Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material
Finding Aid by Mary W. Elings, Project Archivist and Eva M.M. Garcelon, Project Archivist
The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: honeyman@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu
© 1998
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material
Collection number: BANC PIC 1963.002:0001-1886
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Contact Information:
- The Bancroft Library.
- University of California, Berkeley
- Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
- Phone: (510) 642-6481
- Fax: (510) 642-7589
- Email: honeyman@library.berkeley.edu
- URL:
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu
- Finding Aid by:
- Mary W. Elings, Project Archivist
Eva M.M. Garcelon, Project Archivist
- Date Completed:
- September 1998
- Encoded by:
- Campbell Crabtree
Gabriela A. Montoya
- Funding:
- Finding aid and digital representations of archival material funded in part by a grant from the Library Services and Technology
Act (LSTA).
© 1998 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material
Collection Number: BANC PIC 1963.002:0001-1886
Collector:
Honeyman, Robert B.
Extent:
2371 items: oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, lithographs, engravings, etchings, lettersheets, clipper cards, ephemera,
objects, etc.
2271 digital objects
Repository: The
Bancroft Library.
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Languages Represented:
English
Information for Researchers
Access
Restricted originals. Use digital facsimiles or selected viewing prints only. Use of originals only by permission of the Curator
of Pictorial Collections, The Bancroft Library.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish pictorial materials 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], Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material,
BANC PIC 1963.002:0001-1886, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Digital Representations Available
Digital representations of all original pictorial materials are available as a part of the
Container list of the finding aid. Digital image files were captured from originals by the Library Photographic Service. Most Library originals
were captured directly using a Phase One Powerphase digital camera back and a Hasselblad camera. Some flat, unmounted originals
were scanned using an Epson 836XL flatbed scanner. Some framed items were first copied on 4x5 color transparency film, then
scanned using the Epson flatbed. Lower-resolution viewing files were prepared from the high-resolution master TIFF files:
the master files were downsampled, sharpened, color-corrected, adjusted for a gamma 2.2 viewing environment, and saved in
JFIF (JPEG) format before being placed on the server.
Separated Material
The Honeyman Collection originally included books, maps, manuscripts, and printed matter in addition to pictorial materials.
The non-pictorial materials were transferred to other areas of The Library and catalogued separately: books have been cataloged
in the call number range
F591.H72.A-Z; maps have been cataloged in the call number range G9990.H6 No. 1-; manuscript materials have been cataloged with the provenance
noted and traced under the catalog entry,
Honeyman, Robert B.; Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. collection; selected printed materials, such as newspapers, were transferred to the Western Americana Collection of the Bancroft Library.
Bibliography
Baird, Joseph Armstrong.
California's Pictorial Letter Sheets, 1849-1869.
San Francisco:
D. Magee,
1967.
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Catalogue of Original Paintings, Drawings and Watercolors in the Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection.
Berkeley:
The Friends of the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley,
1968.
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Honeyman Collection Inventory Sheets
(unpublished, held by The Bancroft Library).
Bénézit, Emmanuel.
Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs & graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays.
Paris:
Librairie Gründ,
1976.
10 vols.
Bryan, Michael.
Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers.
New York:
MacMillan,
1903.
5 vols.
Cummings, Paul.
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists, Third Edition.
New York:
St. Martin's Press,
1977.
Dakin, Susana Bryant.
The Honeyman Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material: a Project of The Friends of the Bancroft
Library.
Berkeley:
The Bancroft Library,
1963.
Leeper, Blanche Magurn.
Early Prints of California: from the Robert B. Honeyman Collection.
Pasadena, California:
Pasadena Art Institute,
1952.
Fielding, Mantle.
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers.
Poughkeepsie, New York:
Apollo Book,
1983.
Fine Arts Patrons of Newport Harbor.
American Primitive Painting, [catalog of] an exhibition organized by The Fine Arts Patrons of Newport Harbor.
Balboa, California:
The Pavilion Gallery,
1965.
Groce, George C. & Davis H. Wallace.
New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America.
New Haven:
Yale University Press,
1936.
Hamilton, Sinclair.
Early American Book Illustrators and Wood Engravers 1670-1870.
Princeton:
Princeton University Press,
1958.
______.
Early American Book Illustrators and Wood Engravers 1670-1870, Volume II Supplement.
Princeton, New Jersey:
Princeton University Press,
1968.
Hart, James D.
A companion to California.
Berkeley:
University of California Press,
1987.
Hughes, Edan Milton.
Artists in California 1786-1940 II.
San Francisco:
Hughes Publishing Company,
1989.
Karolik, M. & M.
Collection of American Water Colors & Drawings, Volumes 1 & 11.
Boston:
Museum of Fine Arts,
1962.
Kuchel & Dresel.
California in the '50's.
San Francisco:
John Howell,
1936.
Langsdorff, Georg Heinrich von.
Bemerkungen auf einer Reise um die Welt in den Jahren 1803-1807.
Frankfurt,
1812,
London,
1813.
2 vols.
Mills, Paul.
"Collection of Robert B. Honeyman, Jr." In California Pictorial 1800-1900; an Exhibition of Two Parts: the Collection of Robert
B. Honeyman, Jr. and Paintings by William Keith.
Santa Barbara:
Santa Barbara Museum of Art,
1962.
Mills, Paul and Joseph R. Knowland.
Early Paintings of California in the Robert B. Honeyman Jr. Collection.
Oakland:
The Oakland Art Museum,
1956.
Peters, Harry T.
California on Stone.
Garden City, New York:
Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.,
1935.
Reps, John W.
Views and Viewmakers of Urban America.
Colombia, Missouri:
University of Missouri Press,
1984.
Taft, Robert.
Artists and Illustrators of the Old West 1850-1900.
New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons,
1953.
Van Nostrand, Jeanne and Edith M. Coulter.
California Pictorial.
Berkeley and Los Angeles:
University of California Press,
University of California Press,
Vancouver, George.
A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World.
London:
Robinson and Edwards,
1798.
Administrative Information
Provenance
The Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material was purchased by The Bancroft
Library in 1963. It was funded by the UC Regents and private donations raised by The Friends of The Bancroft Library. Robert
B. Honeyman Jr. assembled this collection largely with the help of his agent Warren Howell of John Howell Books in San Francisco.
Many items were purchased abroad, chiefly in Britain, Germany, and Spain. The collection was previously housed in Mr. Honeyman's
private museum at Rancho Los Cerritos near Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, and until now has never been exhibited
in its entirety.
Scope and Content
The Robert B. Honeyman Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material is comprised of over 2300
items, with formats and media ranging from original oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, lithographs, engravings, etchings,
lettersheets, clipper cards, and ephemera, to plates and spoons featuring western themes, and a fore-edge painting. The collection
focuses on pictorial interpretations of the old West, with emphasis on the early California and Gold Rush periods. Views depict
the changing landscape of the West under the impact of westward migration, the development of towns and cities, early settlements,
California missions, railroads, gold mining scenes, pioneer and frontier life, native populations, social history, and many
other topics.
Many items in the collection are of unique historical value as they represent some of the earliest records of a particular
scene, location, or event. Included are the earliest known views of the Presidio of Monterey, Mission Carmel, San Francisco,
and Yosemite. Geographically, the collection focuses primarily on California, but also includes images from the Pacific Northwest,
other Northern American states, South and Central America, Oceania, Europe, Russia, and other locations. The entire collection
covers from ca.1790 through the early 1930s, with the bulk of works dating between 1850 and the 1870s.
The Honeyman Collection contains original watercolors and drawings from important early voyages and scientific expeditions
to the Pacific Coast and California including: the Malaspina expedition (1791-1792); the Vancouver expedition (1791-1795);
the Rezanov, Kruzenshtern, and Langsdorff expeditions (1803-1807); the Otto von Kotezebue expedition (1816); and others. These
works include some of the earliest known depictions of native populations of North America and indigenous peoples from Oceania
and the Pacific Coast.
Numerous well-known painters of the West are represented in the collection, as noted by Susana Bryant Dakin in a brochure
produced by The Friends of The Bancroft Library in 1963 to aid in fundraising for the purchase of the collection:
"Well-known painters of the West... are represented by oils and watercolors and drawings in the collection. Charles Christian
Nahl may be considered the most important resident artist of the early American period in California history. Besides a sketch-book,
dated 1853 and 1854, Mr. Honeyman managed to acquire five Nahl oils, including the beautiful and exciting
Incident on the Chagres River. A watercolor by Charles Russell,
The War Party, is small but of prime quality. Alexander Edouart's
Blessing of the Enrequita Mine, New Almaden, in the Year 1859 is a superb documentary of an important mining activity. There is a magnificent oil painting of
Mokelumne Hill by A. D. O. Browere; and impressive scenes by the French artist E. E. Narjot de Francheville, an early arrival on the West
Coast, attracted by news of gold."
In addition, the collection includes works by Albert Bierstadt, Augusto Ferran, Alfred Jacob Miller, Jules Tavernier, William
B. McMurtrie, Charles Wimar, Joseph Lee, Thomas Hill, William Keith, Edward Jump, and other prominent artists. Lithographs,
engravings, etchings, and other prints were produced by such well known firms and individuals as Britton & Rey, Currier &
Ives, Louis Nagel, Charles B. Gifford, Sarony & Major, and others. Lesser known artists are also represented in this collection,
as well as artists of various nationalities, including French, British, Italian, Spanish, and Russian, many of whom were lured
to the Pacific Coast by the California gold fields.
Biographical Note
Robert Brodhead Honeyman graduated in 1920 from Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, with an engineering degree. Mr. Honeyman
was an avid collector throughout his lifetime. He collected in a variety of areas including art, science, American and English
literature, stamps, British orders, decorations, medals, and others. His collection of books and manuscripts in the history
of science was quite significant, and was later auctioned at Sotheby's. Mr. Honeyman maintained two homes, one in Rye, New
York, and the other in Southern California, near Mission San Juan Capistrano, where he built his private museum at Rancho
Los Cerritos. He died in 1987 at 90 years of age.
Project Information
Goals and Limits of the Project
The main goal of the Honeyman Digital Archival Project, funded by the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), was to make
The Bancroft Library's Robert B. Honeyman Collection available on the internet. As one of the premier sources of pictorial
documentation of the history of California and the West, this collection is a valuable resource for teaching, learning, and
research; access to which has primarily been limited to those who could travel to The Bancroft Library.
The Honeyman Digital Archiving Project sought to obtain full bibliographic control over the collection through creation of
USMARC collection, series, and sub-series records; a comprehensive and detailed online finding aid encoded using EAD (Encoded
Archival Description); and archival digital images of all items hyperlinked to descriptions. The project followed cataloging
rules established in Elisabeth W. Betz's
Graphic Materials: rules for describing original items and historical collections and created internal conventions for data capture when necessary. The extent of the project was to create records sufficient
for access to the collection, but did not allow for extensive research of the collection holdings. Item-level description
relied primarily on pre-existing documentary resources for intellectual content, with other descriptive information (where
available) taken directly from the item. Numerous sources were consulted regarding the content of the collection (see
Bibliography), but more extensive research and documentation of the collection still remains to be done. Any correction or feedback regarding
the collection should be directed to the Project Archivists (Eva M.M. Garcelon and Mary W. Elings) or the Pictorial Curator
(Jack von Euw) of The Bancroft Library; Email:
honeyman@library.berkeley.edu
Descriptive Standards and Methodology
This finding aid grew out of several existing documentary resources compiled about the Honeyman Collection since its acquisition
in 1963. These included inventories, exhibition catalogs, sales catalog, shelf lists, and other documents related to the collection.
Resources which existed in electronic form were converted and imported to serve as the basis for the project control database.
The data records were then compiled, edited, expanded, and descriptive standards applied in order to provide more consistent
and comprehensive descriptive information for each item in the collection.
Because the collection was primarily comprised of original works of art and prints, the project looked at museum and visual
resource standards for description in structuring the data to be captured at the item-level. The following resources were
consulted during the development of the descriptive standards of the project:
The Honeyman project was a participant and the first major contributor to the Museums and the Online Archive of California
(MOAC) project [
http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/moac/ ]. This collaborative project between libraries and museums seeks to establish best practices for including museum and special
collections within the Online Archive of California (OAC). As a participant, the Honeyman project followed guidelines agreed
upon by the MOAC partners. For descriptive elements, the project used the REACH element set; for granularity of description,
the project used the Categories for the Description of Works of Art (CDWA); and for data mark-up, the Encoded Archival Description
(EAD) standard, an SGML platform independent descriptive standard maintained by the Library of Congress. It is hoped that
the Honeyman project will, along with the other participants involved in the MOAC project, serve as a model for the implementation
of the EAD standard for similar collections.
Arrangement
History of Arrangment
The Honeyman Collection arrived at The Bancroft Library in various stages and was primarily unarranged. A systematic inventory
of the collection was never done by Mr. Honeyman, however, the collection was accompanied at the time of acquisition by a
sales catalog created by Warren Howell of John Howell Books of San Francisco. The present physical arrangement of the collection
was carried out at The Bancroft Library by Joseph Armstrong Baird Jr. from 1964-1965. Call numbers were assigned sequentially
and, whenever possible items were arranged in logical groupings, such as pictorial lettersheets, sketchbooks, etc. Items were
described in detail by Baird in the
Honeyman Collection Inventory Sheets (hereafter referred to as
Inventory Sheets) following standard American museum accession methods. Out of his work grew a publication
Catalogue of Original Paintings, Drawings and Watercolors in the Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection published by the Friends of the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, 1968, which has been a valuable resource in the creation of
this finding aid.
Arrangement of Container List
For purposes of this finding aid, the container list was organized into three hierarchical groups. The arrangement of these
groups does
not reflect the physical arrangement of the collection, but was created in order to facilitate online display and browsing. The
groupings do
not represent all items in that area; other items may be searched via controlled terms or by keyword. The three groups are as
follows:
I. Individual items by geographical location:
Items, the primary subject matter of which was a geographical location, were organized based on locations predominantly represented
in the collection.
- Example:
- Northern California: Sacramento
Pacific Northwest
West (U.S.): Nevada
II. Individual items by subject or format:
Items, the primary subject matter of which does not represent a specific geographic location, were organized under general
subject or format groupings.
- Example:
- California Gold Rush
Indians of North America
Cartoons/Caricatures
Ephemera: Certificates
III. Series groupings:
Items which comprise a series or prearranged group (i.e. sketchbooks, survey drawings, albums, published series, collections
by format, etc.) were organized under a general series headings.
- Example:
-
William B. McMurtrie drawings and watercolors
Clipper ship advertisement cards
Kruzenshtern/Rezanov/Langsdorff expeditions
Access Information
Key to Item-Level Description
The format of the entries in the container listing is as follows:
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Creator(s), dates, nationality, role (qualifying notes)
Title
Date, place of publication (if available)
Physical description (technique and support: medium)
Dimensions (in cm., and other dimensions)
Call number - shelf location (qualifying notes)
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Content/description
Notes/inscriptions/language
Subjects (controlled vocabulary terms)
Genre/Formats (controlled vocabulary terms)
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Note
Note: all bracketed text indicates supplied information, i.e. not transcribed from the item. Justification for supplied information
is generally recorded in the Notes/Inscriptions section.
Example:
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Langsdorff, Georg Heinrich von (1773-1850)
German, artist
[A dance of Indians at Mission of San Jose, New California]
[between 1806 and 1810]
drawing on paper: ink wash highlighted with gouache
22.4 x 28.2 cm.
BANC PIC 1963.002:1023--FR
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Content/Description
Six Indians with elaborately painted and tattooed bodies, wearing native costumes and headdresses, dance in clearing near
river. Possibly the earliest known view of Mission Indians at Mission San Jose, California.
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Notes/Inscriptions
Supplied title. Handwritten title (LC): Ein Tanz der Indianer in der Mission in St. Jose in Neu-Californien. Signature (LR):
Dessiné par G. de Langsdorff. Handwritten (UR): XIII. Also attributed to Tilesius von Tilenau (see Van Nostrand's California
Pictorial). Ref. note: Langsdorff--German ed., Vol. II, Plate 10; text, p. 43; English edition, Vol. II, Plate 2; text, p.
48. Inscriptions in German.
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Subjects: California, Northern; Clothing & dress; Expeditions & surveys; Indians of North America; Manners & customs; Missions; San
Francisco Bay Area (Calif.); Voyages to the Pacific.
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Genre/Formats: Wash drawings; Travel sketches.
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Explanation of Descriptive Elements
Creator(s), dates, nationality, role (qualifying notes):All creators (artists, lithographers, etchers, engravers, publishers, printers, etc.) associated with the production of an
item are listed by name; followed by dates (birth and death, or active dates), nationality (if known), and roles (if determined).
Creator names and roles were cited based on authorship information as it appeared either in printed or handwritten form on
the item. In cases where assignation of authorship did not appear directly on the item, a qualifying note indicating "attributed
to," "in style of" or "based on original by" was provided following the creator information. Justification for assignation
of authorship is given in the
Notes/Inscriptions area. Name types (personal or corporate) are indexed within the finding aid.
Creator biographies: [available in near future]:each entry is linked to brief biographical information compiled during collection processing and from variety of printed and
online resources (see
Bibliography).
Title: titles were transcribed from the item or supplied. Locations (city, state, or country) and expansions of abbreviations were
added to some transcribed titles for clarity. Foreign titles were transcribed in the
Notes/Inscriptions area and an English equivalent supplied in the title area.
Date: transcribed from item (either printed or in the hand of the artist) or supplied. The following date forms were used in this
finding aid:
| 1853 |
date certain |
| 1853? |
date probable |
| c1850 |
date of copyright |
| 185- |
decade certain |
| 185-? |
decade probable |
| 18-- |
century certain |
| 18--? |
century probable |
Place of publication: transcribed from item or supplied, if known. In cases where place of publication is unknown or does not apply (as with original
works of art), no information is recorded.
Physical description: technique, support and medium. Ex.: Print on tinted paper: lithograph.
Dimensions: height by width in centimeters to the nearest tenth. Other dimensions, such as irregular shapes (oval, dome, etc.), visible
image (if full view obstructed), sheet or mount size (if significantly larger than image), folded (if published as such),
etc., follow dimensions.
Call Number -shelf location (qualifying notes): the call number consists of the collection number "1963.002" followed by a colon and the item number. This number is followed
by two dashes and the
shelving location. Example: 1963.002:0001--A. In some cases, this is followed by
qualifying notes provided in parenthesis, including:
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Copy: exact duplicate (digital representation not provided).
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Variant: similar item or copy, with clear variation in size, color, creator, date, etc.
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Note: multiple copies or variants are numbered sequentially, example: 1963.002:0001--A (variant 1).
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Supplement: item that provides additional information related to another item, such as keys, modern reprints with supplementary notes,
etc. (some digital representations not provided).
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Enclosure: additional material shelved with item, such as reproductions, transcriptions, etc.
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Recto: front, if images appear on both sides.
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Verso: back, if images appear on both sides.
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View: numbered or lettered views indicating relationship of several items to one another.
Content/description: textual description of image and supplementary information adding to content. Major and minor subjects are mentioned. Uncontrolled
and alternative vocabulary is used in order to complement controlled terms used in
subject access section (see
Controlled Access).
Notes/inscriptions: includes information transcribed from item, preceded by the form (printed, handwritten, or supplied) and its location on item
(see abbreviations below). Supplied information is indicated, as is justification for attributions and other descriptive information.
Some copy, variant, supplement, and other explanatory notes are included here. Notes related to "Inventory Sheets" refer to
J.A. Baird's
Honeyman Collection Inventory Sheets (see
History of Arrangement). Other reference notes are indicated by 'Ref. note'. Language of inscriptions, if other than English, was indentified.
Abbreviations used for locations of transcribed notes:
(UL) = upper left
(UC) = upper center
(UR) = upper right
(ML) = middle left
(MC) = middle center
(MR) = middle right
(LL) = lower left
(LC) = lower center
(LR) = lower right
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Controlled Access
Controlled access is provided via lists of selected subject terms (topical and geographic) and genre/format terms which focus
on the major themes and types of works represented in the collection. Access is provided to
major subject themes through controlled vocabulary terms applied to each item record, while
minor subjects themes (or alternate terms) were used in other descriptive areas, such as
Title, Series, Content/description, and Notes/inscriptions. Controlled vocabulary genre/format terms provide access to broad genre types and formats, with more detailed description of
the item's physical characteristics provided in the
Physical description.
The goal of this approach was to balance the use of both controlled and uncontrolled vocabulary in order to facilitate both
controlled term and keyword searches. In order to maintain limited lists of controlled terms, personal and corporate names
were not included in the list of subjects. An attempt was made, however, to use standardized name forms for personal and corporate
names in the descriptive areas (see above). These name forms were drawn from sources including: LC Name Authority File, ULAN
(Union List of Artist Names), and selected printed resources (see
Bibliography.)
Subject: topical and geographic subject terms were drawn from two sources: the
Library of Congress Thesaurus for Graphic Materials (hereafter cited as
lctgm), primarily for topical terms, and the
Library of Congress Subject Headings (hereafter cited as
LCSH) primarily for geographical locations and ethnic terms not found in
lctgm (the source of each term is noted within the finding aid mark-up).
List of topical terms used:
- Afro-Americans
- Agriculture
- Animals
- Arms & armament
- Bays
- Bears
- Bison
- Buildings
- Business enterprises
- Camping
- Cattle
- Children
- Chinese
- Churches
- Clothing & dress
- Cowboys
- Criminals
- Discovery & exploration
- Dwellings
- Environmental degradation
- Equipment
- Events
- Expeditions & surveys
- Fires
- Frontier & pioneer life
- Funerary facilities
- Fur trade
- Gold rushes
- Harbors
- Horses
- Hotels
- Hunting
- Indians of North America
- Indigenous peoples
- Industry
- Interiors
- Laborers
- Lakes & ponds
- Lumber industry
- Manners & customs
- Mexicans
- Military facilities
- Military personnel
- Miners
- Mining
- Missions
- Mountains
- Nature
- Overland journeys to the Pacific
- Packtrains
- Plants
- Railroads
- Ranches
- Rites & ceremonies
- Rivers
- Settlements
- Settlers
- Spaniards
- Vehicles
- Vessels
- Voyages to the Pacific
- Water works
- Waterfronts
- Westward movement
- Women
List of geographical terms used:
Terms designating major geographical areas (U.S. states, non-U.S. countries, and regions such as Oceania, Pacific Northwest,
Central America, etc.) were applied to items representing specific locations. Because California is predominantly featured
within the collection, the state was divided into California, Southern and California, Northern. Within these divisions, terms
for major cities and regions were applied. Specific locations, not in the list of geographic terms below, may be found via
keyword search.
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Australia
- Austria
- Barbados
- Bermuda Islands
- Brazil
- California, Northern
- California, Southern
- Canada
- Canary Islands
- Central America
- Chile
- Colorado
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Ecuador
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Kansas
- Los Angeles region (Calif.)
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Malta
- Mexico
- Monaco
- Montana
- Monterey Bay region (Calif.)
- Monterey (Calif.)
- Nebraska
- Netherlands
- Nevada
- New Mexico (State)
- New York
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Northwest, Pacific
- Oceania
- Oregon
- Panama
- Peru
- Portugal
- Russia
- Sacramento (Calif.)
- San Diego (Calif.)
- San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
- South America
- Spain
- Tahiti
- Utah
- Washington (State)
- West (U.S.)
- Wyoming
- Yosemite Valley (Calif.)
Genre/Form: Genre and format terms were drawn from the
Library of Congress Thesaurus for Graphic Materials (hereafter cited as
gmgpc).
List of genre/format terms used:
- Advertisements
- Allegories
- Architectural drawings
- Artifacts
- Bird's-eye views
- Botanical illustrations
- Broadsides
- Caricatures
- Cartoons (Commentary)
- Certificates
- Cityscapes
- Clipper ship cards
- Drawings
- Engravings
- Engravings, color
- Ephemera
- Etchings
- Gouaches
- Illustrations
- Keys (Legends)
- Landscapes
- Lithographs
- Lithographs, color
- Maps
- Marines (Visual works)
- Oil paintings
- Paintings
- Panoramic views
- Photographs
- Photomechanical prints
- Pictorial lettersheets
- Portraits
- Posters
- Seascapes
- Sheet music covers
- Travel sketches
- Wash drawings
- Watercolors
- Woodcuts
- Zoological illustrations
Individual items by geographical location
Northern California: Calaveras County
Angels, Calaveras County, Cal[ifornia], 1857
c1857 BANC PIC 1963.002:0222--B
Creator/Collector:
Kuchel & Dresel (active ca. 1853-ca. 1865), publisher
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
32.4 x 49.2 cm.
