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Crossing the Plains to California

Description: Image contains thirteen vignettes depicting various locations emigrants passed as they crossed the plains (such as Chimney Rock, Castle Rock, Laramie Peak, etc.), Indians that emigrants encountered, and activities that emigrants engaged in as they crossed the plains. The image is torn on the right side and appears to have been cut along the top and bottom. "[Published by Hutchings & Rosenfield 146 Montgomery St. San Francisco. Printed by S. H. Wade. 151 Clay St.]"--text, below image (from Baird). Paper color: blue.
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Call number: 48052:163a
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Crossing the Plains. Views drawn from Nature, 1853

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Image contains thirteen vignettes depicting various locations emigrants passed as they crossed the plains (such as Chimney Rock, Castle Rock, Laramie Peak, etc.), Indians that emigrants encountered, and activities that emigrants engaged in as they crossed the plains. "Views Drawn from Nature, in 1853, by George H. Baker."--text, below title of image. "Published by Barber & Baker, Sacramento. Copywright [sic] secured."--text, below image. Paper color: gray.

48052:196

The Miner's Ten Commandments

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Image of a giant redwood tree in the center, a large redwood stump with several people standing on it, a large rock and a cabin to the right, and other smaller trees in the background. The text in German around the image describes Mammoth Tree Grove of Calaveras County. "Anthony & Baker SC. Published by Hutchings & Rosenfield, San Francisco."--text, below image. Paper color: buff.

48052:014b

San Francisco in 1849

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Image of town buildings, the harbor with several ships in it to the left, the hills in the background, and several tents and small figures in the foreground. Buildings and places of particular interest are numbered in the image, and these numbers correspond to a list beneath the image. "Drawn and Engraved by Thomas Armstrong, in the Fall of 1849, and re-published by A. Rosenfield, (late of Hutchings and Rosenfield), No. 602 Montgomery Street, near Clay, San Francisco."--text, below image. Baird notes that the topography and details of the image are incorrect, and that this is apparently an issue of the early 1860's and not 1849. Paper color: buff.

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The Pictorial News Letter of California. For The Steamer Sonora, May 5, 1858. No. 4.[p.1] the Excitement in San Francisco. Rush for the Mines!![p.4]

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Page 1 contains a small illustration of the news letter's heading which depicts a steamer, a train, and a man riding what appears to be a camel. There is a larger illustration at the bottom of p.1 which depicts several top-hatted men reading about the news of the Frazer River gold mines. The text on the page contains various pieces of California news. "Charles F. Robbins, Printer, cor. Clay and battery sts., San Francisco. Published Semi-Monthly, by Hutchings & Rosenfield, 146 Montgomery St., San Francisco."--text, below image. Page 4 contains two images. The upper image depicts people boarding a side-wheeler and loading it with goods. The side-wheeler appears to be very full. The lower image depicts men doing chores around a log cabin. "A. N."--text, within lower left corner of upper image. Paper color: blue.

48052:190

Life Among the Miners

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Image contains thirteen vignettes with a poetic description below each. The vignettes depict different aspects of mining life including where and how miners live, what miners do for entertainment, what miners dream about, troubles that befall miners, and good fortunes that befall miners. "Published by Hutchings & Rosenfield, 146 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. Printed by S.H. Wade, Era Builidng, 151 Clay Street."--text, below image. 'No.2"--text, upper right corner, indicating that this image may be part of a series. There is some handwriting on the verso of this sheet. Paper color: blue.

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Hutchings’ California Scenes. The Mammoth Trees

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Image of a giant redwood tree in the center, a large redwood stump with several people standing on it, a large rock and a cabin to the right, and other smaller trees in the background. The text around the image describes Mammoth Tree Grove of Calaveras County. "Sun Print. Anthony & Baker SC. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by James M. Hutchings, in the Clerks' Office of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California."--text, below image. Paper color: buff.

48052:014

Crossing the Plains to California

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