California Lettersheets, 1849-ca. 1870, 1849-ca. 1870

Summary

Title:

California Lettersheets

Dates:

1849-ca. 1870

Extent:

53 lettersheets ; various sizes 51 digital objects

Language:

Collection materials are in English

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], California lettersheets, 1849-ca. 1870, BANC PIC 19xx.097--A, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Background

Scope and content:

The 53 pictorial lettersheets in this collection date from 1849 to ca. 1870. Many of the lettersheets lack dates, but were likely produced within the above period. A variety of places, events, and topics are depicted. City and landscapes and mining scenes predominate. Also included are events of the day (fires, earthquakes, etc.). Places featured include San Francisco, Marysville, Sacramento, Calaveras County, and other northern California towns. The medium of the bulk of the illustrations are wood engravings or lithographs, featuring the work of the likes of Hutchings & Rosenfield, Barber & Baker, Britton & Rey, and others.

Acquisition information:

The California Lettersheets were assembled from various sources.

Rules or conventions:

Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Related resources

Related material:

California Lettersheets from the Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western Pictorial Materials,BANC PIC 1963.002:1-194

California Pictorial Lettersheets from the Collection of Henry H. Clifford,BANC PIC 1995.016--B

Alternative form available:

Digital representations of selected original pictorial materials are available in the list of materials below. Digital image files were prepared from selected Library originals by the Library Photographic Service. Library originals were copied onto 35mm color transparency film; the film was scanned and transferred to Kodak Photo CD (by Custom Process); and the Photo CD files were color-corrected and saved in JFIF (JPEG) format for use as viewing files.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

Processed by Padma Rubiales and Terry Boom.

Date Prepared:

© 1997

Date Encoded:

Machine-readable finding aid generated by GenX; markup validated by The Bancroft Library using CDL validation tools; Date of source: May 2015

Restrictions:

Restricted originals. Use viewing prints or digital facsimiles only. Viewing prints shelved at the Reference Desk. Use of originals only by permission of the Curator of Pictorial Collections, The Bancroft Library.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish photographs must be submitted in writing to the Curator of Pictorial Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], California lettersheets, 1849-ca. 1870, BANC PIC 19xx.097--A, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Location of this collection:

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library

Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US

Contact:

510-642-6481

bancref-library@berkeley.edu

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