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Map of San Francisco

Description: Image is of a map of the downtown area with a vignette of Parrott Block in the lower right corner. The map covers the area from waterfront to Webster, and from North Point to Addition of Mission. At the lower left are nine letter identifications of public buildings on the map and symbols for other locations. At the right are twelve letter identifications for places of worship. "Published by Britton & Rey, San Francisco Cal."--text, below title of map. "Page Bacon & Co. Adams & Co."--text, above vignette in lower right corner. Paper color: blue.
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Date: Undated
Call number: 48052:138
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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.

48052:072

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.

48052:156

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).

48052:134

Great Earthquake in San Francisco, October 8th, 1865. [No. 1]

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Image contains 3 vignettes. The left vignette depicts a woman holding up a naked baby by its left foot. The center vignette depicts a four-story building with its right half fallen in and a seemingly undamaged two-story building next to it. The right vignette depicts a servant girl leaving a house with a trunk on her back and a Bible in her hand. Under each vignette is text further describing each scene. "Scene on Bush Street. Wreck of Building S. E. Corner of Third and Mission Streets. Scene on O'Farrell Street."--text, below image. Below the image is text describing the events of the earthquake that occurred on October 8th, 1865. This text continues onto the next page of the sheet. Paper color: buff.

48052:151

[Untitled. Baird title: Miners’ Life]

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Image contains four vignettes. The upper left vignette depicts miners panning for gold. The upper right vignette depicts one miner being lowered into a mine shaft by another. The lower left vignette depicts three miners working. The lower right vignette depicts two miners outside a tent cooking over their fire. A monogram is in one of the lower corners of each vignette. "Lith. of Britton & Rey California St. corn. Montgomery St. S-Francisco."--text, below image. The number 20 is in the upper right corner, indicating that this image may be part of a series. Paper color: buff.

48052:139

A good-natured map of Alaska showing the services offered by "The Alaska Line" and suggesting some of the most interesting features of the Territory

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Title from cartouche. "Copyrighted, 1940 by Alaska Steamship Company, Pier 9, Seattle"--text, small type, lower left corner of map. "Lithographed in U.S.A. Farwest Lithograph & Printing Co., Seattle"--text, small type, lower right corner, margin.

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