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UC Berkeley::Bancroft Library
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Daguerreotype of Burbank taken soon after his purported 1853 arrival in San Francisco. However, a note in the daguerreotype
case well in a mid-19th century hand states "Dr. David Burbank upon arrival in California 1850." He wears what appear to
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UC Berkeley::Bancroft Library
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Tintype portrait of an older man identified on verso, in unknown hand, as O.H. Hoag. If identification is correct, the age
of O.H. Hoag suggests a portrait date of ca. 1900, however the tintype appears to be earlier. If identification
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UC Berkeley::Bancroft Library
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Two views of mountain glaciers, one of the Eiffel tower, and one of a town with a lake and mountains in the background [possibly
Switzerland?]
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UC Berkeley::Bancroft Library
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Company records; some correspondence.
Contributing Institution:
UC Berkeley::Bancroft Library
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BANC MSS 89/235 cLOCAL
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Consists of papers relating to the career of mining engineer, Robert A. Kinzie, on Douglas Island, Alaska, and in the states
of Sinola and Jalisco, Mexico. Includes mining reports, geological surveys, blueprints, notebooks, ledgers, business correspondence,
a personal investment ledger,
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UC Berkeley::Bancroft Library
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BANC PIC 1965.035--PICLOCAL
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Collection includes many family pictures and portraits. Members of the family pictured include Ethel Brodt Wilson, Harry and
Arthur Wilson, Marilla Hemenway Wilson (first woman doctor in Oakland), and others. Family pictures include recreational activities,
camping, and home life. The
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Contributing Institution:
UC Berkeley::Bancroft Library
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BANC PIC 1989.060--ALBLOCAL
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Photographs show a vacation in Iceland, aerial views of San Francisco (from a hot air balloon), the 1904 World's Fair in St.
Louis, Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906 scenes (Marin County
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UC Berkeley::Bancroft Library
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Snapshots of family or friends at various California places: Glenwood and Wrights (Santa Cruz), Mulberry (Butte County), Leona
Heights, Vichy Springs (Mendocino), Paisines (San Benito), Tomales Bay, and Dillon's Bay (Marin). Many camping and beach scenes.
Contributing Institution:
UC Berkeley::Bancroft Library
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Preliminary list of contents
Contributing Institution:
UC Berkeley::Bancroft Library
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BANC PIC 1979.134--PICLOCAL
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Primarily California views and scenery. In addition collection includes a small number of unidentified non-California views,
photos of national parks, and portraits. Includes aerial views of Berkeley.
Contributing Institution:
UC Berkeley::Bancroft Library
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Collection consists of two sets of views taken over California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico. The first set, numbered 1-54,
contains 49 images, with 5 missing. These images are of the Sierra Nevada (including Hetch Hetchy and the Tioga Pass,
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UC Berkeley::Bancroft Library
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Chiefly professional quality views of the Hat Creek Radio Observatory complex taken during its construction and the early
years of its operation as an astronomical research unit affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley. Topics of
photographic prints include the
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UC Berkeley::Bancroft Library
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Contributing Institution:
UC Berkeley::Bancroft Library
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Correspondence relating to Rachel Bubes' attempts to get her brother-in-law, Haim Stankkevich, and his family into the U.S.
The collection includes copies of letters Bubes received from local legal and financial authorities, as well as a letter and
telegram from
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UC Berkeley::Bancroft Library
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The collection consists of materials compiled by Henderson in the course of researching and writing his biography of Jimi
Hendrix, "Jimi Hendrix : Voodoo Child of the Aquarian Age" (1978). There are drafts, research notes, correspondence, and interviews
conducted by
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UC Berkeley::Bancroft Library
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The collection includes correspondence about the Jews in the California Gold Rush and about the historical preservation of
pioneer Jewish cemeteries and landmarks.
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UC Berkeley::Bancroft Library
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Includes views of Santa Barbara; scenes at Mission Santa Barbara (some depicting a friar, Anthony, and another unidentified
Franciscan friar); scenes from the 1893 Battle of Flowers parade; the home of early California settler and governor José de
la Guerra
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UC Berkeley::Bancroft Library
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Photograph album documenting construction of an unidentified cylindrical structure (water tank?) at Marinship shipyard, just
north of Sausalito in Marin County, probably in 1942 during the early development of the World War II-era shipbuilding complex.
Photographs detail the progression of
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UC Berkeley::Bancroft Library
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The collection contains correspondence; constitution and rules of the lodge; schedules of events; lists of the lodge's officers
and members; reports; The Shofar newspaper for the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization; yearbooks and bulletins; convention materials;
photographs; memorandums; and manuals and
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UC Berkeley::Bancroft Library
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