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Rare Books
Image is a view of the small frame buildings on the main street at the right, a flume and pipes for hydraulic mining at the left, and hills in the background. There are a few people in the street and several miners working near one of the pipes in the center. "drawn & Published by Wm. B. Monmonier, Downieville Cal. June 1st, 1856. Lith. Britton & Rey."--text, below image. Paper color: buff.
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Image of an active fluming operation. To the left is the river diverted into a new flume course and to the right is a smaller flume. There are a few small buildings on the hillside which is sparsely covered with trees. "Barber & [Baker]."--text, below image. Paper color: blue.
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Image of a map from Oregon border to Monterey and Tulare Counties, and from the Pacific Coast to the Utah desert. In the upper right corner is a "Table of Distances from the Capital." On the right side is a list of the population of California and several cities. "Drawn & Compiled by Geo H. Baker. Published by Barber & Baker, Sacramento, Cal. Fishbourne's Lithog. San Francisco, Cal."--text, below map title. "Entered According to Act of Congress, in the Year 1854, by Barber & Baker, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Northern District of California. Fishbourne Lithogy. California."--text, below image. "Noisy Carriers, San Francisco."--stamped text, above image. Paper color: blue.
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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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Image is of miners engaged in various activities: fighting, horse racing, drinking, reading, writing, and washing clothes. "Published at the Wide West Office. Anthony & Baker."--text, below image. "C. Nahl."--text, within image, lower left. "Noisy Carriers, San Francisco."--stamped text, below image to the right. Paper color: buff.
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Image of four vaqueros, two of which have roped a bear. "Anthony & Baker SC. Cal. Published at the Wide West Office, 184 Clay Street, San Francisco."--text, below image. "Noisy--Carriers. Long--Wharf. San Francisco."--stamped text, above image. Paper color: buff.
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