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ca. 1860's
Clipper ship card. Description: Ship: Shooting Star, Wm. T. Coleman & Co., California Line for San Francisco. A very rare card. ca. 1860's. Four color litho. Only two other cards recorded. one... |
Nesbitt & Company
ca. 1860's
clipper ship card. Description: Ship: Sunshine. Sutton & Co.'s Dispatch Line for San Francisco. Extremely Rare. Totally unrecorded elsewhere. Not even in Peapody Museum collection of... |
ca. 1860-1900
Shovel. Description: Shovel, wood handle, metal blade riveted to separate metal pieces which are in turn riveted to the handle. End of shovel is worn away from use. Dimensions: Length: 50 1/4... |
ca. 1865
Mortar and Pestle. Description: a) Mortar. Cast iron. Conical-shaped. b) Pestle. Cast iron with wood handle. 4 1/4" diameter, cylindrical striking end with 22 1/2" sleeve. Inserted into the... |
ca. 1870
5 bone dice. ca. 1870 from old California saloon From the History Information Station: Gambling was a popular pastime, or passion, among miners. Mining itself was something of a... |
ca. 1870-1920
Batter pitcher, stoneware, reddish brown glaze inside and outside; small handle across from pitcher spout. Spout is chipped. From the History Information Station: Object: Pitcher,... |
San Antonio Pioneer Pottery | Daniel Brannan | Rancho San Antonio neighborhood
ca. 1870s
Stoneware food storage crock, stoneware handels on each side; stamped "D. Brannan San Antonio 4" on the shoulder. Gray brown glaze with green glaze drips on one side. |
ca. 1890-1920
Miner's Scales. Description: Miner's scales; A: vertical hook with stand. B: balancing arms. C-D: pans which are suspended from the arms by chains. Condition good-sections of chain... |
ca. 1900
Model of sailing vessel. Description: Model of the "Young America" a clipper ship built for trade from N.Y. to San Francisco. Built in New York, N.Y. Launched 4/30/1853. History: The... |
Nathaniel Currier
circa 1849
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George Henry Burgess
circa 1850
This is a watercolor, gouache, and graphite painting on paper. The composition shows a rural landscape with tall trees and several gable roof buildings connected by dirt roads. A figure leads a... |
George Robinson Fardon, Herre and Bauer, Publishers
circa 1855
From Fardon's "San Francisco Album," published 1856, an extremely important work which was the first book of photographs published of any American city. Fardon was an early... |
Civil War period
High chair for baby. Civil War period |
Maidu
collected Nov. 24 - Dec. 17, 1913
Mining rocker, wood. Used in placer mining. Received from Henry Thompson, Stanfield Hill, Ca. Used to separate gold from earth and gravel shoveled into it and mixed with water. From the... |
collected Nov. 24 - Dec. 17, 1913
Prospecting pan, carved out of wood. Used in early days in placer mining. Received from Henry Thompson, Stanfield Hill, CA From the History Information Station Object: Wooden "... |
Early 19th century
Spoons. Description: Two spoons, 10 inched long, hand wrought iron, coated with wax, bowls quite shallow and leaf shaped with pointed ends. Handles vary from 1/4" to 1/2" wide with chisled... |
England, London
February 10, 1849
Newspaper published in London, England, containing articles on the California Gold Rush, giving English perspective. Article: "The Gold-Seekers of California." Illustration: The Gold Region of... |
February 23, 1851
Broadside. Description: "To the People of San Francisco!" Vigilante Committee. Broadside, 1851, in which minority of Committee is requesting punishment of 2 prisoners. Printed... |
Hutchings and Rosenfield
JAN, 1859
APPROXIMATE DATE: 1859 |
Gilbert V. Johnson
Jan. 12, 1974
Student Association dance. |
Jan. 4, 1852
Certificate of membership issued to Mathew de la Montanya. Mathew de la Montanya by Protection Fire Engine Co. #2, San Francisco, California, Jan. 4, 1852. From the History Information... |
England, London
January 13, 1849
Newspaper published in London, gives English perspective on California Gold Rush. Articles: "The Gold Mines In California," "Geographical Extent and Boundaries of Upper California," "Bay of San... |
England, London
January 6, 1849
Newspaper published in London, England, containing articles and illustrations of the California Gold Rush. Articles: "The Gold of California," and "Gold Washing." Poetry: "The Mail Coaches" and... |
July 1858
magazine. Description: Hutching's California Magazine, July 1858. V. III, No.1. "California Animals" edition. Published in San Francisco, 1856-1861, by Hutchings & Rosenfeld. From... |