labels on verso.

Nature; Rivers; West (U.S.)

Landscapes; Watercolors

[Trading post of J. S. Collins at Fort Laramie, Wyoming] [1874] BANC PIC 1963.002:1386--FR

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Creator/Collector: Tavernier, Jules (1844-1889) , French, artist

Physical Description: painting on board: oil 12.3 x 19.2 cm., visible image

Content/Description:

Store interior with two women and men; shelves filled with cloth and other merchandise.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Signature (LL): Jules Tavernier. Typed note (on verso) from Charles Yale, bookseller, Pasadena incudes biographical note; Arthur Woodward's (Curator of History at the Los Angeles County Museum) identification of subject matter; bibliographic note; and authentication by Huntington Library.

Business enterprises; Frontier & pioneer life; Interiors; West (U.S.); Women; Wyoming

Oil paintings

West (U.S.): Nevada

Golden City [Lincoln County, Nevada] looking east c1866 BANC PIC 1963.002:0247--B

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Creator/Collector: Mathews, A. E. (active ca. 1866-ca. 1883), publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 25.7 x 36.2 cm.

Content/Description:

View from overlook of small mining town in valley surrounded by high buttes with river running through located near Caliente, Nevada.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, above title): Entered... 1866 by A.E. Mathews (publisher?)... New York. Handwritten (LC, below title): Looking East - 1860.

Nevada; Settlements; West (U.S.)

Cityscapes; Lithographs, color

Fort Yuma on the Colorado [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0259 (variant 1)--A

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving 16 x 26.3 cm.

Content/Description:

High, panoramic view of Colorado River with fort on hill at left; sidewheel steamship and small boat on river; people on left bank; vegetation at right.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC).

Colorado; Military facilities; Rivers

Engravings

Fort Yuma on the Colorado [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0259 (variant)--A

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving, hand colored 16.2 x 26.3 cm.

Content/Description:

High, panoramic view of Colorado River with fort on hill at left; sidewheel steamship and small boat on river; people on left bank; vegetation at right.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC).

Colorado; Military facilities; Rivers; West (U.S.)

Engravings, color

View of eastern slope of Treasure Hill, showing the works of the Hamilton Hydraulic Mining & Tunnel Co. [Nevada] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0263--C

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Creator/Collector: Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 39.2 x 54.6 cm.

Content/Description:

Mountain criss-crossed with survey lines and numbers identifying tunnels and roads; few scattered houses at base of mountain.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): R.M. Wilson Deputy Surveyor; (LR): Lith. Britton & Rey, S[an] F[rancisco]. Printed legend.

Mining; Mountains; Nevada

Lithographs, color

Mud Volcano, Colorado Desert: as it appeared July 19th, 1857 [not before 1857] BANC PIC 1963.002:0437--A

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Creator/Collector: Veatch, W. A. A., artist Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), artist

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 18.7 x 27.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Several tall, conical volcanoes shoot forth fumes and mud; small figure of man in center on hands and knees observes eruptions near one of craters.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Lith. by Britton & Rey, S[an] F[rancisco]. Printed (LC, below title): Sketched by W.A.A. Veatch.

Colorado; Nature; West (U.S.)

Landscapes; Lithographs

[Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mount Rosalie, Colorado, 1866] [not before 1866] BANC PIC 1963.002:0503--E

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Creator/Collector: Bierstadt, Albert (1830-1902) , German, artist Long, M. [H.?] (active ca. 1866) , French?, undetermined

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on board: lithograph, color 48.2 x 82.4 cm.

Content/Description:

Broad valley surrounded by high rocky slopes; Indian encampment in foreground; lake in middleground; and high peak in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Printed (LR, within image): A. Bierstadt, 1866; (LR): M. [H?] Long. Reproduction of Bierstadt's "Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie" (1866, oil on canvas, The Brooklyn Museum).

Colorado; Indians of North America; Lakes & ponds; Mountains; Nature; Settlements; West (U.S.)

Landscapes; Lithographs, color

[Emigrant wagons near Pikes Peak, Colorado] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0741--D

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on canvas: lithograph, color 60.2 x 75.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Encampment of covered wagons and settlers around campfire in center; Indian hunter with buck as settler approaches from right. Mountains in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Handwritten (on verso): Pikes Peak.

Animals; Camping; Colorado; Frontier & pioneer life; Hunting; Indians of North America; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Settlers; Vehicles; West (U.S.)

Lithographs, color

Leadville, Colorado [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0745--D

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Creator/Collector: Keller, William T., artist St. Joseph Steam Print'g Co., printer Brind, J. Fitz, undetermined

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 54.7 x 70.9 cm.

Content/Description:

Central oval image overlooking city. Marginal views include hotels, significant buildings, industrial works (Harrison Reduction Works, Frank Gay's Foundry and Machinery Shop, and Sampling Works), and various mine operations (Ami, Robert E. Lee, Chrysolite, and others).

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL, within central image): Wm. T. Keller; (LL): J. Fitz Brind, Dr.; (LR): St. Joseph Steam Print'g Co., St. Joseph, Mo. Each image captioned.

Buildings; Business enterprises; Colorado; Industry; Settlements

Cityscapes; Lithographs, color

Treadwell's bird's-eye view of the Comstock mines and vicinity, Storey and Lyons Counties, State of Nevada c1875 BANC PIC 1963.002:0747--E

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Creator/Collector: Steinegger, Henry [Stggr] (active ca. 1854-ca. 1880) , Swiss, artist Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer Treadwell, Joseph B. (active ca. 1870-ca. 1890), undetermined

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 74.5 x 89.1 cm., dome top

Content/Description:

Broad view of Comstock mining areas (all identified within image); Lake Washoe and mountain ranges in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL, within): H. Stggr. [Henry Steinegger]; (LL): Lith. of Britton Rey & Co., S[an] F[rancisco]; (LC, above title): Entered... 1875 by J.B. Treadwell.... Handwritten (LR): Joseph B. Treadwell/with compls/J.B. Treadwell/San Francisco.

Mining; Mountains; Nevada; Settlements

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color

Mining on the Comstock [Nevada] c1877 BANC PIC 1963.002:0761--E

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Creator/Collector: Dawes, T. L. (active ca. 1876-ca. 1877), artist Marshall, J. P. (J. B.?) (active 1876-1877), publisher Le Count Bros. (active 1876-1877), printer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 60.7 x 83.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Mine interior with miners in wooden mine shaft structure. Marginal views include Comstock mine operations: Sierra Nevada, California, Ophir, Calidonia & Overman, Imperial & Empire, Crown Point, Con. Virginia, Belcher, Justice, Gould & Curry, and Yellow Jacket; and image of tools and equipment used in mines.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (ML). Printed (ML, below title): Drawn by T.L. Dawes, 1876, and copyrighted 1877/Published by/J.B. Marshall, Gold Hill, Nev[ada]; (LL): Engraved & printed by LeCount Bros., San Francisco.

Buildings; Equipment; Miners; Mining; Nevada; West (U.S.)

Lithographs, color

Virginia City, Storey County, Nevada, 1877 1877 BANC PIC 1963.002:0762 (variant)--E

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Creator/Collector: Britton, Rey & Co. (active ca. 1867-ca. 1880), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on board: lithograph, hand colored 65 x 95.6 cm.

Content/Description:

Bird's-eye view of city with map of water system lines, buildings, and sites; Mount Davidson in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UC). Printed (LL): Lith. Britton, Rey & Co., S[an] F[rancisco]. Printed legend.

Mountains; Nevada; Settlements; Water works

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color

Virginia City, Storey County, Nevada, 1877 1877 BANC PIC 1963.002:0762--E

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Creator/Collector: Britton, Rey & Co. (active ca. 1867-ca. 1880), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 62.5 x 94.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Bird's-eye view of city with map of water system lines, buildings, and sites; Mount Davidson in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UC). Printed (LL): Lith. Britton, Rey & Co., S[an] F[rancisco]. Printed legend.

Mountains; Nevada; Settlements; Water works

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs

Bird's-eye view of Carson City, Ormsby County, Nevada, 1875, looking southwest 1875 BANC PIC 1963.002:0763--D

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Creator/Collector: Koch, Augustus (active ca. 1870), artist Britton, Rey & Co. (active ca. 1867-ca. 1880), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 53.2 x 70.4 cm.

Content/Description:

Town with racetrack in foreground; railroad depot and town center with state capitol in middleground; residential area in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Britton, Rey & Co., lith., S[an] F[rancsico]; (LR): Drawn by Augustus Koch. Printed legend.

Nevada; Settlements

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color

Fort Churchill, N[evada] T[erritory] [18--?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0764--D

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Creator/Collector: Brown, Grafton T. (1841-1918), artist Kuchel, C. C. (1820-ca. 1865) , Swiss, lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 50.7 x 65.8 cm.

Content/Description:

Bird's-eye view of military camp with corrals and tents in foreground; soldiers marching in central plaza surrounded by buildings and tents.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Grafton T. Brown, del.; (LR): C.C. Kuchel, lith., S[an] F[rancisco].

Military facilities; Military personnel; Nevada

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color

View of Treasure Hill, White Pine, Nev[ada] 1869 BANC PIC 1963.002:0810--C

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Creator/Collector: Peet, Edward Warren (active ca. 1869) , American?, artist Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer H.H. Bancroft & Co. (active ca. 1869), publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 30.4 x 51 cm.

Content/Description:

Elevated view of several small settlements situated in and around Treasure Hill mountain landscape including Hamilton, Virginia, United States, Treasure City, Eberhardt, and Sherman Town.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, below title): Sketched by E.W. Peet/H.H. Bancroft & Co. Publishers/609 Montgomery S[tree]t, San Francisco/1869; (LR): Lith. Britton & Rey, S[an] F[rancisco].

Mining; Nevada; Settlements

Landscapes; Lithographs

Virginia City, N[evada] T[erritory] 1864 c1864 BANC PIC 1963.002:0843--F

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Creator/Collector: Brown, Grafton T. (1841-1918), artist Kuchel, C. C. (1820-ca. 1865) , Swiss, lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 74.3 x 102.2 cm.

Content/Description:

City situated at base of mountain range. Marginal views include numerous silver mining operations (Ophir, Woodworth, Gould & Curry, Potosi, Bullion, Mexican, Chollar, and Savage).

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn from nature by Grafton T. Brown; (LC): Entered... 1864 by Grafton T. Brown... California; (LR): C.C. Kuchel, lith., 543 Clay St[reet], San Francisco, Cal[ifornia]. Each item captioned.

Buildings; Mining; Nevada; Settlements

Cityscapes; Lithographs, color

Virginia City, Nevada Territory, 1861 1861 BANC PIC 1963.002:1403--FR

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Creator/Collector: Brown, Grafton T. (1841-1918), artist and publisher Kuchel, C. C. (1820-ca. 1865) , Swiss, lithographer Britton & Co. (active ca. 1861), printer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand color 54.2 x 70 cm., visible image

Content/Description:

View of town situated in valley taken from Gould and Curry claim; predominantly one-story wooden buildings and houses line streets; several mine buildings on ourskirts; mining tunnels in hills to left. Marginal images include views of banks, hotels, stores and other businesses, private residences, and mining operations. Both main view and marginal images populated with pedestrians, people riding horses and in carriages, workers, and others.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn from nature by Crafton T. Brown; (LC): Britton & Co. Print.; (LC, below title): Published by Crafton B. Brown; (LR): C.C. Kuchel Lith., 174 Clay St[reet], S[an] Francisco, Cal[ifornia].

Buildings; Business enterprises; City & town life; Dwellings; Frontier & pioneer life; Hotels; Laborers; Mining; Nevada; Settlements; West (U.S.)

Cityscapes; Lithographs, color

North View, Gould and Curry Silver Mining Company's Reduction Works, Virginia City, N[evada] T[erritory], incorporated June 27th 1860 [not before 1860] BANC PIC 1963.002:1452--FR

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 43.2 x 56.4 cm., visible image

Content/Description:

Mining operation buildings and compound surrounded by low hills.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC).

Buildings; Industry; Mining

Lithographs, color

West (U.S.): Other

[California or western city scene] [18--?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0214--B

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: painting on paper: oil 25.3 x 35.6 cm.

Content/Description:

Quiet street scene with snow-capped mountains in distance; one-story adobe and wooden buildings; mule cart at left.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title.

Settlements; West (U.S.)

Cityscapes; Oil paintings

San Felipe, Rio Grande [Texas] 1869 BANC PIC 1963.002:0241--A

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Creator/Collector: Colyer, Vincent (1825-1888) , American, artist

Physical Description: painting on paper mounted on board: watercolor 18.1 x 25.6 cm., on mount 23 x 30 cm.

Content/Description:

River and town with church in middleground below tall mesa; man operating windlass ferries raft across water in foreground.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LL): San Felipei [sic Felipe]/ Rio Grande, 26 May [18]69.

Rivers; Settlements; Vessels; Waterfronts

Paintings; Watercolors

The pioneers [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0307--A

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving, hand colored 14.8 x 23.1 cm.

Content/Description:

Emigrant train moving across plains; oxen-drawn wagons piled high with possessions; men, women, and children walking along wagons; mountains in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC).

Frontier & pioneer life; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Settlers; Vehicles; West (U.S.); Westward movement

Engravings, color

Western scenery [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0357--B

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Creator/Collector: Haskell & Allen (active ca. 1871-ca. 1875) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 25.6 x 35.6 cm.

Content/Description:

Indian encampment along river; tipis (teepees, tepees) and canoe with Indians wearing three-feather headdresses and capes in foreground and middleground; valley landscape with hills in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Published by Haskell & Allen; (LR): 61 Hanover St[reet], Boston, Mass.

Dwellings; Indians of North America; Settlements; West (U.S.)

Landscapes; Lithographs, color

American mountain scenery c1868 BANC PIC 1963.002:0435--B

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Creator/Collector: Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 34.1 x 45.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Low waterfall and surrounding mountains; two deer in foreground.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, above title): Entered... 1868 by Currier & Ives... New York; (LC, below title): New York, Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St[reet].

Mountains

Landscapes; Lithographs, color

The Rocky Mountains c1871 BANC PIC 1963.002:0436--B

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Creator/Collector: Whitteredge, W. (active ca. 1868), artist Hinshelwood, Robert (1812-ca. 1875) , Scottish, engraver D. Appleton & Co. (active ca. 1873), publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving, hand colored 25.5 x 33 cm.

Content/Description:

Pastoral view of Indian encampment along river. Several Indians on horseback cross river in foreground. Broad plains stretch out in middleground before peaks in far distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Painted by W. Whitteredge; (LC, above title) Entered...1871 by D. Appleton; (LC, below title): New York, D. Appleton & Co.; (LR): Engraved by R. Hinschelwood.

Indians of North America; Mountains; Settlements; West (U.S.)

Engravings, color; Landscapes

Saline Camp and Phanton City, Kansas [1855] BANC PIC 1963.002:0439--B

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Creator/Collector: Vincent Brooks, Day & Son (active ca. 1855) , British, lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 34.1 x 47.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Campsite with two tents; covered wagon and horses. Two men (hunters?) reclining near animal pelts along river bank.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LR): Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith. Handwritten (LR): London 1855.

Camping; Fur trade; Hunting; Kansas

Lithographs, color

Snow sheds at summit station, the end of the up-grade on the C.P.R.R. 1878 BANC PIC 1963.002:0475--A

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving, hand colored 23 x 28.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Buildings and wooden constructions of the Central Pacific Railroad Company station in a forest setting.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (UL): [page] 132; (UC): Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper; (UR): April 27, 1878.

Buildings; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Railroads

Engravings, color; Illustrations

[Western scenery] [18--?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0505 (verso)--B

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Creator/Collector: Pacific Press Publishing House (active ca. 1878-ca. 1888), publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: wood engraving 40.1 x 28.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Five views: Mexican plow; Mission San Juan Capistrano; Mariposa Big Trees; mesa walls, Arizona; and Sutter's Mill, Coloma, California.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UC): Specimen book of electrotypes. Printed (LC): Pacific Press Publishing House, Twelfth and Castro Streets, Oakland, Cal[ifornia]. Illustrations numbered and captioned.

Arizona; Buildings; California, Northern; California, Southern; Gold rushes; Missions; Nature; West (U.S.)

Engravings

G. H. Baker's scenery of the Pacific Coast [1872] BANC PIC 1963.002:0506--B

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Creator/Collector: Baker, George Holbrook (1827-1906) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 25.8 x 46.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Five vignettes: San Francisco Bay and Pacific Northwest with group of three Indians in center; Yosemite Falls; vaquero lassoing steer with mission building in distance; and Indians hunting buffalo near railroad.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (MC, within image). Handwritten (LL): 1872.

Animals; Bison; Clothing & dress; Cowboys; Hunting; Indians of North America; West (U.S.)

Lithographs

First glimpse of the Sierras [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0626:04--A

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Creator/Collector: Fay & Cox (active ca. 1869), undetermined

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on paper: engraving 10.4 x 15.9 cm.

Content/Description:

Group of men on horseback in mountains; snow-covered peaks in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title. Printed (LL, within image): Fay & Cox. From periodical?

Animals; Horses; Mountains; Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)

Engravings; Landscapes

Port of Honolulu [Hawaii] c1857 BANC PIC 1963.002:0684--A

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Creator/Collector: Burgess, George Henry (1831-1905) , British, artist and lithographer Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), printer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 22 x 34.7 cm.

Content/Description:

View from harbor looking inland towards waterfront and town; natives and westerners in boats on bay; several sailing ships and tugboats in harbor; large buildings on shore; high mountains in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn from nature & on stone by G.H. Burgess; (LC, above title): Entered... 1857 by G.H. Burgess... California; (LR): Printed by Britton & Rey.

Harbors; Hawaii; Settlements; Vessels; Waterfronts

Cityscapes; Lithographs, color

California emigrants, the last day on the plains [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0742--C

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Creator/Collector: Andrew, John (1815-1875) , British, artist

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on board: engraving, hand colored 37.3 x 56.9 cm.

Content/Description:

Men, women, and children camping by campfire; man slaughtering deer in center, Indian standing by; man on horseback blowing horn to right; several men with rifles. Oxen-drawn wagons and mountains in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LR, within image): John Andrew.

Animals; Arms & armaments; Camping; Frontier & pioneer life; Horses; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Settlers; West (U.S.); Westward movement

Engravings, color

Westward the course of empire takes its way [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0743--E

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Creator/Collector: W.J. Morgan & Co., lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on paper: lithograph, color 56.7 x 83 cm.

Content/Description:

Large group of emigrants halt on mountain pass to observe valley below. Woman with children in center, man above her gestures towards prospect. Pioneers on horseback carrying rifles; families in covered wagons.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UL). Printed (LR): W.J. Morgan & Co., lith., Cleve[land].

Animals; Clothing & dress; Frontier & pioneer life; Horses; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Settlers; Westward movement; Women

Lithographs, color

The mountain pass, Sierra Nevada c1867 BANC PIC 1963.002:0744--D

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Creator/Collector: Palmer, Francis Florabond (Fanny) (1812-1876) , British, artist Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 61.2 x 80.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Mountain landscape with heavy forest; waterfall and river; high mountains in distance. Bear in foreground, Indian man on bluff at right.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): F.F. Palmer, del.; (LC, above title): Entered... 1867 by Currier & Ives... New York; (LC, below title): New York, published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau Street; (LR): Lith. of Currier & Ives, N[ew] Y[ork].

Animals; Bears; Mountains

Landscapes; Lithographs, color

The pioneer's home: on the western frontier c1867 BANC PIC 1963.002:0766--FR

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Creator/Collector: Palmer, Francis Florabond (Fanny) (1812-1876) , British, artist Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 53.2 x 71 cm., visible image

Content/Description:

Two hunters, carrying deer and game birds, approach with hunting dogs in forest. Set in forest by stream. Woman and children near cabin door; farmyard with chickens, goats, and barn.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): F.F. Palmer, del.; (LR): Currier & Ives, lith. N[ew] Y[ork]; (LC): Entered...1867 by Currier & Ives...N[ew] Y[ork]. Published by Currier & Ives 152 Nassau St[reet]. Ref. note: Peters, Currier & Ives, Vol. II, p. 335.

Animals; Children; Clothing & dress; Dwellings; Frontier & pioneer life; Hunting; Settlers; Women

Lithographs, color

[Covered wagon in the desert: emigrants tend to fallen oxen] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0772--A

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: painting on paper: watercolor and pencil 19.7 x 29 cm.

Content/Description:

Group of distressed emigrant men, women and children in process of crossing desert in covered wagon attend to oxen that have fallen; bones and human skull lying in foreground; mountains in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title.

Animals; Cattle; Frontier & pioneer life; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Settlers; Vehicles; Westward movement; Women

Paintings; Watercolors

Across the continent, the snow sheds on the Central Pacific Railroad, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0808--C

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Creator/Collector: Becker, Joseph (1841-1910) , American, artist B. & H., undetermined

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving 43.2 x 56.4 cm.

Content/Description:

Winter scene with train and cars (C.P.R.R.) emerging from snowsheds as Chinese workers come down to greet train; snow-covered hills and mountains in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LR, within image): B. & H.; (LR): From a sketch by Joseph Becker.

Chinese; Laborers; Railroads; Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)

Engravings

Pacific coast scenes: supplement to the Christmas Wasp, 1884 1884 BANC PIC 1963.002:0814--D

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Creator/Collector: Jorgensen, Christian (1860-1935) , American, artist Wasp (active 1868-1928), publisher Bosqui Eng. & Ptg. Co. (active ca. 1863-ca. 1906), printer

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on board: lithograph, color 58.5 x 77 cm.

Content/Description:

Collage-type image including views of: San Francisco (Chinatown, Market Street, Union Square, Ocean Beach, and Golden Gate Park); Mount Tamalpais and Point Tiburon; Hetch-Hetchy Valley; Chinese fishing village, Monterey; Lake Merritt, Oakland; Lake Lagunitas; San Lorenzo Canyon; Lakeport; Mission Santa Barbara; logging near Guerneville; and others.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Bosqui Eng. & Print. Co., S[an] F[rancisco]; (LR): C. Jorgensen. Each item captioned.

California, Northern; California, Southern; Chinese; Missions; San Francisco (Calif.); San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.); Settlements; West (U.S.)

Lithographs, color

The Rocky Mountains c1866 BANC PIC 1963.002:0853--D

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Creator/Collector: Bierstadt, Albert (1830-1902) , German, artist Smillie, James David (1833-1909) , American, engraver

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving 54 x 79.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Indian encampment near lake with high mountain range (Landers Peak) in distance. Several tipis (teepees, tepees) with Indian men, women, and children involved in various activities; livestock, dogs, and horses nearby; blankets, saddles, and various domestic objects throughout camp. Image based on trip Bierstadt made to west with Fitz Hugh Ludlow in 1863 .

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LR, within image): ABierstadt, 1863; (LL): Painted by A. Bierstadt; (LC, above title): Entered... 1866 by Edward Bierstadt... New York; (LR): Engraved by J. Smillie. Reproduction of Bierstadt's The Rocky Mountains, Landers Peak (1863, oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).

Dwellings; Indians of North America; Manners & customs; Montana; Mountains; Settlements; Wyoming

Engravings; Landscapes

[Railroads between New York and San Francisco, California, with scenes on the way (boardgame?)] c1872 BANC PIC 1963.002:0873--B

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Creator/Collector: Keller, George Frederick (active ca. 1872) , American, lithographer Thistleton, Colonel George (active ca. 1872) , American, publisher

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on board: lithograph, color 57.2 x 48.2 cm., folded to 48.3 x 28.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Appears to be a boardgame, starting in New York, following railroads across the continent to San Francisco. Railroads represented include: New York and Erie Railroad, Michigan Central Railroad, Great Western Railroad, Burlington Route, Union Pacific Railroad, and Central Pacific Railroad. Numerous towns and train depots represented, including Kalamazoo, Albia, Toano, Battle Mountain, Truckee, Oakland, and others.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Printed (LL, within image): Colonel Geo. Thistleton/Author & Publisher/No. 9 Post St[reet] San Francisco; (LL): Entered...1872 by Geo. Thistleton...Washington DC; (LC): G.F. Keller, Lith., S[an] F[rancisco].

