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"The mother lode" : a story of the Arctic
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Discoveries in the Arctic Sea between Baffin Bay and Melville Island;
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Shewing [sic] the Coasts Explored on the Ice by Capt. Ommanney and the Officers of the Expedition under the command of Capt. H. T. Austin... also by the Honble. Hudson's Bay Co. Expedition under the command of Rear-Admiral John Ross, C.B., and Dr. John Rae, in Wollaston and Victoria Land, in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1850-51. Drawn from the Official Documents, by John Arrowsmith. Tracks of 18 explorers indicating coastlines each explored in search for Franklin. Reference table with color key for various explorers. Description of animals on Melville Island and seen from Victoria Channel. Map extends beyond neatline, northeast corner area section added. Submap of Beechey Island.. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: No. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Map extends beyond neatline.Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS. note: No. 17.
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Franklin Engine No. 3. : Brooklyn, L.I
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Image of an elevation view of the side of a manual fire engine used by the Franklin Engine No. 3 company of Brooklyn, New York, labeled "Franklin" on the red carriage body and "Franklin 3" at the front; the vehicle was built by William Jeffers of Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
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Tufts' Arctic Soda Water: cooling off the sun and its children
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Image of an outdoor scene of an anthropomorphized sun on a man's body in a suit holding a fan; a polar bear offers him a glass of soda water from a large wooden bar and soda fountain covered in icicles; caricatures of men and women in native garb dancing and celebrating in an African village also partake of Tufts' Arctic Soda Water.
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10. Mother Lode Consolidation, California
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The collection contains letters, documents, including 190,000 reports, 1200 maps, 500 photographs, and 8200 pieces of printed material related to the life and career of Ralph Arnold. Subjects represented in the collection include: mining, petroleum, and seismology in the Western United States as well as Canada, Mexico, Cuba, and South America; political papers from 1914 to 1956, mostly concerning the campaign of Herbert Hoover for president; family and personal papers from 1836 to 1961 of Arnold and his father, Delos Arnold, containing source material on Pasadena and Southern California local history. The collection also contains Arnold's field books, including those made at Stanford University with the U.S. Geological Survey from 1900 to 1909.
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Geological map of the Mother Lode Region
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No old shelf mark. Five county map in sections. Table of mines in each county. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS notes: 1890 California Geological map "The Mother Lode" counties.
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33. Lemmon, Allen B.: Mother Lode
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The collection contains letters, documents, including 190,000 reports, 1200 maps, 500 photographs, and 8200 pieces of printed material related to the life and career of Ralph Arnold. Subjects represented in the collection include: mining, petroleum, and seismology in the Western United States as well as Canada, Mexico, Cuba, and South America; political papers from 1914 to 1956, mostly concerning the campaign of Herbert Hoover for president; family and personal papers from 1836 to 1961 of Arnold and his father, Delos Arnold, containing source material on Pasadena and Southern California local history. The collection also contains Arnold's field books, including those made at Stanford University with the U.S. Geological Survey from 1900 to 1909.
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