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c. 1880
Tortoise shell comb, belonged to Mrs. Haines' mother, c. 1880 |
c. 1900
Tea tin. Description: red with/wholesale bldg. printed on front, crayon over that, needs cleaning, hinged lid, Front reads "Great American Importing Tea Co., Wholesale Building, 52 & 54... |
Edward S. Curtis
c. 1904
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c. 1904
Entrances to two mine shafts; man with shovel standing in the uppermost one. c. 1904. Two copy prints |
unknown
c. 1949
Postcard featuring Al Rohrman, a real estate agent and entrepeneur in Oakland from the 1930s until his death in the 1950s. He is seated in a donkey drawn carriage which displays a banner which... |
Oakland Museum of California
c. 1998
Poster consists of brown print on a cream background. Image in the center is a daguerreotype of an African American gold miner with a shovel in his hand. Text reads "Some people used the... |
c. 19th century
Soap tray. Description: Ironstone soap tray, stamped "H. Burgess, Burslem."" white History: Grandparents--John and Catherine Kempf--were pioneers in Chico, California from 1860 til 1915.... |
China | Chinese
c.1840
Brass teapot with lid and handles. a)= teapot, b)=lid. Brass teapot, round base, with straight body and squared "s" shaped spout. It has a round lid with a lip that overlaps the opening which... |
c.1850
Handkerchief for man, 80 yrs. old,. Handmade of blue & white linen. February 27, 1998, Inez Brooks-Myers: This textile may be a handkerchief. On the otherhand, it might also be a napkin.... |
E. Hall Martin
c.1850
Handbook Selection, 1984. |
William Smith Jewett
c.1851
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unknown
c.1852
Daguerreotypes. Two half-plate views of mining scenes in Placerville, Ca. A: Uncle Bill & others at mining. Remarks: On exhibit 19th c. Gallery 9/78 mg. |
unknown
c.1852
Note: Case encasing photograph is in two pieces. Same woman is in H23.3145I and H23.3145D. |
Isaac Wallace Baker
c.1853
NOTES: Handbook selection, 1984. Reproduced in Symbols of Democracy, filmstrip, Q-ED Productions, Inc. (Burbank, Ca.),1974. |
Isaac Wallace Baker
c.1853
Baker was an employee of Batchelder. |
George H. Johnson
c.1853
Though credited to Johnson's Sacramento studio, this daguerreotype probably depicts a San Francisco fireman. The shield on his helmet reads "Pacific 8 M.R." While there was apparently no engine... |
unknown
c.1853
Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes. Description: a-g. woman h-m. man n-p. man and woman q. 2 men r. family -- man, woman and girl History: from Sessions... |
unknown
c.1853
In unusual, metal-trimmed case made for carrying while travelling. |
unknown|unknown
c.1854
Union case, geometric design; circular (Krainik #753). Case considered "scarce." |
Attributed to William Shew | William Shew
c.1854
Images containing the very distinctive carpet seen in this daguerreotype are identified as being from the studio of William Shew |
unknown
c.1854
APPROXIMATE DATE: 1853 NOTES: Private collector and others believe that this is the only scene of the gold rush miner and cart in a gold rush scene of land, and not river mining. |
Robert H. Vance
c.1854
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Littlefield, Parsons and Company
c.1855
Union case, sixth-plate octagonal; scroll design (Krainik #613). Ornate oval mat, lacks glass; brown velvet and felt insert. |
Littlefield, Parsons and Company
c.1855
Union case (dark brown), ninth-plate; Union and Constitution (Krainik #373). Ornate oval mat; purple velvet insert. Paper label intact. Cutout picture of lady with a baby. |