Overland journeys to the Pacific; Railroads; Settlements; Vehicles; West (U.S.); Westward movement

Lithographs, color

[Western frontier town, main street with hotel and grocery] [18--?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0924--B

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Creator/Collector: Holladay, Ben Campbell, artist

Physical Description: drawing on paper: crayon 30.5 x 45.7 cm.

Content/Description:

View looking down street lined with grocery store, hotel, and other buildings. Men wearing cowboys hats on sidewalk; horse drawn wagon makes its way down street. Corral and round mountains in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Signature (LR): Ben Campbell Holladay.

Buildings; Business enterprises; Frontier & pioneer life; Settlements; West (U.S.)

Cityscapes; Drawings

Scenes on the Pacific Coast 1880 BANC PIC 1963.002:0925--D

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Creator/Collector: Keller, George Frederick (active ca. 1872) , American, artist

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 52.5 x 70.8 cm.

Content/Description:

Collage-type arrangement of images including: Yosemite National Park, California (Vernal Falls, Merced River, Cathedral Spires), Colorado River, redwoods, missions, Point Reyes, Sitka (Alaska), rodeo, Arizona Indians, logging, whaling, various types of animals and wildllife, and other subjects related to California and the West.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UC). Printed (UC, above title): Dedicated to the patrons of the Wasp; (UR): Supplement to the illust[rated] Wasp, December 25th, 1880; (LL): From original scetches [sic] & photographs by G.F. Keller. Each image captioned.

Animals; Buildings; California, Northern; Indians of North America; West (U.S.); Yosemite Valley (Calif.)

Lithographs, color

In the foothills [Sierra Nevada, California?] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:1349--A

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Creator/Collector: Bühler, F. (active ca. 1881), artist

Physical Description: painting on paper: oil 12.2 x 18 cm., on mount 20.2 x 25.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Man (Bühler?) seated by campfire possibly smoking game; foothills in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Handwritten (on mount): In the foothills, F. Bühler; (on verso): Scetch [sic] of F. Bühler/Old time California engraver/ In the foothills.

California, Northern; Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)

Landscapes; Oil paintings; Portraits

[September moonlight] 1921 BANC PIC 1963.002:1367--FR

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Creator/Collector: Dixon, Maynard (1875-1946) , American, artist

Physical Description: painting on canvas: oil 63.8 x 76.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Mesa and desert floor below moonlit sky.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Signature and date (LR): Maynard Dixon, 1921. Handwritten (on stretcher, on verso): Maynard Dixon, 728 Montgomery St[reet], San Francisco.

Nature; West (U.S.)

Landscapes; Oil paintings

[Covered wagons] [1859?] BANC PIC 1963.002:1370--FR

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Creator/Collector: Bierstadt, Albert (1830-1902) , German, artist

Physical Description: painting on board: oil 33.5 x 25.3 cm., visible image

Content/Description:

Several covered wagons gathered at river, towering hills and mountains behind.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Signature (LR): ABierstadt.

Nature; Nature; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Settlers; Vehicles; Westward movement

Landscapes; Oil paintings

[Surveyor's camp] 1858 BANC PIC 1963.002:1371--FR

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Creator/Collector: Butman, Frederick A. (1820-1871) , American, artist

Physical Description: painting on canvas: oil 31.8 x 46.9 cm.

Content/Description:

Group of seven tents pitched by stream; US flag flying from pole; two horses in field; dog on makeshift bridge over stream; high hills behind camp with surveyor's pole.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Signature and date (LR): Butman, S[an] F[rancisco] 1858.

Camping; Discovery & exploration

Oil paintings

[The first train] [ca. 1880] BANC PIC 1963.002:1378--FR

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Creator/Collector: Schuyler, Herman, artist

Physical Description: painting on canvas mounted on board: oil 71 x 22.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Group of Indians, including two men (one holding rifle) and one woman holding baby in papoose, stand on rocky promontory observing train crossing prairie in distance; Indian encampment with tipis (teepees, tepees) in right middleground.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Signature (LL): Herman Schuyler.

Indians of North America; Railroads; Railroads; Westward movement; Women

Landscapes; Oil paintings

[Mountain with prairie landscape] 1871 BANC PIC 1963.002:1382--FR

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Creator/Collector: Young, Harvey O. (active ca. 1859-ca. 1878, d.1901) , American, artist

Physical Description: painting on canvas mounted on board: oil 76.4 x 127.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Three horsemen in foreground, covered wagons in middleground, monumental snow-capped peak in center.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Signature and date (LL): H.O. Young, [18]71.

Settlers; West (U.S.); Westward movement

Landscapes; Oil paintings

[Turf house on the Great Plains] [ca. 1852?] BANC PIC 1963.002:1387--FR

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Creator/Collector: Wimar, Carl (1828-1862) , German, artist

Physical Description: painting on board: oil 14.5 x 30.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Silhouettes of two people (Indians?) on horseback face third figure standing near sod house; barren landscape surrounded by mountains.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Title based on typed label (on verso).

Dwellings; Horses; West (U.S.)

Landscapes; Oil paintings

A steam wagon hauling lumber in the Sierras [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:1392--FR

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Creator/Collector: Graham, Charles (1852-1911) , American, artist

Physical Description: painting on paper: gouache 31 x 46 cm., visible image

Content/Description:

Steam tractor hauls several wagons loaded with lumber up grade; Sierra Nevada foothills and mountains in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LL). Signature (LL): C. Graham. Note from Inventory Sheets: probably done for reproduction in a periodical, Picturesque California or Century.

California, Northern; Lumber industry; Mountains; Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.); Vehicles

Gouaches; Paintings

Prairie fires of the Great West c1871 BANC PIC 1963.002:1413--B

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Creator/Collector: Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 25.4 x 35.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Railroad train steaming down track as prairie fire blazes at background; herd of buffalo try to outrun fire in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Published by Currier & Ives; (LC, above title): Entered... 1871 by Currier & Ives; (LR): 125 Nassau St[reet], New York.

Bison; Fires; Railroads; West (U.S.)

Lithographs, color

The Great West c1870 BANC PIC 1963.002:1423--A

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Creator/Collector: Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 25 x 35.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Railroad with train on track running down valley through small settlement surrounded by high mountains.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Published by Currier & Ives; (LR): 152 Nassau St[reet], New York; (LC): Entered... 1870 by Currier & Ives... New York.

Railroads; West (U.S.)

Landscapes; Lithographs, color

Through to the Pacific c1870 BANC PIC 1963.002:1424--B

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Creator/Collector: Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 25.4 x 35.1 cm.

Content/Description:

Elevated view looking overland towards Pacific Ocean; farmer tilling fields at left; train moving towards coast in center; logging town along river at right; harbor and ships in far distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Published by Currier & Ives; (LC, above title): Entered... 1870 by Currier & Ives... New York; (LR): 152 Nassau St[reet], New York.

Lumber industry; Railroads; Rivers; Settlements; West (U.S.); Westward movement

Landscapes; Lithographs, color

The Route to California: Truckee River, Sierra Nevada (California or Nevada) c1871 BANC PIC 1963.002:1425--B

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Creator/Collector: Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 27.8 x 38 cm.

Content/Description:

View along river towards Sierra Nevada Mountains; train engine in foreground.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Published by Currier & Ives; (LC, above title): Entered... 1871 by Currier & Ives... Washington; (LR): 152 Nassau St[reet], New York.

Railroads; Rivers; Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.); West (U.S.); Westward movement

Landscapes; Lithographs, color

Emigrants crossing the plains c1869 BANC PIC 1963.002:1436--B

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Creator/Collector: Darley, Felix Octavius Carr (1822-1888) , American, artist Hall, H. B. (active ca. 1869), engraver D. Appleton & Co. (active ca. 1873), publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving, hand colored 23.9 x 32.1 cm.

Content/Description:

Wagon train with scout on horseback leading covered wagons drawn by oxen; pioneer stands before wagon with family inside; calves, cattle, dogs, wagons, and other figures in landscape.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): F.O.C. Darley, fecit.; (LC, above title): Entered... 1869 by D. Appleton & Co... New York; (LR): H.B. Hall, Jr., sc.; (LC, below title): New York, D. Appleton & Co.

Animals; Frontier & pioneer life; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Settlers; Vehicles; West (U.S.); Westward movement; Women

Engravings, color

The Rocky Mountains: emigrants crossing the plains c1866 BANC PIC 1963.002:1446--FR

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Creator/Collector: Palmer, Francis Florabond (Fanny) (1812-1876) , British, artist Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 49.5 x 66.7 cm., visible image

Content/Description:

Long train of oxen-drawn wagons cross plains; women and children inside wagons, men ride on horses or walk alongside wagons; two Indian guides on horseback stand to right; high mountains rise above them.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): F.F. Palmer, del.; (LR): Currier & Ives, lith. N[ew] Y[ork]; (LC): New York, Published by Currier & Ives, 152, Nassau St[reet]; (LC): Entered... 1866 by Currier & Ives....

Overland journeys to the Pacific; Settlers; Vehicles; West (U.S.); Westward movement

Landscapes; Lithographs, color

[Sierra Nevada landscape] [ca. 1880] BANC PIC 1963.002:1510--FR

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Creator/Collector: Hill, Thomas (1829-1908) , British, artist

Physical Description: painting on board: oil 34.2 x 51.7 cm., visible image

Content/Description:

View across meadow or body of water looking toward massive, arched rock formation; three figures on horseback stand in middleground.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Title and date based on label (on verso). Signature (LR): T. Hill. Alternative title: View of the Royal Arches. Inventory title: North Dome (but it is not prominently visible here). Photograph of same general area pasted to reverse of frame.

Mountains; Nature

Landscapes; Oil paintings

[Fleeing a prairie fire] [1860] BANC PIC 1963.002:1515--FR

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Creator/Collector: Wimar, Carl (1828-1862) , German, artist

Physical Description: painting on board: oil 16.5 x 21.6 cm., visible image

Content/Description:

Two Indians in buckskin dress ride horses to watch raging fire in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Title and artist based on attachment to frame.

Fires; Horses; Indians of North America

Landscapes; Oil paintings

Mexico and Central America

View of Culebra or the Summit, the terminus of the Panama Railroad in Dec[ember] 1854 c185[4?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0262 (variant)--C

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Creator/Collector: Otis, F. N. (active ca. 1856) , American?, artist Parsons, Charles R. (1821-1910) , American, lithographer and publisher Endicott & Co. (active ca. 1854), printer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 25.8 x 36.2 cm., image on sheet 46.3 x 59.4 cm.

Content/Description:

Small train with 'US Mail" and "Specie" signs on coach behind engine entering small settlement of few buildings (including American Hotel) and thatched roof log houses. Busy crowd on both sides of rails, pack animals being prepared for travel. Tropical vegetation in foreground.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): C. Parsons lith.; (LC, above title): Sketched from nature by F.N. Otis M.D. Surgeon in U.S.M. Steamship Co.'s Service; (LR): Printed by Endicott & Co. N[ew] Y[ork]; (LC, below title): Entered... by F.N. Otis 185[4?]... New York. For variant see 1963.002:0262--B.

Buildings; Central America; Panama; Railroads; Settlements; Voyages to the Pacific

Lithographs, color

View of Culebra or the Summit, the terminus of the Panama Railroad in Dec[ember] 1854 c1854 BANC PIC 1963.002:0262--B

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Creator/Collector: Otis, F. N. (active ca. 1856) , American?, artist Parsons, Charles R. (1821-1910) , American, lithographer and publisher Endicott & Co. (active ca. 1854), printer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 25.6 x 36 cm., image on sheet 32.6 x 42.6 cm.

Content/Description:

Small train with 'US Mail" and "Specie" signs on coach behind engine entering small settlement of few buildings (including American Hotel) and thatched roof log houses. Busy crowd on both sides of rails, pack animals being prepared for travel. Tropical vegetation in foreground.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): C. Parsons lith.; (LC, above title): Sketched from nature by F.N. Otis M.D. Surgeon in U.S.M. Steamship Co.'s Service; (LR): Printed by Endicott & Co. N[ew] Y[ork]; (LC, below title): Entered... by F.N. Otis 1854... New York. For variant see 1963.002:0262--C.

Animals; Buildings; Central America; Dwellings; Panama; Railroads; Voyages to the Pacific

Lithographs, color

[Canyon, Jesus Maria] c1851 BANC PIC 1963.002:0421--B

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Creator/Collector: Audubon, John Woodhouse (1812-1862) , American, artist and publisher Gildemeister, Charles (active ca. 1850-ca. 1858), lithographer Nagel & Weingaertner (1849-1857), printer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 33.8 x 40.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Steep rocky canyon with figures and pack animals on trail in right foreground.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC): Canon, Jesus Maria. Printed (UL): No. 1; (UR): Pl. 3; (LL): On stone by C. Gildemeister; (LC, above title): Entered...1851 by J.W. Audobon...N[ew] Y[ork]/From nature by J.W. Audobon A.N.A.; (LC, below title): Published by J.W. Audobon, 34 Liberty Street, New York; (LR): Print. by Nagel & Weingaertner. Probably reprint from J.W. Audubon's "Illustrated notes of an expedition through Mexico and California," 1852, re-issued in 1915 by W. Abbatt, Tarrytown, NY. Inscriptions in Spanish and English.

California, Southern; Expeditions & surveys; Mexico; Mountains

Landscapes; Lithographs, color; Travel sketches

Jesus Maria c1851 BANC PIC 1963.002:0422--B

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Creator/Collector: Audubon, John Woodhouse (1812-1862) , American, artist Gildemeister, Charles (active ca. 1850-ca. 1858), lithographer Nagel & Weingaertner (1849-1857), printer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 34.3 x 45.8 cm.

Content/Description:

Town in canyon with main street running along stream; densely packed adobe buildings and houses covered with shingle roofs line street and are scattered on steep hills rising on either side.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (UL): No 1; (UR): Pl 4; (LL): On stone by C. Gildemeister; (LC, above title): Entered... 1851 by J.W. Audubon... New York/From nature by J.W. Audubon A.N.A.; (LC, below title): Published by J.W. Audubon, 34 Liberty Street, New York; (LR): Print. by Nagel & Weingaertner. Probably reprint from J.W. Audubon's "Illustrated notes of an expedition through Mexico and California," 1852, re-issued in 1915 by W. Abbatt, Tarrytown, NY.

Buildings; California, Southern; Dwellings; Expeditions & surveys; Mexico; Settlements

Cityscapes; Lithographs, color; Travel sketches

[View to the southeast of Puebla de Los Angeles, Mexico] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0652--A

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Creator/Collector: Boquet , French, artist Marlet , French, lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 13.5 x 19.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Large city (also called Puebla de Zaragoza) situated in hilly landscape; several churches and buildings with high towers; mountains in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC): Extremité méridionale de la Puebla de Los Angeles, vue du S.E. Printed (LL): Boquet, del.; (LR): Lith. de Marlet. Inscriptions in French.

Churches; Mexico; Settlements

Cityscapes; Lithographs

[Puebla de Los Angeles, Mexico] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0653--D

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Creator/Collector: Deroy, etcher

Physical Description: print on paper: etching, hand colored 22.2 x 33.3 cm., on sheet 50.8 x 65 cm.

Content/Description:

Distant view of large city (also called Puebla de Zaragoza) with several church buildings; ruined adobe wall and travelers along road; Popocatepetl peak in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC): Vue de Los Angeles. Printed (LR): Deroy, sc. Inscriptions in French.

Mexico; Mountains; Settlements

Cityscapes; Etchings

Panama, Dec[ember], 1850 1850 BANC PIC 1963.002:0691--A

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Creator/Collector: Gibson, G. [George?] (active ca. 1849-ca. 1853) , British, artist

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 21.5 x 34.6 cm.

Content/Description:

View looking inland of town surrounded by fortified wall; numerous buildings and church.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title and date (LL). Signature (LL): G.G. (monogram of George Gibson). Handwritten legend (LC): St. M[e.?] Arce's; San Augustine; Custom House; Cathedral; Market Gate; Governor's House.

Buildings; Central America; Churches; Panama; Settlements

Cityscapes; Drawings; Travel sketches

Panama, outside the walls, Dec[embe]r, 1850 1850 BANC PIC 1963.002:0692--A

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Creator/Collector: Gibson, G. [George?] (active ca. 1849-ca. 1853) , British, artist

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 21.2 x 34.6 cm.

Content/Description:

Ruins of church and fort with [Chagres] river in center; several smaller buildings and dwellings; tropical setting; hills in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LL). Signature (LL): G.G. (monogram of George Gibson).

Buildings; Central America; Churches; Panama; Settlements

Cityscapes; Drawings; Travel sketches

[Chagres River, Panama] [1850] BANC PIC 1963.002:0693--A

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Creator/Collector: Gibson, G. [George?] (active ca. 1849-ca. 1853) , British, artist

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 12 x 21.2 cm.

Content/Description:

View across river with covered rowboat and three figures; tropical vegetation on shore.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Signature (LL): G.G. (monogram of George Gibson).

Central America; Panama; Rivers

Drawings; Landscapes; Travel sketches

Bird's-eye view of Havana [Cuba] c1851 BANC PIC 1963.002:0875--E

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Creator/Collector: Bachman, John (active ca. 1851), lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 69.2 x 91.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Town surrounded by body of water with wharf in foreground, numerous ships in harbor, and fort to right.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn from nature; (LC, above title): Entered... 1851 by J. Bachman... New York; (LC, below image): Published by John Bachman, 72 Bleeker St[reet], N[ew] York; (LR): & on stone by J. Bachman. Printed legend.

Cuba; Military facilities; Settlements; Waterfronts

Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color

[Incident on the Chagres River, Panama] 1867 BANC PIC 1963.002:1361--FR

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Creator/Collector: Nahl, Charles Christian (1818-1878) , German, artist

Physical Description: painting on canvas: oil 68.2 x 94.4 cm.

Content/Description:

Flat boat with small group of passengers being poled up river over shallow rapids by native polers; one pole man goes overboard; old boat wreakage wedged under flotsam-laden outcropping in river. Tropical vegetation frames scene; two cows on shore, far left.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Signature and date: (LL): Charles Nahl, 1867.

Animals; Cattle; Central America; Nature; Panama; Rivers; Vessels; Voyages to the Pacific

Landscapes; Oil paintings

The way they cross "the Isthmus" c1849 BANC PIC 1963.002:1445--C

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Creator/Collector: Currier, Nathaniel (1813-1888) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 35.6 x 50.6 cm.

Content/Description:

Satirical image of men heading for California gold fields; crowded onto overloaded barges and mules; crocodile at left; natives sell mules and pilot boats.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Lith. & pub. by N. Currier; (LC, above title): Entered... 1849 by N. Currier... New York; (LR): 152 Nassau St[reet], cor[ner] of Spruce [Street], N[ew] Y[ork].

Animals; Central America; Gold rushes; Indigenous peoples; Panama; Vessels; Voyages to the Pacific

Lithographs, color

View of the Playa Prieta, Panama [not before 1850] BANC PIC 1963.002:1478--B

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Creator/Collector: Day & Son (active ca. 1850) , British, lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 28.5 x 40.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Tropical beach front and bay with large crowd gathered for launching ceremony for sidewheel steamship standing on beach; natives in foreground

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, below title): shewing the launch of the French steamer Colibri, Nov[embe]r 27th, 1850/(the first steamer constructed in the Republic of New Granada). Printed (LL): Drawn on the spot; (LR): Day & Son, Lith[ographe]rs to The Queen.

Bays; Central America; Indigenous peoples; Panama; Rites & ceremonies; Vessels; Waterfronts

Lithographs

Atotonilco el Chico [Mexico] 1826 BANC PIC 1963.002:1517--C

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Creator/Collector: Berghes, Carlos de (active ca. 1826), artist

Physical Description: drawing on paper: wash 31.5 x 45.6 cm.

Content/Description:

Mining operation (as seen from mine Arevalo by artist C. de Berghes) with three men (Indian and/or Mexican) near mineshaft in foreground; view of town situated in hilly tropical landscape in distance; wooden buildings along stream at lower left; detailed rendering of vegetation frames scene; figures, donkeys, etc. Located (according to printed text following title) near amalgamation plant La Purissima, and foundry S. Juan Nepomuceno which belonged to German mining union.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, below title): Nebst dem, dem Deutschen Bergwerks Verein zugehörigen Amalgamirwerk La Purissima, und Schmelz Hütte S. Juan Nepomuceno/Von der Grube Arevalo aus aufgenommen von C. de Berghes, 1826. Handwritten (on verso): Mining in Mexico. Inscriptions in German.

Indigenous peoples; Mexico; Miners; Mining; Settlements

Cityscapes; Landscapes; Wash drawings

South America

[Lima woman] [ca. 1849] BANC PIC 1963.002:0299--A

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: drawing on paper mounted on paper: watercolor and pencil 16.6 x 10 cm.

Content/Description:

Three-quarter back view of woman (Lima, Peru) wearing transparent black shawl over her head and colorful skirt.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (UC): Lima. Handwritten (LC): Saya, Manta/transparent. See1963.002:300 (related). Date based on similarity to 1963.002:301. The group of drawings 1963.002:0283 - 1963.002:0301 appear to be related. Some share stylistic, physical, and topical characteristics and may have came from the same source. For more information see Inventory Sheets. Inscriptions in Spanish and English.

Clothing & dress; Peru; South America; Women

Drawings; Watercolors

[Five studies of Peruvian female costume] [ca. 1849] BANC PIC 1963.002:0300--B

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: drawing on paper: watercolor and pencil 27.8 x 21.6 cm., sheet

Content/Description:

Views of Peruvian women wearing long skirts, black headscarves and colorful shawls.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Handwritten (MC): Mohares Peruviana. Handwritten (LC): Explanation/No. 1, 2, 4 are old/costumes,/No. 3 & 5, the/New. Each image numbered below. Images have been cut out and pasted onto sheet by artist. See 1963.002:299 (related). Date based on similarity to 1963.002:301. The group of drawings 1963.002:0283 - 1963.002:0301 appear to be related. Some share stylistic, physical, and topical characteristics and may have came from the same source. For more information see Inventory Sheets. Inscriptions in Spanish and English.

Clothing & dress; Women

Drawings; Watercolors

[Cape Isidoro and Point Famine in Straits of Magellan, South America] 1849 BANC PIC 1963.002:0301--B

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: painting on paper: watercolor 12.6 x 17.6 cm., on sheet 24 x 21.5 cm.

Content/Description:

View from ship looking across sea towards land with snow-capped peaks.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Handwritten (on verso): Between Port Famine and Cape Isidoro/September 5th, 1849/Straits of Magellan/[Patagonia?]/"Good Ship Peru." The group of drawings 1963.002:0283 - 1963.002:0301 appear to be related. Some share stylistic, physical, and topical characteristics and may have came from the same source. For more information see Inventory Sheets.

South America

Cape Horn [Chile] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0306--A

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Creator/Collector: Herrmann, J. Meyer (active ca. 1854), publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving 10.3 x 15.2 cm., image on sheet 17x 16.9 cm.

Content/Description:

Three-masted sailing ship in heavy storm; few small boats with people on board in foreground; mountains in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, below title): Published for Herrmann J. Meyer, 164, William Street, New York.