Content/Description:
Town from outskirts, several buildings, and food bridge over stream to right.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (UC): Kuchel & Dresel's California views; (LC, above title): Entered... 1857 by Kuchel & Dresel...
Cal[ifornia]; (LR): Printed by Britton & Rey.
California, Northern; Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
Murphys, Calaveras County, Cal[ifornia]
c1857 BANC PIC 1963.002:0246--B
Creator/Collector:
Kuchel & Dresel (active ca. 1853-ca. 1865), lithographer and publisher
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
27.5 x 40.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Town from outskirts; numerous buildings and houses surrounded by low foothills; mining? structures in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (UC): Kuchel & Dresel's California views; (LL): Drawn from nature and lith. by Kuchel & Dresel,
176 Clay St[reet], S[an] F[rancisco]; (LC, above title): Entered... 1857 by Kuchel & Dresel... California; (LR): Printed by
Britton & Rey.
California, Northern; Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
[Gold washers at Mokelumne River in California]
[1850?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0249--A
Creator/Collector:
Rottmann, Ad. (active ca. 1850), artist
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving, hand colored
15.4 x 23.3 cm.
Content/Description:
Scene in small river valley with high mountains in distance; few men are panning in river, man with donkey at left, two men
digging at right. Settlement of several homes/tents in valley (Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County?).
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC): Die Goldwäscher am Mokelumne River/in Californien. Printed (UL): Ms C.L. No. 1374; (MR): Ad. Rottmann,
sc.; (LL): Aus. d. Kunstanst d. Bibl. Inst. in Hildbh; (LR): Eigenthum d. Verleger. Date based on biographical note in Hughes.
Inscriptions in German.
California, Northern; Camping; Frontier & pioneer life; Gold rushes; Miners; Rivers
Engravings, color; Landscapes
Lower Bar, Mokelumne River [Mokelumne Hill?, Calaveras County, California]
[ca. 1850] BANC PIC 1963.002:0258:01--A
Creator/Collector:
Taylor, Bayard (1825-1878)
, American, artist
Sarony & Major (active ca.1846-ca. 1857)
, American, lithographer
Putnam, Geo. P. (active ca. 1850), undetermined
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
12.4 x 19 cm.
Content/Description:
Two men panning for gold in river; outlines of tents in distance; forested valley with hills in background.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Bayard Taylor; (LC, below title): New York, Geo[rge] P. Putnam; (LR): Lith. of Sarony &
Major.
California, Northern; Frontier & pioneer life; Miners; Mining; Rivers
Landscapes; Lithographs, color
Wellingtonia Gigantea [redwood]: standing on the head waters of the Stanislaus & San Antoine Rivers in Calaveras County, California
[185-] BANC PIC 1963.002:0374--D
Creator/Collector:
Lapham, Joseph M. (active 1852-1860)
, American, artist
Day & Son (active ca. 1850)
, British, lithographer
Needham, J., lithographer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
63.5 x 46 cm., dome top
Content/Description:
Giant redwood standing in clearing; tent, Indians with bows and papoose, and western couple in foreground. Detail of pine
cone below main image.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): From nature by J.M. Lapham, J. Needham, lith.; (LR): Day & Son, lith[ographe]rs to the Queen;
(LR): Diameter 31 feet at the base, height 290 feet, estimated age 3000 years; (LC, below title): Introduced to England by
messrs. Veitch & Son of Exeter, and of the Exotic Nursery, Kings Road, Chelsea, through their collector Mr. W[illia]m Lobb.
For variants see 1963.002:0375--C and 1963.002.1420--C.
California, Northern; Nature; Plants
Landscapes; Lithographs, color
Mammoth Arbor Vitae [redwood]: standing on the head waters of the Stanislaus & San Antoine Rivers, in Calaveras County, California
c1861 BANC PIC 1963.002:0375--C
Creator/Collector:
Kipps, A. K. (active ca. 1861), artist
Daniels, J. H. (active ca. 1861), lithographer
Dayton, Charles Francis (active ca. 1861), publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
60.5 x 48.2 cm.
Content/Description:
Giant redwood standing in clearing; tent, Indians with bows and papoose, and western couple in foreground. Detail of pine
cone below main image.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn A.K. Kipps; (LR): J.H. Daniels Lith. Boston; (LC, below title): Diameter 31 feet at
the base- circumference 96 f[ee]t-height 290 f[ee]t, 3000 years old/ Boston, published by C.F. Dayton, 134 Washington St[reet]/
Entered...1861 by Charles Francis Dayton...Massachusetts. For variants see 1963.002:0374--D and 1963.002.1420--C.
California, Northern; Nature; Plants
Landscapes; Lithographs, color
"Hercules" [redwood, Mammoth Tree Grove, Calaveras County, California]
[not after 1862] BANC PIC 1963.002:0376--A
Creator/Collector:
Vischer, Edward (1808-1879)
, German, artist
Physical Description:
print on paper mounted on paper: lithograph
21.3 x 32 cm.
Content/Description:
Grove of sequoias with large uprooted tree broken in half in center, several figures including Indians standing about.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Proof impression of plate X entitled "The Fallen Hercules... 1861," published in Vischer's "The Mammoth
Tree Grove, Calaveras County, Cal., and its avenues," 1862. See 1963.002:085:00-12--ALB.
California, Northern; Nature; Plants
Lithographs
Hermit and the "Burnt Tree" [redwood]
[not after 1862] BANC PIC 1963.002:0377--A
Creator/Collector:
Kuchel, C. C. (1820-ca. 1865)
, Swiss, artist
Vischer, Edward (1808-1879)
, German, artist
Physical Description:
print on paper mounted on paper: lithograph
28.2 x 20.9 cm.
Content/Description:
Large sequoia in center surrounded by grove of smaller trees. Proof impression of plate XI entitled "Hermit...," published
in "The mammoth tree grove, Calaveras County, Cal., and its avenues," 1862.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LR, within image): C.C. Kuchel.
California, Northern; Nature; Plants
Lithographs
The Orphans [redwood, Mammoth Tree Grove, Calaveras County, California]
[not after 1862] BANC PIC 1963.002:0378--A
Creator/Collector:
Kuchel, C. C. (1820-ca. 1865)
, Swiss, artist
Vischer, Edward (1808-1879)
, German, artist
Physical Description:
print on paper mounted on paper: lithograph
28.3 x 20.8 cm.
Content/Description:
Two lofty sequoia trees surrounded by smaller trees. Proof impression of plate XII entitled "The orphans...," published in
"The mammoth tree grove, Calaveras County, Cal., and its avenues," 1862.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Handwritten (LR, within image): C.C. Kuchel.
California, Northern; Nature; Plants
Lithographs
The Mammoth Trees of California, Calaveras County, Sequoia Gigantea [redwood]
[ca. 1855] BANC PIC 1963.002:0379--D
Creator/Collector:
Stillman, G. K. (active ca. 1855), engraver
Times Steam Job Color Press, printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving, color
52.5 x 67 cm., dome top
Content/Description:
View showing main features of mammoth tree grove: Father of the Forest, Mother of the Forest, Three Graces, Big Tree, Miner's
and Uncle Tom's Cabin, Horseback Ride, and Sentinels.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): G.K. Stillman, engraver, 4th & Walnut, Cin[cinnati]; (LC, below title): Presented to the
subscribers of the Cincinnati Weekly Times; (LR): Times Steam Job Color Press print. Printed legend.
California, Northern; Nature; Plants
Engravings, color
The Mammoth Tree Grove, Calaveras County, California [redwood]
c1855 BANC PIC 1963.002:0380--D
Creator/Collector:
Ayres, Thomas A. (1816-1858)
, American, artist
Kuchel & Dresel (active ca. 1853-ca. 1865), lithographer
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
54 x 66.5 cm.
Content/Description:
View showing main features of mammoth tree grove: Father of the Forest, Mother of the Forest, Three Graces, Big Tree, Miner's
and Pioneer's Cabin, Horseback Ride, and Sentinels. Includes view of hotel
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (MC). Printed (LL): Sketched from nature by T.A. Ayres, 1855; (LC): Printed by Britton & Rey/Entered... 1855
by T.A. Ayres... Cal[ifornia]; (LR): Drawn on stone by Kuchel & Dresel, 176 Clay St[reet], S[an] F[rancisco]. Each item captioned.
California, Northern; Nature; Plants
Lithographs, color
The stump and trunk of the Mammoth Tree of Calaveras [County, California]
[1862] BANC PIC 1963.002:0381--B
Creator/Collector:
Nagel, Fishbourne & Kuchel (active ca. 1862)
, American, lithographer
Hutchings, J. M. (James Mason) (1820-1902), publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
26 x 36.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Large group of men, women and child in fancy dress at cotillion dancing on large sequoia tree stump. People on horseback,
in wagons, and in carriage in foreground; dense redwood forest in background.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, above title): Lith. of Nagel, Fishbourne & Kuchel, 529 Clay St[reet], cor[ner] Liedesdorff
St[reet]s, S[an] Francisco; (LC, below title): Showing a cotillion party of thirty two persons dancing on a stump at one time./Published
by J.M. Hutchings, S[an] Francisco.
California, Northern; Lumber industry; Manners & customs; Nature
Lithographs, color
The Dead Giant, California [redwood, Mammoth Tree Grove, Calaveras County, California]
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0382--A
Creator/Collector:
Becker, Joseph (1841-1910)
, American, artist
Physical Description:
drawing on paper: pencil
22.8 x 31.8 cm.
Content/Description:
Small carriage with one horse and one male driver halted inside man-made opening in trunk of sequoia "Dead Giant" (sign on
tree above); two other men on horseback, one on each side of buggy.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Handwritten title (LR). Signature in pencil (LR): Carl J. Becker.
California, Northern; Nature; Plants
Drawings
[Mokelumne Hill?, Calaveras County, California]
1857 BANC PIC 1963.002:1388--FR
Creator/Collector:
Browere, Albertus D. O. (1814-1887)
, American, artist
Physical Description:
painting on canvas mounted on board: oil
88.5 x 126 cm.
Content/Description:
Panoramic view overlooking broad valley; prospector walks alongside supply wagon drawn by four horses.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title (based on information from Inventory Sheets). Signature and date (LR): A.D.O. Browere, 1857.
California, Northern; Gold rushes
Landscapes; Oil paintings
Mammoth Arbor Vitae [redwood]: standing on the head waters of the Stanislaus & San Antoine Rivers, in Calaveras County, California
c1853 BANC PIC 1963.002:1420--C
Creator/Collector:
Lapham, Joseph M. (active 1852-1860)
, American, artist
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph
59.2 x 46.4 cm., dome top
Content/Description:
Giant redwood standing in clearing; tent, Indians with bows and papoose, and western couple in foreground. Detail of pine
cone below main image.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): From nature by J.M. Lapham; (LR): Lith. Britton & Rey, San Francisco; (LC, below title):
Diameter 31 feet at the base- circumference 96 f[ee]t-height 290 f[ee]t, 3000 years old/Entered... 1853 by W.H Hanford...California.
For variants see 1963.002:0374--D and 1963.002.375-C.
California, Northern; Nature; Plants
Lithographs
Mokelumne Hill [Calaveras County, California]
c1855 BANC PIC 1963.002:1548--FR
Creator/Collector:
Kuchel & Dresel (active ca. 1853-ca. 1865), artist and lithographer
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
45 x 62.1 cm., visible image
Content/Description:
General view of town from outskirts. Marginal images include commercial, public and residential buildings; scenes include
pedestrians, horses and wagons.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn from nature & on stone by Kuchel & Dresel, 146 Clay St[reet], S[an] F[rancisco]; (LR):
Printed by Britton & Rey; (LC): Entered... 1855 by Kuchel & Dresel... Cal[ifonia]. Each image captioned.
Buildings; California, Northern; Dwellings; Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
Northern California: Coloma
[View of Sutter's Mill where gold was discovered, Coloma, California]
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0197--A
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving, hand colored
9.7 x 15.2 cm., on mount 22.1 x 28.7 cm.
Content/Description:
Mill with buildings and houses to right and in middleground; rolling hills in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC): Sutter's Sägemühle in Californien. Inscriptions in German.
California, Northern; Gold rushes; Settlements
Engravings, color
[Coloma in 1857, California, from a drawing of the period]
[1891] BANC PIC 1963.002:0205--A
Creator/Collector:
Fenn, Harry (1845-1911)
, British, artist (attributed to)
Physical Description:
drawing on paper: wash and ink
16.5 x 25.9 cm.
Content/Description:
General view of town and American River; principal buildings across, on far side; bridge, center; rolling hills in distance.
Coloma was settlement developed around Sutter's Mill.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Note from Inventory Sheets: signed (on reverse of mat): Fenn, June [18]91 (in blue pencil--20th century addition?).
California, Northern; Rivers; Settlements
Drawings; Wash drawings
[Sutter's Mill, Coloma, California]
[1850] BANC PIC 1963.002:0254--A
Creator/Collector:
McIlvaine, William, Jr. (1813-1867)
, American, artist
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph
16.2 x 24.2 cm.
Content/Description:
Mill and stream where gold was first discovered; hills in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC): Sütters Mill. Printed (LL, within image): McIlvaine; (UR): 4. Plate 4 from "Sketches of scenery and notes
of personal adventure in California and Mexico, by William M'Ilvaine, Jr., Philadelphia, 1850. Inscriptions in German and
English.
California, Northern; Gold rushes; Mining
Lithographs
[Mining camp in Coloma, California]
[not before 1850] BANC PIC 1963.002:0303--B
Creator/Collector:
Taber, W. (active ca. 1891), artist
Audubon, John Woodhouse (1812-1862)
, American, artist (based on original by)
Physical Description:
painting on tinted paper: ink, wash, and gouache
16.8 x 30.6 cm.
Content/Description:
Mining camp with several tents and two wooden houses surrounded by high mountains in distance. This site was apparently located
half mile above Coloma (where Sutter's Mill was located) in northwest canyon of American Fork of Sacramento River.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Signature (LR): Taber. Handwritten on mount (modern) (LL): The discovery of gold mining camp; (LR): N[orth]
W[est] Canyon, American fork of Sacramento River/1/2 mile above Coloma, May 4. 1850/ from a drawing by [M.R.?] Audobon (James
Woodhouse?). Note from Inventory Sheets: Art Department/The Century Co., Older coded catalogue or price numbers on mat and
on both sides of drawing's mount; various historical notes (the above apparently transcribed from previous mount). Possibly
used for illustration or reproduction.
California, Northern; Camping; Dwellings; Frontier & pioneer life; Gold rushes; Mining
Paintings
Sutter's Mill, with a view of Coloma, California
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0410--A
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving, hand colored
19.9 x 19.7 cm.
Content/Description:
Mill in foreground, wood-frame buildings and houses in middleground.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Clipping from: Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion.
California, Northern; Settlements
Engravings, color
Across the continent: the Frank Leslie transcontinental excursion...
[1878] BANC PIC 1963.002:0504--C
Creator/Collector:
Baker, Horace (1833-1918)
, American, engraver
Leslie, Frank (1821-1880), publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving, hand colored
39.6 x 56.2 cm.
Content/Description:
Railroad with train rounding bend as Chinese workers look on; deep ravine with river and site of Sutter's Mill, Coloma, California
at right.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC): Across the continent, the Frank Leslie transcontinental excursion, the excursion train rounding Cape Horn
at the head of the great American canyon, with a view of the South Fork of the American River, where gold was first discovered
in 1848. Printed (UR): [page] 128, April 27, 1878; (UC): Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper; (UR): April 27, 1878, [page]
129; (LL, within image): H. Baker, sc.; (LC, below title): From sketches by our special artists, see page 125.
California, Northern; Chinese; Railroads; Vehicles
Engravings; Engravings, color; Landscapes
Coloma, 1857, El Dorado County, California
c1857 BANC PIC 1963.002:0912--D
Creator/Collector:
Kuchel & Dresel (active ca. 1853-ca. 1865), artist and lithographer
Searle, George (active ca. 1857), publisher
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
54 x 68.8 cm.
Content/Description:
Central view overlooking town with American River in center showing site where Sutter's Mill stood. Marginal views include
residences, businesses, church, and Crescent City Hall.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (UC): Kuchel & Dresel's California views; (MC): Entered... 1857 by Kuchel & Dresel... California;
(LL): Drawn from nature and lith. by Kuchel & Dresel, 176 Clay St[reet], San Francisco; (LR): Printed by Britton & Rey; (LC,
below title): Published by George Searle, Coloma. Each image captioned.
Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; Rivers; Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
Cabin of James W. Marshall, Coloma, Calif[ornia]
[1931] BANC PIC 1963.002:0921--B
Creator/Collector:
Sloan, Blanding (active ca. 1931), artist
Physical Description:
print on paper: etching
32 x 40.9 cm.
Content/Description:
Dilapidated wood plank cabin in woods.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Handwritten title (LL). Signature (LR): Blanding Stone. Printed label (LC): Cabin of James W. Marshall, discoverer of gold,
upon a hillside near Coloma... where its builder made a momentous discovery, Philip Johnston. Date based on comparison to
1963.002:0920--B.
California, Northern; Dwellings; Gold rushes
Etchings
[Sutter's Mill, Coloma, California]
1931 BANC PIC 1963.002:0922--B
Creator/Collector:
Sloan, Blanding (active ca. 1931), artist
Physical Description:
print on paper: etching
31.7 x 40.7 cm.
Content/Description:
Stone wall with "Sutter Mill" imbedded in it stands in shallow water of the American River. Miner with gold pan in his hand
and pick over his shoulder in foreground surrounded by lush vegetation.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Handwritten title (LL). Signature (LR): Blanding Stone. Printed (LL, within image): Blanding Sloan, [19]31. Printed label
(LC): Sutter Mill, Coloma, California, The spot where gold was discovered in California... Here dawned the first day of a
golden epoch, Philip Johnston.
California, Northern; Gold rushes; Miners; Mining; Sacramento (Calif.)
Etchings
[Sutter's Mill at Coloma, California]
[ca. 1850] BANC PIC 1963.002:1324--A
Creator/Collector:
Dunnel, John Henry (1813-1904)
, American, artist (Attributed to)
Physical Description:
painting on heavy paper: watercolor
22 x 17.3 cm.
Content/Description:
Mill with mill race before it; other buildings (mining operations?) in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Handwritten on verso: Dunnel (John?).
California, Northern; Gold rushes; Mining
Paintings; Watercolors
[Gold mining at Sutter's Mill, Coloma, California]
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:1522--FR
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
painting on canvas: oil
51.2 x 61.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Frame building in right foreground with miner leaning on pick nearby; another miner at right kneels with bed roll burden and
cradle. Sutter's Mill in center with frame buildings on other side of river at foot of hills.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title.
California, Northern; Gold rushes; Miners
Landscapes; Oil paintings
A view of Sutter's Mill & Culloma [Coloma] Valley on the south fork of the American line, Alta California
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:1534--E
Creator/Collector:
Sarony & Major (active ca.1846-ca. 1857)
, American, lithographer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
60.1 x 78.2 cm.
Content/Description:
View overlooking settlement on American River; numerous small buildings scattered across landscape; Sutter's Mill in center;
Indian man on cliff in foreground.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, below title): Respectfully dedicated to Capt[ain] John A. Sutter/by his obedient servant
John T. Little; (LR): Lith. of Sarony & Major, New York.
California, Northern; Mining; Rivers; Settlements
Cityscapes; Landscapes; Lithographs, color
Northern California: Humboldt and Mendocino Counties
[Headquarters of Mendocino Indian Reservation, California]
[1857] BANC PIC 1963.002:0228--C
Creator/Collector:
Edouart, Alexander (1818-1892)
, British, artist (attributed to)
Physical Description:
painting on paper mounted on board: oil
30.4 x 53 cm., on mount 38.1 x 61.4 cm.
Content/Description:
Small settlement with fenced dwelling, several outbuildings, carts, horses and people at work.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Handwritten title (on verso). Handwritten (on verso): by Alex[ander] Edouart, 1857. Done while Edouart was a member of a hunting
party in 1857 to present to Mendocino County. Enclosure describing hunting party and images removed to curatorial file.
Buildings; California, Northern; Dwellings; Indians of North America; Settlements
Oil paintings
[Indian Fishing Station on the Noyo River, Mendocino County, California]
[1857] BANC PIC 1963.002:0229 (enclosure)--C
Creator/Collector:
Edouart, Alexander (1818-1892)
, British, artist (attributed to)
Physical Description:
painting on paper mounted on board: oil
35 x 53 cm., on mount 38 x 61.4 cm.
Content/Description:
Two buildings or residences on shore of river bend; figures nearby and on river bank; sail and rowboats in foreground.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Handwritten title (on verso). Handwritten (on verso): Alex[ander] Edouart, 1857. Done while Edouart was a member of a hunting
party in 1857 to present to Mendocino County. Enclosure describing hunting party and images removed to curatorial file.
California, Northern; Dwellings; Indians of North America; Rivers; Settlements
Landscapes; Oil paintings
[Trinidad Bay, Humboldt County, California]
[ca. 1854?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0243 (enclosure)--D
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
drawing on paper: pencil and watercolor
27.5 x 63.7 cm.
Content/Description:
Bay with ships anchored among rocks; houses and [Yurok?] Indian huts at right.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Signature (LR): [Hishea]? Handwritten (LL): Beach [...] of sand; (LR): Trinindad, California. Enclosure: Photomechanical
reproduction. Handwritten (MC): Trinidad Bay. Printed (LC): From Oakland National Engraving & Color Plate Co.; (LL); Phone
Oakland 778; (LR): 1739-1741 Broadway, Oakland. Howell's catalog dates it ca. 1854.
Bays; California, Northern
Drawings; Landscapes; Watercolors
Trinidad City House [Trinidad, Humboldt County, California]
[ca. 1850] BANC PIC 1963.002:0289--B
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
drawing on paper: pen and ink
39.1 x 25.5 cm., folded to 19.6 x 25.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Front and side elevations of wooden building. Upper and lower porch, central door surrounded by paned windows on upper and
lower stories. Flag pole extends from roof peak.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Title based on handwritten text within image. Handwritten (LC): Front elevation; (LR): Profile of front. Illegible blind stamp
(MR). 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
Architectural drawings; Drawings
[Floor plans of upper and lower stories of Trinidad City House, Humboldt County, California]
[ca. 1850] BANC PIC 1963.002:0290--B
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
drawing on paper: pen and ink
31.9 x 25.5 cm., folded to 19.6 x 25.5 cm.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Handwritten (LL): Plan of 1st floor; (LR): Plan of 2nd floor. Measurements and notations throughout. Illegible
blind stamp (LL). 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
Architectural drawings; Drawings
Trinidad Police [Trinidad, Humboldt County, California]
[ca. 1850] BANC PIC 1963.002:0291--B
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
drawing on paper: watercolor and pen
28 x 22 cm.
Content/Description:
Three drunken men dancing arm in arm. Satiric image with terms 'Madeira', 'Proof' and 'Cogniac' alluding to alcohol consumption.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Handwritten title (LC). Handwritten (LL): Madeira, del.; (LC): Proof impression; (LR): Cogniac fecit. 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; Frontier & pioneer life; Manners & customs
Caricatures; Drawings; Watercolors
Eureka, Humboldt County, California, 1902
c1902 BANC PIC 1963.002:0895--E
Creator/Collector:
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer
Miller (active ca. 1902), photographer
A.C. Noe & G.R. Georgeson (active ca. 1902), publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper: photolithograph, color
68.4 x 98.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Bird's-eye view from above wharf area overlooking town; Gunther and Woodley's Islands at left; railroad (E.R. & E.R.R.) depot
and marsh at right. Marginal views (photographs) include local businesses, industry, residences, and public buildings.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Copyrighted by A.C. Noe & G.R. Georgeson, 1902; (LC, below title): Published by A.C. Noe
& G.R. Georgeson/photos by Miller, Eureka; (LR): Photo-lith Britton & Rey, S[an] F[rancisco]. Each image captioned.
Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; Dwellings; Industry; Settlements; Waterfronts
Bird's-eye views; Photomechanical prints
Union, on Humboldt Bay, Humboldt Co[unty] Cal[ifornia] 1857
c1857 BANC PIC 1963.002:0903--D
Creator/Collector:
Kuchel & Dresel (active ca. 1853-ca. 1865), artist and lithographer
Wyman, Henry B. (active ca. 1857), publisher
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
54 x 70 cm.
Content/Description:
View overlooking town situated near bay. Marginal views include residences, businesses, and American Hotel.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn from nature & on stone by Kuchel & Dresel, 176 Clay St[reet], San Francisco; (LC,
above title): Entered... 1857 by Kuchel & Dresel... Cal[ifornia]; (LC, below title): Published by B. Henry Wyman, Union; (LR):
Printed by Britton & Rey. Each image captioned.
Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; Hotels; Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
[North from Fisherman Bay to Gualala, Mendocino County, California]
[ca. 1880] BANC PIC 1963.002:1041--B
Creator/Collector:
Nystrom, Charles W. (active ca. 1880), artist (attributed to)
Physical Description:
drawing on paper: pencil
27.4 x 34.2 cm.
Content/Description:
Coastal scene with bay to left; horses grazing in right foreground.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Signature (LL): [C.W.N.?]. Attribution, date and title based on information from Inventory Sheets.
Bays; California, Northern; Waterfronts
Drawings; Seascapes
Across the continent [passing the Humboldt River?, California]
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:1538--D
Creator/Collector:
Schile, H., undetermined
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
55.9 x 71 cm.
Content/Description:
Small settlement of log buildings with river in center. Central Pacific Railroad train crossing river towards town and awaiting
crowd; Indians on opposite bank; tall, snow-covered mountains in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): H. Schile, 36 Division St[reet], N[ew] Y[ork].
California, Northern; Railroads; Rivers
Landscapes; Lithographs, color
[Fort Bragg, Mendocino County, California]
[18--?] BANC PIC 1963.002:1561--B
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
drawing on paper: pencil
38.1 x 30 cm.
Content/Description:
Military camp with barracks and residential dwellings; lots divided by fences; central promenade with flag pole.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Handwritten (UL, on verso): Fort Bragg; (UR, on verso): with Capt[ain] Hulls compliments.
Buildings; California, Northern; Dwellings; Military facilities
Drawings
Northern California: Monterey Bay Region
[Monterey, California]
[ca. 1850?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0256--A
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving, hand colored
16.2 x 22.5 cm.
Content/Description:
View looking inland toward town; custom house to right, residences and buildings in middleground; people on beach, animals
grazing nearby; hills in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC): Monterey in Californien. Printed (UR): DCCIX (plate number). For variant, see 1963.002:258:02--A. Inscriptions
in German.
Buildings; California, Northern; Monterey (Calif.); Settlements; Waterfronts
Cityscapes; Engravings, color
Monterey [California]
[ca. 1850] BANC PIC 1963.002:0258:02--A
Creator/Collector:
Taylor, Bayard (1825-1878)
, American, artist
Sarony & Major (active ca.1846-ca. 1857)
, American, lithographer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
12.4 x 19 cm.
Content/Description:
View looking inland toward town; custom house to right, residences and buildings in middleground; hills in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Bayard Taylor; (LC, below title): New York, Geo[rge] P. Putnam; (LR): Lith. of Sarony &
Major. For variant see 1963.002:0256--A.
Buildings; California, Northern; Monterey (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
[San Carlos Borromeo Basilica, Carmel, California]
[19--?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0360--B
Creator/Collector:
Borein, John Edward (1872-1945)
, American, etcher
Physical Description:
print on paper: etching
30.8 x 38.2 cm.
Content/Description:
Northwest corner of Mission Carmel church with prominent tower and facade, and dilapidated building in rear. Two vaqueros
on horseback stand in right foreground.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Handwritten (LL): Carmello, Monterey. Printed (LR, within image): Edward Borein.
Buildings; California, Northern; Churches; Missions; Monterey Bay Region (Calif.)
Etchings
Paraiso hot and cold soda and sulphur springs, Monterey County [California]
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0372--A
Creator/Collector:
Van Vleck, undetermined
Physical Description:
print on paper mounted on paper: engraving
8.4 x 11.3 cm.
Content/Description:
Cluster of cottages around two-story resort hotel in mountain setting.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LR, within image): Van Vleck. Possibly illustration or clipping from tour guide.
Buildings; California, Northern; Monterey Bay Region (Calif.); Settlements
Engravings
[Basalt-like mountains near Monterey, California]
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0416--A
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving
11.5 x 14.7 cm., image on paper mount 15.7 x 19.3 cm.
Content/Description:
Landscape with volcanic, rocky mountains and trees.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC): Basalt æhnliches Gebirge bei Monterey oberhalb Californiens. Inscriptions in German.
California, Northern; Monterey Bay Region (Calif.); Mountains; Nature
Engravings; Landscapes
Monterey [California] and the Hotel Del Monte
1887 BANC PIC 1963.002:0481--C
Creator/Collector:
Graham, Charles (1852-1911)
, American, artist
Harper's Weekly (active ca. 1881)
, American, publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving, hand colored
41.9 x 56.4 cm.
Content/Description:
Image comprised of nine views of Monterey area including: front view of Hotel Del Monte; Mission Carmel; Chinese fishing village;
old custom house; and scenery.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LR, within image): C. Graham; (UL): [page] 276; (UC): Harper's Weekly (UR): [page] 277; (LC,
after title): Drawn by Charles Graham, see page 275; (on verso): April 16, 1887.
Buildings; California, Northern; Chinese; Hotels; Missions; Monterey Bay Region (Calif.); Settlements; Waterfronts
Engravings, color; Landscapes
Hotel Del Monte [Monterey, California]
[ca. 1900] BANC PIC 1963.002:0669--B
Creator/Collector:
Fenn, Harry (1845-1911)
, British, artist
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving, hand colored
17.3 x 24.8 cm., on sheet 32.4 x 47.4 cm.
Content/Description:
Hotel Del Monte seen through dense foliage of grounds.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Signature (LL).
California, Northern; Hotels; Monterey (Calif.)
Engravings, color; Woodcuts
Santa Cruz Mountains, Monterey Bay, Pacific Ocean, [California]
c1874 BANC PIC 1963.002:0681--A
Creator/Collector:
Key, John Ross (1832-1920)
, American, artist
L. Prang & Co. (active 1868-ca. 1873)
, American, lithographer and publisher (attributed to)
Physical Description:
print on paper mounted on paper: lithograph, color
17.6 x 35.6 cm.
Content/Description:
View from mountain top overlooking Monterey Bay; campers with tent in foreground.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LR): Santa Cruz M[oun]t[ain]s, Monterey Bay Pacific Ocean. Signature in original (LR): J.R. Key. Printed (LC):
Copyright 1874 by L. Prang & Co., Boston. Label (UL, on mount): Santa Cruz M[oun]t[ain]s, Monterey Bay, Pacific Ocean.
Bays; California, Northern; Camping; Monterey Bay Region (Calif.); Mountains
Landscapes; Lithographs, color
The city of Monterey, California, 1842
1842 BANC PIC 1963.002:0837 (enclosure)--E
Creator/Collector:
Gildemeister, Charles (active ca. 1850-ca. 1858), lithographer
D'Avignon, F. (active 1847-1860)
, French, lithographer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
59.7 x 89.7 cm.
Content/Description:
View from bay looking inland; several buildings including church at left, custom house in center; Presidio at right.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Lith. of D'Avignon, 323 Broadway, N[ew] Y[ork]; (LC): Para Sr. Larkin; (LR): On stone by
[Charles] Gildemeister. Key enclosed. For original cover of print, see 1963.002.:0837--A. Cover includes card of Thomas O.
Larkin. For alternate view, see 1963.002:1473--FR.
California, Northern; Monterey (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
Hotel Del Monte, Monterey, Cal[ifornia]: the leading seaside resort of the Pacific Coast
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0913--C
Creator/Collector:
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
40.3 x 52.3 cm., dome top
Content/Description:
Building seen from grounds, showing vacationers strolling, bicycling, and in carriages.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Lith. Britton & Rey, S[an] F[rancisco].
Buildings; California, Northern; Hotels; Monterey (Calif.)
Lithographs, color
View of Monterey [California] taken from church, July 17, 1849
1849 BANC PIC 1963.002:1316--FR
Creator/Collector:
Sully, Alfred (1820-1879)
, American, artist
Physical Description:
painting on paper: watercolor and pencil
20.3 x 26 cm., visible image
Content/Description:
Town seen from Royal Presidio Chapel(?); small group of Indians on shore dunes; US fort on hill in background center.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Handwritten title (LC). Printed label (on verso): watercolor on sketchbook leaf. Creator's name from label (on verso).
Bays; Buildings; California, Northern; Military facilities; Monterey (Calif.); Monterey Bay Region (Calif.); Settlements
Landscapes; Watercolors
[Mission San Carlos Borromeo, Carmel, California)
[ca. 1900?] BANC PIC 1963.002:1389--B
Creator/Collector:
Deakin, Edwin (1838-1923)
, British, artist (attributed to)
Physical Description:
painting on paper: watercolor
26.7 x 39.6 cm.
Content/Description:
Front view of church and mission buildings in generalized landscape setting.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Handwritten (on verso): Attr. to Edw. Deakin.
Buildings; California, Northern; Churches; Missions; Monterey Bay Region (Calif.)
Watercolors
Hotel Del Monte, Monterey, California
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:1458--C
Creator/Collector:
Steinegger, Henry [Stggr] (active ca. 1854-ca. 1880)
, Swiss, artist
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
35.2 x 53.3 cm.
Content/Description:
View overlooking hotel and grounds with Monterey Bay, beach, bathhouse, and railroad station in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL, within image): H. Steinegger; (UC): America's famous summer and winter resort; (LR): Lith.
Britton & Rey, S[an] F[rancisco].
Bays; Buildings; California, Northern; Hotels; Monterey (Calif.)
Lithographs, color
Harbor and city of Monterey, California 1842.
[1850] BANC PIC 1963.002:1473--FR
Creator/Collector:
H. E. (active ca. 1842-ca. 1860), artist
Gildemeister, Charles (active ca. 1850-ca. 1858), lithographer
D'Avignon, F. (active 1847-1860)
, French, lithographer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph
42.5 x 75.5 cm., visible image
Content/Description:
Monterey Bay with houses (some with yards enclosed by stucco walls) and columned portico buildings. People on streets, some
riding horses, oxen-drawn cart at left, solid wooden bridge at right. Sailing ships and row boats on Bay, low hills in background.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LL). Printed (MC): para Sr. Larkin; (LL): H.E. [monogram], Lith. of D'Avignon, 323 Broadway, N[ew] Y[ork];
(LR): On stone by [Charles] Gildemeister; (on label, on verso): Thomas Larkin, later United States Consul commissioned drawings
of the settlement in 1842 and later published them at his own expense in 1850. The quality of this drawing is excellent and
may be attributed to Edward Vischer who was then living in Monterey.
Bays; California, Northern; Harbors; Monterey (Calif.); Settlements; Vessels
Cityscapes; Lithographs
Carmel River scene [California]
[187-?] BANC PIC 1963.002:1504--FR
Creator/Collector:
Key, John Ross (1832-1920)
, American, artist
Physical Description:
painting on canvas: oil
40.8 x 60.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Landscape with river; men seated by fire; angler in shallow water nearby.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Handwritten title (LC). Signature (LL): J.R. Key. Information from Inventory Sheets, marked: Snow & Roos ... S[an] F[rancisco].
California, Northern; Monterey Bay Region (Calif.); Rivers
Landscapes; Oil paintings
[Mission San Carlos Borromeo at Carmel, California]
1877 BANC PIC 1963.002:1513--FR
Creator/Collector:
Herrick, E. S. (active ca. 1877), artist
Physical Description:
painting on canvas: oil
49.4 x 61.2 cm.
Content/Description:
Main mission church building with remnants of previous structures.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Signature and date (LR): E.S. Herrick, 1877 [or 1879].
Buildings; California, Northern; Churches; Missions; Monterey Bay Region (Calif.)
Oil paintings
Northern California: Nevada County
Residence of Mrs. J.J. Ott, Nevada City, [Nevada County] Cal[ifornia]
[1879] BANC PIC 1963.002:0231--B
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
drawing on paper: pen, wash, and pencil
28 x 33 cm.
Content/Description:
Simple wooden house in center with woman standing on front veranda; ornamental garden with fountain before and at side of
house; kitchen garden at back with outbuildings. Figures on sidewalks and paths; carriage pulled by pair of horses in street.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Handwritten title (LC). Handwritten annotations (recto and verso) including: approved Sept. 25, 1879, Mrs. J.J. Ott. Published
as illustration in "History of Nevada County, California ...," by Thompson & West, Oakland, Cal[ifornia], 1880, p.54.
California, Northern; Dwellings
Drawings; Illustrations
View of Boston Ravine, Grass Valley, [Nevada County] California
[1852] BANC PIC 1963.002:0411 (variant)--A
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving, color
15.6 x 21.2 cm.
Content/Description:
Small mining town showing cluster of wood-frame houses and group of miners with picks.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Handwritten date (LR): 1852. Clipping from: Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion.
California, Northern; Dwellings; Frontier & pioneer life; Miners; Mining; Settlements
Engravings; Engravings, color
View of Boston Ravine, Grass Valley, [Nevada County] California
[1852] BANC PIC 1963.002:0411--A
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
print on paper mounted on heavy paper: engraving
15.1 x 19 cm.
Content/Description:
Small mining town showing cluster of wood-frame houses and group of miners with picks.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Clipping from: Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion.
California, Northern; Dwellings; Frontier & pioneer life; Miners; Mining; Settlements
Engravings, color
Grass Valley, [Nevada County] Cal[ifornia] looking west, 1889
1889 BANC PIC 1963.002:0832--D
Creator/Collector:
Moore, Edwin S. (active ca. 1880), artist
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph
57.5 x 81.1 cm.
Content/Description:
Bird's-eye view of town showing mainly residential area; train station in foreground. Marginal views include churches, businesses,
residences, and railroad (C.P.R.R. and N.G.R.R.).
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL, within image): E.S. Moore, artist; (LC, below title): Compliments of Nevada Co. N.G.R.R.
Co. Each image captioned.
Buildings; California, Northern; Dwellings; Railroads; Settlements
Bird's-eye views; Lithographs
Nevada [City, Nevada County, California] 1856
c1856 BANC PIC 1963.002:0835--F
Creator/Collector:
Kuchel & Dresel (active ca. 1853-ca. 1865), artist and lithographer
Hamlin, J. E. (active ca. 1856), publisher
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
56.1 x 81.7 cm.
Content/Description:
Central image of small city in Sierra Nevada foothills. Marginal views include businesses, residences, public buildings, churches,
and hotel.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, above title): Entered... 1856 by Kuchel & Dresel... California; (LC, below title): Published
by J.E. Hamlin, bookseller, Nevada [City], California/from nature & on stone by Kuchel & Dresel, printed by Britton & Rey.
Each image captioned.
Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; Dwellings; Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
Bird's-eye view of the city of Nevada, Nevada County, Cal[ifornia] 1871
1871 BANC PIC 1963.002:0836--D
Creator/Collector:
Koch, Augustus (active ca. 1870), artist
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
60.5 x 74.7 cm.
Content/Description:
Broad view of sprawling town with creek flowing through center; numerous orchards and small parcels of cultivated land surrounding
residences. Inset view of Nevada in 1853.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL); Lith. Britton & Rey, S[an] F[rancisco]; (LR): Drawn by Augustus Koch. Printed legend.
California, Northern; Settlements
Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color
View of Grass Valley [Nevada County, California]
[1852?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0849--FR
Creator/Collector:
Ogilby, Robert E. (Ogibly) (active ca. 1852-ca. 1868), artist
Sarony & Major (active ca.1846-ca. 1857)
, American, lithographer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
53 x 68.8 cm., visible image, dome top
Content/Description:
City in Sierra Nevada foothills; gated pastures in foreground, houses and buildings in middleground; figures throughout scene
including hunter and miner, Indians with baskets, and well-dressed man and woman.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): R.E. Ogilby, del.; (LR): Lith. of Sarony & Major, New York; (LC, below title): Drawn expressly
for and respectfuly dedicated to General Winchester by his obligated and humble servant the artist. A llithography of Grass
Valley, 1852, is kept by Society of California Pioneers (Hughes).
California, Northern; Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
Nevada [City, Nevada County, California] 1856
1856 BANC PIC 1963.002:0852--D
Creator/Collector:
Kuchel & Dresel (active ca. 1853-ca. 1865), artist and lithographer
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
41.5 x 68 cm.
Content/Description:
Mining town in Sierra Nevada foothills; miner with gold pan and pick in foreground.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (UC): Kuchel & Dresel's California views; (LL): From nature & on stone by Kuchel & Dresel, 176
Clay St[reet], S[an] F[rancisco]; (LR): Printed by Britton & Rey.
California, Northern; Mining; Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
Bird's-eye view of Grass Valley, Nevada County, Cal[ifornia] 1871
1871 BANC PIC 1963.002:0861--D
Creator/Collector:
Koch, Augustus (active ca. 1870), artist
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
55.7 x 70.2 cm.
Content/Description:
Town with orchards and farms in foreground; and two accompanying views of Grass Valley from 1852 and 1858.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn by Augustus Koch; (LR): Lith. Britton & Rey. Each image captioned. Printed legend.
California, Northern; Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
Grass Valley, Nevada County, California
1852 BANC PIC 1963.002:0862--D
Creator/Collector:
Ogilby, Robert E. (Ogibly) (active ca. 1852-ca. 1868), artist
Le Count, J. J. (active ca. 1852), lithographer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
50.5 x 68.7 cm.
Content/Description:
Town in Sierra Nevada foothills with US flag in center; log cabins and domestic scene to right; people working fields by creek
in middleground; animals including cows, horses, dogs, and pigs in fields. Various groups including Chinese peddlers, Indian
family, miners, and laborers in foreground. Small lumber mill in right foreground.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): R.E. Ogilby, Aug[us]t 6th, 1852; (LR): Lith. of J.J. LeCount, San Francisco.
California, Northern; Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
Bird's-eye view of Nevada City, Nevada County, Cal[ifornia]
c1883 BANC PIC 1963.002:0869--E
Creator/Collector:
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
65.8 x 97.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Broad view of city and county; with inset images of manufacturing, mining, lumber industry, businesses, etc.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Lith. Britton & Rey, S[an] F[rancisco]; (LC, above title): Entered... 1883 by A.S. Chase...
; (LR): Revised June 1st, 1883 by A.S. Chase. Printed legend.
California, Northern; Industry; Lumber industry; Mining; Settlements
Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color
North San Juan, Nevada County, California, 1858
1858 BANC PIC 1963.002:1454--FR
Creator/Collector:
Kuchel & Dresel (active ca. 1853-ca. 1865), artist and lithographer
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
43 x 52.7 cm., visible image
Content/Description:
General view of town with framed housed and elevated waterway. Marginal images depict hydraulic mining operations, local businesses,
stores, and buildings.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (UC): Kuchel & Dresel's California views; (LL): Drawn from nature & on stone by Kuchel & Dresel,
176 Clay St[reet] San Francisco; (LR): Britton & Rey, print. Printed captions.
Buildings; California, Northern; Dwellings; Mining; Settlements; Water works
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
Grass Valley Quartz Mining Company's Works (formerly owned by John A. Colins & Co.) [Nevada County, California]
1851 BANC PIC 1963.002:1468--FR
Creator/Collector:
Sarony & Major (active ca.1846-ca. 1857)
, American, lithographer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
43.5 x 46.5 cm., visible image, dome top
Content/Description:
Country road surrounded by forest with company's buildings and works (ore piles in front of mill). Onlookers observing operations,
workers performing tasks, several oxen and horse-drawn wagons loaded with ore.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn from nature Dec[embe]r 7th, 1851; (LR): Lith. of Sarony & Major, 117 Fulton St[reet],
N[ew] Y[ork].
Buildings; California, Northern; Industry; Mining; Vehicles
Lithographs, color
Grass Valley, Nevada County, California, 1858
1858 BANC PIC 1963.002:1533--E
Creator/Collector:
Kuchel & Dresel (active ca. 1853-ca. 1865), artist and lithographer
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
56.4 x 84.1 cm.
Content/Description:
Small town in Sierra Nevada foothills. Marginal views include local quartz mills, businesses, residences, churches, etc.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (UC): Kuchel & Dresel's Californian views. (LL): Drawn from nature and lith. by Kuchel & Dresel,
176 Clay Str[eet], S[an] Francisco; (LR): Britton & Rey, print. Each image captioned.
Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; Dwellings; Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
Northern California: Placer County
Auburn, Placer County, Cal[ifornia] 1857
c1857 BANC PIC 1963.002:0658--D
Creator/Collector:
Kuchel & Dresel (active ca. 1853-ca. 1865), lithographer
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
26.2 x 43.7 cm., on sheet 56.1 x 70.8 cm.
Content/Description:
Small town in Sierra Nevada foothills; wagon and stagecoach on road; US flag on flag pole in center.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (UC): Kuchel and Dresel's California views; (LL): Kuchel & Dresel, lith., 176 Clay St[reet], S[an]
F[rancisco]; (LC): Entered... 1857 by Kuchel & Dresel... California; (LR): Britton & Rey, print. For variant see 1963.002:0863--D.
California, Northern; Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
View near Auburn, Placer Co[unty], Cal[iforni]a
1851 BANC PIC 1963.002:0687--A
Creator/Collector:
Gibson, G. [George?] (active ca. 1849-ca. 1853)
, British, artist
Physical Description:
drawing on paper: pencil
8.7 x 15 cm.
Content/Description:
Landscape of hillside with rocks and trees; Sacramento Valley and coastal range in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Handwritten title (LC): View near Auburn, Placer Co[unty], Cal[ifornia]: Valley of the Sacramento and coast range in the distance,
Aug[us]t, 1851. Handwritten (on verso): Here Miss Helen [his daughter?], is a view taken on the spot. Will it serve for a
return for your pretty little sketch?, and has mother yet thanked you in my name for it. If not, why then receive them now
from, yours very affectly G. Gibson
California, Northern
Drawings; Landscapes
Bird's-eye view, Placerville, [El Dorado County] Cal[ifornia]
1888 BANC PIC 1963.002:0850--E
Creator/Collector:
R. H. (active ca. 1888), artist
Roethe, L. (active ca. 1888), artist
Elliott, William W. (active ca. 1870-ca. 1890), lithographer
Weekly Observer (active ca. 1888), publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper mounted on board: lithograph
58.5 x 82.5 cm., on mount 60.6 x 83.3 cm.
Content/Description:
Bird's-eye view of town set in rolling Sierra Nevada foothills. Marginal views include businesses, churches, residences, and
public buildings.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL, within image): R.H.; (LC, within image): W.W. Elliott, lith., S[an] F[rancisco]; (LC, below
title): Published by the Weekly Observer, 1888; (LR, within image): Sketched by L. Roethe. Each image captioned. Printed legend.
Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; Churches; Dwellings; Settlements
Bird's-eye views; Lithographs
Auburn, [Placer County] Cal[ifornia]
[not before 1887] BANC PIC 1963.002:0851--F
Creator/Collector:
Cook, C. B., artist
Elliott, William W. (active ca. 1870-ca. 1890), lithographer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph
58 x 81.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Bird's-eye view of town in Sierra Nevada foothills with scattered buildings and numerous surrounding homes and orchards. Marginal
views include residences; factory; mill; businesses; peach, olive and orange orchards; and C.P.R.R. railroad depot. Presented
by real estate company.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL, within image): W.W. Elliott, S[an] F[rancisco]; (LR, within image): C.B. Cook, del. Each
image captioned. Printed legend.
