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Past & Present of California

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The two large circles at the center of this image enclose a side-wheeler, loaded with passengers, docking (on the left), and an ocean-going sailing ship being loaded from a row boat (on the right). At the top center of the image is an elephant. There are smaller scene around the two encircled illustrations depicting miners, mining processes, a public school, a stagecoach, another side-wheeler, and a man plowing with two oxen. "Lith. & Pub. by Britton & Rey S. Francisco."--text, below image. The number 11 is in the upper right corner, indicating that this image may be part of a series. Paper color: buff.
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Date
Undated
Call number
48052:087
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