Chile; South America; Vessels; Voyages to the Pacific

Engravings; Seascapes

Church and convent de la Merced, Valparaiso 1849 [Chile] 1849 BANC PIC 1963.002:0690--A

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Creator/Collector: Gibson, G. [George?] (active ca. 1849-ca. 1853) , British, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: painting on paper: watercolor 14.5 x 19.8 cm.

Content/Description:

Church and convent façade with date (of establishment?), 1776, above door flanked by two medallions with coats of arms. One story building with shuttered windows, tile roof, and pyramidal spire above short tower of entrance. Figure of padre in black vestments on street; broad green mountains in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (on verso). Handwritten (on verso) (modern): by G. Gibson.

Chile; Churches; Dwellings; Settlements; South America

Cityscapes; Travel sketches; Watercolors

[Off Maceio, Brazil, South America, US Brig Dolphin, February 1st, 1860] 1860 BANC PIC 1963.002:0731--A

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Creator/Collector: Galt (active ca. 1855-ca. 1860), artist

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 21.6 x 27.9 cm., oval image

Content/Description:

Brig "Dolphyn" (ship) flying US flag from stern heels over in choppy sea; other smaller sailing vessels head for port city on Brazilian coast in distance; darkening sky above.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LC): Off Maceio, S[outh] America, U.S. Brig Dolphin, Feb[ruary] 1st, 1860. For explanation of attribution to Galt, see artist's biography.

Brazil; South America; Vessels

Drawings; Marines (Visual works); Travel sketches

[Bahia, Brazil, South America] [1860] BANC PIC 1963.002:0732--A

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Creator/Collector: Galt (active ca. 1855-ca. 1860), artist

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 21.6 x 27.6 cm., oval image

Content/Description:

View looking across harbor toward city; part of fortress wall and tile-roofed buildings in foreground; bay in middleground; city of Bahia, Brazil in distance; jagged peaks rise above city. On verso: small sailing vessel with steam vessel behind.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. For explanation of attribution to Galt, see artist's biography.

Bays; Brazil; Settlements; South America; Voyages to the Pacific

Cityscapes; Drawings; Travel sketches

Fortress "Do Mar," Bahia, Brazil, March 3rd 1860 1860 BANC PIC 1963.002:0733--A

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Creator/Collector: Galt (active ca. 1855-ca. 1860), artist

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 21.5 x 27.8 cm., oval image

Content/Description:

View looking from water toward fortress on shore beyond; three sailboats on water with other masted vessels moored near shore and fort wall; several buildings and house on hills above fort.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LC). For explanation of attribution to Galt, see artist's biography.

Brazil; Harbors; Military facilities; Settlements; South America; Vessels

Cityscapes; Drawings; Travel sketches

Public Gardens, Bahia, San Salvador, Brazil [1860] BANC PIC 1963.002:0734--A

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Creator/Collector: Galt (active ca. 1855-ca. 1860), artist

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 21.5 x 27.9 cm., oval image

Content/Description:

View from water looking toward shore; few buildings on immediate shore; gardens with large obelisk on hills above.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LC). For explanation of attribution to Galt, see artist's biography.

Brazil; South America

Drawings; Landscapes; Travel sketches

Other

[Vignettes of various European locations and San Francisco, California] [ca. 1850?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0624--B

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Creator/Collector: Didion, P. (active 1850s) , French, engraver

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving, hand colored 37.1 x 26.4 cm.

Content/Description:

European views and scenes: Port in Ragusa (Dubrovnik, Croatia) with harbor, fort, and church and monastery buildings on hillside in distance; Freibourg (Breidgau, Germany) with city and prominent church building in distance, group of onlookers (men, women and children) in foreground; spa in Monaco with resort buildings, courtyard and people resting about; Duremholtz Castle on way from Znaim (Znojmo) to Vienna, seen across river with people in boats and strolling on bank; and Syracuse, Sicily with town in distance, harbor and boats, and people (including children) working in foreground. View of San Francisco depicts town in distance, bay in middleground, and road with onlookers in foreground.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Printed (UC): Paysages; (UR): 125; (LL): Autorisée pour le Colportage par décision ministerielle; (LR): Imagerie de P. Didion, à Metz; Depose. Images captioned in print: Port de Raguse, Dalmatie; Vue de la rade de San Francisco; Vue de Fribourg en Brisgau; Etablissement thermal de Monaco; Château de Duremholz, sur la route de Znaim a Vienne; and Vue de Syracuse, Sicile. Inscriptions in French.

Austria; Buildings; California, Northern; Croatia; Germany; Harbors; Hotels; Italy; Military facilities; Monaco; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements

Cityscapes; Engravings, color

[Stone bridge over small river, Central or South America?] [1860?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0735--A

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Creator/Collector: Galt (active ca. 1855-ca. 1860), artist

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 21.6 x 27.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Small arched bridge in mountainous setting.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. For explanation of attribution to Galt, see artist's biography.

Drawings; Landscapes

[View of Convent La Rabida, Madrid, Spain] 1893 BANC PIC 1963.002:1344--B

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Creator/Collector: Fenn, Harry (1845-1911) , British, artist

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pen and ink 28 x 35.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Convent and church on a hilltop; palm tree and grazing cattle in left foreground. Convent La Rabida is associated with Christopher Columbus' voyage of discovery of the New World.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Signature and date (LL): FH (monogram of Harry Fenn) [18]93. Handwritten annotations on verso including: 'Fenn' and 'Convent La Rabida'.

Buildings; Churches; Spain

Drawings

Individual items by subject or genre

Animals

Mollie Mc Carthy, the racing queen of the Pacific Slope [horse] c1878 BANC PIC 1963.002:0515--B

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Creator/Collector: H. S. (active ca. 1878), artist Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 28.1 x 42.4 cm.

Content/Description:

Race horse with jockey.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL, within image): H.S.; (LL): Published by Currier & Ives; (LC, above title): Copyright 1878, by Currier & Ives, N[ew] Y[ork]; (LC, below title): Foaled 1873. Sired by Monday...; (LR): 115 Nassau Street, New York.

Animals; Horses

Lithographs, color

St. Julien [horse] c1880 BANC PIC 1963.002:0516--D

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Creator/Collector: Harring, William (active ca. 1860-ca. 1890), artist Bosqui Eng. & Ptg. Co. (active ca. 1863-ca. 1906), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on board: lithograph, color 55.4 x 76 cm.

Content/Description:

Bay horse standing in field.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LL): St. Julien 2' l2 3/4" Oakland, Cal[ifornia], Oct. 25, 1879. Printed (LR, in original): W. Harring; (LL): Lith E. Bosqui & Co., S[an] F[rancisco]; (LR): Copyrighted 1880 by G.F. Bulletin Co.

Animals; Horses

Lithographs, color

The grand horse St. Julien, the king of trotters c1880 BANC PIC 1963.002:0517--B

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Creator/Collector: Cameron, John (active ca. 1852-ca. 1862) , American, lithographer Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 34.1 x 37.8 cm.

Content/Description:

Horse and rider (harness racing).

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LR, within image): J. Cameron; (LL): Published by Currier & Ives; (LC, above title): Copyright 1880, by Currier & Ives, N[ew] Y[ork]; (LC, below title): By Volunteer, Dam by Sayre's Harry Clay... ; (LR): 115 Nassau Street, New York.

Animals; Horses; Vehicles

Lithographs, color

Trotting stallion Palo Alto by Electioneer [horse] c1890 BANC PIC 1963.002:0518--B

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Creator/Collector: L. M. (active ca. 1890), artist Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 33.2 x 43 cm.

Content/Description:

Horse and rider (harness racing).

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL, within image): L.M.; (LL): Published by Currier & Ives; (LC, above title): Copyright 1890, by Currier & Ives, N[ew] Y[ork]; (LC, below title): Record 2:12 1/4; (LR): 115 Nassau Street, New York.

Animals; Horses; Vehicles

Lithographs, color

The Grand California Filly Sunol, record 2:10 1/2 at 3 yrs. old [horse] c1889 BANC PIC 1963.002:0519--B

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Creator/Collector: L. M. (active ca. 1890), artist Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 31.8 x 45 cm.

Content/Description:

Horse and rider (harness racing).

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LR, within image): L.M.; (LL): Published by Currier & Ives; (LC, above title): Copyright 1889, by Currier & Ives, N[ew] Y[ork]; (LC, below title): By Electioneeer-dam Waxana by Gen[era]l Benton, Grandam Waxy by Lexington; (LR): 115 Nassau Street, New York.

Animals; Horses; Vehicles

Lithographs, color

Belmont [horse] [186-] BANC PIC 1963.002:0520--B

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Creator/Collector: Armstrong, Thomas (1818-1861) , British, engraver Eastman & Loomis (active ca. 1860), engraver Nahl Brothers (active 1852-1871), undetermined

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving, color 24 x 23 cm.

Content/Description:

Side view of a horse in landscape.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC, within image). Printed (LC, above title): Eastman-Loomis Armstrong, S.R. (LC, below title): Eastman & Loomis/Engravers on wood/No. 543 Clay Street... San Francisco; (LR, within image): Nahl Brothers.

Animals; Horses

Engravings, color

Lepus Californicus, gray, California hare, natural size 1847 BANC PIC 1963.002:0521--D

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Creator/Collector: Audubon, John James (1875-1851), artist Bowen, John T. (active ca. 1837-ca. 1862), artist, lithographer, and printer

Physical Description: print on paper: pencil 53.9 x 68.8 cm.

Content/Description:

Hare in natural setting with cacti.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (UL): No. 23; (UR): Plate CXII; (LL): Drawn from nature by J.J. Audubon; (LR): Lith[ographe]d, printed & col[ore]d by J.T. Bower, Philad[elphi]a, 1847.

Animals

Lithographs, color; Zoological illustrations

Spermophilus Spilosoma, Bennet: California Marmot squirrel, natural size 1847 BANC PIC 1963.002:0522--D

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Creator/Collector: Audubon, John James (1875-1851), artist Bowen, John T. (active ca. 1837-ca. 1862), artist, lithographer, and printer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 54 x 69 cm.

Content/Description:

Two squirrels in natural setting.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (UL): No. 22; (UR): Plate CIX; (LL): Drawn from nature by J.J. Audubon, F.R.S.F.L.S.; (LR): Lith[ographe]d, printed & col[ore]d by J.T. Bowen, Philad[elphi]a, 1847.

Animals

Lithographs, color; Zoological illustrations

California vulture: Cathartes Californianus, Illiger, old male [bird] 1838 BANC PIC 1963.002:0523--F

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Creator/Collector: Audubon, John James (1875-1851), artist Havell, Robert Jr. (1793-1859) , British, engraver and printer

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on board: engraving, hand colored 100.3 x 67.2 cm.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (UL): No. 86; (UR): Plate CCCCXXVI; (LL): Drawn from nature by J.J. Audubon, F.R.S. F.L.S.; (LR): Engraved, printed and coloured by Rob[er]t Havell, 1838.

Animals

Engravings, color; Zoological illustrations

Occident: formerly "Wonder" [horse] c1876 BANC PIC 1963.002:0524--FR

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Creator/Collector: Worth, D., artist Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 51.7 x 67.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Horse, owned by Leland Stanford, at full trot with harness and rider.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC): Occident: formerly "Wonder," brown gelding, by pacing stallion St. Clair, Dam's pedigree unknown. Owned by ex-Gov. Leland Stanford... Printed (LL): Published by Currier & Ives; (LR): 125 Nassau St[reet], N[ew] Y[ork]; (LC): Entered...1876 by Currier & Ives; (LR, within image): D. Worth. Ref. note: Peters, Currier & Ives, Vol. II, p. 327.

Animals; Horses; Vehicles

Lithographs, color

The Grand California trotting mare Sunol [horse] c1890 BANC PIC 1963.002:0525--E

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Creator/Collector: Maurer, Louis (active ca. 1890), artist

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 61.6 x 86.9 cm.

Content/Description:

Horse with harness and rider at full trot; by Electioneer-dam Waxana by General Benton, Grandam Waxy by Lexington.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL, within image): L. Maurer; (LL): Drawn by L. Maurer; (LC, above title): Copyright 1890 by Currier & Ives, N[ew] Y[ork]; (LC, below title): By Electioneer-dam Waxana by Gen[era]l Benton, Grandam Waxy by Lexington; (LR): 115 Nassau St[reet], New York.

Animals; Horses; Vehicles

Lithographs, color

[Fawn in forest] 1869 BANC PIC 1963.002:1337--FR

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Creator/Collector: Bodmer, Karl (1809-1893) , Swiss, artist

Physical Description: painting on paper: watercolor 12.8 x 10 cm.

Content/Description:

Small vignette of fawn.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Handwritten (LL): Feb[ruary] 9th, 1869; (LC): To Mrs. Bierstadt/hers respectfully, K. Bodmer.

Animals

Watercolors

Trotting Stallion George M. Patchen, Jr. of California: by George M. Patchen, dam by bellfounder... c1866 BANC PIC 1963.002:1459--FR

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Creator/Collector: Cameron, John (active ca. 1852-ca. 1862) , American, artist Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 49.8 x 67.7 cm., visible image

Content/Description:

Horse at full trot with harness and rider.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Lith. & pub. by Currier& Ives; (LC, above title): Entered... 1866 by Currier & Ives... N[ew] Y[ork]; (LR): 152 Nassau St[reet], New York; (LR): J. Cameron, del.

Animals; Horses; Vehicles

Lithographs, color

[Still life with a dead quail] 1876 BANC PIC 1963.002:1502--FR

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Creator/Collector: Narjot, Ernest (1826-1898) , French, artist

Physical Description: painting on board: oil 42.8 x 25.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Dead partridge (quail) hangs by string attached to nail in wall.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Handwritten (LR): Sa 1ere perdrix, E. Narjot, 3 decembre 1876. Inscriptions in French.

Animals

Oil paintings

Hunting

The prairie hunter: "One rubbed out!" c1852 BANC PIC 1963.002:0438--D

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Creator/Collector: Tait, A. F. (active ca. 1862), artist Currier, Nathaniel (1813-1888) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 46.4 x 63.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Hunter dressed in buckskin and carrying rifle flees on horseback across plain from pursuing Indians.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LR): A. [Knirsch?], 1859 (in reverse); (LL): Painted by A.F. Tait; (LC, above title): Entered... 1852... N. Currier... N[ew] Y[ork]; (LR): Lith. Of N. Currier, N[ew] Y[ork]; (LC, below title): Published by N. Currier, 152 Nassau St[reet], New York.

Animals; Clothing & dress; Horses

Lithographs, color

Western life: the trapper [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0666--D

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Creator/Collector: Deas, Charles (1818-1867) , American, artist Grozelier, L., lithographer M. Knoedler, publisher Buffords Print Publishing House (active ca. 1835-ca. 1871), printer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 70.7 x 56 cm.

Content/Description:

Portrait of trapper dressed in buckskin on horseback carrying rifle with powder horn, and satchel at his side. Brand "JS" on rump of horse.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Painted by C. Deas; (LC, above title): Printed at J.H. Bufford's; (LC, below title): Published by M. Knoedler, successor to Goupil & Co., 366 Broadway, N[ew] York; (LR): Lith. by L. Grozelier, Boston. For variant see 1963.002:0667--D.

Animals; Arms & armaments; Clothing & dress; Horses

Lithographs, color; Portraits

[Western life: the trapper] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0667--D

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Creator/Collector: Deas, Charles (1818-1867) , American, artist Grozelier, L., lithographer M. Knoedler, publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 67.7 x 54.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Portrait of trapper dressed in buckskin on horseback carrying rifle with powder horn, and satchel at his side. Brand "JS" on rump of horse.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Title, artist, printer, lithographer and publisher based on comparison to 1963.002:0666--D.

Animals; Arms & armaments; Clothing & dress; Horses

Lithographs; Portraits

[Bison hunt] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0738--FR

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Creator/Collector: Grenier, F. , French, artist Delarue, François , French, publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 44 x 63.8 cm., visible image

Content/Description:

Scene of vaqueros on horseback roping buffalo; fallen rider and horse on ground being trampled.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC): La Chasse aux Bisons, Amérique. Printed (LL): Paris, François Delarue, Editeur, 18 r.J.J. Rousseau; (LR): Paris - Imp. Fois Delarue, 8 Rue Larrey; (LC): Dessiné et lith. par F. Grenier/3. Printed (LR, within image): F. Grenier. Inscriptions in French.

Animals; Bison; Cowboys; Horses; Hunting

Lithographs, color

[Bison hunt] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0739--D

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Creator/Collector: Adam, Victor (1801-1866) , French, artist Dusacq & Cie , French, publisher Becquet , French, printer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 59 x 74.4 cm., dome top

Content/Description:

Vaqueros on horseback and Indians hunting buffalo; fallen rider and horse on ground trampled by buffalo being pursued by dogs; Indians wearing body paint, feather headdresses, jewelry, and skins carry various weapons (tomahawk, sword, and rifle).

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC): La chasse au bison/Amérique. Printed (LL, in original): V. Adam. Printed (LL): Dusacq & C[ompagn]ie. édit. Boulevt. Poissonnière, 14, Paris; (LC): Imp. Becquet, Paris; (LR): Composé et lith par V. Adam. Inscriptions in French.

Animals; Arms & armaments; Bison; Clothing & dress; Cowboys; Horses; Hunting; Indians of North America

Lithographs, color

Life on the prairie: the buffalo hunt c1862 BANC PIC 1963.002:0740--FR

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Creator/Collector: Tait, A. F. (active ca. 1862), artist Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 52 x 71 cm., visible image

Content/Description:

Hunters on horses shoot bison.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Painted by A.F. Tait; (LR): Lith. Currier & Ives, N[ew] Y[ork]; (LC): Entered...1862 by Currier & Ives...N[ew] Y[ork]; (LR, within image): A.F. Tait.

Animals; Bison; Hunting

Lithographs, color

Last of the buffalo c1891 BANC PIC 1963.002:0768--FR

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Creator/Collector: Bierstadt, Albert (1830-1902) , German, artist

Physical Description: print on paper: photomechanical 49.6 x 75.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Wild-eyed bison charging Indian on horseback as he plunges spear into animal. Dead and dying bison and skulls surround main scene; extensive herds in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LR, within image): Abierstadt. Handwritten (LR): Miss Adelia Stewart Bennet/compliments of Albert Beirstadt (signature). Printed (UR): Copyright 1891 Albert Beirstadt. Photomechanical print with enhanced lines; made after original painting by Albert Beirstadt.

Animals; Bison; Horses; Hunting; Indians of North America

Photomechanical prints

A check: "Keep your distance!" c1853 BANC PIC 1963.002:0804--D

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Creator/Collector: Tait, A. F. (active ca. 1862), artist Currier, Nathaniel (1813-1888) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 46.4 x 63.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Trapper wearing buckskin on horseback aims rifle at Indians in distance; another trapper drives pack animals away from scene. Plains setting.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed [LL]: Painted by A.F. Tait; (LC): Entered... 1853 by N. Currier... New York; (LR): Lith. of N. Currier, N[ew] Y[ork]; (LC, below title): Published by N. Currier, 152 Nassau St[reet], New York.

Animals; Frontier & pioneer life; Fur trade; Horses; Hunting; West (U.S.)

Lithographs, color

Indian buffalo hunt: "close quarters" [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0805--C

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Creator/Collector: Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 38.6 x 53 cm.

Content/Description:

Indians on horseback and on foot used bows, arrows, and spears to bring down animals.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, below title): New York, pub[lishe]d by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St[reet].

Animals; Bison; Horses; Hunting; Indians of North America

Lithographs, color

An unexpected return: "We gues't you was gobbled by injuns" [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0806--C

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Creator/Collector: Vincent Brooks, Day & Son (active ca. 1855) , British, lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 37 x 49.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Scene after hunt with riders on horseback with English tack and riding habits; small dog(?) in center; Junction City Hotel (Junction City, California?), and tavern in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Signature (LL): [Lonthwey, Oct.?]. Printed (LR): Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, lith.

Animals; Buildings; California, Northern; Horses; Hunting

Lithographs, color

The trapper's camp-fire c1866 BANC PIC 1963.002:0833--D

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Creator/Collector: Palmer, Francis Florabond (Fanny) (1812-1876) , British, artist Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 56 x 79.9 cm.

Content/Description:

Three trappers around campfire; horses tethered at left; moonlight shining on like; snow-capped mountains in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): F.F. Palmer, del.; (LC, above title): Entered... 1866 by Currier & Ives... New York; (LC, below title): New York, published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St[reet]; (LR): Currier & Ives, lith. N[ew] Y[ork].

Camping; Frontier & pioneer life; Fur trade; Hunting

Landscapes; Lithographs, color

A parley: prepared for an emergency c1866 BANC PIC 1963.002:0844--D

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Creator/Collector: Cameron, John (active ca. 1852-ca. 1862) , American, artist Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 54 x 75.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Two trappers dressed in buckskin stand beside horses, rifles drawn, behind pack mules, as third trapper rides up to great Indian on horseback; group of Indians on horseback in distance. Plains setting with flowering cacti to right.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LR, within image): J. Cameron; (LL): Lith. of Currier & Ives, N[ew] Y[ork]; (LC, above title): Entered... 1866 by Currier & Ives... N[ew] Y[ork]; (LC, below title): New York, published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St[reet].

Animals; Horses; Hunting

Lithographs, color

American frontier life: the hunter's stratagem c1862 BANC PIC 1963.002:0845--D

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Creator/Collector: Tait, A. F. (active ca. 1862), artist Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 57.8 x 76 cm.

Content/Description:

Three hunters dressed in buckskin hiding behind log aim rifles at Indians attacking decoys hunters have set up near fire; evening setting in dense forest.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LR, within image): A.F. Tait, N[ew] Y[ork]; (LL): Painted by A.F. Tait; (LC, above title): Entered... 1862 by Currier & Ives... New York; (LC, below title): New York, published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St[reet]; (LR): Lith. by Currier & Ives, N[ew] Y[ork].

Clothing & dress; Hunting; Indians of North America

Lithographs, color

A good place for ducks [ca. 1880?] BANC PIC 1963.002:1044--B

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Creator/Collector: Nystrom, Charles W. (active ca. 1880), artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 25.4 x 35.5 cm., dome top

Content/Description:

Small pond or lake surrounded by forest with group of ducks lifting off the water; hunter with rifle and dog by his side to right.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LC). Signature (LL): C.W.N. (?) (monogram). Attribution and date based on information from Inventory Sheets. Handwritten (LC, below title) annotations regarding matting (modern).

Animals; Hunting; Lakes & ponds; Nature

Drawings

[Return of scout] [ca. 1905] BANC PIC 1963.002:1320--B

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Creator/Collector: Russell, Charles Marion (1864-1926) , American, artist

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pen and pencil 39.4 x 33.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Young hunter-scout, with rifle in hand, rides horse toward group of men and one woman (wearing Spanish costume) who wave hats to greet him; vague landscape setting.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Signature (LL): C[m] Russell (with a sketch of steer skull below). Date based on comparison with 1963.002:1393--FR.

Animals; Horses; Hunting

Drawings

Lassoing the steer 1905 BANC PIC 1963.002:1393--FR

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Creator/Collector: Russell, Charles Marion (1864-1926) , American, artist

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil and watercolor 12.9 x 20.4 cm., visible image

Content/Description:

Cowboy on horseback lassoes running steer; steer and horse are clearly branded.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LL). Signature and date (LL): CMR [monogram] with a sketch of steer skull, 1905.

Animals; Cattle; Cowboys; Horses

Drawings

The trapper's last shot [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:1427--B

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Creator/Collector: Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 35.2 x 45.4 cm.

Content/Description:

Man on horseback, wearing buckskin clothing and holding rifle, pauses in marsh to look over left shoulder; two Indians on horseback to left.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LR): Lith. Currier & Ives, N[ew] [York]; (LC, below title): New York, Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St[reet]. Possibly after William Ranney.