Agriculture; Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; Industry; Settlements
Bird's-eye views; Lithographs
Auburn, Placer County, California, 1857
c1857 BANC PIC 1963.002:0863--D
Creator/Collector:
Kuchel & Dresel (active ca. 1853-ca. 1865), artist and lithographer
Parkinson, W. K. (active ca. 1857), publisher
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
53.9 x 69.8 cm.
Content/Description:
Small town in Sierra Nevada foothills; wagon and stagecoach on road; US flag on flag pole in center. Marginal views include
private residences, banks, hotels, and businesses.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (UC): Kuchel & Dresel's California views; (LL): Drawn from nature & lith. by Kuchel & Dresel,
176 Clay St[reet], S[an] Francisco; (LC, above title): Entered... 1857 by Kuchel & Dresel... California; (LC, below title):
Published by W.K. Parkinson; (LR): Printed by Britton & Rey. Each image captioned. For variant see 1963.002:0658--D.
Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; Hotels; Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
Forrest Hill, Placer County [California] 1857
1857 BANC PIC 1963.002:0864--D
Creator/Collector:
Kuchel & Dresel (active ca. 1853-ca. 1865), lithographer
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
51.4 x 62.1 cm.
Content/Description:
Scarcely populated settlement in Sierra Nevada foothills surrounded by wooded area. Marginal views include residences, and
views of businesses and mines including Alabama Co., Northwood & Fast, Forrest Hill Tunnels and The Jenny Lind Co.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (UC): Kuchel & Dresel's California views; (LL): Britton & Rey, print.; (LC, below title): Kuchel
& Dresel, 176 Clay St[reet], San Francisco; (LR): From nature & lith[ographe]d by Kuchel & Dresel. Each image captioned.
Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; Mining; Settlements
Lithographs, color
Todds Valley, Placer County, California, 1857
c1857 BANC PIC 1963.002:0865--D
Creator/Collector:
Read & Hall (active ca. 1857), publisher
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), printer
Kuchel & Dresel (active ca. 1853-ca. 1865), undetermined
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
54 x 70.6 cm.
Content/Description:
Small settlement surrounded by rolling, wooded Sierra Nevada foothills. Marginal views include views of local businesses,
banks, residences, etc.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (UC): Kuchel & Dresel's California views; (MC): Entered... 1857 by Kuchel & Dresel... Cal[ifornia];
(LC, below title): Published by Read & Hall; (LR): Printed by Britton & Rey. Each image captioned.
Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
Yankee Jims', Placer County, California, 1857
c1857 BANC PIC 1963.002:0866--D
Creator/Collector:
Kuchel & Dresel (active ca. 1853-ca. 1865), artist and lithographer
Scott & Brother (active ca. 1857), publisher
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
54 x 69.8 cm.
Content/Description:
Small town in Sierra Nevada foothills. Marginal views include residences and businesses.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (UC): Kuchel & Dresel's California views; (LL): Drawn from nature and lith. by Kuchel & Dresel,
176 Clay St[reet], San Francisco; (LC, above title): Entered... 1857 by Kuchel & Dresel... California; (LC, below title):
Published by Scott & Brother; (LR): Printed by Britton & Rey. Each image captioned.
Business enterprises; California, Northern; Dwellings; Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
[Placer mining at Foster's Bar, California]
185[1?] BANC PIC 1963.002:1353--FR
Creator/Collector:
Narjot, Ernest (1826-1898)
, French, artist
Physical Description:
painting on millboard: oil
30.2 x 35.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Gold mining operation along bank of river; miners at work with sluices and two wooden hydraulic waterwheels. Camp with makeshift
huts and tents on hillside.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Signature and date (LL): E. Narjot, 185[1?]. Label (on verso): Prepared Millboard/Winsor & Newton.... Handwritten
annotations (on verso).
California, Northern; Camping; Equipment; Gold rushes; Miners; Mining
Oil paintings
Bird's-eye view of Auburn, Placer Co[unty], Cal[ifornia] 1891
1891 BANC PIC 1963.002:1463--E
Creator/Collector:
Elliott, Howard B. (active ca. 1891), artist
Elliott Pub. Co. (active ca. 1889), lithographer
Physical Description:
print on paper mounted on board: lithograph, color
58.5 x 81.5 cm., on mount 62 x 84 cm.
Content/Description:
Broad view of town in Sierra Nevada foothills; railroad and orchards at left; housing development in center. Marginal views
include local businesses, hotels, churches, residences, and proposed railroad depot.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Lith. Elliott Pub. Co., 120 Sutter St[reet], S[an] F[rancisco]; (LR): H.B. Elliott, artist.
Each image captioned. Printed legend.
Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; Churches; Dwellings; Hotels; Railroads; Settlements
Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color
Northern California: Sacramento
Sutter's Fort [Sacramento, California]
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0196--A
Creator/Collector:
Richardson, J. H., engraver
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving
17.1 x 23.9 cm.
Content/Description:
Entrance to Sutter's Fort showing high wall; US flag flies over main building; soldiers stand in line; men on horseback in
foreground
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL, within image): Richardson scul.
California, Northern; Military facilities; Sacramento (Calif.)
Engravings
[View of Sacramento, California in 1849]
[not before 1849] BANC PIC 1963.002:0198--D
Creator/Collector:
Le Breton, L.
, French, artist and lithographer
E. Savary et Cie
, French, publisher
Bry, Auguste
, French, printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
50.4 x 64.4 cm.
Content/Description:
Waterfront looking from Sacramento River towards city down J Street; busy commercial waterfront district with numerous buildings,
businesses (hot cake and coffee tent, City Hotel, Eagle Theatre, Eldorado Exchange, Freemont House, General Jackson's Hotel,
J.B. Starr & Company, and others), tents, and wagons; building materials and cargo on bank; numerous vessels including sailing
ships, sidewheel steamship, and rowboats on river.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC): Ville de Sacramento. Printed (LC, above title): 46; (LL): Dess. et lith par L. Le Breton, Paris, E. Savary
et C[ompagn]ie editeurs, 10 Place du Louvre; (LR): Paris imp. par Auguste Bry, 142 r[ue] du Bac, London, Gambart et Co., 25
Berners S[tree]t, Oxford S[tree]t. For variants see 1963.002:1880--C and 1963.002:1535:01--D. Inscriptions in French.
Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; Frontier & pioneer life; Hotels; Rivers; Sacramento (Calif.); Settlements; Vessels; Waterfronts
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
[Agricultural Hall, Sacramento, California]
[1850-1852] BANC PIC 1963.002:0199--A
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving
8.2 x 13.1 cm.
Content/Description:
Two-story building with large sign above second floor reading: Agricultural Hall; several other business signs including:
New England Seed Store, Warren & Co., Fruit & Ornamental Trees, Miners Supplies, etc. indicate building is store. Men and
women on upper and lower porch; agricultural and mining equipment, boxes, barrels, and other objects in and around store.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Handwritten (on verso): Sac[ramen]to 1850-2, burned Nov[ember] 1852.
Agriculture; Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; Sacramento (Calif.)
Engravings
[Sacramento in California: hope of an emigrant]
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0200--B
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
32.4 x 43.4 cm.
Content/Description:
Waterfront looking from Sacramento River towards city down J Street; busy commercial waterfront district with numerous buildings,
businesses, tents, and wagons; building materials and cargo on bank; numerous vessels including sailing ships, sidewheel steamship,
and rowboats on river.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (UC): Sacramento in Californien; (LC): Des Auswanderers Hoffnung. Printed (LC, above title): Verlags Magazin
in Berlin, Alte Jacobs Str. 71; (LR): [...] in Berlin. Inscriptions in German.
California, Northern; Rivers; Sacramento (Calif.); Settlements; Vessels; Waterfronts
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
[Sacramento in California: hope of an emigrant]
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0201--B
Creator/Collector:
Hesse, J.
, German, printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
35.9 x 49.2 cm.
Content/Description:
Waterfront looking from Sacramento River towards city down J Street; busy commercial waterfront district with numerous buildings,
businesses, tents, and wagons; building materials and cargo on bank; numerous vessels including sailing ships, sidewheel steamship,
and rowboats on river.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (UC): Sacramento in Californien; (LC): Des Auswanderers Hoffnung. Printed (LR): Druck v. J. Hesse in Berlin.
Inscriptions in German.
California, Northern; Rivers; Sacramento (Calif.); Settlements; Vessels; Waterfronts
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
Sacramento Citi [sic] [California]
1859 BANC PIC 1963.002:0215 (recto)--B
Creator/Collector:
Lehman, Edward (active 1850s), artist (attributed to)
Physical Description:
drawing on paper: pen
26.3 x 43.5 cm.
Content/Description:
View looking down Sacramento River with boats (sailing vessels, steamships, and barges) docked along bank; Sacramento waterfront
with buildings and trees in right distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Handwritten title (in artist's hand) (LR). Date and signature (LR): Juli[sic] 21, 1859, E. L. Attribution based on enclosure
with item 1963.002:0279--A. See also 1963.002:0216--B and 1963.002:0217--B.
California, Northern; Rivers; Sacramento (Calif.); Vessels; Waterfronts
Drawings
[Crescent City Hotel, Sacramento, California]
[1859] BANC PIC 1963.002:0215 (verso)--B
Creator/Collector:
Lehman, Edward (active 1850s), artist (attributed to)
Physical Description:
drawing on paper: pen
26.3 x 43.5 cm.
Content/Description:
View from covered veranda of commercial street with signs identifying Crescent City Hotel, Daguerreian Gallery, Simon's Tylor
& Co., and other businesses; numerous US flags fly near central dome top building.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Handwritten (LR): Citi[sic] hotel, Cakramento [sic] [...]. Date from recto. Attribution based on enclosure
with item 1963.002:0279--A. See also 1963.002:0216--B and 1963.002:0217--B.
Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; Hotels; Sacramento (Calif.); Settlements
Drawings
[View of a corner of commercial street, Sacramento, California]
[1859] BANC PIC 1963.002:0216--B
Creator/Collector:
Lehman, Edward (active 1850s), artist (attributed to)
Physical Description:
drawing on paper: pen and wash
26.3 x 43.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Street corner with buildings identified by business signs; pedestrians and horse-drawn wagons in street.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Handwritten notes [mostly illegible], including (LR): [...] Cahramento [sic], No. 3[...]. Attribution based
on enclosure with item 1963.002:0279--A. Date based on comparison to 1963.002:0216--B. See also 1963.002:0217--B.
Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; Sacramento (Calif.); Settlements; Vehicles
Drawings
[Street scene, Sacramento, California]
[1859] BANC PIC 1963.002:0217 (recto)--B
Creator/Collector:
Lehman, Edward (active 1850s), artist (attributed to)
Physical Description:
drawing on paper: pen and wash
26.2 x 43.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Street scene with wooden buildings including blacksmith shop, and coach and wagon makers (identified by business signs); carts,
barrels, wheels, and blacksmith equipment scattered around; interior of shop with blacksmiths at work.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Handwritten notes [mostly illegible], including (LL): [...] Cahramento [sic]. Attribution based on enclosure
with item 1963.002:0279--A. Date based on comparison to 1963.002:0216--B. See also 1963.002:0217--B.
Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; Sacramento (Calif.)
Drawings
[View from side street, Sacramento, California]
[1859] BANC PIC 1963.002:0217 (verso)--B
Creator/Collector:
Lehman, Edward (active 1850s), artist (attributed to)
Physical Description:
drawing on paper: pen and wash
26.2 x 43.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Side street with large building to right (Union Hotel?) and commercial street extending to left; debris and building materials
scattered at back of alley.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Handwritten notes [mostly illegible]. Attribution based on enclosure with item 1963.002:0279--A. Date based
on comparison to 1963.002:0216--B. See also 1963.002:0217--B.
Buildings; California, Northern; Sacramento (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Drawings
View of Sacramento City as it appeared during the great inundation [of 1850, California]
[1850] BANC PIC 1963.002:0253--A
Creator/Collector:
Casilear, George W. (active ca. 1860)
, American, artist
Ormsby, W. L. (active ca. 1850), engraver
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving
13.9 x 21.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Flooded area looking from levee on Sacramento River down J Street. Numerous rafts and rowboats on water; animals, tents, cargo,
houses, and buildings half submerged in flood waters.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Painted by G.W. Casilear; (LR): Eng[rave]d by W.L. Ormsby. Date based on comparison to 1963.002:1537--E.
California, Northern; Events; Rivers; Sacramento (Calif.); Waterfronts
Cityscapes; Engravings
Sacramento City [California]
[1850] BANC PIC 1963.002:0255--A
Creator/Collector:
McIlvaine, William, Jr. (1813-1867)
, American, artist
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph
16.4 x 24.8 cm.
Content/Description:
City with small group of buildings and few tents in wooded area; signs on buildings including City Hotel and Theatre.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL, within image): McIlvaine; (UR): 2. Plate 2 from "Sketches of scenery and notes of personal
adventure in California and Mexico, by William M'Ilvaine, Jr., Philadelphia, 1850.
Buildings; California, Northern; Hotels; Sacramento (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs
Sacramento City, from the south [California]
[ca. 1850] BANC PIC 1963.002:0258:04--A
Creator/Collector:
Taylor, Bayard (1825-1878)
, American, artist
Sarony & Major (active ca.1846-ca. 1857)
, American, lithographer
Putnam, Geo. P. (active ca. 1850), publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
11.9 x 18.3 cm.
Content/Description:
Settlement with buildings, houses, and tents surrounded by trees.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Bayard Taylor; (LC, below title): New York, Geo[rge] P. Putnam; (LR): Lith. of Sarony &
Major.
California, Northern; Sacramento (Calif.); Settlements
Lithographs, color
[Discovery of rich gold mines in Sacramento, California]
[not before 1848] BANC PIC 1963.002:0265--A
Creator/Collector:
Dembour et Gangel
, French, undetermined
Physical Description:
print on paper: woodcut, hand colored
19.9 x 28.2 cm.
Content/Description:
Gold mining scene with men gold panning, digging with picks, and transporting ore along narrow stream (includes Afro American
man); group of men at left line up to weigh gold. Two buildings (mill?) and sailing ships in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title, text and lyrics about gold rush (UC, on verso): Découverte des riches mines d'or de Sacramento en Californie...
Handwritten (UC): California. Date 1848 printed in body of text on verso. Printed (LC, on verso): Fabriqué d'Images de Dembour
et Gangel, à Metz. et à Paris, rue Serpente, 7. Inscriptions in French.
California, Northern; Clothing & dress; Frontier & pioneer life; Gold rushes; Miners; Mining; Sacramento (Calif.)
Woodcuts
California gold diggers, mining operations on the western shore of the Sacramento River
[between 1849 and 1852] BANC PIC 1963.002:0266 (copy)--B
Creator/Collector:
Kelloggs & Comstock (1849-1852)
, American, publisher
Ensign & Thayer (active ca. 1847-ca. 1851), undetermined
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
24.4 x 34 cm.
Content/Description:
Diverse crowd of men (including Indians and Afro-Americans) and one elder woman at work along busy river bank. Miners use
various tools including baskets, gold pans, shovels, picks and cradles and wear costumes reflecting their backgrounds. Mining
camp and rolling hills in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Kelloggs & Comstock, 150 Fulton St[reet], New York & 136 Main St[reet], Hartford, Conn.;
(LC, below title): 370; (LR): Ensign & Thayer, 12 Exchange St[reet], Buffalo. Date based on active dates of publisher. For
variant see 1963.002:0471--C.
Afro-Americans; California, Northern; Clothing & dress; Frontier & pioneer life; Gold rushes; Indians of North America; Miners; Mining; Rivers; Sacramento (Calif.)
Lithographs, color
California gold diggers, mining operations on the western shore of the Sacramento River
[between 1849 and 1852] BANC PIC 1963.002:0266--B
Creator/Collector:
Kelloggs & Comstock (1849-1852)
, American, publisher
Ensign & Thayer (active ca. 1847-ca. 1851), undetermined
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
24.4 x 34 cm.
Content/Description:
Diverse crowd of men (including Indians and Afro-Americans) and one elder woman at work along busy river bank. Miners use
various tools including baskets, gold pans, shovels, picks and cradles and wear costumes reflecting their backgrounds. Mining
camp and rolling hills in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Kelloggs & Comstock, 150 Fulton St[reet], New York & 136 Main St[reet], Hartford, Conn.;
(LC, below title): 370; (LR): Ensign & Thayer, 12 Exchange St[reet], Buffalo. Date based on active dates of publisher. For
variant see 1963.002:0471--C.
Afro-Americans; California, Northern; Clothing & dress; Frontier & pioneer life; Gold rushes; Indians of North America; Miners; Mining; Rivers; Sacramento (Calif.)
Lithographs, color
[Sacramento City, 1850, California]
[1850] BANC PIC 1963.002:0277--A
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
drawing on paper: wash, pencil, and gouache
12.4 x 17.8 cm.
Content/Description:
Waterfront looking from Sacramento River towards city down J Street; busy commercial waterfront district with numerous buildings,
businesses, tents, and wagons; building materials and cargo on bank; numerous vessels including sailing ships, sidewheel steamship,
and rowboats on river.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Handwritten title (LC).
California, Northern; Sacramento (Calif.); Settlements; Vessels
Cityscapes; Wash drawings
[Sutter's Fort, Sacramento, California]
[ca. 1880?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0282--A
Creator/Collector:
Austin, Amanda Petronella (1859-1917)
, American, artist
Physical Description:
painting on paper mounted on board: watercolor
12.6 x 35.3 cm.
Content/Description:
Building with dilapidated roof in landscape setting, overgrown grass near fort; trees at right.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Signature (LL): A. Austin.
Buildings; California, Northern; Military facilities; Sacramento (Calif.)
Paintings; Watercolors
[State Capitol in Sacramento, California]
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0313--A
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving, hand colored
18.2 x 21.4 cm., dome top
Content/Description:
Three-quarter view of building with people strolling on grounds.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC): Californiste Skitser: Kapitoliet i Sacramento. Inscriptions in German.
Buildings; California, Northern; Sacramento (Calif.)
Engravings, color
State Capitol at Sacramento [California]
[189-?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0314--B
Creator/Collector:
Meeker, E. J. (active ca. 1890), artist
Physical Description:
print on paper: photomechanical
30.4 x 40.9 cm.
Content/Description:
Southeast corner of State Capitol building from corner of 10th and L Streets; horse-drawn carriage and pedestrians in street.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LC): By E.J. Meeker. Printed (LR, within image): EJM (monogram).
Buildings; California, Northern; Sacramento (Calif.)
Photomechanical prints
Sacramento City, California
[1851] BANC PIC 1963.002:0406--A
Creator/Collector:
Dopler, E., artist
Worcester, F. E., etcher
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving, hand colored
19.2 x 27.8 cm.
Content/Description:
Waterfront looking from Sacramento River towards city down J Street; busy commercial waterfront district with numerous buildings,
businesses, tents, and wagons; building materials and cargo on bank; numerous vessels including sailing ships, sidewheel steamship,
and rowboats on river.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Handwritten date (LR): 1851. Printed (LL): E. Dopler, del.; (LR): Worcester, sc. Clipping from: Gleason's
Pictorial Drawing Room Companion.
California, Northern; Rivers; Sacramento (Calif.); Settlements; Vessels; Waterfronts
Cityscapes; Engravings, color
View of Sutter's Fort, near Sacramento City, California
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0407--A
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving, hand colored
17.7 x 28 cm.
Content/Description:
Buildings of Sutter's Fort behind high walls; train of pack mules, horses, and people crossing small bridge over river in
foreground
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Clipping from: Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion. Printed (on verso): F. Gleason, publisher and
proprietor, Boston, Mass[achusetts].
California, Northern; Military facilities; Packtrains; Sacramento (Calif.)
Engravings, color
The gold district, California: mining operations on the western shore of the Sacramento River
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0471--C
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph
41.9 x 56.9 cm.
Content/Description:
Diverse crowd of men (including Indians and Afro-Americans) and one elder woman at work along busy river bank. Miners use
various tools including baskets, gold pans, shovels, picks and cradles and wear costumes reflecting their backgrounds. Mining
camp and rolling hills in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (UC). Printed (LR): For sale at 92 Fulton St[reet]. For variant see 1963.002:0266--B.
California, Northern; Gold rushes; Indians of North America; Miners; Mining; Rivers
Lithographs
[Images related to John Sutter in Sacramento, California]
[c1879?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0483:01--B
Creator/Collector:
Thompson & West (active ca. 1880)
, American, publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph
26.5 x 34.7 cm.
Content/Description:
Trompe l'oeil collage of five images (meant to look like note board) showing Sutter's Fort, Sutter's Mill, General John Sutter,
Sacramento City, and Sacramento in the flood of 1853.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Printed (LL): Published by Thompson & West. Each image captioned. Probably plate from: History of Sutter County,
California (Thompson & West, 1879).
California, Northern; Gold rushes; Miners; Mining; Sacramento (Calif.); Settlements
Lithographs
A bird's-eye view on the cattle ranch of Daniel McCarty... east of Sacramento, Cal[ifornia]
[not before 1878] BANC PIC 1963.002:0483:02--B
Creator/Collector:
Thompson & West (active ca. 1880)
, American, publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph
28.2 x 35.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Ranch comprised of several buildings; pastures with cattle grazing and low hills in distance; railroad at right with loading
depot at ranch; several horse-drawn carriages and carts on road.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC): A birds-eye view on the cattle ranch of Daniel McCarty, 352 Acres, purchased in 1878, along the/American
River, 1 1/2 mile east of Sacramento, Cal[ifornia]. Printed (LL): By Thompson & West.
Buildings; California, Northern; Cattle; Ranches; Sacramento (Calif.); Vehicles
Bird's-eye views; Lithographs
The great conflagration at Sacramento, California
[1852?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0649--A
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving, hand colored
17.7 x 23.5 cm., on mount 21.5 x 30.9 cm.
Content/Description:
City engulfed in flames seen across Sacramento River; figures in rowboats and sidewheel steamship in foreground. Probably
the fire of November 2 and 3, 1852.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC): The great conflagration at Sacramento, California -- see page 11. From periodical (Harpers Weekly?).
California, Northern; Events; Fires; Rivers; Sacramento (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Engravings, color
[Sacramento River, where the biggest known piece of gold was found, California]
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0662--A
Creator/Collector:
Judels, A. (active ca. 1850)
, Dutch?, undetermined
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
16.6 x 23.4 cm., on mount 24.2 x 36.7 cm.
Content/Description:
Group of miners in camp along river gathered around man holding gold nugget; tens, cook fire, and equipment nearby with other
camps along river in distance. The nugget was apparently the largest ever found and weighed approximately thirteen pounds.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC): Sacremento Rivier waar Het Grootste Bekende Stuk Goud Gevonden Is., Californie: Dit Stuk Goud woog circa
dertien pond in zuiver gehalt. Printed (LC, above title): Te Amsterdam by Judels. Label attached to mount (on verso): John
Howell/importer and publisher of books/434 Post Street, San Francisco 2/California/Sacramento River, where the/biggest known
piece of gold/was found, California. This/piece of gold weighed approxi-/mately 13 pounds of pure finess./Translated from
Dutch title. /California on Stone, p. 130/Excessively rare. Inscriptions in Dutch.
California, Northern; Camping; Gold rushes; Miners; Mining; Rivers; Sacramento (Calif.)
Landscapes; Lithographs, color
Sacramento Valley, Cal[ifornia]
c1873 BANC PIC 1963.002:0674--A
Creator/Collector:
Key, John Ross (1832-1920)
, American, artist
L. Prang & Co. (active 1868-ca. 1873)
, American, lithographer and publisher (attributed to)
Physical Description:
print on paper mounted on paper: lithograph, color
17.7 x 35.7 cm.
Content/Description:
Sacramento(?) River with sailboat and rowboat on water; flat valley extends to distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LR). Signature in original (LL): J.R. Key, [18]72. Printed (LC): Entered... 1873 by L. Prang & Co... ; (UL,
on mount): Sacramento Valley.
California, Northern; Rivers; Sacramento (Calif.); Vessels
Landscapes; Lithographs, color
View of a part of the levee, Sacramento [California], between N & O Street, 1850
1850 BANC PIC 1963.002:0686--B
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
drawing on paper: pen and crayon
20.4 x 32.4 cm.
