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Nathaniel Currier
c. 1849
Handbook selection, 1984. One of a set of six. |
Britton and Rey | San Francisco
c. 1850
Lettersheet. Description: Celestial Empire in California Lith. & Pubd. by Britton & Rey, San Francisco. Baird #26. |
Kelloggs and Comstock ~ lithographer ~ New York, NY, NY | Ensign & Thayer ~ printer ~ Buffalo
c. 1850
Picture, Forty-niner. Independent gold seeker. From the History Information Station: Object: Lithograph. "The Independent Gold Hunter on his Way to California." Lithographed by... |
Quirot & Co. ~ lithographer ~ San Francisco
c. 1850
Lettersheet. Description: The Mining Business in 4 Pictures. Lith. of Quirot & Co., San Francisco. N.d. Used. Baird #171. (DC 9/92) A tissue with the continuation of the lettersheet... |
United States of America
c. 1850
a,b,c 3 rusty knives a & c have wooden handles From the History Information Station: Object: Steel butcher's knife with wood handle, for all-purpose use. History: A knife had many uses.... |
unknown
c. 1850
Portrait of 49er with shovel |
Anglo Pacific Cutlery Company ~ Sheffield, England
c. 1850-60
Medium sized knife, with hilt stamped: "Anglo Pacific Cutlery Co Sheffield" 7-3/4" Clip point blade, 12-3/8" overall, Bone handle w/ sheath (.b). Circa 1850-1860. History: Exact history... |
George H. Johnson
c. 1851
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George H. Johnson
c. 1852
Inez Brooks-Myers, History curator, points out that the frock coat is in the Chesterfield style, with a velvet collar. |
unknown
c. 1852
A group of ten men roughly dressed miners posed on the porch of their barracks. On the side wall of the structure are two objects which may possibly be framed groups of daguerreotypes. Somewhere... |
Isaac Wallace Baker
c. 1853
ARTIST BIRTH: 1810 |
Isaac Wallace Baker
c. 1853
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Isaac Wallace Baker
c. 1853
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John Prendergast
c. 1853
event was July 11, 1851 |
unknown
c. 1855
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unknown
c. 1855
Small wood and leather encased ambrotype. The leather has tooling in a floral pattern with two brass latches at the right side. Inside cover of the case is light red velvet. On the left side is... |
unknown
c. 1855
Appears to be a copy print from an 1850s original, perhaps a daguerreotype or salt print (DHJ). |
unknown
c. 1856
This tableau depicts two miners, on mules, being outfitted for their journey into the High Sierra. Another man, to the right, poses with paper and pencil in hand, as if tallying up the costs of... |
c. 1856
Bean kettle. Description: Rusted iron. History: Brought by father of donor's husband, Isaac Johnson, who crossed the plains by covered wagon from Missouri in 1856 to California arriving in... |
unknown
c. 1858
APPROXIMATE DATE: 1858 |
c. 1860
Small cast iron toy stove (c. 1860) with extensive set of miniature utensils. From the History Information Station: Object: Toy wood-burning cookstove with kettle and two pots, made... |
Le Charivari
c. 1860
"Croquis du jour. Faut-il etre dindon, pour croire de pareils canards!". Translation: "Sketch of the day. He must be a turkey, to believe such canards! |
Houseworth & Co. | Photographer | San Francisco
c. 1870
Group portrait of Bret Harte and the men that worked with him on his San Francisco newspaper. |
unknown
c. 1875
The image shows a Chinese miner holding a yoke over his shoulders carrying mining equipment including a rocker or long-tom, and pick-ax and shovel. |