California Pictorial Lettersheet Collection

The celebration in San Francisco, in commemoration of the successful laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable, Monday September 27th, 1858.

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Various illustrations of the parade, with descriptive text, surrounded by seals of the thirty states.

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Sterett and Butler, Printers, Engravers, and Publishers, 145 Clay Street, San Francisco.

"Celebration of Washington's Birth Day" San Francisco Feby. 23d. 1852. circa 1852

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Depicts Washington's Birthday celebration in Portsmouth Square, with buildings in the background, including "El Dorado," "The Union," and City Hall.

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Lith. and Pub. by Pollard and Britton.

City of San Francisco circa 1850

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High view of San Francisco from above Nob Hill, looking toward Yerba Buena Island with ships in the bay in the background.

Downieville; Sierra County, Cal. 1852

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Sketched by Mrs. M.N. Horton. Lith. of Cooke and LeCount S. Francisco. Published by Cooke and LeCount, Stationers Warehouse. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1852. By Cooke and LeCount in the Clerks Office in the Northern District of California.

Earthquake in San Francisco, Cal. Oct. 21, 1868 circa 1869

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D. Appleton and Co., San Francisco.

Execution of Casey & Cora, by the San Francisco Vigilance Committee May 22d. 1856. circa 1856

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Pub. by Britton and Rey.

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Taken from cor. Davis and Commercial.

A fight with a grizly [sic].

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Lith. and Pub. by Britton and Rey S. Franco.

Fire in San Francisco. In the night from the 3d.-4th May, 1851. Loss $20,000,000. circa 1851

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View from Nob Hill of conflagration on the waterfront, south of Telegraph Hill.

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Lith. Justh and Co. Broadway between Dupont and Stockton Sts.

The first trial & execution in S. Francisco on the night of 10th. of June at 2 o'clock. circa 1851

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Depicts the hanging of John Jenkins, a "Sydney man," from the rafters of the San Francisco Custom House in the Plaza. A sign on the Custom House reads "Burgoyne."

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Del. after the nature by W.C.K. Pub. and Lith. Justh Quirot and Co. Corr Calif. and Mont. Sts. S.F.

Flume [upper]. Elevating water wheel [lower]. circa 1853

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Lith. and published by Britton and Rey. San Francisco Cal.

Fort Vigilant Rooms of the Committee Sacramento St. betn Davis & Front [upper]. Mass meeting endorsing the acts of the Vigilance Committe [sic] June 14th [lower]. circa 1856

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Noisy Carier's [sic] Book and Stationery Co. Lith. Britton and Rey.

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Includes two illustrations. Upper illustration shows fort in the foreground, with signs for Brown and Crowel, Mills and Valentine, and Stoves hanging from storefronts in the background. In the distance are ships on the wharf.

The Grand Plaza, San Francisco. 1850

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View of plaza, with buildings in the background identified by the following signs: B. F. Butler Lithographer; Atwill and Co.; Music Store; Post Office; Alta California; El Dorado; Union Hotel; Empire; Stage Office. Handwritten letter on backside to Sarah and Lucy from father.

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Atwill and Co., Publishers, San Francisco. B. F. Butler's Lith, San Francisco.

Grass Valley, Nevada County California.

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Shows the town of Grass Valley, a lumber mill, and a farm, with scattered people, at work and leisure.

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R.E. Ogilby del. Lith. Britton and Rey San Francisco.

Honest voters trying to elect their officers in front of the house [upper]. Ballot box stuffers, electing their men behind the house [lower]. circa 1855

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Noisy Carriers 64 and 66 Long Wharf.

Hutchings' Panoramic Scenes Crossing the Plains. circa 1853

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Thirteen vignettes depicting the overland journey to California.

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Published by J. M. Hutchings, Placerville. Views drawn from nature in 1853 by George H. Baker.

Hutching's panoramic scenes.--Northern California. 1855

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Six vignettes depicting the Northern California towns of Shasta, Jacksonville, Yreka, Mount Shasta, Scott's Bar, and Weaverville. Handwritten letter to brother and sister from beloved brother dated February 19, 1856 from Scotts Bar. Letter describes lumber work, pay and temperance lifestyle.

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Published by A. Roman, Bookseller, Shasta and Yreka. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by James M. Hutchings, in the Clerk's Office of the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

James King of William--The patriot martyr of California, editor of the San Francisco Evening Bulletin, who was murderously assassinated by James P. Casey, May 14th, 1856. 1856

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Two portraits of James King of William, one depicting the living man, and the other showing the entrance and exit of the fatal bullet on the corpse.

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Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1856, by James M. Hutchings, in the Clerk's Office of the U. S. District Court, for the Northern District of California. Mounted on board.

Joe Bowers. A very pathetic ballad, as sung by Mr. Johnson at the Melodeon, San Francisco.

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Sold by J.W. Sullivan, News Agent, San Francisco.

The jolly old miner.

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Humorous illustration of a drunk miner riding backwards on his horse, with two laughing miners at his left, and text below.

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Lith. and Pub. by Britton and Rey.

Life among the miners. No. 2.

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Thirteen vignettes.

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Published by Hutchings and Rosenfield, 146 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. Printed by S. H. Wade, Era Building, 151 Clay Street.

Mammoth Grove Hotel. Sperry and De Briges, Proprietors. 1875

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Calaveras Co., Cal.

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Includes description of the Mammoth and South Park Groves.

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

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Lithogd. and publd. by Britton and Rey San Francisco.

Miners at work with long toms.

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Shows miners at work with long toms, beneath which are printed romantic illustrations of a miner with a shovel, ax, and pan, and a reclining Indian chief. The entire lettersheet is enclosed in a border decorated with leafy boughs, fauna, and spears.

