Manuscripts

Charles Owens and R. Braddock letter to W. Parker Lyon

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Description: Letter from Charles Owens and R. Braddock to W. Parker Lyon discussing a donation to the Pony Express Museum. The donation was evidence of a denouncement or mining claim of Ignacio Soto and James W. Wakes in Santa Clara County. The claim resulted in some quicksilver production. Includes a translation of the denouncement.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1932, December 20.
Call number: mssHM 70168
Creator: Owens, Charles(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Letter transferred to MSS from the papers of Robert O. Schad.
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General Braddock's Military Plans Captured by the French Before Fort Du Quesne

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Three manuscript maps referred to General Braddock by Thomas Gage: "Plan of Fort Duquesne," The Environs of Fort Duquesne," and "Plan of Fort Cumberland;" housed in a blue buckram slip case.

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Julius Shulman photographs of the W. Parker Lyon House

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A group of 19 black and white photographs, 8 x 10 inches, taken by Julius Shulman of the W. Parker Lyon House, designed by architect Thornton Ladd in 1948, in Pasadena, California. Photographs of the mid-century modern style residence depict the exterior, landscaping, interior rooms, furnishings, and an early television. The house is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

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Julius Shulman photographs of the W. Parker Lyon House

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Outside a hobby train, Inside huge Buildings, 99 other Hobbies, Lyon Pony Express Museum, Arcadia, Calif

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Image of a train outside of the Lyon Pony Express Museum in Arcadia, California, with signs that read "Wild West Relics 1849," "Pony Express Museum," "Wells Fargo & Co. Express," and "Collected by one man W. Parker."

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Charles A. Leake letter to James W. Denver

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Charles A. Leake wrote this letter to James W. Denver from "Sacramento City" and the letter is devoted almost entirely to California state politics. He writes at length upon the recently-concluded Democratic state party convention, the maneuverings therein of various factions, and the circumstances of leading California political figures such as former governor John Bigler and current U.S. senator David Broderick, as well as the influence of events in California upon national political events.

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W. Parker Jr. owner of Lyon Pony Express Museum at Arcadia, Calif., helps his father carry the longest shotgun in the world from Museum Gun Room

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Image of William Parker Lyon Jr. and his father, William Parker Lyon, carrying the longest shotgun in the world at the Lyon Pony Express Museum in Arcadia, California.

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Charles Owens and R. Braddock letter to W. Parker Lyon

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