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Grass Valley, Nevada County California
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San Francisco news letter and California advertiser. Illustrated Postscript to the S.F. News Letter
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Image is of a tumultuous wreck of two trains with some of the cars derailed, upended, and in flames. Victims are being removed from the wreck. "G. T. Brown. Lith. From a scetch [sic] made on the spot One Hour after the Collision."--text, below image. Paper color: buff.
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The Winter in California
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Image contains four illustrations. The upper left illustration depicts two miners in a store. The upper right illustration depicts two miners trudging through heavy snow toward a cabin. The lower left illustration depicts a town scene with horses and wagons mired , and pedestrians with umbrellas. The lower right illustration depicts a country scene with a mule-train knee-deep in mud and slush with a miner lashing them with a whip. "Lith. & Publd. by Britton & Rey, corner Montgomt. & Califa. Sts. S. Francisco."--text, below image. The number 21 is in the upper right corner, indicating that this image may be part of a series. Baird notes that this is probably the later issue of "The Winter of 1852 & 3." Paper color: buff.
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Downieville, Sierra County, Cal
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Image is of the town with buildings on the river's right side and two bridges at or near the forks of the river. There are tall pines at left, and hills in the background. "Sketched by Mrs. M.N. Horton. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1852 by Cooke & Le Count in the clerks Office of the Dt. Court of the Northern Dist. of California. Lith. of Cooke & Le Count S. Francisco. Published by Cooke & Le Count, Stationers Warehouse."--text, below image. "Noisy Carriers Publishing [Hall]. 77 Long Wharf San Francisco. Charles P. Kimball Propretor [sic]."--stamped text, below image to the left. Paper color: gray.
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Adventures of a Pike in California
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Image contains seventeen vignettes depicting various aspects of a miner's experiences in California. These include vignettes of arriving in California, engaging in various processes of mining, getting into trouble, finding some gold, and leaving California. "Lith. & Published by Britton & Rey Cor. Comm. & Montgy. Sts. S. Francisco."--text, below image. The number 8 is in the upper right corner, indicating that this image may be part of a series. Paper color: buff.
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Two Roads In California
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Image contains eight vignettes depicting Jones and Brown, two men who arrive in California to work. The vignettes show Brown becoming successful because he works hard and doesn't gamble, while Jones ends up in ruin because he doesn't like to work hard and gambles away his money. "Lith. & Pubd. by Britton & Rey Cor. Montgomery & Commercial Sts. S. Fco."--text, below image. The number 3 is in the upper right corner, indicating that this image may be part of a series. Paper color: buff.
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Past & Present of California
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The two large circles at the center of this image enclose a side-wheeler, loaded with passengers, docking (on the left), and an ocean-going sailing ship being loaded from a row boat (on the right). At the top center of the image is an elephant. There are smaller scene around the two encircled illustrations depicting miners, mining processes, a public school, a stagecoach, another side-wheeler, and a man plowing with two oxen. "Lith. & Pub. by Britton & Rey S. Francisco."--text, below image. The number 11 is in the upper right corner, indicating that this image may be part of a series. Paper color: buff.
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