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Copied from daguerreotyp sketch by Justh and Quirot Lithographers.

Miner's life--Illustrated.

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Entered according to Act of Congress, by Barber and Baker, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Northern District of California. Published by Barber and Baker, corner of Third and J Street, Sacramento.

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Thirteen vignettes depicting the miner's life, surrounding printed text of two miner's songs, "The One Sung at Home" and "The One He Sings Here." Mounted on board.

Miner's Ten Commandments 1853

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by James M. Hutchings, in the Clerk's Office of the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Orders, pre paid, addressed "Box H, Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal"

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Eleven vignettes.

The miner's ten commandments. A new verse-ion, including a preamble, by-laws and decree. By Cadez Orion.

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Lith. Britton and Rey.

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Three vignettes, including an illustration of a miner striding an elephant with two stone tablets, beneath which the text of the miner's ten commandments is printed.

The mining business in four pictures.

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Lith and Published by Britton and Rey, corner of Montgomery and Commercial Sts. S. F.

Panorama of San Francisco.

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Sold by Charles Magnus, 12 Frankfort Street, New-York.

Past & Present of California.

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Thirteen overland and oversea, mining, and San Francisco scenes, including illustrations of the ships Golden Gate and San Francisco.

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Lith. and Pub. by Britton and Rey S. Francisco.

Placerville.

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Lith. and Published by Quirot and Co. corner Montgomery and California Sts S. Francisco.

River mining.

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Anthony and Baker Sc. Published at the Wide West Office, 184 Clay Street, San Francisco.

St. Mary's Church. San Francisco Cal.

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Lithd. and Publd. by Britton and Rey. San Francisco.

San Francisco. 1852

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Ten illustrations of San Francisco buildings and scenes: the Catholic C., Presidio, Mission, Grace C., Long Wharf, Mountain Lake, Jenny Lind Theater, Yerba Buena, Montgomery Str., and a larger view of the city from Nob Hill to the harbor at the center.

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Lith of Pollard and Britton. Pub. by Cooke and Le Count.

San Francisco circa 1854

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Panoramic view from Nob Hill looking east toward the bay. A couple stands in the foreground, the man pointing, with a seated artist sketching and other figures.

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Lith. of Britton and Rey Cor. Montgy. and Comml. Sts.

San Francisco--California.

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Panoramic view of San Francisco from Nob Hill to the east over North Beach.

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H. Payot. Taylor.

The San Francisco News Letter. 1856

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A summary of events from the 20th of October to the 5th of November, 1856.

San Francisco Past and Present.

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Sketch of view from Rincon Point in 1849 with vicinity of San Frncisco map. Mounted on board with pencil sketch of Ship Capitol in a hurricane.

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Taken from Rincon Point, by G. H. Baker, June 1, 1849.

San Francisco Prices Current and Shipping List. March 15, 1852. Per steamer California. Letter sheet edition. 1852

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From Chas. Parsons.

Shipment of the prisoners. Charles P. Duane, Martin Gallagher, Billy Mulligan, Wm. Carr, Edward Bulger and Woolly Kearny, sent from the country, by the "Vigilance Committee of San Francisco," at two o'clock, A.M., June 5, 1856.

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T.C. Boyd. Published by the Noisy Carrier's Book and Stationary Co., 87 Battery Street, San Francisco.

Sloat's San Francisco Prices Current and Shipping List. San Francisco, Thursday, August 14, 1851. Vol. 2, no. 7. Per steamer "California." 1851

Sonora from the North. 1853

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Published by G. S. Wells, Sonora May 1853. G.H. Goddard del. Lith. Britton and Rey, San Francisco. Entered accourding to Act of Congress in the year 1853 by G.S. Wells in the Clerk's Office of the district Court of Northern District of California.

Southern approach to Jamestown Tuolumne County Cal. 1853

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G.H. Goddard del. Lith. Britton and Rey S. Francisco. Entered according to Act of Congress n the year 1853 by L. Jones in the Clerk's Office of the district Court of the Northern district of California.

Sundry amusements in the mines.

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Four vignettes depicting two miners cooking, washing, mending, and confronting a bear warming his paws in their tent.

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Lith and published by Britton and Rey.

Surrender of the prisoners James P. Casey & Chas. Cora to the Vigilance Committee Sunday, May 18th. 1856. 2500 citizens under arms, & a reserve of 2500, ready, at a moments notice. circa 1856

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From Cor. Dupont and Broadway.

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Lithy. of Britton and Rey.

Tremendous excitement! Samuel Whittaker and Robert McKenzie rescued from the authorities, and hung by the Vigilance Committee, on Sunday August 24th at 3 o'clock p.m. in the presence of fifteen thousand people. circa 1851

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Depicts a large crowd watching a double hanging from the rafters of a San Francisco building, with signs for Bullitt, Patrick and Dow; Torrey and Blanchard; H.A. Cheever and Co.; and the Vigilance Committee Chambers.

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Lith. and Publ. by Justh, Quirot and Co.

View of the fire in Sacramento City on the night of 2d. and 3rd. of November 1852, taken from the levee. Loss: ten millions of dollars!!! circa 1853

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Lith. and Pub. by Quirot and Co. Corn. Montgomery and California Sts. S.F.

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View of a violent conflagration on Front Street, with a throng of people and their belongings crowded on the levee.

View of the last great conflagration in San-Francisco on the 22d. of June 1851. Ten squares burned, loss $3,000,000. View taken from the head of California Street during the progress of the fire. circa 1851

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Pub. and Lith. by Justh. Quirot and Co. California St. Corner Montgomery S.F.

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View of a roaring conflagration, from Nob Hill, with Telegraph Hill and the bay in the background.