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Lake County : the sanitarium of California, the Switzerland of America

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Description: A broadside promoting Lake County resorts and the Geysers in Somona County. Provides ticket rates for single and round trips via Calistoga from San Francisco and from Sacramento. The "Map of Lake County Showing Location of its Various Resorts and Railway Lines of the Southern Pacific Co. from San Francisco to Calistoga" shows Lake County roads as well as the SP's terminus at Calistoga. The Southern Pacific Company also published a 12-panel brochure promoting the region in 1898.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1898?]
Call number: 642321
Creator: Southern Pacific Company(Opens in new tab)
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Map of California 1907 Illustrating its climatology, comparative area, rail lines, topography, etc. compiled from official and authentic sources

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At head of title: "National Educational Association Edition." Alt title from verso. Verso includes brief description of various aspects of the state. Two submaps; one showing average temperatures across the state, the other showing comparative areas of other states with California. Very fragile, handle with care. Submaps: Average Temperature; Area comparison. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: shaded. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Published by the Passenger Department Southern Pacific Company, San Francisco, Cal. Includes seal of Southern Pacific Sunset Ogden & Shasta Routes.

254054

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Albion River, Albion, Mendocino County, California

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This collection contains 269 stereographs by photographer Carleton E. Watkins, dating from the 1860s to about the 1880s, that chiefly depict buildings, points of interest, and locales in Northern and Southern California. The collection includes 1 stereograph from the Central Pacific Railroad series; 5 stereographs from Watkins' Pacific Railroad Series; 110 stereographs from Watkins' Pacific Coast series; and 150 stereographs from Watkins' New Series. The Watkins' Pacific Coast Series, created between 1861 and 1874, primarily depict locales in Northern California with many images of buildings in San Francisco, views of Yosemite and Mariposa County, Missions, and some mining operations including photographs of the North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Company in Nevada County, California. The Watkins' New Series stereographs, created between 1874 and 1890, consist of images of both Southern California and Northern California, in cities including San Francisco, Pasadena, San Marino, Sierra Madre, and San Gabriel. Among the Southern California residences and properties depicted include the Sunny Slope Ranch of L.J. Rose in San Gabriel, Willow Dale owned by N.C. Carter, and Lake Vineyard owned by B.D. Wilson. Some of the stereographs in Watkins' Pacific Coast Series include titles in the margins in Watkins' own hand (see Nos. 1033, 1135, 1146, 1153, and 1721).

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Map of a portion of Fresno County California : Showing some of its principal Irrigating Canals, Colonies, Vineyards and Orchards

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A map showing colonies and land for sale around Fresno, Cal. Submap: Map of Summer and Winter Resorts and other places upon or near The Central & Southern Pacific Railroads in California. MS note: 293247. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Descriptive text regarding Fresno County and the virtues of two tracts for sale.

293247

Map of Santa Monica California / by J. E. Jackson C.E

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Submap notes showing the "proposed city" at the terminus of the Los Angeles and Independence Railroad, then in competition with the Southern Pacific Railroad for the location of Los Angeles Harbor. A gift of Robert D. Farquhar, June 1944. See also ephMPCALIF0041 for another copy on larger format. Submap: Map of Santa Monica Harbor showing site of proposed city Ocean Terminus of Los Angeles and Independence RailRoad 1875. MS note: 253359 Ms routing of pipeline from spring to possible reservoir. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.

253359

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Mirror Lake, Yosemite

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Donner Lake, C.P.R.R

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photST Watkins

Lake County : the sanitarium of California, the Switzerland of America

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