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Sonora from The North
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Image is of the town square with a fagpole in the center surrounded by scattered dwellings. There are goats on the low knoll in the foreground, and small hills in the background. "G.H. Goddard del. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1853 by G.S. Wells in the Clercks [sic] Office of the Dist. Court of the Northern Dist. of California. Published by G.S. Wells, Sonora May 1853. Lith. Britton & Rey, San Francisco."--text, below image. Baird notes that this image is either p.1 or p.4 of a letter sheet that also contains "Sonora from the North." Paper color: gray.
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Image is of a town in the distance at the foot of rolling hills. There is a small stream in the center foreground with a bridge over it. A Victorian Gothic house is to the left, and a coach is passing the house. "G.H. Goddard. del. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1853 by L. Jones in the Clerks Offce of the district Court of the Northern dist. of California. Lith. Britton & Rey S. Francisco."--text, below image. Paper color: gray (green according to Baird)
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Petition regarding the Stockton and Sonora Turnpike Road Company
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Petition by Eugene C. Kelty, Angeline Reynolds, Gibbard C. Reynolds, Herman Camp, and Chauncy Johnson of the Stockton and Sonora Turnpike Road Company regarding the construction of a turnpike from Stockton to Sonora. Sent to the Court of Sessions, Tuolumne County, California.
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Sonora Town North from Fort Hill. Robinson House & Castelar Street, approximately 1900
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A view of Sonora town looking towards the mountains. In the center of the image, in the middle distance, is the Los Angeles Orphans Home at the corner of Yale and Alpine streets.
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Columbia January, 1852
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Image is of a town in a forest setting with hills in the background. There are people engaged in various activities or taking their leisure on the hillside in the foreground. The main street of the town can be seen at the right center. "G. H. Goddard del. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1852 by G. H. Goddard in the Clerks Office of the Dist. Court of the Northern Dist. of California. Pollard & Britton's Lith, Merchant Str. S. F."--text, below image. Paper color: gray.
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San Francisco, 1854. Fire of July 11th
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Image is of the general view of San Francisco from Nob Hill looking east with Yerba Buena Island in the background. Part of the city is in flames (Jackson Street, as Baird notes). There are several figures in the foreground viewing the fire. "Lith. of Britton & Rey Cor Montg. & Comm. Sts."--text, below image. Paper color: gray. Baird notes that this image is a variant state of the stone used for "San Francisco, 1854."
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