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Description

Consists of an 1887 newspaper clipping about street work in Oakland, California; a business card of Horace F. Clark, land, mining, and patent attorney, Washington, D.C.; a 1916 State of California Anglers License for Charles W. Barrett; a small Pacific Bank silicate slate memorandum book; a printed program for the 1879 "Celebration of the 60th Anniversary of Odd Fellowship" (for the International Order of Odd Fellowship); an 1873 advertising leaflet from A.L. Bancroft & Co. law publishers and booksellers; an 1868 circular of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons; an 1887 certificate of blue ribbon prize for the "best and largest variety of vegetables raised on one ranch by exhibitor" from the San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Association to Mrs. C.C. Castle; and a 1933 leaflet "California of Historical Value" by Albert Dressler.

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1868-1933 and undated
Call number
mssEl Dorado County
Creator
El Dorado County (Calif.)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
James H. Sweeney, September 1945.
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