California Historical Society
California Historical Society
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Phone: 415-357-1848
- Email: reference@calhist.org
- Website: http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/
The CHS Collection represents the environmental, economic, social, political, and cultural heritage of the entire state, including materials from outside California that contribute to a greater understanding of the state and its people.
On September 30, 2023, the North Baker Research Library closed for staff to focus on long-overdue collections management maintenance. The Library is no longer taking appointments at this time. Please check the Library's website updates: https://californiahistoricalsociety.org/collections/north-baker-research-library/
Collections at this institution
California Agriculture: Labor
Contains photographs and picture postcards from the Agriculture series in the General Subjects Photography Collection, depicting agricultural labor in California.
Institution: California Historical Society
11 Items
California Agriculture: Livestock
Contains photographs and picture postcards from the Agriculture series in the General Subjects Photography Collection, depicting California livestock (blacksmith industry, burros, cattle, dairy industry, chickens, diseases, ducks, goats, horses, ostriches, oxen, pigs, sheep, turkeys).
Institution: California Historical Society
155 Items
California Agriculture: Machinery
Contains photographs and picture postcards from the Agriculture series in the General Subjects Photography Collection, depicting California's agricultural machinery.
Institution: California Historical Society
33 Items
California Agriculture: Ranching
Contains photographs and picture postcards from the Agriculture series in the General Subjects Photography Collection, depicting ranching in California.
Institution: California Historical Society
78 Items
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.
Institution: California Historical Society, University of Southern California Digital Library
24,987 Items
California Industry: Fishing
Selections from the Industry series of the General Subjects Photography Collection depicting California fisheries.
Institution: California Historical Society
22 Items
California Industry: Lumbering
Selections from the Industry series of the General Subjects Photography Collection depicting California lumbering and logging industries.
Institution: California Historical Society
156 Items
California lettersheet collection
The collection consists of California lettersheets, mostly pictorial, created approximately between the years 1850 and 1870, with the bulk dating from the 1850s. Pictorial lettersheets are illustrated with lithographs or wood engravings depicting California and Western themes. Intended to be used as stationery during and after the California Gold Rush, these lettersheets served as a kind of reportage, depicting important events and popular stories of the day. Common illustrated topics and scenes include: murders and executions; the San Francisco Vigilance Committee; natural disasters, especially fires (San Francisco) and floods (Sacramento); the Gold Rush; mining life (from perspectives sentimental, cautionary, and ...
Institution: California Historical Society
35 Items
California Revealed from California Historical Society
California Revealed is a State Library initiative to help California’s public libraries, in partnership with other local heritage groups, digitize, preserve, and provide online access to archival materials - books, newspapers, photographs, audiovisual recordings, and more - that tell the incredible stories of the Golden State. We also provide free access and preservation services for existing digital collections for partner organizations with in-house digitization programs. California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
Institution: California Historical Society
326 Items
Chadwick & Sykes photograph albums of contract engineering projects
Consists of photographs of contract engineering projects in California and the West, including roads, railway lines, and the Parkside Realty Company development in San Francisco. Includes images of Colfax (Placer County), Automobile Boulevard (San Francisco), Western Pacific Railroad (Altamont), Union Oil Company (Oleum, Contra Costa County), and Parkside Transit Co. Many photos contain images of workers, machinery and equipment.
Institution: California Historical Society
67 Items