Content/Description:
Street with storefronts of five buildings; including hotel, warehouse, and bakery; each bearing sign.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Handwritten title (UC). Handwritten signs on buildings (L to R): Pacific Hotel by J.D. Winters; C.B. Gallagher; Ce[n]tral
Warehouse/Ewer Building; Fronts Bakery, Robertson; Clinton House.
Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; Hotels; Sacramento (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Drawings
Bird's-eye view of the city of Sacramento, state capitol of California, 1870
1870 BANC PIC 1963.002:0842--E
Creator/Collector:
Koch, Augustus (active ca. 1870), artist
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph
78.4 x 89 cm.
Content/Description:
City with extensive downtown and residential areas; state capitol building at right, train depot at left. Sacramento River
with numerous steamships, ferries, sidewheel steamships, etc.; American River in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn by Augustus Koch; (LR): Lith. Britton & Rey, S[an] F[rancisco]. Printed legend.
California, Northern; Rivers; Sacramento (Calif.); Settlements; Vessels
Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color
A bird's-eye view of Sacramento [California]: the city of the plain
c1857 BANC PIC 1963.002:0860--F
Creator/Collector:
Baker, George Holbrook (1827-1906)
, American, artist and publisher
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer
Physical Description:
print on paper mounted on board: lithograph, color
79.9 x 100.1 cm.
Content/Description:
City seen from above Sacramento River with waterfront area, ships, steamships, barges, etc. in foreground. Marginal views
include local businesses, churches, public buildings, hotels, theaters, and industry. Includes view of Sutter's Fort in 1846
and Sacramento in 1849.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, above title): Entered... 1857 by Geo[rge] H. Baker... California; (LC, below title): Drawn,
designed & published by/Geo[rge] H. Baker/Sac[ramento] 1857/lithography of Britton & Rey, San Francisco. Handwritten (LR):
From your friend/[J. Corbert?]. Each image captioned.
Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; Rivers; Sacramento (Calif.); Settlements; Waterfronts
Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color
View of Mississippi Bar, [Sacramento] California
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:1302--F
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
drawing on paper: ink and wash
42.5 x 111.2 cm.
Content/Description:
View looking across American River; numerous individual mining sites (mounds) being worked by miners in foreground; camps
composed of small buildings and tents beyond mining operations.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Handwritten title (LC).
California, Northern; Mining; Rivers; Sacramento (Calif.)
Landscapes; Wash drawings
[Sidewheel steamship "Chrysopolis"on Sacramento River, California]
[ca. 1860] BANC PIC 1963.002:1355--FR
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
painting on canvas: oil
50.5 x 82 cm.
Content/Description:
Sidewheel steamship "Chrysopolis" with twin smokestacks churns along river preceded by two sailboats; two simple houses on
far shore; small mountain rises in distance. " Chrysopolis" (1050 tons, length 245 feet) was built in 1860; rebuilt in 1875
as ferry steamer "Oakland" which was lost by fire in 1940.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Title based on handwritten text within image. Historical information from Inventory Sheets.
California, Northern; Rivers; Sacramento (Calif.); Vessels; Vessels
Marines (Visual works); Oil paintings
[Sutter's Fort, Sacramento, California]
[ca. 1900] BANC PIC 1963.002:1383--FR
Creator/Collector:
Vivian, Calthea C. (active ca. 1870-ca. 1926)
, American, artist
Physical Description:
painting on canvas: oil
31 x 41 cm.
Content/Description:
View looking across pond with remnants of building from Sutter's Fort in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Title based on handwritten text (on canvas, on verso). Signature (LR): C.C. Vivian.
California, Northern; Military facilities; Sacramento (Calif.)
Landscapes; Oil paintings
[Sacramento City in California]
[ca. 1850] BANC PIC 1963.002:1438--A
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving, hand colored
16.3 x 22.6 cm.
Content/Description:
Waterfront looking from Sacramento River towards city down J Street; busy commercial waterfront district with numerous buildings,
businesses, tents, and wagons; building materials and cargo on bank; numerous vessels include sailing ships, sidewheel steamship
"Senator," and rowboats on river.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC): Sacramento City in Californien. Printed (UL): Ms. C.L. No. 1389; (LL): Aus d. Kunstant d. Bibl. Inst.
in Hildbh.; (LR): Eigenthum d. Verleger. Date based on similar images of Sacramento. Inscriptions in German.
California, Northern; Frontier & pioneer life; Rivers; Sacramento (Calif.); Settlements; Vessels
Cityscapes; Engravings, color
Sacramento City: waterfront with contemplated improvements, by J. B. M. Crooks & Co.
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:1535--E
Creator/Collector:
Boyd, Thomas C. (active ca. 1856-ca. 1860), artist
Hoffman, Victor, lithographer
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph
63.2 x 95.9 cm.
Content/Description:
Busy waterfront on Sacramento River with wagons, oxen, carriages, horses, railroad train, cargo, and pedestrians. Three paddle
wheel steamships: "Young America," "Queen City," and "New World" near dock. City and shops in distance (J Street?).
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Designed by Thomas Boyd; (LC, above title): Printed by Britton & Rey, S[an] F[rancisco];
(LR, within image): Victor Hoffman, fec.; (LR): Drawn on stone by V. Hoffman.
Business enterprises; California, Northern; Rivers; Sacramento (Calif.); Vessels; Waterfronts
Cityscapes; Lithographs
Sacramento City, Ca[lifornia] from the foot of J. Street...
c1850 BANC PIC 1963.002:1535:01--D
Creator/Collector:
Cooper, George Victor (1810-1878)
, American, artist
Parsons, Charles R. (1821-1910)
, American, lithographer
Wm. Endicott & Co. (active ca. 1849-ca. 1852), lithographer
Stringer & Townsend, publisher
Brainerd, A., undetermined
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
53.3 x 67.9 cm.
Content/Description:
Waterfront looking from Sacramento River towards city down J Street; busy commercial waterfront district with numerous buildings,
businesses (hot cake and coffee tent, City Hotel, Eagle Theatre, Eldorado Exchange, Freemont House, General Jackson's Hotel,
J.B. Starr & Company, and others), tents, and wagons; building materials and cargo on bank; numerous vessels include sailing
ships, sidewheel steamship, and rowboats on river.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC): Sacramento City, Ca[lifornia] from the foot of J. Street, showing I, J, & K St[reet]s with the Sierra
Nevada in the distance. Printed (LL, within image): C. Parsons; (LL): Drawn Dec[ember] 20th, 1849 by G.V. Cooper; (LC, below
title): Entered... 1850 by A. Braine[r?]d... N[ew] Y[ork]; (LR): Lith. of W[illia]m Endicott & Co., N[ew] York. Printed legend.
For variants see 1963.002:0198--D and 1963.002:1880--D.
Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; Hotels; Rivers; Sacramento (Calif.); Settlements; Vessels; Waterfronts
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
Sutters's Fort, Sacramento, Cal[ifornia] 1847
1847 BANC PIC 1963.002:1536--D
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
38.4 x 65.2 cm.
Content/Description:
Fort with high walls surrounding inner buildings; US flag flying in center; group of Indians at left and other figures near
fort; building at right bears sign reading: S. Brannan & Co.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC).
Buildings; California, Northern; Military facilities; Sacramento (Calif.)
Lithographs, color
View of Sacramento City: as it appeared during the great inundation in January 1850 [California]
c1850 BANC PIC 1963.002:1537--E
Creator/Collector:
Geo. W. Casilear & Henry Bainbridge (active ca. 1850), artist
Sarony, lithographer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
57.5 x 91 cm.
Content/Description:
Flooded area looking from levee on Sacramento River down J Street. Numerous rafts and rowboats on water; animals, tents, cargo,
houses, and buildings half submerged in flood waters.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn from nature by Geo. W. Casilear & Henry Bainbridge/Entered... 1850 by Casilear & Bainbridge...
New York/Lith of Sarony, New York. Printed legend. For variant see 1963.002:0253--A.
California, Northern; Events; Rivers; Sacramento (Calif.); Settlements; Waterfronts
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
[View of Sacramento, California, 1849]
[not before 1849] BANC PIC 1963.002:1880--C
Creator/Collector:
Le Breton, L.
, French, engraver
Physical Description:
print on paper: etching, hand colored
24.8 x 36.7 cm., image on paper 43.4 x 60.7 cm.
Content/Description:
Waterfront looking from Sacramento River towards city down J Street; busy commercial waterfront district with numerous buildings,
businesses (hot cake and coffee tent, City Hotel, Eagle Theatre, Eldorado Exchange, Freemont House, General Jackson's Hotel,
J.B. Starr & Company, and others), tents, and wagons; building materials and cargo on bank; numerous vessels include sailing
ships, sidewheel steamship, and rowboats on river.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC): Vue de Sacramento. Printed (LR): Le Breton, sc. Date of view based on comparison to 1963.002:1535:01--D.
For variants see 1963.002:1880--C and 1963.002:1535:01--D. Inscriptions in French.
Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; Frontier & pioneer life; Hotels; Rivers; Sacramento (Calif.); Settlements; Vessels; Waterfronts
Cityscapes; Etchings
Northern California: San Francisco - cityscapes
View of South Park from Third Street [San Francisco, California]
[1862] BANC PIC 1963.002:0207--C
Creator/Collector:
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), undetermined (attributed to)
Physical Description:
print on paper mounted on board: lithograph, color
25.1 x 54.1 cm.
Content/Description:
Elegant residential buildings (townhouses) enclosing central plaza; park with fountain in center; Italianate facades at end
of each block. Fashionably dressed pedestrians strolling, in carriages, and on horseback in street.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Date and attribution based on Inventory Sheet notes.
Buildings; California, Northern; Dwellings; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
Hayes Valley [San Francisco, California]
[1862?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0211--C
Creator/Collector:
Gifford, Charles B. (active ca. 1858-ca. 1868), artist and lithographer
Nagel, Louis (active ca. 1844-ca. 1873)
, German, printer
Physical Description:
print on paper mounted on board: lithograph
33.9 x 52.4 cm., on mount 42.2 x 60.7 cm.
Content/Description:
Sparsely populated residential area with hills and Mount Davidson in distance; track and trains of San Francisco Market Street
Railway Company in center.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Handwritten title (LL). Printed (LL): [... ] del. et lith; (LR): Printed by L. [Nagel?]. Handwritten (on verso): From Mrs.
Margaret D. [Liggerald?] 630 Chapel Street, Schenektady, N[ew] Y[ork]/L[ouis] Nagel Print/C.B. Gifford, del. & lith./shows
Market Street railroad/Peters p.167, pl.79, possibly 1862, [Nare?].
California, Northern; Dwellings; Railroads; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements; Vehicles
Cityscapes; Lithographs
San Francisco [California]
[1862] BANC PIC 1963.002:0212--C
Creator/Collector:
Hildebrandt, Eduard (1881-1869)
, German, artist
Physical Description:
print on paper mounted on board: photomechanical
27.5 x 37.9 cm., on mount 46 x 56.3 cm.
Content/Description:
Looking up California Street from Montgomery showing Nob Hill, Saint Mary's Cathedral, First Congregational Church, the Parrot
Building, and steam streetcar.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LL). Printed (LR, within image): E. Hildebrandt. Handwritten (LC): 1862. Original artist's label (on verso):
No.12/Ed. Hildebrandt/strasse in St. Francisco/mit einem Dampf-Omnibus/chromofacsimiliert nach dem Aquarell aus der/Sammlung
des Herrn Richard Goehde/Verlag von R.Wagner/Berlin, Mauerstrasse 36. Eduard Hildebrandt roles unclear. Resembles a view published
as part of an album of famous city views, Vue d'Optique, by Wincklemann & Söhne of Berlin (cf. Peters, Harry T., California
on Stone, p.128) Inscriptions in German.
Buildings; California, Northern; Churches; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements; Vehicles
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
[Street corner in Chinatown, San Francisco, California]
[ca. 1890] BANC PIC 1963.002:0280--FR
Creator/Collector:
Blum, Robert F. (1857-1903)
, American, artist
Physical Description:
painting on paper mounted on board: watercolor and gouache
47.3 x 24.5 cm., visible image
Content/Description:
Busy street corner lined with three story buildings with elaborately carved cornices and balconies; facades decorated with
paper lanterns and flowers. Open markets on street level; figures wearing traditional dress crowd streets.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Signature (LR): R. Blum.
California, Northern; Chinese; Manners & customs; San Francisco (Calif.)
Cityscapes; Watercolors
[View of San Francisco, California]
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0532--C
Creator/Collector:
Rouargue, Adolphe (active ca. 1850-ca. 1860), artist
Physical Description:
print on paper mounted on heavy paper: engraving
33.3 x 50.4 cm., on mount 46 x 61.4 cm.
Content/Description:
View from heights of Sacramento and Taylor Streets (made after photograph); bay with Yerba Buena Island in distance; Telegraph
Hill to left; densely packed buildings, houses, and churches in center.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC): La Ville de San Francisco, Californie- Vue prise des hauteurs des rues Sacramento et Taylor-D'après une
photographie. Printed (LL, within image): A. Rouargue, del. From French magazine. Inscriptions in French.
California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Engravings
California, view of Sansome Street, showing the center of the jobbing trade of San Francisco and the Bank of California
[1878] BANC PIC 1963.002:0534--A
Creator/Collector:
Bradley & Rulofson, photographer (based on original by)
Physical Description:
print on paper mounted on board: engraving
18.2 x 24.4 cm., on mount 22.9 x 30.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Busy city street with horses, wagons, carriages, streetcars, and pedestrians.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LR, following title): from a photograph by Bradley & Rulofson. Date handwritten (LR): 1878.
Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Engravings
San Francisco, Upper California, in 1847
c1849 BANC PIC 1963.002:0538--A
Creator/Collector:
Prevost, V. (active ca. 1849), artist
Sarony & Major (active ca.1846-ca. 1857)
, American, lithographer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
17.7 x 35.2 cm.
Content/Description:
View from Rincon point looking inland with Telegraph Hill rising to right. Scattered buildings on shore and few boats and
sailing ships in harbor.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn on stone by V. Prevost; (LC, above title): Entered... 1849 by Robert Wells... New
York; (LR): Lith. of Sarony & Major, 117 Fulton St[reet], N[ew] Y[ork].
California, Northern; Harbors; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
San Francisco [California] in 1848
1865 BANC PIC 1963.002:0539--A
Creator/Collector:
Maclure, MacDonald, & Maggregor (active ca. 1865)
, British, lithographer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
14.1 x 22.4 cm.
Content/Description:
View from bay (from below Telegraph Hill?) looking toward small group of buildings lying below slope. Several row boats and
two sailing ships on water.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, below title): In 1865 the fourth commercial city in America, population 160,000. Printed
(LL): Maclure, MacDonald, & Maggregor, litho./37 Walbrook, London.
California, Northern; Harbors; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
San Francisco [California]
[185-?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0540--A
Creator/Collector:
Lechard
, French, artist
Sarazin
, French, printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving
10.5 x 15.4 cm., on sheet 16 x 26.2 cm.
Content/Description:
San Francisco harbor looking toward Telegraph Hill from Rincon Point area. Several figures on road in foreground; buildings,
dwellings, and Yerba Buena harbor with ships and pier in middleground; bay and hills in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC): San Francisco/(Californie). Printed (LL): Lechard, del.; (LC): Sara[z]in Imp., r[ue] Git le Coeur 8, Paris;
(LR): Lechard sculp. Inscriptions in French.
Bays; California, Northern; Harbors; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Engravings
San Francisco [California]
[186-?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0541--A
Creator/Collector:
Ormsby, W. L. (active ca. 1850), engraver
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving
15.2 x 24.1 cm.
Content/Description:
View looking south from Russian Hill towards Yerba Buena harbor. Campers in tents with cook pots and other figures (some miners?)
carrying bundles, riding in carriages, and on horseback in foreground. Densely packed buildings and numerous ships in harbor
in middleground and distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LR): Eng[rave]d by W.L.Ormsby.
California, Northern; Camping; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Engravings
San Francisco [California]
[ca. 1854] BANC PIC 1963.002:0542--A
Creator/Collector:
Herrmann, J. Meyer (active ca. 1854), publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving
20.3 x 25.7 cm.
Content/Description:
View from Nob Hill looking toward harbor. Figures carry bundles in foreground; densely packed residences and buildings lead
down to waterfront. Numerous ships in harbor, some on fire; Yerba Buena Island in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn after nature/Published for Herrmann J. Meyer, 164 William Str[eet] New York; (LR):
For the proprietor Hermann J. Meyer/Copyright secured according to Act of Congress. For variant see 1963.002:0543--A.
Bays; California, Northern; Harbors; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Engravings
San Francisco [California]
[c1854] BANC PIC 1963.002:0543--A
Creator/Collector:
Herrmann, J. Meyer (active ca. 1854), publisher (attributed to)
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving, hand colored
20.3 x 25.7 cm.
Content/Description:
View from Nob Hill looking toward harbor. Figures carry bundles in foreground; densely packed residences and buildings lead
down to waterfront. Numerous ships in harbor, some on fire; Yerba Buena Island in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Aus. d. Kunstanst d. Bibl. Inst. in Hildbh.; (LR): Eigenthum d. Verleger. Handwritten (LC,
on mount): Die fünf Weltteile, Hildburghausen Verlag des Bibliografischen Instituts...; (LC, on mat): c1854-0. Attribution
based on variant 1963.002:0542--A. Inscriptions in German.
Bays; California, Northern; Harbors; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Engravings, color
Panorama of San Francisco [California]
[ca. 1860] BANC PIC 1963.002:0544 (copy)--A
Creator/Collector:
Magnus, Charles (active 1858-1865)
, American, seller
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving, hand colored
16.7 x 25.4 cm.
Content/Description:
View from top of California Street looking down toward bay. In left distance is Alcatraz Island and Telegraph Hill. In center
distance is Yerba Buena Island. Several figures on road in foreground; houses and buildings in middleground; Yerba Buena harbor
with ships at anchor in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LR): Sold by Charles Magnus, 12 Frankfort Street, New York. For variants see 1963.002:0105--A
and 1963.002:0106--B.
California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Engravings, color
Panorama of San Francisco [California]
[ca. 1860] BANC PIC 1963.002:0544--A
Creator/Collector:
Magnus, Charles (active 1858-1865)
, American, seller
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving, hand colored
16.7 x 25.4 cm.
Content/Description:
View from top of California Street looking down toward bay. In left distance is Alcatraz Island and Telegraph Hill. In center
distance is Yerba Buena Island. Several figures on road in foreground; houses and buildings in middleground; Yerba Buena harbor
with ships at anchor in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LR): Sold by Charles Magnus, 12 Frankfort Street, New York. For variants see 1963.002:0105--A
and 1963.002:0106--B.
Bays; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Engravings, color
San Francisco, Cal[ifornia]
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0545--A
Creator/Collector:
Capewell & Kimmel, engraver
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving, hand colored
10 x 19 cm., on sheet 23.8 x 30.4 cm.
Content/Description:
View from west overlooking city and bay; numerous buildings and houses in middleground; several pedestrians on road in foreground.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, above title): Eng[rave]d by Capewell & Kimmel, N[ew] Y[ork].
California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Engravings, color
View of the town and harbour of San Francisco [California]
[ca. 1849?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0548--B
Creator/Collector:
Baker, George Holbrook (1827-1906)
, American, artist
Mansfield, H. (active ca. 1849), publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
25.7 x 35.1 cm.
Content/Description:
View from south looking toward harbor and city of San Francisco; three men, two on horseback, in left foreground; sailing
ships and sidewheel steamship in harbor; buildings and houses scattered on shore and Telegraph Hill in distance. Dense vegetation
in foreground.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn by Geo. H. Baker, Esq. Ar[?]; (LC, above title): Entered[?]... District of Connecticut;
(LC, below title): Published by H. Mansfield, New Haven, Conn. See also Baker's print on lettersheet:1963.002:135.
Bays; California, Northern; Harbors; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)
View of San Francisco [California] formerly Yerba Buena in 1846-7
[not before 1847] BANC PIC 1963.002:0549--D
Creator/Collector:
Swasey, Capt. W. (active ca. 1847), publisher
Bosqui Eng. & Ptg. Co. (active ca. 1863-ca. 1906), printer
Physical Description:
print on paper mounted on board: lithograph, color
52.5 x 59.4 cm.
Content/Description:
San Francisco looking inland from bay prior to the discovery of gold; several sailing ships, including the Portsmouth (ship),
in harbor; few buildings on shore; Twin Peaks, Lone Mountain, Nob Hill, and other landmarks visible.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Executed by the Bosqui Eng. & Print. Co.; (LC, above title): Copyrighted; (LR): Designed
& copied from views taken at the time & published by/Capt. W. Swasey/a continuing resident since 1845. Printed legend.
Bays; California, Northern; Harbors; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
San Francisco [California] 1851
c1851 BANC PIC 1963.002:0550--C
Creator/Collector:
Sinclair, Thomas S. (active ca. 1849-ca. 1853), lithographer
Bill, Henry (active ca. 1850-ca. 1857), publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper mounted on heavy paper: lithograph, hand colored
32.1 x 43.3 cm.
Content/Description:
City and bay from Nob Hill; Yerba Buena Island in center; Telegraph Hill at left; ships in harbor.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, above title): Entered... 1851 by Henry Bill... New York; (LC, below title): Published for
the History of the World by Henry Bill, New York; (LR): T. Sinclair's lith. Phil[adelphi]a. Printed legend.
Bays; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
San Francisco [California] 1849
1849 BANC PIC 1963.002:0551--E
Creator/Collector:
Snow & Co. (active ca. 1849), publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
48.4 x 86.1 cm.
Content/Description:
City and harbor looking from Rincon Point towards Telegraph Hill. Clustered buildings at left with US flag in center (Portsmouth
Square). Signs on buildings in foreground read "Sherman & Ruckel," "P.M.S.S. Co.," and "S.H. Williams & Co." Ships in bay,
one on fire (names identified in legend); Yerba Buena Island at right; several tents among buildings and small military camp
in right foreground.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, above title): Published by Snow & Co., 20 Post Street. Printed legend. For variant see 1963.002:1493--FR.
Business enterprises; California, Northern; Harbors; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements; Vessels
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
San Francisco in 1849 [California]
c1894 BANC PIC 1963.002:0552 (variant)--F
Creator/Collector:
Burgess, George Henry (1831-1905)
, British, artist
H.S. Crocker & Co. (active ca. 1890), lithographer
Physical Description:
print on paper mounted on board: lithograph, color
42 x 101.1 cm.
Content/Description:
View from foot of Montgomery Street looking north to Telegraph Hill; buildings and warehouses in center; ships in harbor at
right; fenced residences at left; men in campsite with tents and cook fires in foreground.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed ((LL): Geo. H. Burgess Pinxit; (LC): Lith. H.S. Crocker Company, S[an] F[rancisco]; (LR): Copyright
1894. Key (LL) entitled: San Francisco in July 1849.
California, Northern; Harbors; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
San Francisco [California, 1849]
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0552--E
Creator/Collector:
Burgess, George Henry (1831-1905)
, British, artist (attributed to)
H.S. Crocker & Co. (active ca. 1890), lithographer (attributed to)
Physical Description:
print on paper mounted on board: lithograph, color
40.5 x 93.1 cm.
Content/Description:
View from foot of Montgomery Street looking north to Telegraph Hill; buildings and warehouses in center; ships in harbor at
right; fenced residences at left; men in campsite with tents and cook fires.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, below title): Present of S.F. Stock Exchange. Date and attribution based on shelflist. Attribution
to Burgess based on comparison to 1963.002:0552--F (variant).
California, Northern; Camping; Harbors; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
San Francisco [California], January 1852
[1852] BANC PIC 1963.002:0553--C
Creator/Collector:
Eastman, Harrison (1823-1886)
, American, artist
Britton, Joseph (1825-1901)
, British, lithographer
Pollard & Britton (active ca. 1852), lithographer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
31.7 x 61.8 cm.
