Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Image of a village nestled in a ravine. There are several oxen-drawn carts and horsemen in the foreground and sparse tall trees on the low hills in the background. "Lith. & Published by Quirot & Co. corner Montgomery & California Sts. S. Francisco."--text, below image. Paper color: gray.
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Image of buildings at the foot of rolling hills. Signs for several of the buildings are marked. There is a fence in the foreground and miners are digging in the dry river bed between the fence and the town. "Lith. & Published by Quirot & Co. corner of Montgomery & California Sts. S. Francisco."--text, below image. Paper color: gray.
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Image is of three log cabins, a tent, men at the foot of a mountain, oxen and a wagon, and men mining in a stream. "C. Riehn del. Lith & Published by Quirot & Co. corner Montgomery & California Sts. S.F."--text, below image. Paper color: gray.
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Image is of a view of City Hall looking over one corner of a fenced Portsmouth Square. The four story El Dorado building can also be seen to the left of City Hall, and the one-story Union building is to the right. Carriages, horsemen, pedestrians, and other people are on the surrounding streets. "Lith. & Publ. by Quirot & Co. corner California & Montgomery Sts. S. Francisco."--text, below image. Paper color: gray.
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Image of a tremendous fire on Front St. and in the background on J, K, and L streets. There are people, barrels, and crates covering the levee foreground. Text under the image describes the events of November 2nd and 3rd, 1852, and the cost of the damage. "Lith. & Pub. by Quirot & Co. corn. Montgomery & California Sts. S.F."--text, below image. "Noisy Carrier's Publishing Hall. Lon[g] Wharf San Francisco. Charles P. Kimball Proprietor."--stamped text, lower right corner. Paper color: gray.
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Image is of a multitude of men crowding the wharf and clambering over the rigging and deck of the Byron to see Stuart hanged from an improvised gibbet near the end of the wharf. There are a few spectators in small boats and some on the buildings in the background. The text below the image describes the events of July 11th, 1851. "Publ. & Lith. by Justh Quirot & Co. Calif. Corn. Montg. Sts. S.F."--text, below image. Paper color: gray.
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