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California Lettersheets, 1849-ca. 1870

Owning Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

About this Collection

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

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51 items found in this collection

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Adventures of a Pike in California
Appearance of Morse & Heslep's Flour Mill, Hayward's, as left by the …
Articles in a Miner's Creed
Bachelor in a Tight Place
Banking House of Page, Bacon & Co
Banking House of Page, Bacon & Co
Banking House of Page, Bacon & Co
Calavaras Big Tree Grove Hotel
California Politicians
Coining Money At The San Francisco Branch Mint San Francisco: Hutching [sic] …
Col E. D. Baker. We mourn his loss
Day & Night Of A Miner's Life
Departure For El Dorado
Der Riesenbaum der Welt
Downieville At The Forks Of The North Yuba River
Earthquake In San Francisco, Cal. Oct. 21st 1868
Established 1860. Agency of the Mission Woolen Mills
Explosion R.K. Page Nicolaus, Feather River March 21th [sic] 1853
The Frazer River Thermometer
The great Fire in San Francisco in the morning of the 17 …
Great Fire In San Francisco June 14th 1850. 500 Buildings Burned Loss …
Hutchings' California Scenes. The Mammoth Trees
Hydraulic Method of Mining
Iowa Hill
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