Content/Description:
City and bay from Nob Hill; Yerba Buena Island in center; Telegraph Hill at left; ships in harbor. Figures and houses in foreground.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): On stone by J. Britton; (LC, above title): Pollard & Britton Lith., San Francisco; (LR):
Sketched by H. Eastman.
California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
San Francisco, [California] 1854
c185[2] BANC PIC 1963.002:0554--B
Creator/Collector:
Bill, Henry (active ca. 1850-ca. 1857), publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
26 x 45.2 cm.
Content/Description:
View from Nob Hill looking down California Street toward harbor; Telegraph Hill at left; numerous ships in harbor; houses
and buildings in middleground; vegetation in foreground. Principal buildings and sites identified by legend.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, above title): Entered... in the year 18[52?] by Henry Bill... District of Connecticut; (LC,
below title, missing): [Published for the History of the World by Henry Bill, New York]. Printed legend. See also 1963.002:0555--B,
1963.002:0556--B, and 1963.002:0557--B. Views were also issued in 1850, 1852, 1854, 1855, 1856, and 1857, all copyrighted
by Henry Bill, and all, save 1851, from the same plate.
Bays; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
San Francisco, [California] 1855
c185[2] BANC PIC 1963.002:0555--B
Creator/Collector:
Bill, Henry (active ca. 1850-ca. 1857), publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
26.8 x 44.9 cm.
Content/Description:
View from Nob Hill looking down California Street toward harbor; Telegraph Hill at left; numerous ships in harbor; houses
and buildings in middleground; vegetation in foreground. Principal buildings and sites identified by legend.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, above title): Entered... in the year 185[2] by Henry Bill... District of Connecticut; (LC,
below title): Published for the History of the World by Henry Bill, New York. Printed legend. See also 1963.002:0554--B, 1963.002:0556--B,
and 1963.002:0557--B. Views were also issued in 1850, 1852, 1854, 1855, 1856, and 1857, all copyrighted by Henry Bill, and
all, save 1851, from the same plate.
Bays; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
San Francisco, [California] 1856
c185[2] BANC PIC 1963.002:0556--B
Creator/Collector:
Bill, Henry (active ca. 1850-ca. 1857), publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
31.3 x 43.8 cm.
Content/Description:
View from Nob Hill looking down California Street toward harbor; Telegraph Hill at left; numerous ships in harbor; houses
and buildings in middleground; vegetation in foreground. Principal buildings and sites identified by legend.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, above title): Entered... in the year 185[2] by Henry Bill... District of Connecticut; (LC,
below title): Published for the History of the World by Henry Bill, New York. Printed legend. See also 1963.002:0554--B, 1963.002:0555--B,
and 1963.002:0557--B. Views were also issued in 1850, 1852, 1854, 1855, 1856, and 1857, all copyrighted by Henry Bill, and
all, save 1851, from the same plate.
Bays; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
San Francisco, [California] 1857
c185[3] BANC PIC 1963.002:0557--B
Creator/Collector:
Bill, Henry (active ca. 1850-ca. 1857), publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
26.8 x 44 cm.
Content/Description:
View from Nob Hill looking down California Street toward harbor; Telegraph Hill at left; numerous ships in harbor; houses
and buildings in middleground; vegetation in foreground. Principal buildings and sites identified by legend.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, above title): Entered... in the year 185[3] by Henry Bill... District of Connecticut; (LC,
below title): Published for the History of the World by Henry Bill, New York. Printed legend. See also 1963.002:0554--B, 1963.002:0555--B,
and 1963.002:0556--B. Views were also issued in 1850, 1852, 1854, 1855, 1856, and 1857, all copyrighted by Henry Bill, and
all, save 1851, from the same plate.
Bays; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
San Francisco, California
c1874 BANC PIC 1963.002:0566--D
Creator/Collector:
Hess, Frederick (active ca. 1874), publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving, hand colored
30.1 x 66 cm.
Content/Description:
Broad view from Nob Hill area of densely populated city with Russian Hill to left and Rincon Point area to right. Marginal
views include major buildings (hotels, churches, City Hall, etc.), streets, and city blocks. Includes scene of passengers
for China and Japan preparing to board ship.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, below title): Frederick Hess, publisher. Each image captioned.
Buildings; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Engravings, color
San Francisco from Rincon Point [California]
c1856 BANC PIC 1963.002:0571--A
Creator/Collector:
Otis, F. N. (active ca. 1856)
, American?, artist
Wellstood, W. (active ca. 1856)
, American?, engraver
Milddleton, Wallace & Co. (active ca. 1856)
, American, printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving, hand colored
14.6 x 24.9 cm., dome top
Content/Description:
View from Rincon Point area looking toward Telegraph Hill. Man, woman, and children in residential garden in foreground; busy
street, scattered houses, and buildings in middleground; and anchored ships in Yerba Buena Harbor in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn by F.N. Otis; (LC below title): Engraved expressly for the Ladies' repository, by
permission of F.N. Otis, M.D. in the US Mail Service. Entered... 1856 by F.N. Otis, ... New York/Middleton, Wallace & Co.
printers Cin[ncinnati].O[hio].; (LR): Engraved by W. Wellstood. For variant see 1963.002:0576--F.
California, Northern; Children; Dwellings; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Engravings, color
View of San Francisco [California], 1850...
c1850 BANC PIC 1963.002:0572--B
Creator/Collector:
Kuchel, C. C. (1820-ca. 1865)
, Swiss, artist
Johnson, Theodore T. (active ca. 1850), publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper mounted on board: lithograph, hand colored
34.7 x 45.2 cm.
Content/Description:
Yerba Buena harbor from Rincon Point area looking towards Telegraph Hill; Russian Hill at left; numerous ships in harbor at
right.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, within image): Kuchel d[el?]; (LL): Kuchel delt.; (LC, below title): Taken from a high point
on South side/Published by the author of "Sights in the Gold Region & c"/Entered... 1850 by Theodore T. Johnson... Pennsylv[ania];
(LR): Lith. of P.S. Duval, Phila[delphia].
California, Northern; Harbors; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
City of San Francisco, Cal[ifornia]
c1852 BANC PIC 1963.002:0573--E
Creator/Collector:
Michelin, Francis (active ca. 1852), lithographer and printer
Marvin & Hitchcock (active ca. 1852), publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
60.2 x 81.4 cm., dome top
Content/Description:
Bay and harbor from Nob Hill; Telegraph Hill at left; Yerba Buena Island in center; buildings and houses in middleground.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Lithographed & printed in tints by F. Michelin, 225 Fulton St[reet], N[ew] Y[ork]; (LC,
below title): Published by Marvin & Hitchcock, booksellers & stationers, San Francisco/Entered... 1852 by Charles Scribner...
New York; (LR): From daguerreotypes taken on the spot.
California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
San Francisco [California], 1860
1860 BANC PIC 1963.002:0575--F
Creator/Collector:
Hutchings & Rosenfield (active ca. 1856), publisher
Nagel, Louis (active ca. 1844-ca. 1873)
, German, printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
75.5 x 109.6 cm.
Content/Description:
View from base of Russian Hill with harbor at left and densely built city in center; vaqueros on horseback, woman in Spanish
dress with child, other figures, pack mule, and goats in foreground. Marginal views include local businesses and Market Street
railroad depot.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Published by Hutchings & Rosenfield; (LR): Printed by L. Nagel, S[an] F[rancisco].
Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
City of San Francisco [California]
c1855 BANC PIC 1963.002:0576--F
Creator/Collector:
Otis, F. N. (active ca. 1856)
, American?, artist
Parsons, Charles R. (1821-1910)
, American, lithographer
Endicott & Co. (active ca. 1854), printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
66.6 x 112 cm., dome top
Content/Description:
View from Rincon Point area looking toward Telegraph Hill. Man, woman, and children in residential garden in foreground; busy
street, scattered houses, and buildings in middleground; and anchored ships in Yerba Buena Harbor in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Lithographed by C. Parsons, N[ew] Y[ork]; (LC, above title): Deld. by F.N. Otis, M.D. surgeon
in U.S.M. Steamship Cos. Service; (LR): Printed by Endicott & Co., N[ew] Y[ork]. For variant see 1963.002:0571--A.
California, Northern; Children; Dwellings; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
San Francisco [California] MDCCCLV [1855]
1856 BANC PIC 1963.002:0585--FR
Creator/Collector:
Meryon, Charles (active ca. 1856)
, French, engraver
Delatre, A. (active ca. 1856)
, French, printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: etching
24 x 101 cm.
Content/Description:
Panoramic view of city looking from Nob Hill; houses and buildings in middleground with sailing ships on San Francisco Bay;
Yerba Buena Island, Alcatraz, and Telegraph Hill in distance. Two allegorical figures flank central panel bearing title; initials
JBB (J.B. Bayerque) and AP (Alfred Pinoche), two San Francisco bankers, appear next to two portrait medallions.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): JBB; (LR): AP; (LL): C. Meryon, del. sculp. Paris 1856; (LR): A. Delatre imp. Rue Fg. Poissonnière
149. Inscriptions in French.
California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Engravings; Portraits
View of San Francisco [California]: taken from the western hill at the foot of Telegraph Hill, looking toward Rincon Point
and Mission Valley
c1851 BANC PIC 1963.002:0586--E
Creator/Collector:
Bainbridge, Henry (active ca. 1851), artist
Casilear, George W. (active ca. 1860)
, American, artist and publisher
Sarony & Major (active ca.1846-ca. 1857)
, American, lithographer
Atwill & Company (active ca. 1853), publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
64.2 x 93.9 cm., dome top
Content/Description:
View looking south from Telegraph Hill. Yerba Buena cove, island, and harbor at left; wharves and city at right. Large, diverse
group of men and women; including Chinese, Spaniards, miners, settlers and others; camp in tents, cook, carry bundles, tend
livestock, walk, and drive in wagons in foreground.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn from nature by Henry Bainbridge & Geo[rge] W. Casilear; (LC, below title): Published
by Geo[rge] W. Casilear, New York City, and by Atwill, San Francisco, California; (LR): Lith. of Sarony & Major, 117 Fulton
St[reet], New York. Printed legend.
California, Northern; Camping; Frontier & pioneer life; Harbors; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements; Women
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
Lombard, North Point, and Greenwich Docks, San Francisco [California]: ships Great Republic, Hurricane, and Zenobia discharging
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0587--F
Creator/Collector:
Gifford, Charles B. (active ca. 1858-ca. 1868), artist
Eastman, Harrison (1823-1886)
, American, lithographer
Nahl, Hugo Wilhelm Arthur (1833-1889)
, German, lithographer
Nagel, Louis (active ca. 1844-ca. 1873)
, German, printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
75 x 100.8 cm.
Content/Description:
Busy wharf area with warehouses (Scott's, Flynt's, Bay, Lombard, and North Point), coal yards, and sailing ships being loaded.
Alcatraz Island and bay in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): On stone by H. Eastman & A. Nahl; (LC): Drawn from nature by C.B. Gifford; (LR): L. Nagel,
print., S[an] F[rancisco].
Bays; Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements; Vessels; Waterfronts
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
[San Francisco from elevated point on south coast, California]
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0598--C
Creator/Collector:
Le Breton, L.
, French, lithographer
E. Savary et Cie
, French, publisher
E. Gambart et Co., publisher
Bry, Auguste
, French, printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
39.4 x 54.8 cm.
Content/Description:
View looking from Rincon Point area; city and harbor with ships and pier in center; Telegraph Hill, Russian Hill, and bay
in distance; several tents scattered between buildings; figures in foreground.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC]: San Francisco, vue prise d'un point élevé du côté sud, Californie [California]. Printed (LL): Dessiné
et lithog. par L. Le Breton, Paris, E. Savary et C[ompagn]ie, Edit. 10, Place de Louvre; (LR): Paris. Imp. par Auguste Bry,
149 r[ue] du Bac, London, Published by E. Gambart et Co. Embossed stamp (LL): E. Savary et Cie, Editeurs, Paris. Inscriptions
in French.
Bays; California, Northern; Harbors; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
[View of San Francisco and bay from California Street]
[1855] BANC PIC 1963.002:0599--D
Creator/Collector:
Bayot (active ca. 1855), artist
Sabatier, L.
, French?, lithographer
Lemercier (active ca. 1855)
, French, printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
52.7 x 71.2 cm.
Content/Description:
View looking from Nob Hill down California Street towards Yerba Buena island; Italianate peasant woman and several miners
with mules in foreground; tightly clustered buildings in middleground; ships in harbor. Based on Daguerreotype.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC): San Francisco. Printed (LL): Lith. par L. Sabatier, d'après un Daguerreotype/Paris, Bulla Frères et Jouy,
Editeurs/Berlin, Fd. Ebner, 196 Friedrichsstrasse; (LC, above title): Figures par Bayot; (LR): Imp. Lemercier, Paris/London,
E. Gambart & Co., 25 Bernes S. Oxf. S./New York, Emile Seitz, 413 Broadway. Inscriptions in French.
California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Lithographs, color; Photomechanical prints
View of the town and harbour of San Francisco, California, from the Signal Hill
c1851 BANC PIC 1963.002:0600--D
Creator/Collector:
Collinson (active ca. 1851), artist
Boosey, W. (active ca. 1851), lithographer
Ackerman & Co. (active ca. 1851)
, British, publisher
M. & N. Hanhart (active ca. 1851-ca. 1857), printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
41.5 x 79 cm., dome top
Content/Description:
View from Telegraph Hill looking towards Yerba Buena harbor at left and Montgomery Street at right; south bay in distance.
Several figures (Spaniards), campers with tents, and signal building in foreground; numerous ships in bay; wharves and densely
packed buildings of city to right.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn on stone by W. Boosey from a sketch by Capt[ai]n Collinson R.E.; (LR): M. & N. Hanhart
Lith. Printers; (LC): London published Nov. 12 1851 by Ackerman & Co., 96 Strand. Index identifying sites of interest.
Bays; California, Northern; Camping; Frontier & pioneer life; Harbors; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements; Spaniards
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
[View of San Francisco, California]
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0601--C
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
40.6 x 53.9 cm.
Content/Description:
View overlooking city with densely packed buildings, with spires of several churches visible; Telegraph Hill at left; pedestrians
in streets and others hiking and gardening in foreground; harbor and Yerba Buena Island in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (UC): Ports de mer d'Amérique (LC): Vue de San Francisco: vista de San Francisco. Printed (UC): Ports de mer
d'Amérique. Inscriptions in French.
California, Northern; Churches; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
View of San Francisco taken from the hill at the head of California Street
[1850] BANC PIC 1963.002:0606--D
Creator/Collector:
Corson & Armstrong, publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
51.8 x 71.7 cm.
Content/Description:
Oval central view from Nob Hill towards harbor with Yerba Buena Island in distance; Telegraph Hill to left; Rincon Point to
right. Numerous buildings and ships in middleground. Four circular views at corners include: Telegraph Buildings, City Hall,
Gothic Hall, and map of city from 1850.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Date 1850 within image. Printed (LC, above title): Published by Corson & Armstrong, stationers, N[ew]
Orleans.
Bays; Buildings; California, Northern; Harbors; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
The city of San Francisco, California, from Second Street, above Folsom
[1857] BANC PIC 1963.002:0615--A
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving
18.4 x 35.7 cm., on mount 20.4 x 36.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Clusters of buildings in middleground, bay with sailing ships to right, people strolling or on horseback in foreground.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Handwritten date (LR and on verso): 1857. From peridical.
California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Engravings; Illustrations
Montgomery Street, San Francisco [California]
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0618--A
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving, hand colored
20.1 x 27.8 cm.
Content/Description:
Busy street scene with diverse group of people (Indians, Mexicans, businessmen, pioneers, Chinese, women and children) involved
in various activities.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC).
California, Northern; Manners & customs; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Engravings, color
San Francisco from the Bay in 1847 [California]
[not before 1847] BANC PIC 1963.002:0625:02--A
Creator/Collector:
Howell, J. B. (active ca. 1850), engraver
Physical Description:
print on paper mounted on paper: engraving
9.2 x 10.8 cm.
Content/Description:
View looking inland from bay toward small settlement on shore; hills rising behind.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL, within image): J.B. Howell, del. From periodical.
Bays; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Engravings
San Francisco in 1849 from head of Clay Street [California]
[not before 1849] BANC PIC 1963.002:0625:03--A
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
print on paper mounted on paper: engraving
7.5 x 10.4 cm.
Content/Description:
Sparsely populated city from Nob Hill area; building with US flag in foreground; harbor with numerous sailing ships and bay
in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). From periodical.
Bays; California, Northern; Harbors; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Engravings
View of San Francisco in 1849, from head of California Street
[not before 1849] BANC PIC 1963.002:0625:04--A
Creator/Collector:
Beaulieu (active ca. 1849), artist
Physical Description:
print on paper mounted on paper: engraving
7.8 x 10.6 cm.
Content/Description:
Broad, elevated view of sparsely populated city from Nob Hill area; Telegraph Hill to left; Yerba Buena Island, harbor with
numerous sailing ships, piers, and bay in far distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed in original (LR, within image): Beaulieu, del. From periodical.
California, Northern; Harbors; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Engravings
Montgomery Street, San Francisco, 1849 [California]
[not before 1849] BANC PIC 1963.002:0626:02--A
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
print on paper mounted on paper: engraving
9.8 x 10.6 cm.
Content/Description:
Street scene with men, animals, and wagons stuck in deep mud; buildings and tent with US flag in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). From periodical?
California, Northern; Camping; Frontier & pioneer life; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Engravings
[Vallejo Street and Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, California]
[ca. 1849] BANC PIC 1963.002:0689--A
Creator/Collector:
Gibson, G. [George?] (active ca. 1849-ca. 1853)
, British, artist
Physical Description:
drawing on paper: pencil
18.5 x 31.3 cm.
Content/Description:
Vallejo Street (street sign on building) with several clapboard buildings (New Orleans House, and others); pedestrians and
carts in foreground; scattered buildings, including the signal house, and residences on slope of Telegraph Hill.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Signature (LL): G.G. (monogram of George Gibson).
Buildings; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Drawings
[San Francisco street scene near waterfront]
[ca. 1855?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0799--A
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
painting on paper: watercolor
13.8 x 16.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Busy street in front of two, three-story brick buildings; several figures, bundles, horses, and cart near buildings. Open
gateway between buildings (entrance to dock?). Appears to be departure area for ship passengers (identified as Sacramento
and Leidesdorff Streets; location of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company's office).
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Handwritten (within image, sign on left building): Steamships; (center building):1851; (on verso) (modern?):
N.E. cor[ner]. Sac[ramen]to & Leidesdorff. (Inventory Sheets note: See 1963.002:800. Possibly same hand; ca. 1855?).
Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Waterfronts
Cityscapes; Paintings; Watercolors
[San Francisco harbor, California]
1849 BANC PIC 1963.002:1315--FR
Creator/Collector:
Armstrong, Thomas (1818-1861)
, British, artist (attributed to)
Physical Description:
painting on paper: watercolor and pencil
15.6 x 22.7 cm., visible image
Content/Description:
View looking from Nob Hill area toward Yerba Buena harbor with small house in foreground and buildings clustered near shore;
numerous ships in harbor; East Bay hills in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Handwritten (LL): To Julia/Much love from Tom; (LR): San Francisco Harbor, April 1849. Handwritten (on support):
Gift of Mrs. Forbes/1910; (labels on verso): San Francisco 1849/American watercolor/found in attic/Marble-head Mass[achusetts].
Bays; Dwellings; Harbors; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Marines (Visual works); Watercolors
[San Francisco from Telegraph Hill, California]
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:1318--D
Creator/Collector:
Edouart, Alexander (1818-1892)
, British, artist (attributed to)
Physical Description:
drawing on paper: pencil and wash
33.7 x 53.2 cm., visible image
Content/Description:
City looking from Telegraph Hill above foot of Montgomery Street; signal tower at left; warehouses and other buildings to
right; bay in left center.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Handwritten (LL): Signal tower; (LR): Montgomery block; (on verso): Alexander Edouart, 1818-1892, S[an] F[rancisco]
from Telegraph Hill.
California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Drawings
Golden Gates, S[an] Francisco [California]
1884 BANC PIC 1963.002:1333--A
Creator/Collector:
Chancellor, H. (active ca. 1884), artist
Physical Description:
drawing on paper: pencil and watercolor
12.5 x 17.5 cm.
Content/Description:
View from Telegraph Hill looking toward Golden Gate; wharves and busy boulevard along waterfront; stone building with turret
in right foreground.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Handwritten title (LL). Signature and date (LR): H. Chancellor, 19 May [18]84.
California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements; Waterfronts
Cityscapes; Drawings; Watercolors
[View of bay from hills above San Francisco, California]
1850 BANC PIC 1963.002:1357--FR
Creator/Collector:
Ferran, Augusto (1813-1879)
, Spanish, artist (attributed to)
Physical Description:
painting on canvas: oil
30.5 x 60.2 cm.
Content/Description:
Sunrise from hilltop near Pacific Heights. Broad view of San Francisco Bay with ships in harbor and Yerba Buena Island in
distance. Male figure (Mexican?) in foreground near campsite with tents, horses, and livestock; other figures on hillside.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title and date (LL): Vista de San Francisco, 1850. Inscriptions in Spanish.
California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)
Landscapes; Oil paintings
View of that portion of the city of San Francisco [California]
1859 BANC PIC 1963.002:1464--E
Creator/Collector:
Camerer, Eugene (1830-1898)
, German, artist
Kuchel & Dresel (active ca. 1853-ca. 1865), lithographer
Nagel, Louis (active ca. 1844-ca. 1873)
, German, printer
Physical Description:
print on paper mounted on board: lithograph, hand colored
62.4 x 97.4 cm., on mount 73.7 x 102 cm.
Content/Description:
Seen from residence of N. Larco, Esq. on Green Street, Telegraph Hill looking south; harbor at left; family with women and
children, and chicken next to millstone at right; man and woman onlookers and goats at left.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn from nature by E. Camerer; (LC, above image): Lith. by Kuchel & Dresel; (LC, below
image): 1859; (LR): L. Nagel print.
California, Northern; Children; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements; Women
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
View of San Francisco taken from Telegraph Hill [California]
1850 BANC PIC 1963.002:1490--D
Creator/Collector:
Schultess, J. F. (active ca. 1850), artist
Haywood, G., lithographer
Corson & Armstrong, publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
51.2 x 71.4 cm.
Content/Description:
Oval central view looking south from Telegraph Hill towards Rincon Point. Yerba Buena Island at left, numerous sailing ships
in harbor; buildings, houses, and Montgomery Street at right; several tents in foreground. Four circular views of prominent
buildings (including the Customs House, City Hall and others not identified) at corners.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): J.F. Schultess C. Eng. & Architect, San Francisco, fecit. July, 1850; (LC, above title):
Published by Corson & Armstrong, stationers, N[ew] Orleans; (LR): G. Haywood's Lith[ograph]y, 180 Fulton St[reet], New York.
Printed legend.
Buildings; California, Northern; Harbors; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
San Francisco [California], 1849
1849 BANC PIC 1963.002:1493--FR
Creator/Collector:
Firks, Henry (active ca. 1850), artist
Sinclair, Thomas S. (active ca. 1849-ca. 1853), lithographer
Jones, W. H. (active ca. 1849)
, American, publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
42.5 x 85.5 cm., visible image
Content/Description:
City and harbor looking from Rincon Point towards Telegraph Hill. Clustered buildings at left with US flag in center (Portsmouth
Square). Signs on buildings in foreground read "Sherman & Ruckel," "P.M.S.S. Co.," and "S.H. Williams & Co." Ships in bay,
one on fire (names identified in legend); Yerba Buena Island at right. Several tents among buildings and small military camp
in right foreground.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): On stone by [TBB?]otson; (LC, below title): Drawn on the spot by Henry Firks, for W.H. Jones,
esq. of San Francisco [publisher?]; (LR): T. Sinclairs Lith., 101 Chestnut St., Phila[delphia]. Printed legend. For variant
see 1963.002:0551--E.