Animals; Clothing & dress; Fur trade; Horses; Hunting

Lithographs, color

Hunting the buffaloe [sic] c1837 BANC PIC 1963.002:1433--C

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Creator/Collector: A. H. (active ca. 1837), artist Bowen, John T. (active ca. 1837-ca. 1862), artist and printer Riddle, E. C., publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 34.6 x 50.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Indian in elaborate buckskin outfit and feather headdress aims bow and arrow at bison which he pursues on horseback; other Indians hunting buffalo in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL, within image): A.H.; (LC, below title): Published by E.C. Riddle, Philadelphia/drawn, printed and coloured at I.T. Bowen's lithographic establishment n[umber] 94 Walnut St[reet]/entered... 1837 by E.C. Biddle...Penn[sylvani]a.

Animals; Bison; Horses; Hunting; Indians of North America

Lithographs, color

Native Californians lassoing a bear c1873 BANC PIC 1963.002:1435 (variant)--B

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Creator/Collector: Darley, Felix Octavius Carr (1822-1888) , American, artist Holl, Francis (active ca. 1873), engraver D. Appleton & Co. (active ca. 1873), publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving 22.5 x 32.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Three men on horses, two carrying rifles, attempt to rope a grizzly bear.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): F.O.C. Darley, Fecit.; (LC, above title): Entered... 1873 by D. Appleton & Co... Washington; (LR): Francis Holl, Sculp.; (LC, below title): New York D. Appleton & Co.[publisher?]

Animals; Bears; Horses; Hunting

Engravings

Native Californians lassoing a bear c1873 BANC PIC 1963.002:1435--B

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Creator/Collector: Darley, Felix Octavius Carr (1822-1888) , American, artist Holl, Francis (active ca. 1873), engraver D. Appleton & Co. (active ca. 1873), publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving, hand colored 22.5 x 32.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Three men on horses, two carrying rifles, attempt to rope grizzly bear.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): F.O.C. Darley, Fecit.; (LC, above title): Entered... 1873 by D. Appleton & Co... ; (LR): Francis Holl, Sculp.; (LC, below title): New York, D. Appleton & Co. [publisher?].

Animals; Bears; Horses; Hunting

Engravings, color

The life of a trapper: a sudden halt c1866 BANC PIC 1963.002:1448--FR

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Creator/Collector: Cameron, John (active ca. 1852-ca. 1862) , American, artist Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 50 x 70 cm.

Content/Description:

Group of fur trappers on horseback halt behind hill as Indians are observed in distance. One trapper holds pack animals (mules) in background.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Currier & Ives... N[ew] Y[ork]; (LR, within image): J. Cameron.

Animals; Fur trade; Horses; Hunting; Indians of North America

Lithographs, color

The trapper's last shot [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:1449--D

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Creator/Collector: Ranney, William Tylee (1813-1857) , American, artist Booth, T. D., engraver

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving 53 x 70.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Man on horseback, wearing buckskin clothing and holding rifle, pauses in marsh to look over left shoulder.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Painted by W. Ranney; (LR): Engraved by T.D. Booth, Cinn[cinna]ti, [Ohio].

Animals; Clothing & dress; Fur trade; Horses; Hunting

Engravings

[Two Indians creeping up on a herd of buffalo] 1877 BANC PIC 1963.002:1503--FR

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Creator/Collector: Walker, James (1818-1889) , British, artist

Physical Description: painting on canvas: oil 30 x 40.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Two Indian hunters in elaborate costume and headdresses creep through grass, with bow and arrows in hand, toward large herd of bison grazing on plain.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Signature and date (LL): J. Walker, 1877.

Bison; Clothing & dress; Hunting; Indians of North America

Landscapes; Oil paintings

[The trapper's last shot] [1850?] BANC PIC 1963.002:1511--FR

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Creator/Collector: Ranney, William Tylee (1813-1857) , American, artist

Physical Description: painting on canvas: oil 47.8 x 62.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Man on horseback, wearing buckskin clothing and holding rifle, pauses in marsh to look over left shoulder.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Signature (LR): W.R.

Animals; Clothing & dress; Fur trade; Horses; Hunting

Oil paintings

Life on the prairie: the trapper's defence [sic] "Fire fight fire" c1862 BANC PIC 1963.002:1527--FR

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Creator/Collector: Tait, A. F. (active ca. 1862), artist Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 55.7 x 77.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Trappers create backfire and hold frightened horses as wildfire surrounds them; buffalo stampede in distance; pelts and shotguns in foreground.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Painted by A.F. Tait; (LC, above title): Entered... 1862 by Currier & Ives...New York.(LC, below title): New York, Published by Currier & Ives, 115 Nassau Street; (LR): Lith. Currier & Ives N[ew] Y[ork].

Animals; Bison; Fires; Fur trade; Horses; Hunting

Lithographs, color

S. E. Hollister, the great American hunter & trapper: his famous encounter with the enormous she bear while capturing her cubs in the Sierra Nevada Mountains between the American and Mocosume Rivers, California, in March 1853 [not before 1853] BANC PIC 1963.002:1529--FR

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Creator/Collector: Eno, Henry C., undetermined

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 38.5 x 51.5 cm., visible image, dome top

Content/Description:

Trapper, wearing buckskin and animal headdress, fights bear in front of den; one hand holds dagger, the other in bear's mouth, gun at waist; rifle lies against tree

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Henry C. Eno, 37 Park Row, N[ew] Y[ork].

Bears; California, Northern; Clothing & dress; Fur trade

Lithographs, color; Portraits

Indians of North America

[Yurok? Indian woman carrying child in papoose on back, Humboldt County, California?] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0283--B

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: painting on paper: ink and watercolor 28 x 22 cm.

Content/Description:

Woman from behind; large grass skirt; papoose in a carrying cradle of woven fiber on her back. Two men hauling canoe on shore at right, house at left, beyond shoreline rocks.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. The group of drawings 1963.002:0283 - 1963.002:0301 appear to be related. Some share stylistic, physical, and topical characteristics and may have came from the same source. For more information see Inventory Sheets.

California, Northern; Children; Clothing & dress; Indians of North America; Women

Watercolors

[Digger squaw at Lassin's Diggins and Johnson's Ranch, California] [ca. 1850] BANC PIC 1963.002:0284--B

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: drawing on paper: ink and pencil 28 x 22 cm.

Content/Description:

Two images on one sheet. Upper image: Indian woman wearing grass skirt, grinds acorns in a large conical basket, small child figure stands behind her. Lower image: camp site with tents, well and wagon.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Handwritten (UL): Digger squaw, at Lassin's Diggins pounding acorns for bread...; (LL): High hill of the coast ranges 12 ms.off; (LR): Johnson's Ranch, 50 ms from Sacramento City, west side of Sacramento River going up valley. The group of drawings 1963.002:0283 - 1963.002:0301 appear to be related. Some share stylistic, physical, and topical characteristics and may have came from the same source. For more information see Inventory Sheets.

California, Northern; Clothing & dress; Indians of North America; Manners & customs; Settlements; Women

Drawings

[Digger Indian lodges and hut] [ca. 1850] BANC PIC 1963.002:0285--B

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pen and pencil 28 x 22 cm.

Content/Description:

Upper: Bird's-eye view of hut, L, and sectional view with Indian inside, R; smoke from left view. Lower: Group of four earth mounds, smoking through top holes; Indian in top of hole of foreground mound.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Handwritten (UC): Hut - Villages No[...]/Lassins & Moon's Ranches; (ML and MR) description of hut; (LC): Digger Indian lodges (earthen mounds) situate on W. side/of Sacramento River between Moon's Jc. & Sacramento City. The group of drawings 1963.002:0283 - 1963.002:0301 appear to be related. Some share stylistic, physical, and topical characteristics and may have came from the same source. For more information see Inventory Sheets.

California, Northern; Dwellings; Indians of North America; Settlements

Drawings

[Indian gravesites and tombs of Trinidad Indian Manchuck and Largo, son of the Morwhama] [ca. 1850] BANC PIC 1963.002:0286--B

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: drawing on paper: ink, watercolor, and pencil 28 x 22 cm.

Content/Description:

Gravesites composed of canoe oars, baskets, and shell surrounded by nettles. Largo was shot by Eurooks (Yuroks) or Fork Indians November 1850.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Handwritten (UC): Grave of a Trinidad Indian /Manchuck; (MC): Tomb of Largo, son of Morwhama, composed of canoe oars and eagles' feathers and shells; handwritten text (LC) describing Largo's death. The group of drawings 1963.002:0283 - 1963.002:0301 appear to be related. Some share stylistic, physical, and topical characteristics and may have came from the same source. For more information see Inventory Sheets.

California, Northern; Funerary facilities; Indians of North America

Drawings

Indian villa/Sweating house [Yurok?, Humboldt County, California?] [ca. 1850] BANC PIC 1963.002:0287--B

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pen, wash, and watercolor 28 x 22 cm.

Content/Description:

Two images on one sheet. Upper: wooden plank house seen from side, small entrance at lower right, smoke coming from chimney; lower: three-quarter view of wooden plank structure sunk into earth, entrance on what would be roof of house, canoe-like covering over top.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (UC): Indian villa; (LC): Sweating house. Handwritten (LL): 1=2"/50; (LR): Trinidad. The group of drawings 1963.002:0283 - 1963.002:0301 appear to be related. Some share stylistic, physical, and topical characteristics and may have came from the same source. For more information see Inventory Sheets.

Buildings; California, Northern; Dwellings; Indians of North America

Drawings

Indian house [Yurok?, Humboldt County, California?] [ca. 1850] BANC PIC 1963.002:0288--B

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: drawing on paper: ink, watercolor, and pencil 22 x 28 cm.

Content/Description:

Wooden plank house, small entrance at lower right of structure; Indian sitting by fire in front of house.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LC). The group of drawings 1963.002:0283 - 1963.002:0301 appear to be related. Some share stylistic, physical, and topical characteristics and may have came from the same source. For more information see Inventory Sheets.

California, Northern; Dwellings; Indians of North America

Drawings

[Drawings of Chinook or Flat Head and Haida Indian tribal culture] [ca. 1850] BANC PIC 1963.002:0292--B

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: drawing on paper: ink and wash 27.2 x 22 cm.

Content/Description:

Six small drawings apparently features of Chinook and Haida Indian culture. Clockwise from upper left: castanet (fantastic wooden rattle), pipe bowl in slate, cradle (front view), canoe tomb, warrior's tomb (more elaborate buildings), cradle (side view) around a skull facing to left. These tribes apparently lived in Pacific Northwest region (Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and Alaska).

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Handwritten (MC): N.W. American Indians/Chenook or Flat Head. Each drawing captioned individually. Handwritten (modern?) on mount: (UL): Brit[ish] Col[umbia]; (UR, on mat): Haida tribe/Queen Charlotte Island. The group of drawings 1963.002:0283 - 1963.002:0301 appear to be related. Some share stylistic, physical, and topical characteristics and may have came from the same source. For more information see Inventory Sheets.

Children; Funerary facilities; Indians of North America; Northwest, Pacific

Artifacts; Drawings

[Yurok? Indians: men, women and children, Humboldt County, California?] [ca. 1850?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0294--B

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: drawing on tinted paper: pen and ink 20.9 x 26.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Indian group with warrior in left center holding bow; naked man at right holding spear with child leaning on his right hip; two children wrestle at far right; group of women in background involved in various activities.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Blind stamp (UL). Preparatory drawing for 1963.002:295. See also 1963.002:293 (by same artist; paper from same notebook.) [Figure carries a staff or spear; looks like man here, but more feminized in the watercolor 1963.002:295.] The group of drawings 1963.002:0283 - 1963.002:0301 appear to be related. Some share stylistic, physical, and topical characteristics and may have came from the same source. For more information see Inventory Sheets.

California, Northern; Children; Indians of North America; Manners & customs; Women

Drawings

[Yurok? Indians: men, women and children, Humboldt County, California?] [ca. 1850] BANC PIC 1963.002:0295--B

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: drawing on paper: watercolor 27.9 x 21.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Indian group near wooden plank house. Male stands holding bow and quiver of arrows, wearing skirt with decorated belt, headdress and shoes. Naked figure at right holds spear, child leans on his right hip; two children wrestle at far right. Group of women in background involved in various activities. Women wear facial tattoos and decorated basket skull caps.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. For preparatory drawing see 1963.002:294--B. The group of drawings 1963.002:0283 - 1963.002:0301 appear to be related. Some share stylistic, physical, and topical characteristics and may have came from the same source. For more information see Inventory Sheets.

California, Northern; Children; Clothing & dress; Indians of North America; Manners & customs; Women

Drawings; Watercolors

Corlappich, Klamath River Indian Chief, 1851 1851 BANC PIC 1963.002:0296--B

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Creator/Collector: O'Grady, William H. (active ca. 1854-ca. 1857) , American?, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: drawing on tinted paper: ink and wash 15.3 x 12.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Man with quiver of arrows and bow hanging on his back, wearing shell necklace and simple feather headdress, leans on spear.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (UC, on verso): "Corlappich"/Klamath River Indian Chief/1851. Signature (LR): W.H.G. (William H. O'Grady?). For companion piece see 1963.002:297--B. The group of drawings 1963.002:0283 - 1963.002:0301 appear to be related. Some share stylistic, physical, and topical characteristics and may have came from the same source. For more information see Inventory Sheets.

Arms & armaments; California, Northern; Clothing & dress; Hunting; Indians of North America

Drawings; Portraits

[Yurok? Indian woman with basket on her head] [1851] BANC PIC 1963.002:0297--B

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Creator/Collector: O'Grady, William H. (active ca. 1854-ca. 1857) , American?, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: drawing on tinted paper: ink, wash, and white chalk 17.2 x 12.6 cm.

Content/Description:

Woman wearing skirt, cape, decorated skull cap, and jewelry (bracelets, earrings and necklace) holds basket on her head. Face painted or tattooed.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Attribution and date based on comparison to 1963.002:296--B. The group of drawings 1963.002:0283 - 1963.002:0301 appear to be related. Some share stylistic, physical, and topical characteristics and may have came from the same source. For more information see Inventory Sheets.

Clothing & dress; Indians of North America; Women

Drawings; Portraits

[Native inhabitants of California] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0363--A

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving, hand colored 11.7 x 7.1 cm., image on sheet 16.7 x 9.8 cm.

Content/Description:

Fancifully dressed "natives": standing woman with basket at left dressed in feather skirt, decorative belt, necklace, and hand and leg adornments; seated man holding game at tip of spear wears similar feather skirt and leg adornments, cloth across his right shoulder, and leafy headdress.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC): Habitans de la Californie. Inscriptions in French.

Arms & armaments; Clothing & dress; Indians of North America; Women

Engravings, color

[Portrait heads of Indians of California] [1822] BANC PIC 1963.002:0365--B

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Creator/Collector: Choris, Ludwig (1795-1828) , Russian, artist

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 26 x 41.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Five portraits of California Indians (en face, 3/4, and in profile) wearing native clothes; two types decorated with tattoos.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC): Habitants de Californie. Printed (LR): des[sin]é et lith[]e L. Choris. Plate number VI (UR). Numbers 1-5 identify each figure. Lithographs based on sketches made during 1816 visit to California were published in L. Choris' Voyage Pittoresque Autour du Monde (Paris: Firmin Didot, 1822). Inscriptions in French.

California, Northern; Clothing & dress; Discovery & exploration; Indians of North America; Voyages to the Pacific

Lithographs, color; Portraits; Travel sketches

[Arms and utensils of California Indians] [1822] BANC PIC 1963.002:0367--B

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Creator/Collector: Choris, Ludwig (1795-1828) , Russian, artist

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 25.3 x 42.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Four decorated baskets, animal skin quiver with arrows, and bow.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC): Armes et ustensiles de Californie. Printed (LL): Dessiné and lith. par L. Choris. Printed title (LC). Plate number VIII (UR). Numbers 1-5 identify each object. Handwritten (UR): Californie. Lithographs based on sketches made during 1816 visit to California were published in L. Choris' Voyage Pittoresque Autour du Monde (Paris: Firmin Didot, 1822). Inscriptions in French.

Arms & armaments; Discovery & exploration; Indians of North America; Voyages to the Pacific

Artifacts; Lithographs, color; Travel sketches

[Inhabitants of California and their respective dresses] [1822] BANC PIC 1963.002:0369--B

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Creator/Collector: Choris, Ludwig (1795-1828) , Russian, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving, hand colored 18.7 x 23.5 cm., image on sheet 25.5 x 41.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Upper: two male Indians at shoreline, one carrying fish and harpoon, the other paddling raft of bound logs. Lower: Two female Indians standing in landscape, one wearing feather cape and carrying bow and arrows; the other, seen from back, wearing deerskin cape.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC): The inhabitants of California in their respective dresses. Vol. I, p. 234.. Printed (below upper image): An Indian man returned from fishing. An Indian fishing on his bark log.; (below lower image): An Indian woman of distinction covered with the skin of a bird in its feathers. An Indian woman in the ordinary deer skin dress. Ref. note: Pittoresque Autour du Monde (Paris, 1822).

Arms & armaments; California, Northern; Clothing & dress; Indians of North America

Engravings, color; Travel sketches

[General George Armstrong Custer's demand] c1903 BANC PIC 1963.002:0371--C

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Creator/Collector: Schreyvogel, Charles (1861-1912) , American, artist

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on wooden board: photomechanical 34.2 x 50.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Custer and two of his men meet with four Indian chiefs on horseback in center of battlefield; large group of Indian warriors in left distance; US Army soldiers at right. Central figures carry rifles, spears, sword, etc.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Title based on label attached to verso. Printed (LR, within image): Chas. Schreyvogel. Printed (LL, within image): Copyright 1903 by Chas Schreyvogel. Embossed stamp: Copyright 1903 by Chas Schreyvogel.

Animals; Events; Indians of North America; Military personnel

Photomechanical prints

Flathead Indian, Klalam Tribe, Straits of Juan de Fuca, 1856 1856 BANC PIC 1963.002:0729--A

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Creator/Collector: Galt (active ca. 1855-ca. 1860), artist

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 21.5 x 27.8 cm., round image

Content/Description:

Profile bust portrait of male Indian with distorted head shape and long hair, wearing western clothes. Coin (US?) hangs from string around neck.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LC). For explanation of attribution to Galt, see artist's biography.

Clothing & dress; Indians of North America; Northwest, Pacific; Washington (State)

Drawings; Portraits; Travel sketches

Custer's last charge c1876 BANC PIC 1963.002:0834--D

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Creator/Collector: Fuchs, Feador (active ca. 1876), artist Milwaukee Litho. & Engr. Co. (active ca. 1876), publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 60.8 x 75.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Battle scene of Custer's last stand at Little Big Horn, Montana, 1876 with US soldiers and Indians fighting on horseback. General George Armstrong Custer, holding sword overhead, fights in center of melee. Arms include rifles, spears, swards, tomahawks, etc.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC): Custer's last charge: Custer's codes=ritt. Printed (LL, within image ): Feador Fuchs, [18]76; (LL): Designed by Feodor Fuchs; (LC, above title): Entered... 1876 by Seifert Gugler & Co.... ; (LL): Published by the Milwaukee Litho. & Engr. Co. Stamped (LL): Library of Congress.

Arms & armaments; Events; Indians of North America; Military personnel; Montana

Lithographs, color

[Indians in the snow] 1901 BANC PIC 1963.002:1323--FR

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Creator/Collector: Farny, Henry (1847-1916) , French, artist

Physical Description: painting on tinted paper: gouache 19 x 27.2 cm., visible image

Content/Description:

Two Indians wrapped in blankets lead horses through snow-covered field. Main figure holds rifle with dog at his side; figure in distance carries papoose(?); Indian encampment with tipis (teepees, tepees) in far distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Signature and date (LR): Farny, 1901.

Animals; Clothing & dress; Horses; Indians of North America

Gouaches; Landscapes

[Indian captive] [ca. 1880?] BANC PIC 1963.002:1359--FR

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Creator/Collector: Darley, Felix Octavius Carr (1822-1888) , American, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: painting on canvas: oil 75 x 62.4 cm., visible image

Content/Description:

Indian man on horseback carries away bound, dark-haired woman dressed in western dress and Indian moccasins. Prairie setting; fire burns on horizon in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Note from Inventory Sheets: Dr. Stenzel traces its provenance from McCaughan and Burr, St. Louis, to Zeitlin, Los Angeles, and thence to Honeyman. Mr. Burr thought it was by Darley. (Also see engraving in Godey's Magazine of 1845.)

Animals; Fires; Horses; Indians of North America; Women

Oil paintings

[Indian campfire] [1852] BANC PIC 1963.002:1381--FR

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Creator/Collector: Wimar, Carl (1828-1862) , German, artist

Physical Description: painting on canvas: oil 62.5 x 51.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Three Indians seated around campfire wrapped in blankets, two hold rifles. Romantic, moonlit landscape with dense, mossy vegetation.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Signature and date (LL): Carl Wimar, [Dec. 1852].

Camping; Indians of North America

Landscapes; Oil paintings

[Shoshoni Indians] [186-?] BANC PIC 1963.002:1385--FR

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Creator/Collector: Miller, Alfred Jacob (1810-1874) , American, artist

Physical Description: painting on board: oil 15.9 x 21 cm., visible image

Content/Description:

Two Indians carrying weapons (spear, quivers, and whip) ride their horses into rocky stream; one Indian dressed in elaborate buckskin outfit. Sunset over mountains in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Title and artist based on plate attached to frame.

Animals; Horses; Indians of North America

Landscapes; Oil paintings

[Indian watering their mounts] [ca. 1840] BANC PIC 1963.002:1395--FR

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Creator/Collector: Miller, Alfred Jacob (1810-1874) , American, artist

Physical Description: painting on tinted paper: watercolor and gouache 26.5 x 20.2 cm., visible image

Content/Description:

Indians wade into stream on horseback (one rides burro). Central figure wears bright costume and sits on elaborate saddle. Indian encampment with tipis (teepees, tepees) in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Signature (LL): A.J. Miller [monogram]..

Animals; Clothing & dress; Horses; Indians of North America

Watercolors

[Indian by a campfire] [not before 1849] BANC PIC 1963.002:1396--FR

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Creator/Collector: Nahl, Charles Christian (1818-1878) , German, artist (Attributed to)

Physical Description: painting on board: oil 16 x 18.8 cm., visible image

Content/Description:

Indian(?) crouched by campfire; horse standing behind. Moonlit landscape with shimmer reflecting off river or lake through trees; hills in background.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title.

Animals; Camping; Horses; Indians of North America

Landscapes; Oil paintings

The last war-whoop c1856 BANC PIC 1963.002:1450--FR

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Creator/Collector: Tait, A. F. (active ca. 1862), artist Currier, Nathaniel (1813-1888) , American, lithographer Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, publisher Maurer, Louis (active ca. 1890), undetermined

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 52 x 67.7 cm., visible image

Content/Description:

Scene on prairie following battle with white trapper on horseback looking at fallen Indian warrior who has been shot in chest and gives his last war cry. Other trappers gather horses in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Painted by A.F. Tait; (LR, within image): L. Maurer; (LR): Lith. N. Currier, N[ew] Y[ork]; (LC): Entered... 1856 by N. Currier... N[ew] Y[ork]; (below title): New York, published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau Street.

Animals; Clothing & dress; Fur trade; Horses; Indians of North America

Lithographs, color

[General George Armstrong Custer's last stand at Little Big Horn, Montana, 1876] [189-] BANC PIC 1963.002:1451--D

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Creator/Collector: Becker, Otto (active 1890-1896), artist

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on board: photomechanical 39.7 x 64 cm.

