Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Rare Books
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Image is of hydraulic mining on an already heavily worked hillside. Pipes from the flume at the hill's top can be seen in the center of the image. "Barber & Baker, Publishers, Sacramento."--text, below image. "Noisy Carriers, San Francisco."--stamped text, upper left corner of sheet. Paper color: gray.
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![Flume [upper] Elevating Water Wheel [lower]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4KXU6T2%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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Upper image is of miners operating hydraulic water wheels in a large flume. Lower image is of a wheel in a river pumping water into a sluice and tom, near which two miners are working. "Lith. & Published by Britton & Rey. San Francisco Cal."--text, below image. The number 16 is in the upper right corner of the sheet, indicating that this image may be part of a series. Paper color: buff.
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Image is of 5 young children and a cat. The children express a variety of emotions. "Lith. of B.F. Butler, San Francisco. J.H. Peirce del. Published at the Noisy Carrier's Hall, Long Wharf, San Francisco."--text, below image. Paper color: buff.
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![Gambling in the Mines. Monte [upper] Faro [lower]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4KX1NL1%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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Upper image is of miners at a table with a crowd in the background. Lower image is of two top-hatted men at a table with some miners and a similar crowed in the background. "Lith. & Published by Britton & Rey. San Francisco California."--text, below image. The number 4 is in the upper right corner, indicating that the image may be part of a series. Paper color: buff.
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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.
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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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