Bays; Business enterprises; California, Northern; Harbors; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements; Vessels
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
View of San Francisco, Calif[ornia]: taken from Telegraph Hill, April 1850...
c1851 BANC PIC 1963.002:1495--FR
Creator/Collector:
Palmer, Francis Florabond (Fanny) (1812-1876)
, British, lithographer
Currier, Nathaniel (1813-1888)
, American, lithographer and publisher
McMurtrie, William Birch (1816-1872)
, American, undetermined
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
53 x 85.7 cm., visible image
Content/Description:
City and harbor looking from Telegraph Hill; sailing ships, sidewheel steamships, and other boats crowd bay. Houses and buildings
along street in center, some with signs bearing business names. Signal house in left foreground; tents, miner and goats on
slope.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, below title): taken from Telegraph Hill, April 1850 by Wm. B. McMurtrie, daughtsman of the
US Surveying Expedition; (LL): On stone by F. Palmer; (LR): Lith. & pub. by N. Currier, 152 Nassau St[reet], cor[ner] of Spruce,
N[ew] Y[ork]; (MC): Entered... 1851 by N. Currrier... (LC): Published by N. Currier, N[ew] Y[ork], William B. McMurtie, San
Francisco. Printed legend.
California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements; Vessels; Vessels
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
San Francisco [California]
c1851 BANC PIC 1963.002:1496--C
Creator/Collector:
Marryat, Francis Samuel (1826-1855)
, British, artist
M. & N. Hanhart (active ca. 1851-ca. 1857), lithographer
Henry Squire & Company (active ca. 1851)
, British?, publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
43.6 x 57.4 cm., dome top
Content/Description:
View at sunrise looking east from above Montgomery Street toward bay; sailing ships in harbor, buildings and houses in middleground;
Yerba Buena Island in distance. Men, women, and children in streets include Chinese, Spaniards and others.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): S[an] F[rancisco], Marryat delt.; (LC, below title): London published 1st July 1851 by Henry
Squire & Comp[an]y, late Colnaught & Fuckle, 23 Cockspur Strebt [sic]; (LR): M.& N. Hanhart Chromo Lith. Impt. London. Reproduction
print.
Bays; California, Northern; Chinese; Harbors; Manners & customs; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
San Francisco [California]
[1851] BANC PIC 1963.002:1496--FR
Creator/Collector:
Marryat, Francis Samuel (1826-1855)
, British, artist
M. & N. Hanhart (active ca. 1851-ca. 1857), lithographer
Henry Squire & Company (active ca. 1851)
, British?, publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
47.8 x 65.8 cm., visible image, dome top
Content/Description:
View at sunrise looking east from above Montgomery Street toward bay; sailing ships in harbor, buildings and houses in middleground;
Yerba Buena Island in distance. Men, women, and children in streets include Chinese, Spaniards and others.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): S[an] F[rancisco] Marryat delt.; (LR): M.& N. Hanhart Chromo. Lith. Impt., London. Date
and publisher based on comparison to 1963.002:1496--C.
California, Northern; Chinese; Harbors; Manners & customs; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
[California Street, San Francisco]
[189-?] BANC PIC 1963.002:1506--FR
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
painting on paper: watercolor
35.5 x 52 cm., visible image
Content/Description:
View looking east down California Street; Old Grace Cathedral at right and Old St. Mary's at left. Cable car tracks run down
hill into hazy atmosphere with East Bay seen indistinctly in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title.
California, Northern; Churches; San Francisco (Calif.)
Cityscapes; Watercolors
[View of Golden Gate, San Francisco, California]
[ca. 1870?] BANC PIC 1963.002:1516--xF591H72M48
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
painting on paper (fore-edge of book): watercolor and gold leaf
3.8 x 23.4 cm., closed fore-edge
Content/Description:
Fore-edge painting of city looking towards Golden Gate over Fort Mason and Presidio areas. Multi-story buildings in foreground;
three onlookers to right; sailing ships on San Francisco Bay in middleground; low hills in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Painted on gilded edge of: The poetical works of John Milton, James Tomson and Edward Young, ed. by Rev. H.F. Cary, A.M. (London:
William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, 1841).
Bays; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Landscapes; Watercolors
The Plaza, Portsmouth Square, San Francisco [California]
[188-?] BANC PIC 1963.002:1545--FR
Creator/Collector:
Gihon and Butler (Active ca. 1880), lithographer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
42 x 50.7 cm., visible image
Content/Description:
View taken from Kearney and Merchant Streets of proposed plan for Portsmouth Square with sunken design for level park; multi-story,
columned walkway surrounding park and central fountain; pedestrians, riders, horses, carriages, and wagons throughout scene;
buildings, including City Hall in center, surround plaza.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Lith. Gihon and Butler; (LC, below title): As it should and as it may be, according to the
plan proposed by J.J. Chauviteau, Esqre. View taken from Kearney and Merchant Streets.
Buildings; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Lithographs, color
A view of the town and harbor of San Francisco [California]
1849 BANC PIC 1963.002:1849--D
Creator/Collector:
Baker, George Holbrook (1827-1906)
, American, artist
Badeau, J. F., engraver
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving
17.5 x 29 cm., image on sheet 51.2 x 36.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Front page newspaper illustration showing view from Rincon Point looking north towards Telegraph Hill.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (UC). Printed (UC, below title): drawn and engraved expressly for The New York Weekly Tribune; (LL within image):
Geo[rge] H. Baker; (UC, above title): New-York Weekly Tribune/New York, Saturday, September 8, 1849; (LR): Vol[ume] IX, No.
1, Whole No. 417; (LR): J.F. Badeau, sc., N[ew] Y[ork].
Bays; California, Northern; Harbors; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Engravings; Illustrations
A view of Yerba Buena, San Francisco [California]
1933 BANC PIC 1963.002:1884--C
Creator/Collector:
Hall, Parker (active ca. 1933), artist
Physical Description:
print on paper: photomechanical
35.5 x 53.4 cm.
Content/Description:
Bird's-eye view of Yerba Buena harbor from south showing few scattered buildings, military post where soldiers raise US flag
and several tents; sailing ship in harbor and men in rowboats going toward shore; Telegraph Hill and San Francisco Bay in
distance. Scene depicts event of July 9, 1846 when Captain Montgomery, of the Sloop of War Portsmouth, raised the American
flag in the plaza and seized the region for the United States.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC, within image). Handwritten (LL): 16/25. Printed (LC, within image, below title): On July 9, 1846, Capt[ain]
Montgomery of the Sloop of War Portsmouth, raised the American flag in the plaza and seized the region for the United States;
(LR, within image): Parker Hall, 1933.
Bays; California, Northern; Events; Harbors; Military facilities; Military personnel; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Photomechanical prints
Northern California: San Francisco - bird's-eye views
[View of San Francisco, California]
[1877] BANC PIC 1963.002:0527--A
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph
53.9 x 84.3 cm., folded to 19 x 13.7 cm. in cover
Content/Description:
Bird's-eye view looking southwest from bay across city to Pacific Ocean and down peninsula; waterfront area with numerous
ships (steamships, sidewheel steamships, sailboats, sailing ships, ferries, etc.) in dock and on bay near wharves in foreground;
Golden Gate in right distance. Includes advertisements in German and English for various San Francisco business including
I.W. Taber and others.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC): Ansicht von San Francisco. Printed label (on cover): Balloon view of San Francisco. Date based on variant;
see 1963.002:0588--D. Inscriptions in German.
Bays; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements; Vessels; Waterfronts
Advertisements; Bird's-eye views; Lithographs
Graphic chart of the city and county of San Francisco [California]
1875 BANC PIC 1963.002:0528--E
Creator/Collector:
L.R. Townsend, E. Wyneken & J. Mendenhall (active ca. 1875), artist
Britton, Rey & Co. (active ca. 1867-ca. 1880), lithographer
Marriott, F. (active ca. 1871), undetermined
Physical Description:
print on paper: pen lithograph, b&w
61 x 96.6 cm.
Content/Description:
Bird's-eye view looking southwest from bay across city to Pacific Ocean and down peninsula; waterfront area with numerous
ships (steamships, sidewheel steamships, sailboats, sailing ships, ferries, etc.) in dock and on bay near wharves in foreground;
Golden Gate in right distance. Inset views of Burlingame and East Bay.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (UC). Printed (UC, above title): San Francisco Newsletter; (UC, below title): Respectfully dedicated to the
leading interests of California and the Pacific Coast by Frederick Marriott, 1875; (ML): Revised & drawn by L.R. Townsend,
E. Wyneken & J. Mendenhall, April 1875; (MR): Lith. Britton, Rey & Co., S[an] F[rancisco]. Printed legend.
Bays; California, Northern; Harbors; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements; Vessels; Waterfronts
Bird's-eye views; Lithographs
Masonic Cemetery, San Francisco, Cal[ifornia]
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0568--F
Creator/Collector:
Steinegger, Henry [Stggr] (active ca. 1854-ca. 1880)
, Swiss, artist
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
47.4 x 55.4 cm., image on sheet 60.5 x 80.2 cm.
Content/Description:
Cemetery, situated between Masonic and Parker Avenues, Turk and Fulton Streets; and surrounding area. Marginal views include
tombs of Garratt, Fargo, Spreckles, Britton, and others.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (MC). Printed (LL, within image): H. Steinegger; (LC): Lith. Britton & Rey, S[an] F[rancisco]/Masonic Cemetery,
situated between Masonic and Parker Avenues, Turk and Fulton Streets, entrance on Turk Street and Golden Gate Avenue. Each
image captioned.
California, Northern; Funerary facilities; San Francisco (Calif.)
Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color
San Francisco [California] looking south from North Point
c1877 BANC PIC 1963.002:0574--E
Creator/Collector:
Gifford, Charles B. (active ca. 1858-ca. 1868), artist
G.T. Brown & Co. (1841-1918)
, American, publisher and printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
60.5 x 86.2 cm.
Content/Description:
Bird's-eye view of densely populated city looking from north to south down peninsula. Telegraph Hill; Lombard, Greenwich and
North Point docks; and ships (sailing, steam, and tugboats) in foreground.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn by C.B. Gifford; (LC, above title): Entered... 1877 by G.T. Brown & Co.... /Published
by G.T. Brown & Co., lithographers, 540 Clay St[reet], S[an] F[rancisco], Cal[ifornia]; (LR): Print by G.T. Brown & Co., S[an]
F[rancisco].
Bays; California, Northern; Harbors; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements; Vessels; Waterfronts
Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color
Key to Gray and Gifford's view of San Francisco [California], 1869
c1868 BANC PIC 1963.002:0577 (variant/supplement)--B
Creator/Collector:
W. Vallance Gray & Charles B. Gifford (active ca. 1868-ca. 1868), lithographer and publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving
28 x 43 cm.
Content/Description:
Key to lithographed view of San Francisco in 1869 including outlined principal buildings and sites, and detailed legend.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (UC). Printed (LC, within image): Entered... 1858 by W. Vallance Gray & C.B. Gifford... Northern District of
the State of California.
Buildings; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements; Vessels
Engravings; Keys (Legends)
Bird's-eye view of the city and county of San Francisco [California], 1868
c1868 BANC PIC 1963.002:0577--D
Creator/Collector:
W. Vallance Gray & Charles B. Gifford (active ca. 1868-ca. 1868), lithographer and publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
53.5 x 76 cm.
Content/Description:
View looking southwest from bay across city to Pacific Ocean and down peninsula; waterfront area with numerous ships (steamships,
sidewheel steamships, sailboats, sailing ships, ferries, etc.) in dock and on bay near wharves in foreground; Golden Gate
in right distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, above title): Entered... 1868 by W. Vallance Gray & C.B. Gifford... California; (LC, below
title): Designed, lithographed and published by/W. Vallance Gray & C.B. Gifford, 645 Market St[reet], S[an] F[rancisco].
California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color
San Francisco and surroundings, looking east: showing the bay and great interior valleys of California
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0581--E
Creator/Collector:
Elliott Pub. Co. (active ca. 1889), publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
68 x 99.4 cm.
Content/Description:
Detailed grid of San Francisco and other locations around bay; local railroads identified including: N.P.C.R.R, S.P.R.R.,
Oakdale Branch S.P. and Westside Branch S.P., and others. Sites of interest, rivers, harbors, etc. identified within image.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Copyrighted and issued by The Elliott Pub. Co., S[an F[rancisco]. Printed (LC, below title):
S[an] F[rancisco] and San Joaquin Valley Railroad: Stockton, Alameda, and San Jose [routes].
Bays; California, Northern; Railroads; San Francisco (Calif.); San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.); Settlements
Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color
The greatest conflagration in the history of the world: the burning of San Francisco [California], April 18, 19, 20, 1906
[not before 1906] BANC PIC 1963.002:0582--E
Creator/Collector:
Beck, Carl A. (active starting 1906), artist
Schmidt Lithograph Company (active ca. 1900-ca. 1925), lithographer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
63.6 x 94.8 cm.
Content/Description:
Bird's-eye view of city seen from foot of Market Street following earthquake; fire raging in downtown area and Nob Hill. Ferry
building and piers in foreground
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LR, within image): C.A. Beck; (LC): Over 450 square blocks were destroyed with a loss of over
500 million dollars/in the above scene the fire line is over five miles in length on the evening of the first day; (LR): Schmidt
Lithograph Co., S[an] F[rancisco].
California, Northern; Events; Fires; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements; Waterfronts
Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color
Bird's-eye view of eastern portion of San Francisco, Cal[ifornia]
c1892 BANC PIC 1963.002:0583--F
Creator/Collector:
H.S. Crocker & Co. (active ca. 1890), lithographer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
68 x 84 cm.
Content/Description:
South San Francisco Potrero Hill area looking north showing undeveloped residential areas in foreground and densely populated
city with waterfront in distance. China Basin and Central Basin with industrial complex (Pacific Rolling Mills, Union Iron
Works, and California Sugar Refinery) at right.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, below title): Copyrighted and issued Nov[ember] 1892 by Baldwin & Hammond real estate agents,
10 Montgomery Street/showing the Potrero District north of Nevada Street and east of Portrero Avenue; (LR): Lith. H.S. Crocker
Company, S[an] F[rancisco]. Printed legend.
California, Northern; Industry; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements; Waterfronts
Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color
Bird's-eye view of Golden Gate Park, San Francisco [California] 1892
c1892 BANC PIC 1963.002:0584--D
Creator/Collector:
Eliott, H. B. (active ca. 1891), artist
A.M. Freeman & Co. (active ca. 1892), publisher
Bosqui Eng. & Ptg. Co. (active ca. 1863-ca. 1906), printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
58 x 70 cm.
Content/Description:
View from east end of park looking towards Pacific Ocean; seven marginal images at top depicting sites of interest. Legend
includes cable lines and railroads.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL, within image): Sketched by H.B. Elliott; (LL): Copyrighted 1892; (LR, within image): Bosqui,
Eng. Co., S[an] F[rancisco]; (LR): Published by A.M. Freeman & Co., S[an] F[rancisco]. Printed legend.
California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.)
Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color
[View of San Francisco, California, 1877]
1877 BANC PIC 1963.002:0588--D
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph
54.4 x 77.2 cm.
Content/Description:
Bird's-eye view looking southwest from bay across city to Pacific Ocean and down peninsula; waterfront area with numerous
ships (steamships, sidewheel steamships, sailboats, sailing ships, ferries, etc.) in dock and on bay near wharves in foreground;
Golden Gate in right distance. Includes advertisements in German and English for various San Francisco business including
I.W. Taber and others.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (MC): Ansicht von San Francisco 1877. Printed (ML): By permission of the S.F. News Letter; (MC, below title):
Published for Philo Jacoby's "California State Almanac." For variant see 1963.002:0527--A. Inscriptions in German.
Bays; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements; Vessels; Waterfronts
Advertisements; Bird's-eye views; Lithographs
Bird's-eye view of the city of San Francisco and surrounding country [California]
c1868 BANC PIC 1963.002:0589 (enclosure)--F
Creator/Collector:
Goddard, George H. (active ca. 1852-ca. 1853)
, British, artist
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer
Snow & Roos, publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper mounted on board: lithograph, color
77.9 x 110.6 cm.
Content/Description:
Elevated view looking east from Pacific Ocean over city and peninsula in foreground showing entire bay and surrounding areas,
including North Bay, South Bay, East Bay, and Sierra Nevada Mountains in far distance. San Francisco landmarks, including
Cliff House, Point Lobos station, Ocean Side House, and Presidio, among others, are clearly depicted.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn by George H. Goddard; (LC, above title): Entered... 1868 by Snow & Roos... California/Published
by Snow & Roos', 21 Kearny St[reet], near Market; (LR): Lith. Britton & Rey, S[an] F[rancisco]. Printed key of similar view
included.
Bays; Buildings; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.); Settlements; Waterfronts
Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color
Bird's-eye view of the bay of San Francisco Co[unty] and adjacent country [California]
c1869 BANC PIC 1963.002:0590--E
Creator/Collector:
W. Vallance Gray & Charles B. Gifford (active ca. 1868-ca. 1868), lithographer and publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
60.7 x 91.2 cm.
Content/Description:
Extensive semi-topographical view of entire San Francisco Bay Area looking east from above Golden Gate. Includes city and
bay of San Francisco; East, North, and South Bay; and surrounding areas including Sacramento at far left and Santa Clara at
far right. Points of interest identified.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, above title): Entered... 1869 by W. Vallance Gray & C.B. Gifford... California; (LC, below
title): Designed, lithographed, and published by W. Vallance Gray & C.B. Gifford, 645 Market St[reet], S[an F[rancisco]. Printed
legend.
Bays; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)
Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color
Lone Mountain Cemetery, San Francisco [California]
c1866 BANC PIC 1963.002:0594--E
Creator/Collector:
Gifford, Charles B. (active ca. 1858-ca. 1868), artist and lithographer
Nagel, Louis (active ca. 1844-ca. 1873)
, German, printer
Physical Description:
print on paper mounted on paper: lithograph, color
59.8 x 89.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Broad, elevated view of cemetery showing roadways and layout of burial plots; dunes of Ocean Beach and Pacific Ocean in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LR, within image): C.B. Gifford; (LL): C.B. Gifford; (LC, above title): Entered... 1866 by C.B.
Gifford... California; (LR): L. Nagel, print, S[an] F[rancisco].
California, Northern; Funerary facilities; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color
Official bird's-eye view of the California Midwinter International Exposition, San Francisco, California
c1893 BANC PIC 1963.002:0595--D
Creator/Collector:
Graham, Charles (1852-1911)
, American, artist
Winters Art Lithographing Company (active ca. 1890), lithographer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
56.5 x 74.8 cm.
Content/Description:
Bird's-eye view of exposition grounds and buildings with Golden Gate in distance; three marginal alternate views below.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LR, within image): C. Graham; (LL): The Winters Art Litho Co. Chicago; (MR): Copyright 1893 by
The Winters Art Litho Co., Chicago; (LL): Officially authorized by the Executive Committee.
Buildings; California, Northern; Events; San Francisco (Calif.)
Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color
Bird's-eye view of the City of San Francisco [California]
c1868 BANC PIC 1963.002:0631--D
Creator/Collector:
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer
Snow & Roos, publisher
Physical Description:
print on textured paper mounted on fabric: lithograph, color
53.8 x 76.5 cm., dome top
Content/Description:
Bird's-eye view looking southwest from bay across city to Pacific Ocean and down peninsula; waterfront area with numerous
ships (steamships, sidewheel steamships, sailboats, sailing ships, ferries, etc.) in dock and on bay near wharves in foreground;
Golden Gate in right distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Steam Litho. Britton & Rey, S[an] F[rancisco]; (LC, above title): Entered... 1868 by Snow
& Roos... California; (LC, below title): Published by Snow & Roos, San Francisco.
Bays; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements; Waterfronts
Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color
Key to Robinson & Snow's view of San Francisco [California], 1864
1864 BANC PIC 1963.002:1465 (supplement/copy 1)--B
Creator/Collector:
Robinson & Snow (active ca. 1864), publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving and letterpress
30.3 x 48.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Bird's-eye view of city with numerical and alphabetical designations for sites, buildings, and streets.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (UC). Printed legend. Key to 1963.002:1465--F.
California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Bird's-eye views; Engravings; Keys (Legends)
Key to Robinson & Snow's view of San Francisco [California], 1864
1864 BANC PIC 1963.002:1465 (supplement/copy 2)--B
Creator/Collector:
Robinson & Snow (active ca. 1864), publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving and letterpress
30.3 x 48.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Bird's-eye view of city with numerical and alphabetical designations for sites, buildings, and streets.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (UC). Printed legend. Printed title (UC). Printed legend. Key to 1963.002:1465--F.
California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Bird's-eye views; Engravings; Keys (Legends)
San Francisco, bird's-eye view [California]
c1864 BANC PIC 1963.002:1465--F
Creator/Collector:
Gifford, Charles B. (active ca. 1858-ca. 1868), artist and lithographer
Robinson & Snow (active ca. 1864), publisher
Nagel, Louis (active ca. 1844-ca. 1873)
, German, printer
Physical Description:
print on paper mounted on board: lithograph, hand colored
74.2 x 100.1 cm., on mount 90.5 x 122 cm.
Content/Description:
View looking southwest from bay across city to Pacific Ocean and down peninsula; waterfront area with numerous ships (steamships,
sidewheel steamships, sailboats, sailing ships, ferries, etc.) in dock and on bay near wharves in foreground; Golden Gate
in right distance. See supplements for keys.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn & lithographed by C.B. Gifford; (LC, above title): Entered... 1864 by Robinson & Snow
[publisher]... California; (LR): Printed by L. Nagel, S[an] F[rancisco].
Bays; California, Northern; Harbors; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements; Vessels; Waterfronts
Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color
Bird's-eye view of the city and county of San Francisco [California], 1873
c1868 BANC PIC 1963.002:1491--FR
Creator/Collector:
W. Vallance Gray & Charles B. Gifford (active ca. 1868-ca. 1868), artist and lithographer
A.L. Bancroft & Company (active ca. 1872-ca. 1973), publisher and printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
53 x 77 cm., visible image
Content/Description:
View looking southwest from bay across city to Pacific Ocean and down peninsula; waterfront area with numerous ships (steamships,
sidewheel steamships, sailboats, sailing ships, ferries, etc.) in dock and on bay near wharves in foreground; Golden Gate
in right distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): W.V. Gray and C.B. Gifford, delt. and lith.; (LC): Published by A.L. Bancroft & Company,
721 Market St[reet], San Francisco; (LR): A.L. Bancroft & Co. Print. S[an] F[rancisco]; (LC, below title): Entered... 1868
by W. Vallance, Gray and C.B. Gifford....
Bays; California, Northern; Harbors; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements; Vessels; Vessels; Waterfronts
Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color; Marines (Visual works)
The city of San Francisco: bird's-eye view from the bay looking southwest [California]
c1878 BANC PIC 1963.002:1497--FR
Creator/Collector:
Parsons, Charles R. (1821-1910)
, American, artist
Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907)
, American, publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
71.5 x 103.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Bird's-eye view looking southwest from bay across city to Pacific Ocean and down peninsula; waterfront area with numerous
ships (sidewheel steamships, sailboats, sailing ships, ferries, etc.) in dock and on bay near wharves in foreground; Golden
Gate in right distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Published by Currier & Ives, 115 Nassau St[reet], New York; (LC): Copyright 1878 by Currier
& Ives, N[ew] Y[ork]; (LR): Sketched & drawn by C.R. Parsons. Printed legend.
Bays; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements; Vessels; Waterfronts
Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color
The city of San Francisco [California]
c1877 BANC PIC 1963.002:1811--B
Creator/Collector:
Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907)
, American, publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
29.9 x 42.1 cm.
Content/Description:
Bird's-eye view looking southwest from bay across city to Pacific Ocean and down peninsula; waterfront area with numerous
ships (steamships, sidewheel steamships, sailboats, sailing ships, ferries, etc.) in dock and on bay near wharves in foreground;
Golden Gate in right distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Copyright 1877 by Currier & Ives, N[ew] Y[ork]; (LC, below title): New York, published by
Currier & Ives, 115 Nassau St[reet]. Printed legend.
