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Long Bar, Yuba River

Description: Image is of men working in the river bed in the center, two tents and a campfire on the left bank of the river, and a coach and four and men approaching the river on the right bank. "Published at the Union Office."--text, below image. "Noisy Carriers Publishing Hall. Long Wharf San Francisco."--stamped text, below image. Paper color: blue.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: Undated
Call number: 48052:051
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Honest Voters Trying to Elect Their Officers in front of the house [upper] Ballot Box Stuffers, Electing Their Men behind the house [lower]

Rare Books

Upper image is of a man on a barrel electioneering and voters lined up to pass a ballot box in the doorway of a building. There are many speech bubbles coming from various figures in the image commenting on the election. Lower image is of two men handing bags of gold through a window in back of the house, another man approaching with more bags, and other men standing around. Speech bubbles come from all of the figures in the image, each offering their comments on the election. "Noisy Carriers 64 & 66 Long Wharf."--text, below image. Paper color: buff.

48052:068

California Mining - Ground Sluicing

Rare Books

Image is of five men working at a river and two men digging at a lower level. There is a cabin in the distance on the right and there are lofty peaks in the background. "Published at the Wide West Office, 184 Clay Street, San Francisco. Anthony & Baker SC."--text, below image. "Noisy Carriers, San Francisco."--stamp on the lower left of the image. Paper color: buff.

48052:029

Long Wharf

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Image of the wharf stretching back. Several watercraft are being loaded and unloaded. Many people, animals, and carts are on the wharf. Signs are marked on many nearby buildings. "Published by Charles P. Kimball, Noisy Carrier's Publishing Hall, Long Wharf, San Francisco, California."--text, below image. Paper color: blue.

48052:021

Bar Room in The Mines [upper] Long Tom [lower]

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Upper image is of the interior of a bar. Two men are playing cards at a table while a third looks on and a bartender serves two others. Lower image is a view of mining works in a wooded hilly region. Four men work with pick and shovels, and one with a pan. "Lith. & Published by Britton & Rey S. Fo."--text, below image. The number 10 is in the upper right corner, indicating that this image may be part of a series. Paper color: buff.

48052:136

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

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

Long Bar, Yuba River

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