Content/Description:

Battle scene between US soldiers and Native American Indians. General Custer, wearing buckskin, fights in center of melee. Arms include rifles, spears, maces, shields, tomahawks, etc.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Printed (LR, within image): O. Becker. For more information on this image see Taft's " Artists and Ilustrators of the Old West 1850-1900" p. 142-148. See also 1963.002:1451--F.

Arms & armaments; Events; Indians of North America; Military personnel; Montana

Photomechanical prints

Custer's last fight [Budweiser Brewing Company advertisement] c1896 BANC PIC 1963.002:1451--F

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Creator/Collector: Becker, Otto (active 1890-1896), artist (based on original by)

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on board: photomechanical, color 80.4 x 107.7 cm.

Content/Description:

View of General George Armstrong Custer's last stand at Little Big Horn, Montana, 1876 showing battle scene between US soldiers and Native American Indians. General Custer, wearing buckskin, fights in center of melee. Armed fighters carry rifles, spears, maces, shields, tomahawks, and other arms.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Entered... 1896 by Adolphus Busch... ; (LC, below title): The original painting has been presented to the Seventh Regiment US Calvary/by Anheuser-Busch, St. Louis, Missouri, USA/world's largest brewery/home of Budweiser and/other Anheuser-Busch fine beers. Printed legend.

Arms & armaments; Clothing & dress; Events; Indians of North America; Military personnel; Montana

Photomechanical prints

[A horse race in a Sioux Indian camp] [188-?] BANC PIC 1963.002:1518--FR

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Creator/Collector: Frenzeny, Paul (1840-1902) , French, artist

Physical Description: painting on paper: watercolor and gouache 30.7 x 48 cm., visible image

Content/Description:

Indians, mostly youths, whip horses to race finish; boy in center is apparent winner; chief in traditional dress stands by assembled crowd, tipis (teepees, tepees) to left.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Signature (LR): P. Frenzeny. From periodical.

Animals; Horses; Indians of North America

Paintings; Watercolors

[Indian ambush] [ca. 1870] BANC PIC 1963.002:1519--FR

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Creator/Collector: Nahl, Charles Christian (1818-1878) , German, artist

Physical Description: painting on board: oil 30.5 x 24.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Group of three men around campfire in forest; two Indians approach for ambush in right foreground.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Signature (LL): C. Nahl.

Camping; Indians of North America

Oil paintings

[Indian camps] [ca. 1880-ca. 1890] BANC PIC 1963.002:1525--FR

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Creator/Collector: Holdredge, Ransom Gillett (1836-1899) , American, artist

Physical Description: painting on canvas: oil 51 x 91 cm.

Content/Description:

Under two great oak trees are two tipis (teepees, tepees) with seated Indians in right foreground; one Indian walking in center; other Indians and tipis in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Signature (LL): R.G. Holdredge.

Camping; Indians of North America

Landscapes; Oil paintings

California Gold Rush

[Placer mining] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0218--B

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Creator/Collector: Friend, Washington F. (1820-1886) , British, artist

Physical Description: painting on paper: watercolor and pencil 30.7 x 41 cm.

Content/Description:

Six miners on small river island panning or placer mining using sluice and cradle; mountain landscape with trees and waterfalls.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Signature (LR): W.F. Friend. Marks (on verso) in crayon and pencil.

Equipment; Gold rushes; Miners; Mining

Paintings; Watercolors

Going to the mines [1853] BANC PIC 1963.002:0223--A

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Creator/Collector: Seamon, Victor (active ca. 1853), artist

Physical Description: drawing on paper: watercolor, pen, and pencil 16.6 x 19.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Two prospectors rest on ground; bed rolls, shovel, pick, and gun lay on ground; mining activity? near river in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LC). Handwritten poem (on verso) entitled: Let us wander. See also 1963.002:0224 - 1963.002:226--A (all items are from the same notebook now mounted as group).

Clothing & dress; Gold rushes; Miners

Drawings; Watercolors

Oh boys, I've struck it heavy 1853 BANC PIC 1963.002:0224--A

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Creator/Collector: Seamon, Victor (active ca. 1853), artist

Physical Description: drawing on paper: watercolor, pen, and pencil 16.6 x 19.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Three miners along stream bank: one seated at left watches as another dances excitedly over pan of gold held up by the third kneeling on bank; square hole and pick in background; cabin on distant hilltop.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LC). Handwritten (LR, modern hand?): 1853, Victor Seamon. Handwritten poem (on verso) in French entitled: Priere d'un naufrage. See also 1963.002:0223--A and 1963.002:0225 - 1963.002:0226--A (all are from the same notebook now mounted as group). Inscriptions in English and French.

Clothing & dress; Gold rushes; Miners

Drawings; Watercolors

Making nothing [1853] BANC PIC 1963.002:0225--A

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Creator/Collector: Seamon, Victor (active ca. 1853), artist

Physical Description: drawing on paper: watercolor, pen, and pencil 16.6 x 19.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Two miners near stream bank, one man sitting dejectedly, other man standing with crossed arms before square hole in ground. Pick, shovel, and empty gold pan lay on ground nearby; hills, trees, and cabin with two other miners in far distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LC). Handwritten poem, untitled (on verso). Handwritten (LR, on verso): In memory of [T]essie Killian (modern hand?). See also 1963.002:0223--A, 1963.002:0224--A and 1963.002:0226--A (all are from the same notebook now mounted as group).

Equipment; Gold rushes; Miners; Mining

Drawings; Watercolors

Leaving the diggings 1853 BANC PIC 1963.002:0226--A

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Creator/Collector: Seamon, Victor (active ca. 1853), artist

Physical Description: drawing on paper: watercolor, pen, and pencil 16.6 x 19.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Prospectors making their way towards port town. Two men at left (saying farewells?); two in center come along path looking toward distant town and sidewheel steamship; horseman rides across open plain in middle distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LC). Handwritten (LR): 1853, Victor Seamon. Handwritten poem entitled "William and Maria" on verso. See also 1963.002:0223--A - 1963.002:0225--A (all are from the same notebook now mounted as group).

Gold rushes; Miners

Drawings; Watercolors

[Gold mines of California] [185-?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0250--B

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Creator/Collector: Hollier (active 1850s) , French?, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 25.3 x 33.4 cm.

Content/Description:

Fight in foreground with main figure (Derville) brandishing sword over two dead bodies and man with gun on ground; miners work in river and on bank; grizzly bear in background with palm trees and mountains.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UC): Les Mines d'Or de la Californie. Printed (LR): Paris, Lith. Hollier, r. Galande 37. Printed text (LC) describes fictional? character Derville and his adventures in California. Inscriptions in French.

Clothing & dress; Criminals; Frontier & pioneer life; Gold rushes; Miners; Mining

Lithographs, color; Portraits

[Gold mines of California] [185-?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0251--B

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Creator/Collector: Holdredge, Ransom Gillett (1836-1899) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 25.3 x 33.4 cm.

Content/Description:

Distressed Derville flees burning city (San Francisco 1851?); Classical-style buildings line street filled with fleeing crowds (women, men and children) as flames engulf buildings in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UC): Les Mines d'Or de la Californie. Printed (LR): Paris, Lith. Hollier, r. Galande 37. Printed text (LC) describes fictional? character Derville and his adventures in California. Inscriptions in French.

California, Northern; Fires; Gold rushes; San Francisco (Calif.)

Lithographs, color; Portraits

Gold mining in California c1871 BANC PIC 1963.002:0252 (copy)--B

Creator/Collector: Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 25.5 x 35.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Mining operation with miners working sluice and panning diverted stream in foreground (cradle/rocker at right); hydraulic mining operations in middleground; cabins and mountains in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Published by Currier & Ives; (LC, above title): Entered... 1871 by Currier & Ives... Washington; (LR): 125 Nassau St[reet] New York.

California, Northern; Dwellings; Equipment; Gold rushes; Miners; Mining

Lithographs, color

Gold mining in California c1871 BANC PIC 1963.002:0252--B

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Creator/Collector: Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 25.5 x 35.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Mining operation with miners working sluice and panning diverted stream in foreground (cradle/rocker at right); hydraulic mining operations in middleground; cabins and mountains in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Published by Currier & Ives; (LC, above title): Entered... 1871 by Currier & Ives... Washington; (LR): 125 Nassau St[reet] New York.

California, Northern; Dwellings; Equipment; Gold rushes; Miners; Mining

Lithographs, color

Finding it [19--?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0275--A

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Creator/Collector: Dixon, Maynard (1875-1946) , American, artist

Physical Description: painting on board: watercolor and pencil 18.7 x 27.2 cm., on mount 24.5 x 31.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Two bearded miners holding pick and hammer prospect for gold in rocky landscape; burro with load stands to left. Miner on ground looks up having found gold.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (on verso) in artist's hand? Signature (LL): Maynard Dixon. Partial label of artist on verso. Possibly illustration for magazine.

Animals; Clothing & dress; Equipment; Gold rushes; Miners; Mining

Paintings; Watercolors

Spending it [19--?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0276--A

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Creator/Collector: Dixon, Maynard (1875-1946) , American, artist

Physical Description: painting on paper: watercolor 18.5 x 27.2 cm., on mount 23.5 x 33.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Bar scene with group of men (frontiersman/trapper in buckskin costume, man in poncho, dandy/gambler wearing top hat and coat, and miners) at bar. Miner celebrating finding gold dances with woman (wearing green dress) in center, raising their glasses in toast, as dandy takes her other hand; bartender stands behind bar, playing cards scattered on floor.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (on verso) in artist's hand? Signature (LR): Maynard Dixon. Partial label of artist on verso. Possibly illustration for magazine.

Clothing & dress; Frontier & pioneer life; Gold rushes; Manners & customs; Miners; Women

Paintings; Watercolors

[Miner on horseback] 1900 BANC PIC 1963.002:0281--A

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Creator/Collector: Harley, J. J., artist

Physical Description: painting on paper: watercolor 25 x 17.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Ragged, bearded prospector on horseback with large pick strapped over his right shoulder makes his way down hill toward distant town; rocks and trees in foreground; snow-capped peak in far distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Signature and date (LR): J.J. Harley --/1900.

Animals; Equipment; Gold rushes; Horses; Miners

Paintings; Watercolors

[Gambling scene] [ca. 1850] BANC PIC 1963.002:0293--B

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: drawing on tinted paper: pen and ink 20.9 x 26.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Gold Rush gambling scene; bearded gambler, wearing top hat, deals cards at table surrounded by diverse crowd of men including Chinese, Mexican, and Spaniard types, miners and others. Drunken man with gun dangling from left hand leans against wall at right; bar at rear.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Blind stamp (UR). Note from Inventory Sheets: This was reproduced as Book Club of California Keepsake: Pictorial Humor of the Gold Rush, No. 7; see also 1963.002:0294. Related item, former Rosecrans Collection. The group of drawings 1963.002:0283 - 1963.002:0301 appear to be related. Some share stylistic, physical, and topical characteristics and may have came from the same source. For more information see Inventory Sheets.

Clothing & dress; Frontier & pioneer life; Gold rushes; Manners & customs

Drawings

Representation of the dream of a prospecting miner [between 1848 and 1860?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0308--A

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Creator/Collector: Hedge, F. (active ca. 1848-ca. 1860?) , American, engraver

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on heavy paper: engraving 15.7 x 24.7 cm., image

Content/Description:

Sleeping man in nature by fire; rifle, pistol, dagger and other objects near by; includes several vignettes representing his dreams related to gold mining.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LR): F. Hedge, sc. See also 1963.002:0098--A (lettersheet).

Arms & armaments; Camping; Frontier & pioneer life; Gold rushes; Miners

Engravings

Nelson's gold washer at work at the mines [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0309--A

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on board: engraving, hand colored 13 x 19.4 cm.

Content/Description:

Group of miners operate gold extracting equipment (sluice, sifting device, pans, etc.) at bend of river; small mining camp to right; mountains in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC).

Equipment; Gold rushes; Miners; Mining; Rivers

Engravings, color

Notion Company's works, California [1854] BANC PIC 1963.002:0413--A

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving, hand colored 17.3 x 27.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Group of miners pose by sluice, waterwheel, and other mining equipment (view possibly based on daguerreotype).

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Handwritten date (LR): 1854. Clipping from: Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion.

California, Northern; Equipment; Gold rushes; Miners; Mining

Engravings, color

A gold hunter on his way to California via St. Louis [ca. 1849] BANC PIC 1963.002:0440--B

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Creator/Collector: Robinson, H. R. (active ca. 1849), publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 43.2 x 33 cm.

Content/Description:

Prospector carrying suitcase and loaded down with knives, mining tools, cookware, and food items making his way to California; signpost displays distances to California and St. Louis.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (UC): I am sorry I did not follow... through the straits or by Chagres; (LC, below title): Published by H.R. Robinson, 31 Park Row, N[ew] York. See also 1963.002:0441--B and 1963.002:1485--B.

Clothing & dress; Equipment; Gold rushes; Miners; Overland journeys to the Pacific

Lithographs

[A gold hunter on his way to California via St. Louis] [ca. 1849] BANC PIC 1963.002:0441--B

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Creator/Collector: Behrens, F. A. (active ca. 1849), publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 48 x 31.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Gold hunter carrying suitcase and loaded down with knives, tools, cookware, and food items making his way to California; signpost displays distances to California and St. Louis.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Printed (LC): Ein Auswanderer nach Californien; (LR): Verlag v. F.A. Behrens. See also 1963.002:0440--B and 1963.002:1485--B. Inscriptions in German.

Clothing & dress; Equipment; Gold rushes; Miners; Overland journeys to the Pacific

Lithographs, color

A California gold hunter meeting a settler [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0442--B

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Creator/Collector: Serrell & Perkins (active ca. 1850), publisher Elton, Robert H. (active ca. 1848-ca. 1850), undetermined

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 26.5 x 35.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Prospector carrying various mining tools including pick, shovel, scales, etc. encounters mountain lion.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Pub. by Serrell & Perkins 75 Nassau St[reet], N[ew] Y[ork]; (LR): R.H. Elton 90 Nasau St[reet], N[ew] Y[ork].

Animals; Clothing & dress; Equipment; Gold rushes; Miners

Lithographs

California gold diggers, a scene from actual life at the mines [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0443--C

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Creator/Collector: Andrew, John (1815-1875) , British, engraver

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on board: engraving, hand colored 36.7 x 56.4 cm.

Content/Description:

Camp scene with four miners and dog outside tent; mining equipment (shovels, gold pan, cradle, etc.), and one miner at work with pick at edge of stream; other miners and camps along stream in ravine in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LR, within image): John Andrew, Sc.

Camping; Clothing & dress; Equipment; Gold rushes; Miners; Mining

Engravings, color

A charming girl of New York in the Gold Region [ca. 1849] BANC PIC 1963.002:0453--B

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 32.9 x 43.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Woman with parasol reclines holding bag of gold; man with mining tools dig hole in rock nearby; both wear weapons including rifle, knife, handgun, and dagger.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UC). Printed dialog captions below image. Handwritten (LL): Lola [Montez?].

Arms & armaments; Clothing & dress; Gold rushes; Miners; Mining; Women

Cartoons (Commentary); Lithographs

Chinese, gold mining in California [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0499--A

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving 11.7 x 12.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Chinese miners work along stream with cradles, water buckets, and picks.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC).

Chinese; Equipment; Gold rushes; Miners; Mining

Engravings

Emigrant train, gold hunters 1849 [not before 1849] BANC PIC 1963.002:0626:03--A

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on paper: engraving 10.2 x 11.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Long packtrain of miners, wagons, and oxen crossing mountain pass; overturned wagon and dead horse in foreground; abandoned wagons along road.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). From periodical?

Animals; Frontier & pioneer life; Gold rushes; Horses; Miners; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Packtrains; Westward movement

Engravings; Landscapes

The miners pioneer ten commandments of 1849 c1887 BANC PIC 1963.002:0817--D

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Creator/Collector: Kurz & Allison (active ca. 1906), undetermined

Physical Description: print on canvas mounted on board: lithograph, color 56.6 x 71.6 cm.

Content/Description:

Text of ten commandments surrounded by images depicting life of miners and pioneers including: claim jumping, gambling, chores, Indians, wagon trains, mining camps, tavern scenes; animals (elephant, donkeys, bears, horses, etc.), women and family life.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Copyrighted 1877 by W.P. Bennett, Gold Hill, Nevada; (LR): Kurz & Allison's art studio, Chicago, U[nited] S[tates of] A[merica].

Animals; Camping; Frontier & pioneer life; Gold rushes; Indians of North America; Manners & customs; Miners; Mining; Settlers; Vehicles; Westward movement; Women

Illustrations; Lithographs, color

Miner prospecting c1852 BANC PIC 1963.002:0972--B

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Creator/Collector: Nahl, Charles Christian (1818-1878) , German, artist Wenderoth, A. (active ca. 1852), artist Butler, B. F. (active ca. 1851-ca. 1852), lithographer Shelton, C. A. (active ca. 1852), publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 45.7 x 31.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Miner wearing pistol and carrying rifle in hand rides horse loaded with tools; another pack horse follows to side.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Painted & drawn on stone by Ch[arles] Nahl & A. Wenderoth; (LR): Lith. of B.F. Butler, San Francisco; (LC, Aboe title): Entered...1852 by C.A. Shelton; (LC, below title ): Published by C.A. Shelton, San Francisco.

Animals; Arms & armaments; Equipment; Gold rushes; Horses; Miners

Lithographs, color

California miners working an arrastra 1853 BANC PIC 1963.002:0999--B

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Creator/Collector: Boot, J. (active ca. 1853), artist

Physical Description: painting on paper: watercolor 24.2 x 34.4 cm.

Content/Description:

Mining operation using two arrastra, both being turned by horses. Horses and carts bringing ore to arrastre; men check sluice boxes fed by arrastre as ore is ground. Arrastre were developed by Spanish Americans and used to grind gold-bearing quartz (J.D. Hart, A Companion to California).

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LC, attached). Signature and date (LR): J. Boot/1853.

Animals; California, Northern; Equipment; Gold rushes; Horses; Miners; Mining; Vehicles

Paintings; Watercolors

[Gold mining] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:1348--A

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Creator/Collector: Bühler, F. (active ca. 1881), artist

Physical Description: painting on heavy paper: oil 12.1 x 17.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Three miners working in large ditch in wooded area.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Handwritten (on mount): F. Bühler, gold mining; (on verso): Scetch [sic] by F. Bühler/ Old time California engraver?/gold mining.

Gold rushes; Miners; Mining

Oil paintings

[Days of gold] 1884 BANC PIC 1963.002:1377--FR

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Creator/Collector: Narjot, Ernest (1826-1898) , French, artist

Physical Description: painting on canvas: oil 101.8 x 66.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Two older miners and young boy sit against rock wall in front of mine opening propped with timber; water pail, dipper, pick, and shovel in foreground.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Signature and date (LL): E. Narjot, 1884.

Equipment; Gold rushes; Miners; Mining

Oil paintings

Mongolian miners washing [gold] [185-?] BANC PIC 1963.002:1399--B

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Creator/Collector: Stocqueler, [B?] (active 1850s), artist

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pen and ink 22.6 x 31.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Chinese? men gold mining with cradles/rockers, carrying pails of water, and digging; camp in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LC). Signature (LL): [B?] Stocqueler.

Camping; Chinese; Gold rushes; Miners; Mining

Drawings

The independent gold hunter on his way to California: I neither borrow nor lend [between 1849 and 1852] BANC PIC 1963.002:1485--B

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Creator/Collector: Currier, Nathaniel (1813-1888) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 43.3 x 34.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Prospector loaded down with mining tools, cookware, knives, and food items making his way to California; signpost displaying distances to California and St. Louis.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Lith. & pub. by N. Currier; (LR): 152 Nassau St[reet], cor[er] of Spruce, N[ew] Y[ork]; (LC, below title): 190. Date based on lithographer/publisher active dates at above location. See also 1963.002:0440--B and 1963.002:0441--B.

Clothing & dress; Equipment; Gold rushes; Miners; Overland journeys to the Pacific

Lithographs, color

The gold seeker [between 1849 and 1852]] BANC PIC 1963.002:1526--B

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Creator/Collector: Kelloggs & Comstock (1849-1852) , American, publisher Needham, D. (active ca. 1850), undetermined

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 37.3 x 28 cm.

Content/Description:

Fierce looking man (defending claim?) in plumed hat, with pistols in both hands, pouch and knives tucked in his belt; small figures of miners at work in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC) and number: 195. Printed (LL): Kelloggs & Comstock, 150 Fulton St[reet], N[ew] Y[ork] & 136 Main St[reet], Hartford Conn.; (LR): D. Needham, 12 Exchange St[reet], Buffalo.

Arms & armaments; Clothing & dress; Criminals; Frontier & pioneer life; Gold rushes; Miners

Lithographs, color

Miner's cabin, result of the day c1852 BANC PIC 1963.002:1531--B

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Creator/Collector: Wenderoth, A. (active ca. 1852), artist Nahl, Charles Christian (1818-1878) , German, artist Butler, B. F. (active ca. 1851-ca. 1852), lithographer Shelton, C. A. (active ca. 1852), publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 31.6 x 44.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Interior of log cabin with four miners by fireplace; one shows gold nugget to others; another miner sleeps on bunkbed; mining tools and household items on floor and shelves.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (UC): [Illegible]; (LL): Painted and drawn on stone by Ch[arles] Nahl and A. Wenderoth; (LC, above title): Entered... 1852 by C.A. Shelton... California; (LR): Lith. Of B.F. Butler, San Francisco; (LC, below title): Published by C.A. Shelton, San Francisco.

Clothing & dress; Dwellings; Equipment; Frontier & pioneer life; Gold rushes; Interiors; Miners

Lithographs, color

Transportation

California and Oregon Stage Company [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0311--D

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Creator/Collector: Stein, A. (b. 1835), artist Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 54.6 x 68.4 cm.

Content/Description:

Stagecoach loaded with passengers, including women and Chinese, pulled by six horses through mountain trail; valley and Mount Shasta in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC): California and Oregon Stage Company. Printed (LC, below title): carries Wells Fargo and Co. Express and the US Mail/View of Mt. Shasta 14,442 f[ee]t above the sea on C[alifornia] & O[regon] Stage Route; (LR, within image): A. Stein; (LR): Lith. Britton & Rey, S[an] F[rancisco].

Animals; California, Northern; Horses; Mountains; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Vehicles

Advertisements; Lithographs, color

California Stage Company, incorporated December, 1853 [not before 1853] BANC PIC 1963.002:0315--C

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Creator/Collector: Britton & Co. (active ca. 1861), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 42 x 60.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Stagecoach drawn by six horses filled with passengers set in wooded landscape.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LC): Lith[ograph]y of Britton & Co. S[an] F[rancisco].

Animals; Horses; Vehicles

Lithographs

Overland Mail Company, Bradley Barlow and J. L. Sanderson, proprietors [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0316--D

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Creator/Collector: Woodward, Tiernan & Hale, printer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 50.8 x 68.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Stagecoach of Overland Mail Company pulled by six horses through wooded landscape; numerous men and women in and several men on top of coach including two Chinese at rear; three trunks in rack read 'Kit Carson', 'S.B. Maxwell', and 'Col. Bent'. Tall, snow-capped Uncompahgre Mountain, Colorado, in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC): Overland Mail Company/Bradley Barlow and J.L. Sanderson, Proprietors. Printed (LC, below title): View of Uncompahgre Mountain 14,400 f[ee]t above the sea on overland stage route; (LL): [ ... ] Woodward, Tierman & Hale, St. Louis.

Animals; Colorado; Horses; Mountains; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Vehicles

Lithographs, color

Pioneer Stage Company: from Sacramento [California] to Virginia [City, Nevada] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0317--C

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Creator/Collector: Baker, George Holbrook (1827-1906) , American, lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 44 x 59.1 cm.

Content/Description:

Stagecoach pulled by six horses in forest en route from California to Nevada; two story wooden buildings at left; Lake Tahoe, and mountains in distance. Louis McLane & Co. on driver's box.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC): Pioneer Stage Company/from Sacramento to Virginia [City], carrying the great overland mail & Wells, Fargo & Co. Express/this route affords a fine view of lake Bigler or Tahoe, running for twenty miles along its shores. Printed (LR): Geo[rge] H. Baker, Lith.

Animals; California, Northern; Horses; Lakes & ponds; Sacramento (Calif.); Vehicles

Advertisements; Lithographs, color

[Overland mail from Port Smith, Arkansas, for the Pacific Coast] 1858 BANC PIC 1963.002:0474--A

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving, hand colored 18.9 x 27.1 cm.

Content/Description:

Coach drawn by two pairs of horses passes through town as groups of people watch. Sign on coach reads: Overland Mail Company.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC): The overland mail, the start from Port Smith, Arkansas, for the Pacific Coast, first coach driven by John Butterfield, Jr.

Animals; Horses; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Vehicles; West (U.S.); Westward movement

Engravings, color; Illustrations

The last race [stagecoach race] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0685 (enclosure)--D

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: painting on paper: watercolor 40.2 x 71 cm.

Content/Description:

Two stagecoaches packed with people, pulled by teams of four horses.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LC). Printed and handwritten (on enclosure): A stage coach race between Oakland and San Jose, Cal[ifornia], the old McLaughlin and Cameron Stage Lines, the last race.

Animals; Events; Horses; Vehicles

Paintings; Watercolors

[Pioneer Stage Company coach near Lake Tahoe, California] [18--?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0801--D

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Creator/Collector: Baker, George Holbrook (1827-1906) , American, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: drawing on paper: charcoal and pencil 50.9 x 66.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Stagecoach pulled by six horses in forest; two story wooden buildings at left; lake and mountains in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Attribution based on variant 1963.002:0317--C.

California, Northern; Lakes & ponds; Vehicles

Drawings

[Overland Mail Route to California] 1866 BANC PIC 1963.002:0941--B

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Creator/Collector: Carter, W. D. (active 1866), printer Keith, William (1839-1911) , Scottish, undetermined Eastman, Harrison (1823-1886) , American, undetermined

Physical Description: print on heavy paper: engraving and letterpress 35.6 x 27.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Broadside poster advertising overland stage from Oregon to Sacramento, with connecting stages to Southern Oregon and Northern California mining towns. Vignette of stagecoach being pulled by team of six horses.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Title based on printed text within image. Printed (UC): Overland Mail Route to California/Through in six days to Sacramento/...Oregon line of stage coaches... H.W. Corbett & Co., Proprietors Oregon Stage Line. Portland, July 19, 1866. Printed (LL, within image): H. Eastman; (LR, within image) W. Ke[i]th.; (on stagecoach): California Stage Comp[an]y. Attribution to W.D. Carter based on comparison with

Overland journeys to the Pacific; Vehicles

Advertisements; Broadsides; Engravings; Woodcuts

Overland Mail Company: Barlow, Sanderson & Co. [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:1401--FR

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Creator/Collector: Britton, Rey & Co. (active ca. 1867-ca. 1880), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 46.9 x 60.4 cm., visible image

Content/Description:

Horsedrawn stagecoach filled with men and women passengers; Chinese men seated at top rear; valley and tall, snow-capped mountain (Mount Shasta, California?) in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Lith. Britton, Rey & Co., San Fran[cis]co, chromolithograph.

Animals; Chinese; Horses; Mountains; Vehicles

Advertisements; Landscapes; Lithographs, color; Posters

Overland Mail Company: Bradley, Barlow & J.L. Sanderson, proprietors [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:1404--D

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Creator/Collector: Holderting, [G.?], artist Woodward, Tiernan & Hale, undetermined

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 49.2 x 66.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Stagecoach of Overland Mail Company pulled by six horses through wooded landscape; numerous men and women in and several men on top of coach including two Chinese at rear; three trunks in rack read 'Kit Carson', 'S.B. Maxwell', and 'Col. Bent'. Tall, snow-capped Uncompahgre Mountain, Colorado, in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Signature (LR): [G?] Holderting. Printed (LL): Woodward, Tiernan & Hale, S[ain]t Louis [Missouri]/This is the only stage line running to all points in New Mexico and the San Juan Mining District in Sounthern Colorado, in the connection with the Denver & Rio Grande R'y; (LC, below title): Bradley, Barlow & J.L. Sanderson, proprietors/view of Uncompahgre Mountain, 14,400 f[ee]t above the sea, on overland stage route.

Chinese; Colorado; Horses; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Vehicles

Advertisements; Landscapes; Lithographs, color

Overland mail route to Oregon 1866 BANC PIC 1963.002:1810--A

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Creator/Collector: Keith, William (1839-1911) , Scottish, artist Eastman, Harrison (1823-1886) , American, engraver Carter, W. D. (active 1866), printer

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving and letterpress 22.4 x 17.9 cm.

Content/Description:

Advertisement for overland route to Oregon via stagecoach with image of coach filled with passengers being pulled by six horses.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UC). Printed (LL, within image): H. Eastman; (LR): W. Keith; (LC): W.D. Carter Printer, Front Street, Portland, Oregon; (LL): July 20th, 1866.

Northwest, Pacific; Oregon; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Vehicles

Advertisements; Engravings

Vessels

[Clipper ship "R. B. Forbes" leaving for California] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0319 (enclosure)--A

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil and ink 18.6 x 24.8 cm.

Content/Description:

Three-masted sailing vessel tied up at wharf (bow left); riggings described in pen throughout image; wharf crowded with barrels, packages, and boxes; men in foreground and working on ship.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Handwritten (within image, on middle mast flag): R.B. Forbes; (within image, LL): For California. Enclosure: The Old Print Shop (New York) advertisement for wood engravings of ships issued in 1850s and 1860s listing Clipper Ship "R.B. Forbes" traveling between Boston and Sandwich Islands, 1851.

Vessels; Voyages to the Pacific

Drawings; Marines (Visual works)

Off for California: Bonetta [ship] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0320--A

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil and watercolor 19.4 x 25.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Three-masted sailing ship, full sail; US flag flies from stern.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC): Off for California. Handwritten (LC, below title): Bonetta. Handwritten (on verso): Trial? proof lithograph ship Bonetta.

Vessels; Voyages to the Pacific

Drawings; Marines (Visual works)

Outward Bound [ship] [between 1872 and 1874] BANC PIC 1963.002:0321--B

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Creator/Collector: Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 27 x 43.1 cm.

Content/Description:

Starboard view of three-masted sailing ship at sea; US flag flies from stern.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Published by Currier & Ives; (LR): 125 Nassau St[reet], New York. Date based on active dates at location.

Vessels

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

Homeward bound [ship] c1845 BANC PIC 1963.002:0322--A

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Creator/Collector: Currier, Nathaniel (1813-1888) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 23.3 x 34.1 cm.

Content/Description:

Three-masted sailing ship, bow to left, men on board; US flag flies from stern.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Lith. & pub. by N. Currier; (LC, above title): Entered... 1845 by N. Currier... N[ew] Y[ork]; (LR): 2 Spruce St[reet], N[ew] Y[ork].

Vessels

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

The Gem of the Atlantic [ship] c1849 BANC PIC 1963.002:0323--B

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Creator/Collector: Currier, Nathaniel (1813-1888) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 25.5 x 35.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Starboard view of three-masted sailing ship in harbor; American flag flies from stern, blue flag with white pattern flies from main mast.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Lith. & pub. by N. Currier; (LC): Entered... 1849 by N. Currier... N[ew] Y[ork]; (LR): 152 Nassau St[reet] cor[ner] of Spruce N[ew] Y[ork]. Companion piece see 1963.002:324.

Vessels

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

The Gem of the Pacific [ship] c1849 BANC PIC 1963.002:0324--B

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Creator/Collector: Currier, Nathaniel (1813-1888) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 25.1 x 35.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Port view of three-masted sailing ship in harbor; American flag flies from stern, blue flag with white pattern, white and red flag, and plain white flag fly from masts.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Lith. & pub. by N. Currier; (LC): Entered... 1849 by N. Currier... N[ew] Y[ork]; (LR): 152 Nassau St[reet] cor[ner] of Spruce N[ew] Y[ork]. Companion piece see 1963.002:323.

Vessels

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

U.S. Steamer Golden Gate (ship) [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0325--B

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Creator/Collector: Major, R., engraver

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving, hand colored 25.7 x 33 cm.

Content/Description:

Port-side view of steam ship with two smokestacks and three masts; U.S.M. on sidewheel; US flag files from stern.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Engraved by R. Major, N[ew] Y[ork]. (LC, below title): Engraved for "Stuart's Naval and Mail Steamer of U.S."

Vessels

Engravings, color; Marines (Visual works)

Pacific Mail Steamship Company's Steamer Great Republic (ship) [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0326--B

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Creator/Collector: Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 25.6 x 40 cm.

Content/Description:

Starboard-side view of sidewheel steamship with single smokestack and three masts; P.M.S.S. Co./Great Republic on sidewheel; US flag files from stern, several colors (flag) fly from masts.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Published by Currier & Ives; (LC, below title): Length on water line 360 ft., Breadth of beam 50 feet, depth of hold 31 1/2 feet, tonnage 3882; (LR): 125 Nassau St[reet] New York.

Vessels

Engravings; Marines (Visual works)

Clipper ship "Queen of Clippers" [184-?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0327--A

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Creator/Collector: Currier, Nathaniel (1813-1888) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 23.7 x 34.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Three-masted sailing ship, bow to right, men on board; US flag flies from stern.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Lith. & pub. by N. Currier; (LC, below title): 386; (LR): 152 Nassau Street, N[ew] Y[ork]. For similar item see 1963.002:322--A dated 1845.

Vessels

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

The American clipper ship "Witch of the Wave" [before 1857] BANC PIC 1963.002:0328--B

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Creator/Collector: Currier, Nathaniel (1813-1888) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 25 x 35.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Starboard view of three-masted sailing ship at sea. American flag flies from stern, flag reading "Witch of the Wave" flies from main mast.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Lith. & pub. by N. Currier; (LC, below title): 496; (LR): 152 Nassau St[reet], cor[ner] of Spruce N[ew] Y[ork].

Vessels

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

An American ship rescuing the officers and crew of a British man of war [ship] c1863 BANC PIC 1963.002:0329--C

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Creator/Collector: Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 40.4 x 51.4 cm.

Content/Description:

Port-side view of three-masted ship on high seas; rowboats bring crew from floundering battleship at left.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Published by Currier & Ives; (LC, above title): Entered... 1863... Currier & Ives... New York; (LR): 153 Nassau St[reet], New York.

Vessels

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

Wreck of Steamship Union on the coast of lower California, July 5th, 1851 [not before 1851] BANC PIC 1963.002:0330--C

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Creator/Collector: Moody, Edwin (active ca. 1850-ca. 1861), artist Bufford, J. H., lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 35.4 x 51.6 cm.

Content/Description:

Three-masted steamship floundering off coast as crew in rowboats and lifelines take survivors on shore.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn by Edwin Moody; (LR): Lith. by J.H. Bufford, 260 Washington St[reet], Boston.

Events; Vessels

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

Wreck of the steamship Central America, appalling disaster [off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina] [not before 1857] BANC PIC 1963.002:0331--B

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Creator/Collector: Childs, J. (active after 1857), lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 34.2 x 43.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Shipwreck in rough seas; crew and passengers clinging to sinking ship and adrift in churning water. American flag flies from submerged mast. The ship was bound to New York from California with the Pacific mails and foundered in a hurricane on Saturday, September 12th, 1857.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Lith. & pub. by J. Childs 152, late 84 S[ou]th 3rd St[reet], Phila[delphia]; (LC, below title): On Saturday, September 12th, 1857, Capt. Herndon, bound to New York from California with the Pacific mails...founderd in a hurricane off Cape Hatteras [North Carolina].

Vessels; Voyages to the Pacific

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

Burning of the clipper ship "Golden Light" [not before 1853] BANC PIC 1963.002:0332--B

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Creator/Collector: Currier, Nathaniel (1813-1888) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 25.4 x 35.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Port-side view of three-masted ship, with American flying from central mast, engulfed in flames. Lifeboats and barrels on water.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Lith. & pub. by N. Currier; (LC, below title): The "Golden Light" sailed from Boston for San Francisco, February 12th, 1853... On the 22nd, during a thunder storm she was struck by lightening and set on fire

Fires; Vessels; Voyages to the Pacific

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

Clipper ship "Flying Cloud" c1852 BANC PIC 1963.002:0333--D

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Creator/Collector: Butterworth, J. E. (active ca. 1853-ca. 1854), artist Brown, E. Jr. (active ca. 1852), artist Currier, Nathaniel (1813-1888) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 50.6 x 65.9 cm.

Content/Description:

Starboard-side view of three-masted sailing ship; passengers on board.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LR, within image): J.E. Butterworth; (LL): E. Brown, Jr., del.; (LC, above title): Entered... 1852 by N. Currier... New York; (LC, below title): New York published by N. Currier, 152 Nassau Street; (LR): Lith. by N. Currier.

Vessels

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

Burning of the Steamship Golden Gate, July 27th 1862 [not before 1862] BANC PIC 1963.002:0335--B

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Creator/Collector: Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 28 x 36.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Starboard view of steamship with three masts and two smokestacks engulfed in flames. Lifeboat filled with survivors in water; crew and passenger crowded at bow and stern. American flag at stern.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Published by Currier & Ives; (LC, below title): On her voyage from San Francisco to Panama, having on board two for tow passengers and a crew of 95 persons of whom only 100 are know to have been saved; (LR): Nassau Street New York.

Fires; Vessels; Voyages to the Pacific

Engravings; Marines (Visual works)

Wreck of the packet ship "Staffordshire" on the night of Dec[ember] 29th, 1853, off Seal Island [not before 1853] BANC PIC 1963.002:0336--C

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Creator/Collector: Drew, C., artist Bufford, J. H., lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 38.9 x 52.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Ship floundering in high seas as survivors set off in rowboats.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LR): Painted by C. Drew from a sketch by an eyewitness; (LR): J.H. Bufford's Lith., Boston.

Events; Vessels

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

Oregonian [ship]: J. H. Briaid Commander [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0338 (enclosure)--D

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 36 x 63 cm., main image

Content/Description:

Starboard-side view of two-masted sidewheel steamship with single smokestack; US flag flies from stern; passengers on deck.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (on enclosure).

Vessels

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

Pacific Mail Steamship Company's steamships: city of Peking and city of Tokio [Tokyo] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0339--D

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Creator/Collector: Homer Lee & Co., engraver and printer

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on board: engraving 57 x 72.9 cm.

Content/Description:

Port-side view of four-masted iron ship "City of Peking" with two smokestacks in center; US flags fly from stern. Other ships including yacht "Magic" on water in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, above title): Engraved and printed by Homer Lee & Co., New York. Printed legend lists: steamers, class, tonnage, passengers, freight, and coal.

Vessels

Engravings; Marines (Visual works)

[Mongolia (ship), Transpacific Line, Pacific Mail Steamship Company] [ca. 1925] BANC PIC 1963.002:0340--E

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Creator/Collector: Pansing, Fred (active ca. 1925), artist

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on board: photomechanical 69.1 x 101.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Port-side view of steamship that served as US Army transport in World War I under Captain Emory Rice, and which sunk the first enemy submarine in the Atlantic.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Printed (LC): Mongolia, Manchuria, China, Korea, Siberia... Trans-Pacific Line, Pacific Mail Steamship Co. Printed (LL, within image): Fred Pansing. Handwritten (on verso): As a US Army transport in the World War, Capt[ain] Emory Rice, she sunk the first enemy submarine in the Atlantic, see S[an] F[rancisco] Call, Feb[ruary] 24, 1925, see S[an] F[rancisco] Chronicle, March 17, 1925. Stamped (on verso): San Francisco Historical Society... A.T. Leonard, Jr., MD... Exhibition label (on verso): 158th anniversary of the founding of/the City of San Francisco/Sept[ember] 11-22, 1934/historical exhibition/Larkin Hall...

Vessels

Marines (Visual works); Photomechanical prints

Departure of the California First Regiment U.S.V. on the steamship "City of Peking" for the Philippine Islands c1898 BANC PIC 1963.002:0341--D

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Creator/Collector: Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: photomechanical 54.4 x 65.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Port-side view of four-masted iron ship "City of Peking" with two smokestacks in center; US flags fly from masts; Decks crowded with soldiers of First Regiment California US Volunteer infantry en route to campaign in the Philippine Islands.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Lith. Britton & Rey, S[an] F[rancisco]; (LC, below title): May 25, 1898/the first US troops that left their country to do battle on a foreign soil; (LR): Copyrighted by Britton & Rey, 1898. View based on photographic print.

Military personnel; Vessels

Marines (Visual works); Photomechanical prints

Clipper ship "Nightingale" getting underway off the Battery, New York c1854 BANC PIC 1963.002:0343--D

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Creator/Collector: Butterworth, J. E. (active ca. 1853-ca. 1854), artist Parsons, Charles R. (1821-1910) , American, artist Currier, Nathaniel (1813-1888) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 47.5 x 70.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Port-side view of three-masted sailing ship; US flag flies at stern. Other vessels on water; Battery Park (located at the base of Manhattan) in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LR, within image): J.E. Butterworth. Printed (LL): C. Parsons, del.; (LC, above title): Entered... 1854 by N. Currier... N[ew] Y[ork]; (LC, below title): New York, published by N. Currier, 152 Nassau Street; (LR): Lith. by N. Currier.

New York; Vessels

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

Clipper ship "Young America " c1853 BANC PIC 1963.002:0344--D

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Creator/Collector: Butterworth, J. E. (active ca. 1853-ca. 1854), artist Palmer, Francis Florabond (Fanny) (1812-1876) , British, lithographer Currier, Nathaniel (1813-1888) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 50 x 66 cm.

Content/Description:

Port-side view of three-masted sailing ship; US flag flies at stern. Other vessels on water

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL, within image): J.E. Butterworth; (LL): F.F. Palmer, lith.; (LC, above title): Entered... 1853 by N. Currier... N[ew] Y[ork]; (LC, below title): New York, published by N. Currier, 159 Nassau Street; (LR): Lith. by N. Currier. Printed legend.

Vessels

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

American clipper ships: "Comet", 1836 tons, built by W[illia]m H. Webb, N[ew] Y[ork] [between 1849-1857] BANC PIC 1963.002:0345--FR

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Creator/Collector: Hansen, J., artist and lithographer Nagel & Weingaertner (1849-1857), printer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 38 x 50.2 cm., visible image

Content/Description:

Port-side view of sailing ship.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn from nature and on stone by J. Hansen; (LR): Print by Nagel & Weingaertner, N[ew] Y[ork]. Date based on active dates of printer.

Vessels

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company's steamer Golden City [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0346--E

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Creator/Collector: Parsons, Charles R. (1821-1910) , American, artist Endicott & Co. (active ca. 1854), lithographer Menger, L. R. (active ca. 1867), publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 57.6 x 98.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Port-side view of P.M.S.S. Co. two-masted steamship with people and crew on board; "Golden City" on one of banners.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL, within image): C. Parsons[...]. Printed (LL): Endicott & Co. lith, 59 Beekman S[tree]t, N[ew] Y[ork]; (LC, above title): Built by W[illia]m H. Webb Esq. under the superintendence of Capt[ain] W[illia]m Skiddy; (LR): Published by L.R. Menger, 22 Dey S[tree]t, N[ew Y[ork].

Vessels

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

The wreck of the steamship "San Francisco": disabled on her voyage from New York to San Francisco [California], Dec[ember] 24th, 1853 and in a sinking condition c1854 BANC PIC 1963.002:0347--D

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Creator/Collector: Butterworth, J. E. (active ca. 1853-ca. 1854), artist Currier, Nathaniel (1813-1888) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 57.5 x 80.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Wreck of sidewheel steamship engulfed in water in center; passengers escaping rowboats; "Antarctic" ship and "Three Bells" ship near by take on survivors.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Paint. by F.E. Butterwoth; (LC, above title): Entered... 1854 by N. Currier... N[ew] Y[ork]; (LC, below title): New York, published by N. Currier, 152 Nassau Street; (LR): Lith. by N. Currier.

Events; Vessels; Vessels

Lithographs, color

Clipper ship "Comet" of New York: in a hurricane off Bermuda on her voyage from New York to San Francisco [California], Oct[obe]r 1852 c1855 BANC PIC 1963.002:0348--D

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Creator/Collector: Parsons, Charles R. (1821-1910) , American, artist Currier, Nathaniel (1813-1888) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 51.3 x 70.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Three-masted sailing ship keeled over port side in high seas.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): C. Parsons, del.; (LC, above title): Entered... 1855 by N. Currier... N[ew] Y[ork]; (LC, below title): New York, published by N. Currier, 152 Nassau Street; (LR): Lith. by N. Currier.

Vessels

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

Oceanic Steamship Company's steamers Mariposa and Alameda, San Francisco [California] and Honolulu [Hawaii] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0349--E

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Creator/Collector: Mathews, A. E. (active ca. 1866-ca. 1883), artist Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on paper: lithograph, color 55.7 x 91.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Starboard-side view of two-masted steamship with single smokestack; US flag at stern.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): A.E. Mathews; (LC): Lith. Britton & Rey, S[an] F[rancisco].

Vessels

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

Pacific Coast Steamship Co.'s steamer "State of California" c1879 BANC PIC 1963.002:0350--D

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Creator/Collector: Parsons, Charles R. (1821-1910) , American, artist Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, publisher

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on board: lithograph, color 59.4 x 80.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Portside view of two-masted iron ship with single smokestack; US flag flies from stern; lifeboats and passengers on deck.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Published by Currier & Ives, 115 Nassau St[reet], New York; (LC, above title): Copyright 1878 by Currier & Ives, N[ew] Y[ork]; (LC, below title): Goodall, Perkins & Co., general agents, San Francisco, Cal[ifornia]; (LR): C.R. Parsons, del./The W[illia]m Cramp & Sons/Ship & Engine Building Co./Philadelphia, P[ennsylvani]a/builders, 1879. Printed legend.

Vessels

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

Clipper ship "Great Republic" c1853 BANC PIC 1963.002:0351--D

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Creator/Collector: Butterworth, J. E. (active ca. 1853-ca. 1854), artist Currier, Nathaniel (1813-1888) , American, lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 51.8 x 68.4 cm.

Content/Description:

Port-side view of three-masted sailing ship; US flag in distance; other vessels in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Painted by J.F. Butterworth; (LC, above title): Entered... 1853 by L. McKay... N[ew] Y[ork]; (LR): Lith. by N. Currier, N[ew] Y[ork]. Printed legend.

Vessels

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

Clipper ship "Dreadnought" c1854 BANC PIC 1963.002:0352--D

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Creator/Collector: Butterworth, J. E. (active ca. 1853-ca. 1854), artist Parsons, Charles R. (1821-1910) , American, artist Currier, Nathaniel (1813-1888) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 50.5 x 68.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Portside view of three-masted sailing ship; US flag in distance; other vessels in distance; red cross on first sail.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL, within image): J.E. Butterworth; (LL): C. Parsons, del.; (LC, above title): Entered... 1854 by N. Currier... N[ew] Y[ork]; (LC, below title): New York published by N. Currier, 152 Nassau Street; (LR): Lith. by N. Currier. Printed legend.

Vessels

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

Pacific steamer Golden Gate [California] [1851] BANC PIC 1963.002:0408--A

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving 12.7 x 18.6 cm., image on sheet 22.2 x 25.8 cm.

Content/Description:

Steamer in distance, onlookers in foreground.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (MC). Handwritten title (UR): 1851. Clipping from: Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion.

Vessels

Engravings

Off for the Arctic regions: the "Jeannette" leaving the harbor of San Francisco [California] [1879] BANC PIC 1963.002:0629--B

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Creator/Collector: Tavernier, Jules (1844-1889) , French, artist

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving, hand colored 28 x 38 cm.

Content/Description:

Three-masted steamship with single smokestack en route to explore Arctic regions proceeds through Golden Gate accompanied by sailing ships and boat.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, following title): Drawn by Jules Tavernier -- see page 590. Handwritten (LC, below title): 1879. From Harper's Weekly.

California, Northern; Discovery & exploration; San Francisco (Calif.); Vessels

Engravings, color; Marines (Visual works)

[Waterfront scene with ships and passengers] [ca. 1870?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0915--D

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper: woodcut 37 x 71.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Sailing ships on bay and at dock; women in elaborately colored dresses, men, and children on dock. US flags fly from ships. Ornate buildings in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title.

Harbors; Vessels; Waterfronts

Marines (Visual works); Woodcuts

[Waterfront scene with ship and passengers] [ca. 1870?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0916--D

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Creator/Collector: Ichikawa (active ca. 1870) , Japanese, artist

Physical Description: print on paper: woodcut 36.8 x 74 cm., composed of 3 sheets

Content/Description:

Sidewheel steamship at dock; women with parasols, men, and soldiers on ship and on dock. US flag flies from ship. Possibly the American river sidewheel steamship California in San Francisco.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UR): [... ] America. Printed (LL, LC, LC, LR, all within image): Ichikawa, artist. Inventory Sheets.: American river steamer-California SF? Inscriptions in Japanese.

Military personnel; Vessels; Waterfronts; Women

Woodcuts

American clipper ships "Game Cock" (1391 tons), built by S. Hall, East Boston [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0950--FR

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Creator/Collector: Hansen, J., artist and lithographer Nagel & Weingaertner (1849-1857), printer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 38 x 54.2 cm., visible image

Content/Description:

Port-side of three-masted sailing ship at full sail. US flag at stern.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn from nature & on stone by J. Hansen; (LR): Print by Nagel & Weingaertner, N[ew] Y[ork].

Vessels

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

Steam ship Cortes, 1800 tons, of the New York & California Steam Ship Company [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0951--E

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Creator/Collector: G.F. Nesbitt & Co., lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 63.4 x 86.6 cm., dome top

Content/Description:

Starboard-side view of sidewheel steamship; US flag flying from stern.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LR): G.F. Nesbitt & Co., lithographers and stationers, cor[ner] of Wall & Water St[reet]s, N[ew] Y[ork]. Printed legend.

Vessels

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

Clipper ship "Three Brothers", 2972 tons, the largest sailing ship in the world c1875 BANC PIC 1963.002:0952--D

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Creator/Collector: Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 55.3 x 80.4 cm.

Content/Description:

Starboard-side view of three-masted sailing ship, US flag at stern; workers and equipment on deck .

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Published by Currier & Ives; (LC): Copyright 1875 by Currier & Ives, N[ew] Y[ork]; (LR): 115 Nassau St[reet], New York.

Vessels

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company's steamer Great Republic 1867 BANC PIC 1963.002:0953--E

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Creator/Collector: Parsons, Charles R. (1821-1910) , American, artist Endicott & Co. (active ca. 1854), lithographer Menger, L. R. (active ca. 1867), publisher

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on board: lithograph, color 64.6 x 98.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Portside view of three-masted sidewheel steamship with single smokestack; US flag at stern. Rowboat with Chinese men in fancy dress in foreground.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LR, within image): Parsons, [18]67; (LL): Endicott & Co. Lith., 59 Beekman St[reet], N[ew] Y[ork]; (LC, above title): Built by Henry Stone; (LR): Published by L.R. Menger, 22 Dey Street, N[ew] Y[ork]. Printed legend.

Chinese; Vessels

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company's steamer Japan, built by Henry Steers c1868 BANC PIC 1963.002:0954--E

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Creator/Collector: Endicott & Co. (active ca. 1854), lithographer Menger, L. R. (active ca. 1867), publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 63.5 x 99.6 cm.

Content/Description:

Starboard-side view of sidewheel steamship; US flag at stern; moored in San Francisco Bay; Telegraph Hill in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Endicott & Co. lith. 59 Beekman St[reet] N[ew] Y[ork]; (LC, above title): Entered... 1868 by Louis R. Menger... N[ew] Y[ork]; (LR): Published by L.R. Menger, 22 Dey St[reet], N[ew] Y[ork]. Printed legend.

San Francisco (Calif.); Vessels

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

California & New York Steamship Company [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0955--E

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 63.7 x 94.6 cm.

Content/Description:

Starboard-side view of double sidewheel iron steamship with two smokestacks; US flag flying from stern. Includes cross section view of ship.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LM). Printed (LC, below title): Plan showing strengthening arch and its connection with iron diagonal bracing; (LR): Presented to E. George Squier Esq[uire] by Henry Randal, projector. Printed legend.

Vessels

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

The clipper ship "Dauntless", Boston [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0956--FR

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 43 x 64.3 cm., visible image

Content/Description:

Starboard-side of three-masted sailing ship at full sail. US flag at stern.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC).

Vessels

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

[Clipper ship "Dreadnought"] c1854 BANC PIC 1963.002:0957--D

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Creator/Collector: Parsons, Charles R. (1821-1910) , American, artist Currier, Nathaniel (1813-1888) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on board: lithograph, hand colored 60.7 x 76.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Portside view of three-masted sailing ship; red cross on front sail; various flags at stern.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC): To David Ogden Esq. this print of the/Clipper ship "Dreadnought"/off Sandy Hook, February 23d, 1854, nineteen days from Liverpool/is respectfully dedicated by the publisher. Printed (LL): C. Parsons, del.; (LC, above title): Entered... 1854 by N. Currier... N[ew] Y[ork]; (LC, below title): New York published by N. Currier, 152 Nassau Street; (LR): Lith. by N. Currier. Additional specifications and information about ship printed on lower margin.

Vessels

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

[Clipper ship "Dreadnought" off Tuskar Light] c1856 BANC PIC 1963.002:0958--D

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Creator/Collector: McFarlane, D., artist Parsons, Charles R. (1821-1910) , American, artist Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on heavy paper: lithograph, hand colored 48 x 65 cm.

Content/Description:

Starboard-side view of three-masted ship with red cross on main sail seen by moonlight.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, below title): 12 and 1/2 days from New York on her celebrated passage into dock at Liverpool in 13 days, 11 hours, Dec[embe]r, 1854/to her Commander S. Samuels Esq. this print is respectfully dedicated by the publisher. Printed (LL): Ch. Parsons, del., D. Mc Farlane, Pinxt; (LC, above title): Entered... 1856 by N. Currier... N[ew] Y[ork]; (LC, below title): New York, published by N. Currier, 152 Nassau Street; (LR): Lith. N. Currier.

Vessels

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

Clipper ship "Racer" c1854 BANC PIC 1963.002:0959--E

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Creator/Collector: Parsons, Charles R. (1821-1910) , American, artist Butterworth, J. E. (active ca. 1853-ca. 1854), artist Currier, Nathaniel (1813-1888) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 58.4 x 76.4 cm.

Content/Description:

Port-side view of three-masted sailing ship, US flag at stern.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LR, within image): J.E. Butterworth; (LL): C. Parsons, del.; (LC, above title): Entered... 1854 by N. Currier... N[ew] Y[ork]; (LC, below title): New York, published by N. Currier, 152 Nassau Street; (LR): Lith. by N. Currier. Printed legend.

Vessels

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

Clipper ship "Red Jacket" c1855 BANC PIC 1963.002:0960--D

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Creator/Collector: J.B. Smith & Son, artist Parsons, Charles R. (1821-1910) , American, lithographer Currier, Nathaniel (1813-1888) , American, publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 57.5 x 74.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Port-side view of three-masted ship in ice field of Cape Horn, US flag at stern.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, below title): In the ice off Cape Horn on her passage from Australia to Liverpool, August 1854/built by Geo. Thomas Esq. at Rockland ME[Maine], 1853 for Messrs. Seacomb & Taylor, Boston, Mass[achusetts]; (LR): Drawn by J.B. Smith & Son, Brooklyn, L[ong] I[sland]; (LC, above title): Entered... 1855 by N. Currier... New York; (LC, below title): New York, published by N. Currier, 152 Nassau Street; (LR): On stone, C. Parsons.

South America; Vessels

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

Burning of the California clipper "Hornet," one thousand miles from land [1866] BANC PIC 1963.002:0961--B

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Creator/Collector: Weir, Mr., artist

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving, hand colored 27.6 x 38.1 cm.

Content/Description:

Scene of fire and shipwreck with survivors packed into rowboat, watching as ship burns in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LC): Sketched by Mr. Weir.- [see page 614].

Fires; Vessels

Engravings, color

Clipper ship "Ocean Express" c1856 BANC PIC 1963.002:0962--D

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Creator/Collector: J.B. Smith & Son, artist Parsons, Charles R. (1821-1910) , American, lithographer Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 56 x 74.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Starboard-side view of three-masted ship as it has just been released by pilot at right.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, below title): Outward Bound, "discharging the pilot"; (LL): Sketched by J. Smith & Son, Brooklyn, L[ong] I[sland]; (LC, above title): Entered... 1856 by N. Currier... New York; (LC, below title): Lith. & pub[lishe]d by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St[reet], New York; (LR): On stone by C. Parsons.

Vessels

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

[The British ship "Viscata" ashore at the Golden Gate, San Francisco, California] 1868 BANC PIC 1963.002:1322--FR

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Creator/Collector: Eastman, Harrison (1823-1886) , American, artist

Physical Description: painting on paper: watercolor 49 x 33 cm.

Content/Description:

Sailing ship on shore between Fort Point and Point Lobos; group of sailors in foreground; anchor and barrels on beach.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Signature and date (LR): H. Eastman, 1868. Note from Inventory Sheets: [The Viscata] carried cargo of wheat for Liverpool; drifted ashore between Fort Point and Point Lobos.

California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Vessels

Marines (Visual works); Watercolors

[Sidewheel paddle steamer Yosemite] 1884 BANC PIC 1963.002:1339--A

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Creator/Collector: J. W. W. (active ca. 1884), artist

Physical Description: drawing on paper: pencil 21.3 x 31.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Starboard-side view of ship with single smokestack.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Title based on text within image. Signature and date (LR): J.W.W. [monogram], 1884.

Vessels

Drawings; Marines (Visual works)

Ship Fannie Tucker, leaving to Havre, June 20 1882 for San Francisco, S. N. Greenleaf Master 1882 BANC PIC 1963.002:1340--FR

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Creator/Collector: Grandin, Eugene, artist

Physical Description: painting on paper: gouache 16.4 x 23.5 cm., visible image

Content/Description:

Starboard-side view of three-masted ship at full sail, US flag flying at stern. Headlands of Le Havre in background.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (on mat). Signature and date (LR): Eugene Grandin Havre, 1882. Printed artist's label (on verso): Eugene Grandin/artist/marine painter/sail, sea, sky to order. Handwritten and printed (on verso): Capt. Joseph Tucker/Wiscasset Maine, Adress rue Neuve des Lincettes No 14/Havre. Handwritten (on verso): Mabel Fisher.

Vessels

Gouaches; Marines (Visual works)

New York clipper ship "Challenge" [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:1414--B

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Creator/Collector: Currier, Nathaniel (1813-1888) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 26.9 x 35.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Starboard-side view of three-masted sailing ship at full sail; US flag flies from stern; blue and white checkered flag from mast.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Lith. & pub. by N. Currier; (LC, below title): 475; (LR): 152 Nassau Street, N[ew] Y[ork].

Vessels

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

Clipper ship "Ocean Express" c1856 BANC PIC 1963.002:1415--D

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Creator/Collector: J.B. Smith & Son, artist Parsons, Charles R. (1821-1910) , American, lithographer Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on heavy paper: lithograph, hand colored 47.3 x 64.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Starboard-side view of three-masted ship as it has just been released by pilot at right.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Sketched by J. Smith & Son, Brooklyn, L[ong] I[sland]; (LC, above title): Entered... 1856 by N. Currier... New York; (LC, below title): Outward bound, "discharging the pilot"/Lith. & pub[lishe]d by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St[reet], N[ew] Y[ork]; (LR): On stone by C. Parsons. Item has been unframed (1/98).

Vessels

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

[S.S. China] [ca. 1870] BANC PIC 1963.002:1523--FR

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: painting on canvas: oil 44 x 58.6 cm.

Content/Description:

Starboard-side view of steamship with two smokestacks and four masts; US flag at stern.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Title based on handwritten text within image.

Vessels

Marines (Visual works); Oil paintings

[Pacific Steamship Sacramento] [189-?] BANC PIC 1963.002:1524--FR

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Creator/Collector: Sekikose, Sho , Japanese, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: painting on fabric (silk) mounted on paper: gouache 42.2 x 87 cm.

Content/Description:

Port-side view of large sidewheel steamship with one smokestack and two masts. Passengers on deck; US flag at stern.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Title based on printed Japanese text within image (UR). Inscriptions in Japanese.

Vessels

Marines (Visual works); Paintings

Clipper ship "Adelaide": off Sandy Hook, "Hove to for a pilot" c1856 BANC PIC 1963.002:1528--FR

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Creator/Collector: J.B. Smith & Son, artist Parsons, Charles R. (1821-1910) , American, lithographer Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 49.2 x 65.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Port-side view of clipper ship with flags on masts.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Sketched by J. Smith & Son, Brooklyn, L[ong] I[sland]; (LC): New York, published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St[reet], entered... 1856 by N. Currier... N[ew] Y[ork]; (LR): On stone by C. Parsons.

Vessels

Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)

Cartoons/Caricatures

A dead point! [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0235--C

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Creator/Collector: Derby, George Horatio (1823-1861) , American?, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: drawing on tinted paper: pen and ink 19.4 x 31.8 cm.

Content/Description:

Figure of long-nosed hunter in English dress preparing to shoot two game birds few feet away using large musket; birds and dog point at one another; small figure at right carries bag, his hair raised in fright and cap popping off; church in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LC). Handwritten (LR): West Point/Army mess. Attribution based on information from Inventory Sheets.

Animals; Arms & armaments; Clothing & dress; Hunting

Caricatures; Cartoons (Commentary); Drawings

A dead set! [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0236--C

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Creator/Collector: Derby, George Horatio (1823-1861) , American?, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: drawing on tinted paper: pen and ink 21.4 x 41.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Hunting party knocked back by discharge of gun; dog and hunter unconscious, boy and birds puzzled as gun flies through air.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LC). Handwritten (LR): West Point/Army mess. Attribution based on information from Inventory Sheets.

Animals; Arms & armaments; Clothing & dress; Hunting

Caricatures; Cartoons (Commentary); Drawings

A dead run! [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0237--C

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Creator/Collector: Derby, George Horatio (1823-1861) , American?, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: drawing on tinted paper: pen and ink 21.2 x 42.1 cm.

Content/Description:

Hunter, dog and assistant flee, pursued by two birds; one bird has wounded hunter in heel with his long beak.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Handwritten title (LC). Handwritten (LR): West Point/Army mess. Attribution based on information from Inventory Sheets.

Animals; Arms & armaments; Clothing & dress; Hunting

Caricatures; Cartoons (Commentary); Drawings

A proposed Sharon Gate for the park [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0269--C

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Creator/Collector: Walter, artist Schmidt Lithograph Company (active ca. 1900-ca. 1925), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 51.6 x 34.9 cm.

Content/Description:

Political commentary related to men involved in Supreme Court of California including Tyler, D.S. Terry, William Sharon, Sara Hill, William Stewart, Mummy (Mary Ellen) Pleasants, and others.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LR, within image): Walter; (UC): The Wasp; (LR): Schmidt Label & Litho. Co., San Francisco.

Manners & customs

Caricatures; Cartoons (Commentary); Lithographs, color

Padres [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0298--B

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: drawing on paper mounted on paper: color pencil and chalk 12.6 x 14.3 cm., on sheet 21.3 x 19.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Studies of priests in great cloaks and shovel hats; three full figures and one head.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Sheet apparently removed from sketchbook. The group of drawings 1963.002:0283 - 1963.002:0301 appear to be related. Some share stylistic, physical, and topical characteristics and may have came from the same source. For more information see Inventory Sheets.

Clothing & dress

Caricatures; Drawings

From the place we hear about [1850?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0444--B

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Creator/Collector: Serrell & Perkins (active ca. 1850), lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 35.5 x 45.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Coastline scene with ragged and weary men (Indians, sailors, miners, etc.), most wearing weapons and carrying satchels (presumably of gold), making their way toward ship in harbor.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, below title ): Lith. & pub. by Serrell & Perkins 75 Nassau St[reet], N[ew] Y[ork]. Companion piece to 1963.002:0445--B.

Gold rushes; Miners; Waterfronts

Lithographs

The place we hear about [1850?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0445--B

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Creator/Collector: Serrell & Perkins (active ca. 1850), lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 34.3 x 46 cm.

Content/Description:

Chaotic scene of miners digging, fighting, drinking, getting sick, etc. Man in center shoots another man in face who holds large bag of gold. Group identified as President Polk and his cabinet come down from building on hill to "reap rewards" of California. Dialog balloons.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, below title): Lith. & pub. by Serrell & Perkins 75 Nassau St[reet], N[ew] Y[ork]. Handwritten (LC, within image): 50 Par[is]. Companion piece to 1963.002:0444--B.

Criminals; Frontier & pioneer life; Gold rushes; Miners; Mining

Caricatures; Cartoons (Commentary); Lithographs

Things as they are [not before 1849] BANC PIC 1963.002:0446 (variant)--C

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Creator/Collector: Perkins, artist Serrell & Perkins (active ca. 1850), lithographer and publisher Elton, Robert H. (active ca. 1848-ca. 1850), undetermined

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 35.7 x 53.1 cm.

Content/Description:

Satirical image of Gold Rush in California showing armed men digging, fighting foreigners, etc. Caricature of President James K. Polk as bird carrying pick and bag of money flies with other bird-men (his cabinet) towards California. Dialog balloons.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LR, within image): Perkins; (LR): Serrell & Perkins Lith. & pub., 75 Nassau St[reet], N[ew] Y[ork]; (LR): R.H. Elton, 90 Nassau St[reet], N[ew] Y[ork]. Date 1849 within image.

Arms & armaments; Equipment; Frontier & pioneer life; Gold rushes; Manners & customs; Mining

Caricatures; Cartoons (Commentary); Lithographs

Things as they are [not before 1849] BANC PIC 1963.002:0446--B

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Creator/Collector: Perkins, artist Serrell & Perkins (active ca. 1850), lithographer and publisher Elton, Robert H. (active ca. 1848-ca. 1850), undetermined

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 34 x 46.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Satirical image of Gold Rush in California showing armed men digging, fighting foreigners, etc; caricature of President James K. Polk as bird carrying pick and bag of money flies with other bird-men (his cabinet) towards California. Dialog balloons.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, below title): Lith. & pub. by Serrell & Perkins 75 Nassau St[reet], N[ew] Y[ork]; (LR, within image): Perkins. Date 1849 within image.

Equipment; Frontier & pioneer life; Gold rushes; Manners & customs; Mining

Caricatures; Cartoons (Commentary); Lithographs

Defence [sic] of the California Bank [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0447--C

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Creator/Collector: Serrell & Perkins (active ca. 1850), lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 35.5 x 53.4 cm.

Content/Description:

Satirical image including caricatures representing England, Russia, France, and Spain coming into Bay of San Francisco; military encampment (soldiers and cannons) and two figures with animal bodies (President James K. Polk and another figure) guarding shore against foreigners.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, above title): Lith. & pub[lishe]d Serrell & Perkins, 75 Nassau St[reet], N[ew] Y[ork].

Animals; Arms & armaments; Gold rushes; Military facilities; Mining

Caricatures; Cartoons (Commentary); Lithographs

O'Flannigan among the sharps in California c1849 BANC PIC 1963.002:0448--B

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Creator/Collector: Alban (active ca. 1849), artist Robinson, H. R. (active ca. 1849), lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 30.1 x 43 cm.

Content/Description:

Gambling scene: five men around table playing cards; miner wins several bags of gold from card sharps. Dialog balloons.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Lith. & pub. by Serrell & Perkins 75 Nassau St[reet], N[ew] Y[ork]; (LR): Entered...1849 by H.R. Robinson...N[ew] Y[ork]. Printed (LC, within image): Alban, del.

Frontier & pioneer life; Gold rushes; Manners & customs

Caricatures; Cartoons (Commentary); Lithographs

Earth Quakey Times, San Francisco [California], Oct[ober] 8, 1865 [not before 1865] BANC PIC 1963.002:0449--C

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Creator/Collector: Jump, Edward (1832-1883) , French, artist

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 36.1 x 50 cm.

Content/Description:

Cartoon view of street scene with caricatures of men, women, and children in chaos during earthquake among toppling buildings.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UC). Printed (LC, within image): E[dward] Jump. Date 1865 in image.

California, Northern; Events; San Francisco (Calif.)

Caricatures; Cartoons (Commentary); Lithographs

Grand municipal turn'em-out 1866 [not before 1866] BANC PIC 1963.002:0450 (copy)--C

Creator/Collector: Jump, Edward (1832-1883) , French, artist

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 38 x 52.4 cm.

Content/Description:

Satirical image related to municipal elections showing city officials and politicians jousting on horseback in arena surrounded by onlookers at side and in colonnaded grandstand; signs on barrier include names: Mackey, White, Cobb, Hewer, Elroy, Platt, and Crowley.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UC). Printed (LL, within image): E[dward] Jump.

Events

Caricatures; Cartoons (Commentary); Lithographs

Grand municipal turn'em-out 1866 [not before 1866] BANC PIC 1963.002:0450--C

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Creator/Collector: Jump, Edward (1832-1883) , French, artist

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 44.5 x 60.1 cm.

Content/Description:

Satirical image related to municipal elections showing city officials and politicians jousting on horseback in arena surrounded by onlookers at side and in colonnaded grandstand; signs on barrier include names: Mackey, White, Cobb, Hewer, Elroy, Platt, and Crowley.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UC). Printed (LL, within image): E[dward] Jump.

Events

Caricatures; Cartoons (Commentary); Lithographs

Not before the battle [not before 1866] BANC PIC 1963.002:0451--C

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Creator/Collector: Jump, Edward (1832-1883) , French, artist

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on board: lithograph 44.9 x 60.4 cm.

Content/Description:

Satirical image related to municipal elections of 1866 showing caricatures of city officials, politicians, and others leaving arena and celebrating their victory. Banner lists names of victors: Crowley, Story, Hale, Cofran, and Fairman. Vendor (E. Jump?) selling "Jump's last" in lower left.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UC). Printed (LC, within image): E[dward] Jump. Date '1866' within image.

Events; Manners & customs

Caricatures; Cartoons (Commentary); Lithographs

The law & the "profits," 1865 & [186]6 [not before 1866] BANC PIC 1963.002:0452--C

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Creator/Collector: Jump, Edward (1832-1883) , French, artist

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 40.1 x 48.9 cm.

Content/Description:

Interior view of (state?) assembly room showing caricatures of politicians and others during session.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UC). Printed (LC, within image): E[dward] Jump.

Caricatures; Cartoons (Commentary); Lithographs

Josey and Matilda going to colonize California [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0454--B

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Creator/Collector: Elton, Robert H. (active ca. 1848-ca. 1850), publisher Nagel, Louis (active ca. 1844-ca. 1873) , German, printer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 35.5 x 26.8 cm.