California, Northern; Harbors; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements; Waterfronts
Bird's-eye views; Lithographs, color
Northern California: San Francisco - buildings
Cliff House and Seal Rocks [San Francisco, California]
[not before 1862] BANC PIC 1963.002:0208--B
Creator/Collector:
Baker, George Holbrook (1827-1906)
, American, lithographer and publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
32 x 46.6 cm.
Content/Description:
Distant view of Cliff House from Ocean Beach; road along cliff with horse-drawn carriages; people strolling and playing on
beach; ships and seals around Seal Rock.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Lith Geo. H. Baker, San Francisco.
Buildings; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Waterfronts
Lithographs, color
[View of barn and outbuildings at Mission Dolores, San Francisco, California]
[1851] BANC PIC 1963.002:0279 (enclosure)--A
Creator/Collector:
Lehman, Edward (active 1850s), artist
Physical Description:
painting on paper: watercolor and pen
20.2 x 30.6 cm.
Content/Description:
Rough stone buildings and ruins with tile roofs; small cart, yoke, and grazing mule in yard; view of bay and hills (Mount
Diablo?) in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Handwritten (LR): misso[...]. Signature (LC): E.L. Included with item original notorized statement sworn by
Winifred Claussen (niece of Cora Lehmann[sic], the artist's wife), dated August 28, 1930, stating ownership and confirming
authorship of watercolor by E. Lehman painted while he resided in San Francisco in 1851, and identifying the handwriting on
the piece as his.
Buildings; California, Northern; Missions; San Francisco (Calif.)
Watercolors
[San Francisco de Assisi Mission, San Francisco, California]
[19--?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0361--B
Creator/Collector:
Borein, John Edward (1872-1945)
, American, etcher
Physical Description:
print on paper: etching
29.8 x 48 cm.
Content/Description:
Frontal view of Mission Dolores building compound with columned church façade at left and adjoining buildings extending at
right. Busy crowd on foot and horseback in front of mission including Spaniards, vaqueros, women, and children.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Handwritten (LL): Mission Dolores, San Francisco. Printed (LR, within image): Edward Borein.
Buildings; California, Northern; Churches; Missions; San Francisco (Calif.)
Etchings
[San Francisco College, California]
[ca. 1855-ca. 1860] BANC PIC 1963.002:0529--A
Creator/Collector:
Kuchel & Dresel (active ca. 1853-ca. 1865), lithographer
Nagel, Louis (active ca. 1844-ca. 1873)
, German, printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph
15.4 x 22 cm.
Content/Description:
School compound seen from above street level consisting of two Victorian-style buildings flanking central Georgian-style building
with columned portico. Men, women, and children throughout scene; play area at rear of buildings; horse and carriage stand
in street. Possibly an early view of San Francisco College (located on Bush Street between Mason and Taylor; later St. Ignatius
school?)
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Printed (LL): L. Nagel, print.; (LR): Kuchel & Dresel, lith., S[an] F[rancisco].
Buildings; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.)
Lithographs
View of the proposed Trinity Church, San Francisco, California
[ca. 1870?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0530--B
Creator/Collector:
Burton, C. W. (active ca. 1879)
, American, lithographer
Michelin, Francis (active ca. 1852), printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
45.5 x 34.4 cm., pointed arch
Content/Description:
Gothic-style church; workers and wagons in street; bay visible in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): On stone by C.W. Burton; (LC, below title): Frank Wills arch[itec]t, 156 Broadway; (LR):
Printed by Michelin.
California, Northern; Churches; San Francisco (Calif.)
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
The Palace Hotel, San Francisco, Cal[ifornia]
[1875] BANC PIC 1963.002:0535--C
Creator/Collector:
Bradley & Rulofson, artist
Berghaus & Schimpp (active ca. 1875), undetermined
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving
37.8 x 54.4 cm.
Content/Description:
Corner view of seven story hotel building; street crowded with pedestrians and vendors (many Chinese), horses, carriages,
and streetcars.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LC): Photographed from the architect's drawing, by Bradley & Rulofson, San Francisco- see page
75; (LR, within image): Berghaus & Schimpp. Handwritten date (LR): 1875.
Buildings; California, Northern; Hotels; San Francisco (Calif.)
Cityscapes; Engravings
City Hall, San Francisco, California
[not before 1918] BANC PIC 1963.002:0537--B
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
print on paper: photomechanical, color
26.8 x 44 cm.
Content/Description:
Frontal view of City Hall with World War I memorial in front. The memorial was temporarily erected in honor of returning troops.
It was photographed by two German youths who later made color reproductions which were sold in San Francisco. Dealer shop
was destroyed by fire in 1924 and the majority of these prints were lost and now are considered rare.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Note from Charles Yale Bookseller relating to subject of print included with item.
Buildings; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.)
Photomechanical prints
Post Office, San Francisco, California
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0558 (variant)--C
Creator/Collector:
Cox, H. F., artist
Wm. Endicott & Co. (active ca. 1849-ca. 1852), lithographer
Physical Description:
print on : lithograph, hand colored
41.6 x 59.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Large crowd of men line up in front of office for letters and newspapers; sign "Espanol" above one window; Garret House to
left.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, below title): A faithful representation of the crowds daily applying at that office, for
letters and newspapers; (LL): H.F. Cox, del.; (LR): Lith. of W[illia]m Endicott & Co., N[ew] York.
Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; Manners & customs; San Francisco (Calif.)
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
Post Office, San Francisco, California
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0558--C
Creator/Collector:
Cox, H. F., artist
Wm. Endicott & Co. (active ca. 1849-ca. 1852), lithographer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
44.1 x 53 cm.
Content/Description:
Large crowd of men line up in front of office for letters and newspapers; sign "Espanol" above one window; Garret House to
left.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, below title): A faithful representation of the crowds daily applying at that office, for
letters and newspapers; (LL): H.F. Cox, del.; (LR): Lith. of W[illia]m Endicott & Co., N[ew] York.
Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; Manners & customs; San Francisco (Calif.)
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
Front elevation: Customs House, San Francisco, Cal[iforni]a
1851 BANC PIC 1963.002:0559--D
Creator/Collector:
P.S. Duval's Steam Lith. Press (active ca. 1851), printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph
47.9 x 75.7 cm.
Content/Description:
Façade view of three story, Classical-style building.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LR). Printed (LR, in original): Tho. W. Walter, archit[ect]. Printed (LL): P.S. Duval's Steam Lith. Press Philad[elphi]a;
(LC): Front elevation; (LR, below title): Philad[elphi]a, March 13. 1851.
Buildings; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.)
Architectural drawings; Lithographs
Wilsons Exchange, Sansome St[reet], San Francisco, Cal[ifornia]
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0560--C
Creator/Collector:
Goddard, George H. (active ca. 1852-ca. 1853)
, British, lithographer
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
60.5 x 48.2 cm., dome top
Content/Description:
View from street of five story building, topped with small cupola; several figures, carriage, and horses in street.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LR): On stone by G. H. Goddard; (LR): Lith. of Britton & Rey, cor[ner] of Comm[ercia]l & Montgom[er]y
St[reet]s.
Buildings; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.)
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
[Buckley Signs and Paint store] Clay St., south side, six doors below Montgomery, San Francisco [California]
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0561--A
Creator/Collector:
B.F. Butler's Lith. (active ca. 1850), lithographer
Physical Description:
print on paper mounted on paper: lithograph
32.3 x 23.9 cm.
Content/Description:
Storefront for paint and sign store. Artist working inside; workers carrying sign "B. F. Butler" out door; pedestrians and
dog near "Longleys Restaurant" on street.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, above title): Lith. of B.F. Butler, San Francisco.
Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.)
Advertisements; Cityscapes; Lithographs
Public buildings, San Francisco [California]
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0562--C
Creator/Collector:
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer and publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph
43 x 55.6 cm.
Content/Description:
Buildings of San Francisco, including churches, schools, asylums, theaters, Merchant's Exchange, Custom House and Post Office,
City Hall, Marine Hospital, and others.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (UC). Printed (LL): Lithog[raphe]d & Published by Britton & Rey, S[an] F[rancisco].
Buildings; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.)
Engravings
Pavilion for the First Industrial Exhibition of Mechanics Institute of the city of San Francisco, Cal[ifornia], commencing
on September 7th, 1857
c1857 BANC PIC 1963.002:0563--B
Creator/Collector:
Kuchel & Dresel (active ca. 1853-ca. 1865), lithographer and publisher
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
28.1 x 35.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Pavilion with large dome in center; pedestrians, including women, children, and Chinese couple, and horse-drawn carriages
on plaza in foreground.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Lith. by Kuchel & Dresel; (LC, above title): Entered... 1857 by Clark & Kenitzer... Northern
District of California. Clark & Kenitzer Arch.; (LC, below title): Published by Kuchel & Dresel, 176 Clay St[reet]; (LR):
Print. by Britton & Rey. For variant see 1963.002:0108--A.
Buildings; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.)
Lithographs, color
Union Iron Works, San Francisco [California]
[not before 1884] BANC PIC 1963.002:0564--D
Creator/Collector:
Bosqui Eng. & Ptg. Co. (active ca. 1863-ca. 1906), printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
50 x 71.2 cm.
Content/Description:
Industrial ship building operation with large factory buildings with numerous smokestacks; ship building at left; rail lines
in center and at left.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, above title): Bosqui Eng. & Print. Co., S[an] F[rancisco]. Names of staff printed (LL, LR).
Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; Industry; San Francisco (Calif.); Vessels; Waterfronts
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
The original design for the new City Hall and Law Courts, San Francisco, Cal[ifornia]
c1871 BANC PIC 1963.002:0565--C
Creator/Collector:
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer
Marriott, F. (active ca. 1871), publisher
Physical Description:
print on tinted paper: engraving
39 x 53.4 cm.
Content/Description:
Front view of ornate building; also includes view of Seal of the City and County of San Francisco
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed [LL): Published by F. Marriott and issued by the San Francisco News Letter, 25 Feb[ruary], 1871;
(LC, above title): Entered... 1871 by Frederick Marriott; (LR): Britton & Rey Lith., S[an] F[rancisco].
Buildings; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.)
Engravings
San Francisco [California] Chronicle's new building
1889 BANC PIC 1963.002:0567--B
Creator/Collector:
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer
Physical Description:
print on paper mounted on board: lithograph, color
48.6 x 33.9 cm.
Content/Description:
Frontal view of nine story building with large clock tower on top; electric and horse-drawn streetcars, carriages, and wagons
on street.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (UL): Issued with S. F. Newsletter; (UR): Christmas number 1889; (LC, below title): Thoroughly
fire proof. Largest clock in the world, entirely lighted by electricity; (LR): Lith. Britton & Rey, S[an] F[rancisco].
Buildings; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.)
Lithographs, color
Russell Buildings, San Francisco, U.C. [California]
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0569--D
Creator/Collector:
Haring, D., lithographer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
55.2 x 71.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Façade view of three-story building.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LR): Lith. of D. Haring, New York.
Buildings; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.)
Lithographs, color
Design for the Hall of the Mechanics Institute of the city of San Francisco [California]
[ca.1857] BANC PIC 1963.002:0579--D
Creator/Collector:
Kuchel & Dresel (active ca. 1853-ca. 1865), lithographer
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
58 x 71.2 cm.
Content/Description:
Corner view of three story Classical-style building with sculptures on upper façade; men, women, and children in fancy dress
in street.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn on stone by Kuchel & Dresel, 176 Clay St[reet], S[an] F[rancisco]; (LC, below title):
Adopted March 3[r]d, 1857/Rueben Clark & Henry Kenitzer architects; (LR): Britton & Rey, print.
Buildings; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.)
Lithographs, color
Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. [building], southwest corner of California and Sansome St[reet]s., San Francisco, Cal[ifornia]
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0580--D
Creator/Collector:
Bosqui Eng. & Ptg. Co. (active ca. 1863-ca. 1906), printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
75.7 x 59.7 cm.
Content/Description:
Corner view of five story building; men, women, and children in fancy dress, and horses, carriages, and fire wagon in street.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LR): Bosqui Eng.-Print. Co., S[an] F[rancisco].
Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.)
Lithographs, color
Church of St. Francis... Vallejo St[reet], San Francisco, Cal[ifornia]
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0591--D
Creator/Collector:
Kuchel & Dresel (active ca. 1853-ca. 1865), lithographer
Nagel, Louis (active ca. 1844-ca. 1873)
, German, printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
71.4 x 52.5 cm.
Content/Description:
West end façade with two towers topped by Gothic spires; pedestrians and carriage in foreground.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC): Church of St. Francis/very Rev. Peter Magagnotto, V.G. Pastor/Vallejo St[reet], San Francisco, Cal[ifornia]
Printed (LL): L. Nagel print; (LC, above title): Tho[ma]s England, architect; (LR): Kuchel & Dresel, lith., 176 Clay St[reet],
S[an] Francisco.
Buildings; California, Northern; Churches; San Francisco (Calif.)
Lithographs, color
[H. S. Crocker & Co. building, San Francisco, California]
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0592--D
Creator/Collector:
H.S. Crocker & Co. (active ca. 1890), lithographer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
76.2 x 56.2 cm.
Content/Description:
Crocker & Co. building façade with US flag on top; signage on building advertises lithography, printing, bookbinding, etc.
Pedestrians, carriages, coaches and dogs in front.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC): San Francisco. Printed (LL): Lith. H.S. Crocker & Co.
Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Vehicles
Advertisements; Lithographs, color
[H.S. Crocker & Co. building, San Francisco, California]
[ca. 1890] BANC PIC 1963.002:0593--FR
Creator/Collector:
H.S. Crocker & Co. (active ca. 1890), publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
80 x 7.7 cm., visible image
Content/Description:
Victorian (Venetian?)-style building bearing sign "Printers H.S. Crocker & Co. Stationers," horse drawn carriages and people
in street.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC): San Francisco. Attribution based on comparison to: 1963.002:0592--D.
Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.)
Lithographs, color
Hospital of the German Benevolent Society, San Francisco [California]
[ca. 1858] BANC PIC 1963.002:0597--C
Creator/Collector:
Keller, George Frederick (active ca. 1872)
, American, artist
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
47.3 x 60.6 cm.
Content/Description:
View from street of two story building flying German flag; pedestrians and carriages in street.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LR, within image): G.F. Keller. Handwritten (on verso): About 1858.
Buildings; Business enterprises; San Francisco (Calif.)
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
[Design for Saint Mary's Church, San Francisco, California]
[not before 1853] BANC PIC 1963.002:0604--D
Creator/Collector:
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
70.7 x 56 cm.
Content/Description:
West end facade with single Gothic-style tower and spire; Church buildings at right; pedestrians and carriages in foreground.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC): Design for S[ain]t Mary's Church, San Francisco, adopted Ap[ril]? 21st A.D. 1853?/respectfully dedicated/to
Bishop Allemany and the Catholics of California. Printed (LL): Lith. of Britton & Rey; (LR): San Francisco/Craine & England
Architects & Co.
Buildings; California, Northern; Churches; San Francisco (Calif.)
Lithographs, color
City Hall, San Francisco, Cal[ifornia]
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0608--A
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving, hand colored
16.3 x 18 cm.
Content/Description:
Building on Portsmouth square situated between the El Dorado and Union buildings.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). From periodical.
Buildings; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Engravings, color
View of the new Custom House at San Francisco, California
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:0619--A
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving, hand colored
17.7 x 26.6 cm.
Content/Description:
Three story building with pedestrians in front.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC).
Buildings; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.)
Engravings, color
Mechanics' Industrial Fair Building, San Francisco, California
[1868] BANC PIC 1963.002:0620--A
Creator/Collector:
Townsend, L. R. (active ca. 1868), artist
Harper's Weekly (active ca. 1881)
, American, publisher (attributed to)
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving, hand colored
15.1 x 28 cm.
Content/Description:
Fair buildings with pedestrians and carriages in street.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC): Mechanics' Industrial Fair Building, San Francisco, California: Sketched by L.R. Townsend. Handwritten
(LC, below title): Harpers, 1868.
Buildings; California, Northern; Events; San Francisco (Calif.)
Engravings, color
Grand Hotel, San Francisco [California]
[1865-1870] BANC PIC 1963.002:0622--A
Creator/Collector:
Shourds, George W. (active ca. 1871), engraver
Cubery & Co. Printers, printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving, color
16.1 x 22.7 cm.
Content/Description:
Corner view of building with central cupola; busy street with pedestrians, streetcars, horses and carriages.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL, within image): Shrourds Sc; (LL): Cubery & Co. Printers, 536 Market St[reet]; (LR): Engraved
by G[eorge] W. Shourds, 432 Montgomery Street. Handwritten date (on verso): ca. 1865-70.
Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; Hotels; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements
Cityscapes; Engravings, color
The Oriental [hotel] corner of Battery and Bush Streets, San Francisco [California]
[1853] BANC PIC 1963.002:0623--A
Creator/Collector:
Roberts, E. C. (active ca. 1850), engraver
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving
11.6 x 16.7 cm., on mount 24.7 x 38.1 cm.
Content/Description:
Corner view of building with balconies at front and side; pedestrians and carriage on street.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC): The Oriental/corner of Battery and Bush Streets/San Francisco,/Caleb Hyatt, Proprietor. Printed (LL, within
image): Roberts, S.C. Handwritten (LL, and on verso): ... 1853. Stamped (on verso): Fredrick Nordstrom Rare Prints, Arlington,
Mass[achusetts], 1916.
Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; Hotels; San Francisco (Calif.)
Engravings
New California Sugar Refinery, San Francisco [California]
1881 BANC PIC 1963.002:0627--C
Creator/Collector:
A. F. M. (active ca. 1881), artist
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer
San Francisco Newsletter, publisher
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
44.3 x 59.7 cm.
Content/Description:
Large refinery operation with laborers lifting barrels and on wagons; wharf area at right; inset images include view of building
seen from bay and portrait of Claus Spreckles.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): A.F.M.; (UC): Issued with the S.F. News Letter, Christmas Number 1881; (LR): Lith. Britton
& Rey, S[an] F[rancisco].
Business enterprises; California, Northern; Industry; San Francisco (Calif.); Settlements; Waterfronts
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color; Portraits
[View of Cliff House and Seal Rock, San Francisco, California]
c1873 BANC PIC 1963.002:0671--A
Creator/Collector:
Key, John Ross (1832-1920)
, American, artist
L. Prang & Co. (active 1868-ca. 1873)
, American, lithographer and publisher (attributed to)
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
17.7 x 35.5 cm.
Content/Description:
View from beach of looking south with Cliff House at left and Pacific Ocean to right; two women seated on rocky shore in foreground.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Signature and date in original (LR): J.R. Key, [18]72. Printed (LC): Entered... 1873 by L. Prang & Co...
Buildings; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.); Waterfronts
Landscapes; Lithographs, color
Webb & Harris [San Francisco, California]
[ca. 1855?] BANC PIC 1963.002:0800--A
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
painting on paper mounted on paper: watercolor
8.1 x 7.9 cm., on sheet 14 x 14.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Front of busy warehouse or shipping company. Barrels, boxes, and bundles stacked in front of open door; several figures and
horse and cart near building.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Handwritten title (within image). Webb & Harris; W&H.
Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.)
Paintings; Watercolors
St. Mary's College [San Francisco, California]
[not before 1855] BANC PIC 1963.002:0886--F
Creator/Collector:
Bridgens, R. P. (active ca. 1861), lithographer
Nagel, Louis (active ca. 1844-ca. 1873)
, German, printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, color
63.2 x 88.7 cm.
Content/Description:
View from southwest of Gothic-style building and church designed by architect Thomas England (founded in San Francisco in
1855).
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): L. Nagel, print; (LR): R.P. Bridgens, lith. 528 Clay St[reet].
Buildings; California, Northern; Churches; San Francisco (Calif.)
Lithographs, color
The Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Company [advertisement]
1865 BANC PIC 1963.002:0944--C
Creator/Collector:
Britton & Co. (active ca. 1861), lithographer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
61.6 x 46.9 cm.
Content/Description:
Insurance company's building at 412 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California flanked by two small views of fire engine
and San Francisco Bay.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (UC). Date 1865 within image. Printed (LC): Lith. Britton & Co., San Francisco.
Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; San Francisco (Calif.)
Advertisements; Lithographs, color
Mission Dolores, Cal[ifornia]
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:1390--A
Creator/Collector:
Fenn, Harry (1845-1911)
, British, artist (attributed to)
Physical Description:
drawing on paper: ink
21.2 x 33 cm.
Content/Description:
Church façade of San Francisco de Assis Mission; outbuildings to right.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Handwritten title (on verso). Attribution based on comparison to 1963.002:1391--A.
Buildings; California, Northern; Churches; Missions; San Francisco (Calif.)
Drawings
Baldwin's Hotel and Theatre, San Francisco, Cal[ifornia]
[187-] BANC PIC 1963.002:1461--D
Creator/Collector:
T.J. Pettit & Company (1870-188-?), engraver
Bosqui Eng. & Ptg. Co. (active ca. 1863-ca. 1906), printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: engraving, hand colored
56.1 x 70.6 cm.
Content/Description:
Corner view of elaborate hotel and theater (built by Elias Jackson Baldwin in 1872) located on Market Street. Numerous carriages,
coaches, wagons, streetcars, and pedestrians in street.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL, within image): T.J. Pettit & Co., S[an] F[rancisco]; (LL): J.A. Remer, architect, San Francisco;
(LR): Bosqui & Co., print/Eng[raved] on wood by T.J. Pettit & Co., 538 California St[reet].
California, Northern; Hotels; San Francisco (Calif.); Vehicles
Engravings, color
[View of Lick House, corner of Montgomery and Sutter Streets, San Francisco, California]
[not before 1861] BANC PIC 1963.002:1494--E
Creator/Collector:
Kuchel, C. C. (1820-ca. 1865)
, Swiss, artist and lithographer
Britton & Co. (active ca. 1861), printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph
53.4 x 80.8 cm.
Content/Description:
Corner view of three story Classical-style building; shops at lower level; horses, carriages, wagons, pedestrians, and soldiers
in street.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Printed (LR, within image): C.C. Kuchel; (LL): C.C. Kuchel lith., 622 Clay St[reet], S[an] F[rancisco]; (LC):
W.K. Prior, Importer of Gas Fixtures & C 703 & 705 Montgomery St[reet]/Kenitzer & Farquharson, architects; (LR): Cha[rle]s
Alpers, Metropolitan Brass, Reed & String Band/Britton & Co. Print.
Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; Military personnel; San Francisco (Calif.); Vehicles
Cityscapes; Lithographs
Arctic Oil Works, San Francisco, Cal[ifornia]
[not before 1859] BANC PIC 1963.002:1498--F
Creator/Collector:
Bosqui Eng. & Ptg. Co. (active ca. 1863-ca. 1906), printer
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
59 x 81.4 cm.
Content/Description:
Industrial complex on waterfront with several buildings and oil storage tanks; barrels being transported via rail and wagon;
pier and ships on bay.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL, within image): Bosqui Eng. & Print. Co. S[an] F[rancisco]; (LL): Works, Potrero; (LR): Office,
28 California St[reet].
Buildings; Business enterprises; California, Northern; Industry; San Francisco (Calif.); Waterfronts
Cityscapes; Lithographs, color
[View of church, San Francisco?, California]
[18--] BANC PIC 1963.002:1499--E
Creator/Collector:
[Unknown]
Physical Description:
painting on paper mounted on fabric: watercolor and ink
86.5 x 71.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Southwest view of late nineteenth century Gothic-style church with single tower at west end; churchgoers in front.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Newspaper clipping of obituary for Elizabeth Laver, widow of late architect Augustus Laver attached to verso.
Buildings; California, Northern; Churches; San Francisco (Calif.)
Paintings; Watercolors
Mission Dolores, San Francisco, [California] 1860, from the Potrero Neuevo
1860 BANC PIC 1963.002:1544--D
Creator/Collector:
Gifford, Charles B. (active ca. 1858-ca. 1868), artist
Nagel, Louis (active ca. 1844-ca. 1873)
, German, publisher and printer
Nahl Brothers (active 1852-1871), undetermined
Physical Description:
print on paper: lithograph
42.3 x 59.8 cm.
Content/Description:
View looking west(?) from Potrero Hill; Center Woolen Mills in right foreground; small farms and houses scattered throughout.
Notes/Inscriptions:
