Map of the Burnt District

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  Plan of the Burnt District, Sacramento, Showing the Buildings which escaped

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  Image is of a map from the levee to 7th St. (left to right) and from I St. to L St. (top to bottom). The Sacramento River is labeled at the far left, and Sutter Lake is labeled at the top. The blacked out portion of the map indicates where the fire occurred. Baird notes that this map is said to refer to the fire of July 13th, 1854. "Published by barber & Baker."--text, below image. "Noisy Carriers, San Francisco."--stamped text, upper right corner of image. Paper color: gray.

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  View of the Conflagration from Telegraph Hill San Francisco, Night of May 3rd 1851. [upper] Map of Burnt District of San Francisco. [lower]

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  Upper image is of a scene with roaring fire in the city and burning ships in the harbor. Lower image is a map of the area from Pine St. to Vallejo St. (left to right) and Dupont St. to Battery St. (top to bottom). The map indicates the location of four grounded ships as well as buildings that were saved. Upside-down stamp in lower right corner below image. Paper color: gray.

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  Map of the Burnt District Sixth Great Conflagration in San Francisco. June 22nd 1851

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  Image is a view of the harbor and town from Telegraph Hill. The town is burning at right, the harbor full of ships is at left, and crudely-drawn people are on the hill in the foreground. Baird notes that this is a reworking of the "View of the Conflagration...May 3rd 1851." "J. De Vere del."--text, below image. "Noisy Carrier's Publishing Hal[l]. 77 Long Wharf San Francisco. Charles P. Kimball Propretor [sic]."--stamped text, lower right corner. Paper color: gray. This is only the illustration; the portion of the sheet containing a map of the burnt district is missing (according to Baird's notes).

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  Map of the Burnt District of San Francisco, Showing the Extent of the Fire

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  Image contains a map showing the area from Pine Street to Vallejo Street (left to right) and from Front Street to Dupont Street (bottom to top). The darkened portions of the map indicate where the fire was. There are fifty-four numbered destroyed buildings on the map, and twenty-three lettered saved buildings. Below the map is a key for these labeled buildings, indicating the occupants and material used in their construction. "S.J. Gower del. Fishbourne's Lithog. Ohio Street, San Francisco."--text, below map. Paper color: gray.

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  Diagram of the Burnt District

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  Upper part of sheet contains a map of the Sacramento area from H St. to L St. (top to bottom) and from Front Street to 8 St. (left to right) with most of twelve block blacked out. The text below the map describes the fire and lists the sufferers. The text notes that this is not the fire of November 2nd, 1852, but a later one. "Published at the Union Office, 21 J street, Sacramento."--text, below image. Paper color: blue.

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  Reservoir Colliery Overseal District

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  Manuscript map which depicts the Resevoir Colliery in the Overseal District. The map indicates Colliery operations and old workings in 1889 and depicts neighboring properties that belonged to Mrs. Woodhouse, Lord Donington and Major Mowbray. The map also indicates the location of barriers against the Donisthorpe Colliery workings.

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