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Grass Valley, Nevada County California

Description: Image is of the town with scattered buildings at the right and in the center background. There are trees and rolling hills surrounding the town. A lumber mill is in the right foreground and a farm is to the left. "R.E. Ogib[by]y [sic: y over b; should be Ogilby] del. Lith. Britton & Rey San Francisco."--text, below image. Paper color: buff.
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Date: Undated
Call number: 48052:107
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San Francisco news letter and California advertiser. Illustrated Postscript to the S.F. News Letter

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Image is of a tumultuous wreck of two trains with some of the cars derailed, upended, and in flames. Victims are being removed from the wreck. "G. T. Brown. Lith. From a scetch [sic] made on the spot One Hour after the Collision."--text, below image. Paper color: buff.

48052:161

The Winter in California

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Image contains four illustrations. The upper left illustration depicts two miners in a store. The upper right illustration depicts two miners trudging through heavy snow toward a cabin. The lower left illustration depicts a town scene with horses and wagons mired , and pedestrians with umbrellas. The lower right illustration depicts a country scene with a mule-train knee-deep in mud and slush with a miner lashing them with a whip. "Lith. & Publd. by Britton & Rey, corner Montgomt. & Califa. Sts. S. Francisco."--text, below image. The number 21 is in the upper right corner, indicating that this image may be part of a series. Baird notes that this is probably the later issue of "The Winter of 1852 & 3." Paper color: buff.

48052:082

Sonora, January, 1852

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Image is of the town of Sonora in the valley with hills in the background. There are several miners on the hill in the left foreground. "G.H. Goddard del. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1852 by G.H. Goddard in the Clerks Office of the Dist. Court of the Northern Dist. of Calafornia [sic]. Pollard & Brittons Lith. Merchant Str. S.F."--text, below image. Paper color: buff.

48052:067a

Downieville, Sierra County, Cal

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Image is of the town with buildings on the river's right side and two bridges at or near the forks of the river. There are tall pines at left, and hills in the background. "Sketched by Mrs. M.N. Horton. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1852 by Cooke & Le Count in the clerks Office of the Dt. Court of the Northern Dist. of California. Lith. of Cooke & Le Count S. Francisco. Published by Cooke & Le Count, Stationers Warehouse."--text, below image. "Noisy Carriers Publishing [Hall]. 77 Long Wharf San Francisco. Charles P. Kimball Propretor [sic]."--stamped text, below image to the left. Paper color: gray.

48052:070

Adventures of a Pike in California

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Image contains seventeen vignettes depicting various aspects of a miner's experiences in California. These include vignettes of arriving in California, engaging in various processes of mining, getting into trouble, finding some gold, and leaving California. "Lith. & Published by Britton & Rey Cor. Comm. & Montgy. Sts. S. Francisco."--text, below image. The number 8 is in the upper right corner, indicating that this image may be part of a series. Paper color: buff.

48052:022

Petaluma Sonoma Cy., Cal. October 1855

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Image is of buildings on the far side of a small river with rolling hills in the background. There are several boats on the river. The small vignette at the bottom of the image depicts the Office of Rancho Arroyo De San Antonio. J.F. Stuart. "L.W. Worth del. Lith. Britton & Rey S. F."--text, below image. Paper color: buff.

48052:140

Grass Valley, Nevada County California

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