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Sonora Jany. 1853

Description: Image is of the view of the town from a nearby hill. The main street runs more or less diagonally across the scene. There are scattered building beyond the main street and hills in the background. There are two men in the lower left foreground. Baird notes that it is quite different from "Sonora January 1852." "George H. Goddard del. Lith. by Britton & Rey San Francisco."--text, below image. Paper color: gray.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1853
Call number: 48052:141
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Sonora from The North

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Image is of the main street of Sonora with a church at the far end and hills in the background. "G.H. Goddard del. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1853 by G.S. Wells in the Clercks [sic] Office of the district Court of the Northern Dt. of California. Published by G.S. Wells, Sonora May 1853. Lith. Britton & Rey San Francisco."--text, below image. Baird notes that this image is either p.1 or p.4 of a letter sheet that also contains "Springfield, Tuolumne County." Paper color: gray.

48052:101

San Francisco, 1854. Fire of July 11th

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Image is of the general view of San Francisco from Nob Hill looking east with Yerba Buena Island in the background. Part of the city is in flames (Jackson Street, as Baird notes). There are several figures in the foreground viewing the fire. "Lith. of Britton & Rey Cor Montg. & Comm. Sts."--text, below image. Paper color: gray. Baird notes that this image is a variant state of the stone used for "San Francisco, 1854."

48052:049

Southern Approach to Jamestown Tuolumne County Cal

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Image is of a town in the distance at the foot of rolling hills. There is a small stream in the center foreground with a bridge over it. A Victorian Gothic house is to the left, and a coach is passing the house. "G.H. Goddard. del. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1853 by L. Jones in the Clerks Offce of the district Court of the Northern dist. of California. Lith. Britton & Rey S. Francisco."--text, below image. Paper color: gray (green according to Baird)

48052:047

Springfield, Tuolumne County

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Image is of the town square with a fagpole in the center surrounded by scattered dwellings. There are goats on the low knoll in the foreground, and small hills in the background. "G.H. Goddard del. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1853 by G.S. Wells in the Clercks [sic] Office of the Dist. Court of the Northern Dist. of California. Published by G.S. Wells, Sonora May 1853. Lith. Britton & Rey, San Francisco."--text, below image. Baird notes that this image is either p.1 or p.4 of a letter sheet that also contains "Sonora from the North." Paper color: gray.

48052:101a

Columbia January, 1852

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Image is of a town in a forest setting with hills in the background. There are people engaged in various activities or taking their leisure on the hillside in the foreground. The main street of the town can be seen at the right center. "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 California. Pollard & Britton's Lith, Merchant Str. S. F."--text, below image. Paper color: gray.

48052:192

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

Sonora Jany. 1853

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