Last stage days to mines of Southwest 1905-1906 | Collections | The Huntington

Last stage days to mines of Southwest 1905-1906 | Collections | The Huntington

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People's stage; railroad, and accommodation line: between New-London and Stonington;
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Image of a broadside advertising a stage line between New London, and Stonington, Connecticut, owned by Amasa Rockwell, Jr., with a center woodcut image of a side view of a horse-drawn stagecoach with passengers in the carriage and a driver.
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Horatio N. Rust Photograph Collection: Album of Indians of Southern California and the Southwest, approximately 1886-approximately 1905
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A photograph album compiled by Horatio Nelson Rust (1828-1906), U.S. Indian agent and archaeological artifact collector, documenting Indians living in Southern California, Arizona and New Mexico, approximately 1886-1905. Includes group portraits of Indian school students in California; members of the Cahuilla, Luiseno, Morongo, Mojave, Hopi, and Navajo tribes; the Indian Council at Pala, 1886; and scenes in Pechanga, Soboba and other native communities of Southern California. A smaller portion of the album includes Southwest and pueblo scenes; archaeological artifacts; and a few commercial photographs of North American Indians from elsewhere.
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Consolidated Gold Mine, Mojave, Kern County. 1912
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A panoramic view of the Consolidated Gold Mine at Mojave, in Kern County. The main mining building in the center is low, built along the side of a hill, with sheds and cylindrical structures built around it. There is also a mining structure on the far left, opening out of the ground, with a pulley system at the top. Two men, one seated and one standing, are on the side of a hill on the left, next to a pile of discarded rocks. A few dirt roads wind past the mine and into the hills in the distance. Writing in white in the bottom center reads "Photo no. 313 ; C.C. Pierce & Co ; 1572 W. Pico Blvd. ; Los Angeles, Calif." and "Consolidated Gold Mine ; Mojave, Calif."
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Report and map on the route of the Butterfield Stage Line (San Francisco to St. Louis) known as the Overland Mail between Los Angeles and Chino
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Typescript of notes from various sources on the Butterfield Stage Line, including the establishment of its first contract in 1857 and details on its route from Los Angeles to Chino. Also includes a map showing the Overland Mail (1858-1861) between Los Angeles and Chino (appears to be a copy).
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Album of Indians of Southern California and the Southwest
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A photograph album compiled by Horatio Nelson Rust (1828-1906), U.S. Indian agent and archaeological artifact collector, documenting Indians living in Southern California, Arizona and New Mexico, approximately 1886-1905. Includes group portraits of Indian school students in California; members of the Cahuilla, Luiseno, Morongo, Mojave, Hopi, and Navajo tribes; the Indian Council at Pala, 1886; and scenes in Pechanga, Soboba and other native communities of Southern California. A smaller portion of the album includes Southwest and pueblo scenes; archaeological artifacts; and a few commercial photographs of North American Indians from elsewhere. Some notable images include: a snapshot of Chief Joseph and his nephew standing in front of a train, 1898; views of Navajo Indians whom Rust brought to Pasadena, San Pedro and the Pacific Ocean, 1902-03; and Indian agent Tom Jeffords. Rust appears in several photographs throughout the album. The photographs were made by various photographers, mostly unidentified, but some are credited: C. J. Crandall; E. A. Bonine; C. S. Fly (reproductions of photographs of Geronimo); and John Grabill. The album is accompanied by a four-page index by Rust and a few pieces of ephemera, including a printed card of "The Lord's Prayer translated by William E. Connelley into the Wyandot language."
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Abbie Gilbert, Ridgefield Kindergarten, 1905-1906
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One scrapbook of original artwork created by Abbie Gilbert. Written on the front cover, in ms. is Abbie Gilbert, Ridgefield Kindergarten, 1905-1906. The scrapbook is 36 pages in length, and is covered with two pieces of heavy cardboard, and bound with yellow ribbon ties. It contains 8 examples of colored paper weaving, 8 examples of yarn sewing (pictures and designs sewn onto paper), and 13 original crayon drawings, all created by Abbie Gilbert. All of the crayon drawings are either titled or labeled, in ms., in an adult's hand. The first page contains an image of Friedrich Froebel, with a ms. label below, reading: "Friedrich Froebel. Founder of the Kindergarten." The last page contains 3 mounted Perry Pictures images. Accompanying the scrapbook is a postcard image of a kindergarten. The label on the verso reads "Bennington's experimental kindergarten, the brainchild of German educator Friedrich Froebel, uses his blocks and ideas of 'directed play' that revolutionized education. 1896."
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