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View of Fire in Sacramento City

Description: 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.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1852
Call number: 48052:046
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Sacramento City, from the R Street levee

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Image is of a view of the city in the background and to the right, and the river in the foreground. "Noisy Carrier's Publishing Hal[l]. 77 Long Wharf San Francisco. Charles P. Kimball Propretor [sic]."--stamped text, below image. Paper color: gray.

48052:096

Map of the Southern Mines by Charles Drayton Gibbes

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Image is of a map from Jackson, Mokelumne Hill, and Cosumnes River in the north to Ft. Washington and Lost Mt. in the south, and from the Bay of Monterey in the east to Sierra Nevada in the west. "Lith. & Published by Quirot & Co. corner Montgomery & California Sts. S.F."--text, below image. "Noisy Carrier's Publishing Hall."--stamped text, below image. Paper color: blue.

48052:045

Wreck & Burning of the Independence

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Image is of the vessel with flames and smoke coming from it. There are survivors on the cove below a cliff background and there are people in the water. "Published at the Union Office."--text, below image. "Noisy Carrier's Publishing Hall. 77 Long Wharf San Francisco. Charles P. Kimball Proprietor."--stamped text, below image to the left. Paper color: blue.

48052:059

San Francisco Upper California. In November 1851

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Image of the view of San Francisco from Nob Hill east to the bay. Telegraph Hill is to the left and a Methodist church is depicted in the center foreground. "Noisy Carrier's Publishing [?]. Long Wharf San Francisco. Charles P. Kimball, Proprietor. Lith. Britton & Rey."--text, below image. Paper color: blue.

48052:018

Outside View of Fort Hall

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Image is of fort buildings, a covered wagon, two horses, and several persons. This image is one of a pair of views of Fort Hall. "Published at the Union Office."--text, below image. "Noisy Carrier's Publishing Hall. Long Wharf San Francisco."--stamped text, below image to the left. Paper color: blue.

48052:053

Miners Coat of Arms

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Image is of various articles associated with miners. These range from mining tools to cooking tools to clothing to forms of entertainment such as playing cards. Below these articles is a vignette of four men in a cabin; two play cards while the other two watch. "Lith. & Pub. by Britton & Rey San Francisco."--text, below image. "Noisy Carrier's Publishing Hal[l]. Long Wharf San Francisco. Charles P. Kimball Proprietor."--stamped text, lower right corner of image. Paper color: gray.

48052:085

View of Fire in Sacramento City

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