Adolph Sutro papers

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  Adolph Sutro lantern slides collection

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  About 126 glass lantern slides used by Adolph Sutro to illustrate a lecture on the history of mining in the Comstock, and of the Sutro Tunnel. Size 3¼ x 3¼ inches, in wood frames measuring about 7 x 4½ inches. 38 are hand colored photographs of drawings, mostly of scenes in the mines, 13 are black and white diagrams, 43 are photographs of executed sealed agreements between The Sutro Tunnel Company and the mines, and 31 are hand colored original photographs of the town of Sutro and the Sutro Tunnel.

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  Swimmers in the Sutro Baths

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  Photo of swimmers and onlookers at the Sutro Baths in San Francisco, California.

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  Resolution adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Sutro Tunnel Company

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  An autograph copy of a resolution by the board of trustees stating that the company is authorized to issue 108,000 shares of capital stock for the purpose of funding the Sutro Tunnel in Nevada. The resolution also states that Adolph Sutro or his agents have 90 days from November 5, 1878 to purchase the whole or any part of the 108,000 shares at &5.00 per share. This copy of the resolution was certified and signed in San Francisco by Pelham W. Ames, Secretary of the Sutro Tunnel company. The document bears the blind embossed seal of the Sutro Tunnel Company

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  [Interior view of Sutro baths complex]

  Visual Materials

  Image of a depiction of the Sutro Baths located in San Francisco, California. Sutro Baths was a complex of multiple public saltwater baths that opened to the general public in 1896 by philanthropist Adolph Sutro. The colorful lithograph is large in size and was printed in four sheets. Images include a row of multiple swimmers lined up along railings, figures performing swimming techniques in water, athletes performing trapeze acts, spectators watching from balconies, and other individuals performing recreational activities in the indoor pool and gymnasium. Building is multiple stories high, with high-vaulted ceilings. Green load-bearing posts and columns hold the structure in place. Green staircases and ladders are depicted in the large complex, along with black and white lamps hanging from the ceiling. Background depiction of the balcony includes decorative green plants and foliage surrounding the space.

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  Philip Deidesheimer letter to Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro

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  Letter from Philip Deidesheimer in Virginia City, Nevada, to Adolph Sutro. Deidesheimer writes of his desire to see Sutro and asks him to come back to Virginia City as soon as he can. He also writes of the mines in Nevada, including that "there is mutiny near" at the Ophir Mine. He also writes that he hopes to be made one of the Sutro Tunnel Commissioners, of his invention of the timbering system, that he "never dreamed" of patenting the system "until of late," and asks Sutro to inquire into patenting the design for him, noting that "if I could yet get a patent it would bring me an income of at least one million...dollars a year."

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  Sutro Tunnel Company letterbook

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  Letterbook kept by C.C. Thomas, superintendent of the Sutro Tunnel Company, from March to November 1882. The letters describe company business and operating expenses, as well as repairs made on the Sutro Tunnel. Also includes a sketch showing the claim of the Consolidated Virginia Mining Company.

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