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    Yankee Jims', Placer County, California, 1857

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    Scott & Brother were bankers in Yankee Jims'. "Britton & Rey print." "Drawn from nature & lithd by Kuchel & Dresel, San Francisco." At head of lithograph: Kuchel & Dresel's California views. Vignettes: 12 vignettes of homes and businesses. MS note: 183632. Prime meridian: GM. Projection: Birds-eye view. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: Vignettes.

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    Perspective map of the city of Helena, Mont.; capital of the state, county seat of Lewis and Clark Co. 1890. Compliments of Kessler's Brewery, Nicholas Kessler, Proprietor, Helena, Montana

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    A beautiful birds-eye view with seventeen vignettes of buildings and sub-areas. Vignettes: Buildings and suburbs. MS note: 375855. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Birds-eye view. Printing Process: Lithography.

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    Columbia, southern mines, California

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    A two-color lithograph depicting a view of Columbia in Tuolumne County, California set during the Gold Rush. The foreground of the central image includes factories, a horse-drawn wagon driving across town, and miners working in flumes, depicted against a view of town buildings with hilly landscape in the background. Twelve vignettes of building facades surround the central image; includes views of storefronts, churches, government buildings, hotels, and banks. Townsfolk and individuals on horses and horse-drawn wagons are illustrated in front of the building facades. The title is printed in the lower center of the image. The text below the title reads, "Published by Towle & Leavitt. Columbia, Tuolumne County, Cal." Printed signatures on the lower half of print from left to right read, "From nature on stone by Kuchel & Dresel, 146 Clay St. S.F."; "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by Kuchel & Dresel in the Clerk's Office of District Court of the Northern District of Cal."; and "Printed by Britton & Rey."

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    Perspective Map of Butte City, Mont. County Seat of Silver Bow County

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    Butte, surrounded by belching smokestacks, a sign of prosperity. Vignettes: Fourteen views, mostly mines and mills. MS note: 336026. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Birds-eye view. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: Perspective Map of Butte City, Mont 1890.

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    San Jose, Santa Clara County, California

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    Businesses, public buildings and important homes in the surround. Vignettes: 20+ buildings and ads in surround. Prime meridian: GM. Projection: Birds-eye view. Printing Process: Lithography.

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    Jackson, Amador Co

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    Image contains three general views. The upper view is of the town of Jackson, the lower left view is of Butte Cuty, and the lower right view is of The Gate. "Printed by Britton & Rey. Published by Wesly Jackson, Jackson News Depot. From Nature & on Stone by Kuchel & Dresel, 146 Clay St. S. F."--text, below image. Paper color: gray.

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