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  • The Miners’ Ten Commandmens

    The Miners’ Ten Commandmens

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    Image of eleven vignettes depicting The Miners' Ten Commandments and an elephant pointing with its trunk to a sign for Ten Commandment [sic] on a cabin. The commandments deal with mining practices, moral issues, and family matters. The vignettes surround text at the center of the image describing the commandments. "H. Eastman del."--text, below the first vignette. "Anthony & Baker."--text, below eight vignette. "Eastman. Anthony & Baker."--text, below tenth vignette. Paper color: blue.

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  • The Miners’ Lamentations

    The Miners’ Lamentations

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    Image of eleven vignettes depicting The Miners' Ten Commandments and an elephant pointing with its trunk to a sign for Ten Commandment [sic] on a cabin. The commandments deal with mining practices, moral issues, and family matters. The vignettes surround the text at the center of the image which describes the commandments. "H. Eastman del."--text, below the first vignette. "Eastman. [Anthony & Baker]."--text, below tenth vignette. "Sun Print, San Francisco. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by James M. Hutchings, in the Clerk's Office of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Orders, pre paid, addressed "[Box H Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal."]."--text, below image. Part of the right side of the image has been torn away on the right side. Paper color: blue.

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  • The Miner’s Ten Commandments

    The Miner’s Ten Commandments

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    Upper illustration is of an elephant lifting its trunk to point at a paper on a tree that says: "Miners [sic] Ten Commandment [sic]. A miner is also looking at the sign. Baird notes that this illustration is related to the top central vignette of "Hutchings Miners' Ten Commandments." The text printed below the illustration outlines the ten commandments. Baird notes that the text is also related to "Hutchings Miners' Ten Commandments," but Commandment VI is abbreviated and Commandment X is rephrased and abbreviated. "Published at "Noisy Carrier's," 77 Long Wharf, San Francisco, Cal."--text, below image title. "Potter. HE. Anthony."--block letters within image. "O'Meara & Painter, printers, San Francisco."--text, below image. Paper color: blue.

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  • Coining Money at the San Francisco Branch Mint

    Coining Money at the San Francisco Branch Mint

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    Image contains seven vignettes depicting various stages in the coining of money. One vignette is an exterior view of the Branch Mint. "Herrick SC."--text, within the upper left and lower right vignettes. "Eastman."--text, within the upper center and lower left vignettes. "Butler."--text, within the upper right and middle left vignettes. "[A. Nahl.]"--text, within the lower left vignette. The sheet is torn on the right side, and the vignettes on the right are missing portions. It also appears that the sheet was cut along the top and bottom. The top portion of some text can be seen at the bottom of the sheet. "[Published by Hutching [sic] & Rosenfield, 201 Clay St, Plaza, San Francisco. Excelsior Print, Clay St.]"--text, below image, from Baird. Paper color: blue.

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  • Commandments to California Wives

    Commandments to California Wives

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    The upper left vignette depicts a man writing at a table with a woman standing nearby urging him to write. The upper right vignette depicts a man and wife seated in a dining room with four children playing. In the center of the sheet is the list of commandments for California wives. To the left of the commandments is an image of a man sitting outside a tent, and to the right is a woman with three children playing. "C.C. Kuchel del. W.C. Butler S.F. Mercantile Job Print, 130 Sansome St., S.F."--text, within upper vignettes. "W.C. Butler S.F. [Entered acco]rding to act of Congress, in the year 1855, by James M. Hutchings, in the Clerk's office of the U.S. District Court for California. Address J.F. Larrabee, San Francisco."--text, below image. Paper color: blue.

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  • The Miner's Ten Commandments

    The Miner's Ten Commandments

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    Image of a giant redwood tree in the center, a large redwood stump with several people standing on it, a large rock and a cabin to the right, and other smaller trees in the background. The text in German around the image describes Mammoth Tree Grove of Calaveras County. "Anthony & Baker SC. Published by Hutchings & Rosenfield, San Francisco."--text, below image. Paper color: buff.

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