Content/Description:

Satirical image of man and woman striding away from docks to colonize California; woman carries baby cloths and broken parasol; man carries mining tools (pick, shovel, goldpan) and provisions.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (UC): California; (LC, above title): Published and for sale by Robert H. Elton, cor[ner] Nassau & Fulton St[reets]; (LR) Nagel Print. Printed dialog captions below image

Arms & armaments; Equipment; Gold rushes; Women

Caricatures; Cartoons (Commentary); Lithographs

[Arrival of a family in California] [185-?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0455--B

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Creator/Collector: Cham (Amédée Charles Henri de Noe) (1819-1879) , French, artist Aubert & Companie (active ca 1851) , French, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 26 x 34.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Satirical scene depicting French family being abandoned by their domestic servants upon arrival in California; servants run away to work in mines.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC): Arrivé d'une famille en Californie. Printed (UC): Actualités; (UR): 189; (LL): Chez Aubert Pl. de la Bourse; (LR): Imp. Aubert & C[ompagn]ie. Printed (LL, within image): [...?] Cham. Dialog caption below image. Inscriptions in French.

Gold rushes; Manners & customs; Voyages to the Pacific

Caricatures; Cartoons (Commentary); Lithographs

[Scene relating to financial speculations in California in 1851] [1851] BANC PIC 1963.002:0456--B

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Creator/Collector: Cham (Amédée Charles Henri de Noe) (1819-1879) , French, artist Aubert & Companie (active ca 1851) , French, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 26.4 x 35.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Stout man holding paper saying "Action 10,000 FR" stands before older man who is harassed by female allegory of 1851; woman wearing bonnet with '1851', holds man by neck and beckons towards paper. Road sign displays pun word "Califlourie."

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC): 1851 ôtant le bandeau que 1850 avait mis sur les yeux des actionnaires Californiens. Printed (UC): Actualités; (UR): 56; (LL): Chez Aubert & C[ompagn]ie, Pl. de la Bourse 29, Paris; (LR): Imp. de Me. Ve. Aubert, 5 r. de l'Abbaye, Paris; (LL, within image): Cham 192. French national stamp LR. Inscriptions in French.

Manners & customs

Allegories; Cartoons (Commentary); Lithographs

[Scene relating to financial speculations in California around 1851] [ca. 1851?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0457--B

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Creator/Collector: Aubert & Companie (active ca 1851) , French, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 35.5 x 26.8 cm.

Content/Description:

Two men conversing about finances.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC): Actionnaires Californiens. Printed (UC): Actualités; (UR): 197; (LL): Chez Aubert & C[ompagn]ie, Pl. de la Bourse 29, Paris; (LR): Imp. de Me. Ve. Aubert, 5 r. de l'Abbaye, Paris. Printed within image: 1205. Printed dialog caption (LC, below title): J'ai versé hier cinq... Inscriptions in French.

Gold rushes; Manners & customs

Caricatures; Cartoons (Commentary); Lithographs

[Two satirical drawings relating to Gold Rush in California] [185-?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0458--B

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Creator/Collector: Cham (Amédée Charles Henri de Noe) (1819-1879) , French, artist P. S. (active 1850s) , French?, engraver Diolot [Diglot?] (active 1850s) , French, engraver

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving 37.2 x 26 cm., sheet

Content/Description:

Two images: (upper) depicts men and animals struggling to carry huge loads of gold; (lower) refers to shortage of women in California and depicts trunk full of women which are about to be shipped to west coast.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UC): Croquis Californiens, par Cham.; (MC): Aspect général de la Californie depuis que l'on y trouve des lingots d'or de plus gros en plus gros; (LC): M. Williaume exportant en Californie un article qui est excessivement demandé. Printed (LL, within upper image): P.S.; (LL, lower image): Diolot. Illustration on page from Le Charivari magazine. Inscriptions in French.

Gold rushes; Women

Cartoons (Commentary); Engravings

[Actualities, San Francisco, California in 1855] [ca. 1855] BANC PIC 1963.002:0459--B

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Creator/Collector: Charpin (active ca. 1855) , French, artist

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on paper: lithograph 25.4 x 35.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Satirical scene in front of police station showing two policemen grabbing three women (including Chinese) by their hair or coats and dragging them along. Several other scenes take place around, including duel scene, man conversing with semi-nude(?) woman, etc. Various signs on building in background.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UC): Croquis comiques pour les gents sérieux; (LC): Actualités, San Francisco en 1855. Printed (LL, within image): Charpin. Printed dialog caption (LC) stating that "Actualitiés" form a collection commenting on absurdities commited by legislature or by interpretations of law. Inscriptions in French.

California, Northern; Chinese; Frontier & pioneer life; Manners & customs; San Francisco (Calif.)

Cartoons (Commentary); Illustrations; Lithographs

The great pictorial romance of the age or steam ship commodores & United States mail contractors [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0460--C

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Creator/Collector: Gildersleave, Charles F., publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 43.4 x 55.9 cm.

Content/Description:

Satirical image related to United States mail contracts showing several sidewheel steamships, their owners, and hot air balloon. Dialog balloons.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, below title): Published by Cha[rle]s F. Gildersleave, 17 William St[reet], N[ew] Y[ork].

Business enterprises; Vessels

Caricatures; Cartoons (Commentary); Lithographs

Funeral of Lazarus [ca. 1861-ca. 1865] BANC PIC 1963.002:0461--B

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Creator/Collector: Jump, Edward (1832-1883) , French, artist

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on board: lithograph 35 x 47.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Lazarus (dog) on stretcher, man digging grave, others weeping in center; Emperor Norton in clerical garb delivering service at left; mourners and other dogs in procession ending with horse-drawn cart; drummer boy playing with kitten near Emperor Norton. Lazarus was San Francisco's most famous dog, as reported in local newspapers of 1861-1865.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UC). Printed (LR, within image): E.J. [Edward Jump]. See BANC MSS C-B 955 (receipt signed by Jump in payment for a sketch, June 22, 1865, not confirmed if relates to this item).

Animals; Clothing & dress; Funerary facilities; Vehicles

Caricatures; Cartoons (Commentary); Lithographs

San [Francis]co [California] bummer on a strike... [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0462--B

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 30.5 x 47.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Three piece image: Mr. Bummer standing on dock by steamer and deliberating his future; Mr. Bummer after his return from Sacramento applies for new rig and other articles; and Mr. Bummer makes haste for good meal and "future prospects in view" (The Old Corner bar).

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UC). Printed dialog captions under each image.

California, Northern; Manners & customs; San Francisco (Calif.)

Cartoons (Commentary); Lithographs

How it looks to the people [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0463--B

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving 30.6 x 48.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Satire on struggle between A.P.R.R. (Atlantic and Pacific Railroads) and Colorado River Railroads aided by C.P.R.R. (Central Pacific Railroad Company) for San Francisco funds.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed dialog captions within image.

California, Northern; Manners & customs; Railroads; San Francisco (Calif.)

Caricatures; Cartoons (Commentary); Engravings

The lumber merchant reading his account of sales from California [not before 1850] BANC PIC 1963.002:0464--C

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Creator/Collector: B.F. Butler's Lith. (active ca. 1850), lithographer Joseph F. Atwill & Co., publisher

Physical Description: print on tissue paper: lithograph 38.2 x 46.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Portrait of lumber merchant pulls out his hair holding bill for charges for building materials. Names in bill include: J.L. Riddle & Co. and H.C. Billings.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, above title): Published & sold by Joseph F. Atwill & Co., Post Office Building, Clay St[reet], San Francisco; (LR): Lith. of B.F. Butler.

Lumber industry

Cartoons (Commentary); Lithographs; Portraits

The tables turned: you sabe him? Kealney [sic] must go! [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0465--B

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Creator/Collector: Choynski, I. N., publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 27.6 x 35.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Denis Kearney in jail ("House of Correction, 181" sign above prison cell door); group of Chinese men mock prisoner and hold various objects including fish labeled "Black Friday," torn socks, cigars, etc.; baskets filled with fish on floor.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Copyright secured; (LR): Publ[ished] by I.N. Choynski, Antiquarian.

Chinese; Clothing & dress; Criminals; Manners & customs

Cartoons (Commentary); Lithographs, color

I am the new constitution! [1879] BANC PIC 1963.002:0466--A

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Creator/Collector: Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 30.7 x 22.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Larger than life rugged figure (tramp) in worn clothes with stick in right hand walks down country road; small figures of people and animals flee in all directions; outline of city in distance.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UC). Handwritten date (LR): 1879. Printed (LC): San Francisco Newsletter; (LR): Lith. Britton & Rey, S[an] F[rancisco]. Printed within image (UR): Tramp, tramp, tramp, the tramp is coming!!!

Manners & customs

Cartoons (Commentary); Lithographs

[Stock brokers: and still they are marching on] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0468--C

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Creator/Collector: Jump, Edward (1832-1883) , French, artist (attributed to)

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on board: lithograph 35.5 x 51.9 cm.

Content/Description:

Scene in front of stock broker office showing well dressed businessmen and ragged looking figures; caricature of Ben Franklin? holding standard; dogs and small boy playing drum in street. Signs in office windows relate to mining.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Title based on printed text within item.

Mining

Cartoons (Commentary); Lithographs

Broderick, English, and Terry [1860?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0492--B

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Creator/Collector: G. B., lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 37 x 26.6 cm.

Content/Description:

Political commentary relating to death of Senator David C. Broderick, as it involved W.H. English, and D.S. Terry over the issue of slavery.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LR, within image): G.B. Handwritten (LR): 1860? Page from: Stockton Independent.

Manners & customs

Illustrations; Lithographs

The California beauty [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0815--B

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Creator/Collector: Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907) , American, publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, hand colored 37 x 25.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Three-quarter, bust length portrait of young woman wearing grapes and grape leaves entwined in her hair. Apparently alludes to the youth, beauty, and agricultural bounty of California.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, below title): Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St[reet], New York.

Agriculture; Plants; Women

Caricatures; Lithographs, color

A wolf in the fold, or a fair trial of Laura [D. Fair] [ca. 1871] BANC PIC 1963.002:0874--B

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Creator/Collector: Kock & Harnett (active 187-) , American, printer

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on board: lithograph 50 x 38.5 cm., folded to 38.5 x 25 cm.

Content/Description:

Scathing account of Laura D. Fair murder trial verdict and jurors told in pictures and short limericks. Central image of Fair in bedroom dressed in undergarments surrounded by portrait vignettes of the jurors (most depicted as animals); courtroom scene above, shooting scene and Fair in jail below. Each scene is accompanied by deprecatory limerick.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC, within image). Printed (LR): Print by Kock & Harnett, S[an] F[rancisco].

Animals; Criminals; Manners & customs; Women

Allegories; Cartoons (Commentary); Lithographs; Portraits

The way they raise a California outfit c1849 BANC PIC 1963.002:1444--C

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Creator/Collector: Currier, Nathaniel (1813-1888) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on board: lithograph 51 x 35.4 cm.

Content/Description:

Man dressed in shabby clothes holds up two scrawny chicken offering them for sale to raise money to go to California. Woman sits in wagon nearby.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, below title): Lith. & pub. by N. Currier, 152 Nassau St[reet], cor[ner] of Spruce [Street], N[ew] Y[ork]; (LC, below image): Entered... 1849 by N. Currier... New York.

Overland journeys to the Pacific; Westward movement

Cartoons (Commentary); Lithographs

[Chinese immigrants coming to San Francisco, California] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:1477--C

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Creator/Collector: C M (M C?) [monogram], undetermined

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 34.1 x 50.6 cm.

Content/Description:

Contrived view of Chinatown showing streets crowded with men and lined with businesses; at left and right streams of immigrants make their way from Pacific Mail Steamship Company and Canadian Pacific Steamship Company. Ships stretch into distance toward rising sun. Names printed on flags include Harrison, Morton, W.H. Dimond, and Levi P. Morton.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Printed (LL, withing image): CM (or MC) (monogram).

Business enterprises; California, Northern; Chinese; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlers; Voyages to the Pacific

Cartoons (Commentary); Cityscapes; Lithographs

The way they go to California c1849 BANC PIC 1963.002:1546--B

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Creator/Collector: Currier, Nathaniel (1813-1888) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 29.7 x 45.8 cm.

Content/Description:

Dock with sailing ship departing as crowd of miners attempt to jump aboard; imaginary vehicles and airboats, etc. in air carrying miners to California.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Lith. & pub. by N. Currier; (LC, above title): Entered... 1849 by N. Currier... N[ew] Y[ork].; (LR): 152 Nassau St[reet] cor[ner] of Spruce, N[ew] Y[ork]. Dialog captions.

Gold rushes; Harbors; Miners; Vehicles; Vessels; Voyages to the Pacific; Westward movement

Cartoons (Commentary); Lithographs

The way they come to California c1849 BANC PIC 1963.002:1547--B

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Creator/Collector: Currier, Nathaniel (1813-1888) , American, lithographer and publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 31.4 x 46.6 cm.

Content/Description:

Coast with sailing ship departing; crowd of starving, tattered miners carry sacks of gold clamor to get aboard; tents on shore.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Lith. & pub. by N. Currier; (LC, above title): Entered... 1849 by N. Currier... N[ew] Y[ork]; (LR): 152 Nassau St[reet] cor[ner] of Spruce, N[ew] Y[ork].

California, Northern; Camping; Frontier & pioneer life; Gold rushes; Miners; Vessels

Cartoons (Commentary); Lithographs

California: departure for the Gold Regions: "Gold is no chimera!" c1848 BANC PIC 1963.002:1551--C

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Creator/Collector: Nagel, Louis (active ca. 1844-ca. 1873) , German, lithographer and printer Castigat, Ridendo, More, publisher

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph 49.1 x 41.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Men, women, and children waiting in line with wagons, carts, bundles, animals, etc. on their way to California via steamship.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (LC). Printed (UC): California; (LL): Castigat, Ridendo, Mores, Publishers; (LC, above title): Entered... 1848 by L. Nagel... New York; (LR): Lith. Print by Nagel, New York.

Gold rushes; Miners; Settlers; Voyages to the Pacific

Caricatures; Cartoons (Commentary); Lithographs

Ephemera: Menus, Tickets, etc.

Miners' restaurant [menu] [185-?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0985--B

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Creator/Collector: Eastman, Harrison (1823-1886) , American, engraver Sterett, B.F., printer

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving and letterpress 45 x 15.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Menu includes vignette of restaurant building.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UC). Printed (LC): B.F. Sterett, printer, 532 Clay Street, opposite Ledisdorff.

Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; Manners & customs; San Francisco (Calif.)

Engravings; Ephemera

Pacific Mail Steamship Company's steamer Golden Age, Saturday July 26th, 1863, bill of fare 1863 BANC PIC 1963.002:1552--A

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Creator/Collector: Buswell & Co. (active ca. 1863), printer

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving and letterpress 32.1 x 12.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Menu including image of sidewheel steamship with single smokestack.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UC).. Handwritten and printed date (UC, within image): Saturday, July 26th, 1863. Printed (LC): Buswell & Co., printers and bookbinders, San Francisco.

Manners & customs; Vessels

Engravings; Ephemera; Marines (Visual works)

More news from California [poem] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:1813--A

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving and letterpress 28.3 x 22.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Poem related to California and Gold Rush.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UC). Printed (LC): Joseph Ashwell Spalding

Gold rushes

Engravings; Ephemera

P.M.S.S. Co's Steamship Constitution [menu] 186- BANC PIC 1963.002:1814--A

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Creator/Collector: Star & Herald (active ca. 1860), undetermined

Physical Description: print on paper: letterpress 31.4 x 14.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Pacific Mail Steamship Company menu.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UC). Printed (LC): Star & Herald, Panama. Printed date (UC): December 9, 186[-].

Manners & customs

Ephemera

Anniversary celebration: Society of California Pioneers [invitation] 1853 BANC PIC 1963.002:1815--A

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper: letterpress 19.9 x 12.6 cm.

Content/Description:

Celebration of 3rd anniversary of admission of state of California into Union.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Title based on printed text within image. Date printed within image. Handwritten (on verso): 1853, W.M. Steuart, 9 September.

Events; Frontier & pioneer life

Ephemera

The supper at Master Chas. G. Yale's birthday anniversary, October 22, 1863 [menu] 1863 BANC PIC 1963.002:1816--A

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Creator/Collector: Spear's Pioneer Press (active ca. 1863), printer

Physical Description: print on paper: letterpress 19.9 x 12.7 cm.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UC). Printed (LC): Spear's Pioneer Press, N.E. corner of Clay & Montgomery St[reet]s.

Events; Manners & customs

Ephemera

National Independen'e [sic] order of exercises at the American Theatre 1852 BANC PIC 1963.002:1817--B

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper: letterpress 37.7 x 14.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Program of events.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UC). Printed (LL): Per order, J.M. Forman, Aid., Sacramento, July 5th, 1852.

Events

Ephemera

[Tehama House dinner menu for Mutual Hook and Ladder Company by the Howard Engine Company no. 3 of San Francisco, California] 1852 BANC PIC 1963.002:1818--A

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Creator/Collector: Herald Print (active ca. 1852), printer

Physical Description: print on paper: letterpress 35.3 x 22.5 cm.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Title and date based on printed text within image. Printed (LC): Herald print, Montgomery Street.

Events; Manners & customs

Ephemera

[Special evening menu at the Irving restaurant, San Francisco, California] 1852 BANC PIC 1963.002:1819--B

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Creator/Collector: Commercial Printing Office (active ca. 1852), printer

Physical Description: print on silk: letterpress 45.1 x 18.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Includes list of donors and full menu.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Printed (UC): Complimentary dinner given to Thomas Hunt, Esq. and Capt. John P. Gannett, with presentation of plate at the Irving, San Francisco, Wednesday evening, December 22, 1852. Printed (LC): Commercial Printing Office, 272 Montgomery Street [San Francsico].

California, Northern; Events; Manners & customs

Advertisements; Ephemera

[Invitation to business meeting given by Warren & Company at Orleans Hotel, Sacramento, California] 1852 BANC PIC 1963.002:1820--A

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper: letterpress 17 x 10.9 cm.

Content/Description:

Meeting regarding Horticultural Fair of 1852.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Title based on printed text within image. Printed (LC): Sac[ramento] City, Sept[ember] 6, 1852.

Agriculture; California, Northern; Events; Sacramento (Calif.)

Ephemera

D. Norgross: calendar for 1853 1853 BANC PIC 1963.002:1826--A

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving and letterpress 18.2 x 14.3 cm.

Content/Description:

Advertisement for military regalia, flag, and trimmings emporium in San Francisco.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UC). Date printed within image.

Business enterprises

Advertisements; Ephemera

Oak Grove ball [invitation] 1852 BANC PIC 1963.002:1827--A

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Creator/Collector: Democratic State Journal (active ca. 1852), printer

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving 16.3 x 10.4 cm.

Content/Description:

Miner's ball held at Oak Grove Hotel.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UC). Date 1852 printed within image. Printed (LC): Democratic State Journal, print.

Events; Miners

Engravings; Ephemera

A glimpse of the Golden Land: Emerson's celebrated California paintings [pamphlet] 1852 BANC PIC 1963.002:1833--A

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper: letterpress 20 x 13 cm.

Content/Description:

Pamphlet apparently meant to accompany exhibit of L. Eaton Emerson with description of paintings.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UC). Printed date (on verso): Boston, May 1852.

Events; Gold rushes; Manners & customs

Advertisements; Ephemera

Baldwin Hotel meal ticket [San Francisco, California] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:1839--A

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper: letterpress 4.8 x 9.2 cm.

Content/Description:

For breakfast.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UC).

Hotels; Manners & customs

Ephemera

Baldwin's Tallac House, the summer resort of California, Tallac, Lake Tahoe, Cal[ifornia] [1896] BANC PIC 1963.002:1842--A

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper: engraving, color 5.5 x 8.7 cm., image on envelope 9.5 x 16.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Enveleope includes view from lake showing resort among trees on shore.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (ML). Stamped (on recto and verso): Jun[e] 23, 1896.

Buildings; California, Northern; Hotels; Lakes & ponds

Engravings, color; Ephemera

Baldwin's Theatre farewell benefit of F. F. Mackay [ticket, [San Francisco, California] 1878 BANC PIC 1963.002:1843--A

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on paper: 5.9 x 11.5 cm.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UC, MC). Printed (LC): Sunday ev[enin]g, Sept[ember] 1, [18]78.

Events; Manners & customs

Ephemera

[Central House restaurant menu, San Francisco, California] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:1851--B

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Creator/Collector: Alta California Steam Presses (active ca. 1860-ca. 1870), printer

Physical Description: print on paper: letterpress 42.5 x 31.5 cm.

Content/Description:

Menu enclosed in decorative border.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UC): Central House, Washington Street, San Francisco, by A. Staples. Printed (LC): Alta California Steam Presses.

Manners & customs

Ephemera

[John C. Fremont and William Lewis Dayton flag] [ca. 1856] BANC PIC 1963.002:1855--B

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Creator/Collector: [Unknown]

Physical Description: print on fabric: woodcut 28.3 x 38.5 cm.

Content/Description:

US flag with names printed over stripes.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Supplied title. Printed (MC): Fremont and Dayton. Printed (enclosed label): Gov[erner] Fremont was the unsuccessful candidate for President in 1856, the birth of the Republican Party.

Ephemera; Woodcuts

Ephemera: Certificates

The California State Agricultural Society [certificate] [not before 1854] BANC PIC 1963.002:0632--C

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Creator/Collector: Baker, George Holbrook (1827-1906) , American, lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on board: lithograph, color 50.8 x 61 cm.

Content/Description:

Awarded to J.W. Marshall. Surrounding images related to farming include view of Sacramento, Yosemite scenery, livestock (horses, bulls, pigs, etc), agriculture, shipping, etc.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (MC). Printed (LC): Designed and lithographed by Geo[rge] H. Baker, San Francisco; (LR): L. Nagel, print.

Agriculture; Animals; California, Northern; Horses

Certificates; Lithographs, color

[Native Sons of the Golden West, certificate of membership] [ca. 1902] BANC PIC 1963.002:0635--D

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Creator/Collector: O.E. Olsen Lith. Co. (active ca. 1902), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper mounted on board: lithograph, color 66.2 x 49.7 cm.

Content/Description:

Compilation image of numerous views of California depicting mining, agriculture, industry, nature, etc.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UC): N.S.G.W. Certificate of Membership. Printed (LL): O.E. Olsen Lith. Co. S[an] F[rancisco]. Date of certificate: June 12, 1902.

Frontier & pioneer life

Certificates; Lithographs, color

[Los Angeles, California Fire Department certificate] [18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0636--D

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Creator/Collector: A.L. Bancroft & Company (active ca. 1872-ca. 1973), lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 56.7 x 70.2 cm.

Content/Description:

Multiple images set in architectural framework surmounted with allegorical images with Minerva (representing state of California) and Industry, as well as other images relating to firefighting.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Title based on printed text within image. Printed (LC): Designed & lithographed by A.L. Bancroft & Co., S[an] F[rancisco]

California, Southern; Fires; Los Angeles region (Calif.)

Allegories; Certificates; Lithographs, color

[Los Angeles County Poultry Association diploma] 1892 BANC PIC 1963.002:0637--B

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Creator/Collector: Los Angeles Lithographic Company (active 189-) , American, lithographer

Physical Description: print on paper: lithograph, color 35.6 x 28.1 cm.

Content/Description:

Certificate with postcard-type views of different breeds of chickens (hens and roosters), as well as other poultry in background including ducks, pigeons, and ostriches. First prize given to H. G. Keisling for a Mottled Langshan Hen.

Notes/Inscriptions:

Printed title (UC, within image). Printed (LR): Los Angeles Litho. Co. Signatures of association officials on certificate.

Agriculture; Animals; California, Southern; Los Angeles region (Calif.)

Certificates; Lithographs, color