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U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Chart ; 5500. Heh copy Plate No. 2271. Stamped in lower left corner: Aids to navigation corrected for information received through May 11, 1897. For an earlier edition, see HEH ephMPCALIF0226. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: shaded. Graphic Scale: Miles, kilometers. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: 5500.
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Marine chart for coastal navigation. Stamp: Lights, Beacons and Buoys corrected for information received by Aug 22 1911. MS notes: 299070 304E. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, kilometers. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 315-E.
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Torn vertically. Very fragile. U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Chart ; No. 5300 Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, kilometers. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: 116 Pacific Coast Coast Survey.
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Coastal chart. MS note: 425201 Stamp: Louis Weule Co. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 4/5002 61021s.
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MS notes in pencil on map face. Fragile, be careful. "Issued June, 1882, J. S. Hilgard, Superintendent. Verified, R. D. Cutts." "The reduced drawing of Topography and Hydrography was made by A. and H. Lindenkohl. 5200 Santa Barbara Channel." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: shaded. Graphic Scale: Miles, kilometers. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 3000.
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Visual Materials
This album contains typical commercial photographs of the towns and scenery of California, Oregon and Washington dating from the 1890s. Of note are early views of San Diego, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, San Francisco, Tacoma, and Seattle. There are also views of California missions and coastal landscapes. The Oregon photographs are of scenery only. Photographs of California include San Diego; Casa de Estudillo in Old Town San Diego; Mission San Luis Rey, San Juan Capistrano, and Santa Barbara; Santa Barbara; San Luis Obispo; Confederate general James Longstreet's Los Angeles home; the Bellevue Terrace Hotel; various Los Angeles homes; Pasadena; Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin's Santa Anita ranch; San Francisco city scenes; and wilderness en route to Oregon. Oregon photographs show images of the Columbia River; Mt. Hood; Latourell Falls; Multnomah Falls; and nature scenes. Photographs of Washington state include Tacoma; Green River; Native Americans from an unidentified tribe; Seattle; and a portrait of Angeline, daughter of Chief Seattle of the Suquamish tribe. Twenty-six of the pictures in this album were photographed by Isaiah West Taber and twenty-two were photographed by W.H.J. and Company. It may be that William H. Jeffers created those twenty-two photographs, as he was active in California during this time period. Other photographers who contributed to this album include Thomas H. Rutter, Charles B. Talbot, and Boyd & Braas (William F. Boyd and George H. Braas). The album spine is embossed with the title "California and Pacific Coast" and the photographs are mostly mounted double-sided. The initials of an unknown individual, "E.B.R.", and the year 1897 are also embossed on the album's spine.
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