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John S.L. Taylor
July 24, 1855
Letter. Description: Pale blue paper (oft-folded) with faded black longhand script written on both sides. Dated Colusa County, California, July 24th, 1855 and written to his mother from John S.L... |
July 4, 1876
Bill of Fare July 4, 1876. Printed on silk. Oakland Heritage Alliance News, Spring-Summer 1997 Pages 1 through 4. By Penny Mendelsohn, 8/02 The area of Oakland known... |
Isaac Wallace Baker
July, 1853
APPROXIMATE DATE: JUL, 1853 NOTES: Reproduced in BASIC PHOTOGRAPHY, by Geo. Craven, Prentice-Hall, Inc. 1974. ARTIST BIRTH: 1810 |
last quarter of 19th c. more to the 1870's portion
Tool. Description: pick, metal head with wood handle; head shows less wear than one might expect, fitted to handle with a leather gasket at the top of handle fitting into inside of pick head,... |
Angels Foundry ~ Altaville
late 19th c.
Miner's crevice tool. Description: 2-piece curved handle cruciform steel blade through bolts bent around handle blade bent at 45 degree angle. Rounds off at point. History: Made by Angels... |
London
late 19th c.
Concertina. Description: From the Gold Rush Country. Made in London. Has case, hexagon-shaped like the concertina. History: From Rough & Ready, California. |
London
late 19th c.
Concertina. Description: From the Gold Rush Country. Made in London. Has case, hexagon-shaped like the concertina. History: From Rough & Ready, California. |
Maddock & Gater, Straffordshire Potteries
late 19th c.
Plates. Description: 3 white ironstone pottery dinner plates with transfer trademark "Maddock & Gater, Straffordshire Potteries". |
late 19th c.
Wall box. Description: two holes for hanging; one partition in compartment; pine, round nail construction and made from wood labeled on back "Quong---Penryn," Newcastle Penryn Chinese. Wall-... |
late 19th c.
Barrel (cracker?). Description: wooden staves, are marked "WRA Auburn," held in place by 2 wooden hoops at top, one op center, and one at bottom. Part of top clipped. From Newcastle. ... |
late 19th c.
Cheese box. Description: wooden, painted red, single stave looped and nailed "Extra Cream Cheese" block printed on side. "...California Market Sts. San Francisco" printed on bottom.... |
late 19th c.
Cup. Description: white glaze with red zebra transfer pattern, coarse pottery. |
late 19th c.
w"Wells Fargo Express Co." sign. Description: patina surface, varnish puckered; hanging sign, dark grainy patina over varnished board, surface worn as are yellow letters, top frame board chipped... |
late 19th c.
Miner's pick. Description: Cast steel pick head, with short prongs, called "Chinese Pick", wood handle with hanging hole at base. Condition: Fair, head rusted and loose, handle splintering... |
Ursula Barnes
late 19th century to mid 20th century
This is an oil painting on canvasboard. A waterfall appears at center flowing over a cliff that is flanked by trees. A large black cat stands upright near the top of the waterfall against a... |
Inkworks Press
Late 20th - Early 21st Century
Poster has brown borders on the left and right, triangular pattern borders on the top and bottom. Middle of the poster is a painting of Miners digging for gold. In the middle is a large hole in... |
Inkworks Press, printer, designer
Late 20th Early 21st Century
This horizontally-oriented poster has a yellow border with black, triangular designs at the top and bottom of the page. An illustration that includes a large pit in the ground with a landscape of... |
Nordstrom Valve Division of Rockwell Manufacturing Co. | Oakland | Peggy Jayred ~ editor
March, 1948
"The Open Valve" was an industrial magazine distributed to the workers of the Nordstrom Valve Division of Rockwell Manufacturing Co., Oakland, California. Issues frequently had article about the... |
George Robinson Fardon|Herre and Bauer, Publishers
May 1855
Shooting directly east across Kearny Street at the lower end of Portsmouth Square, Fardon captured this impressive complex of buildings in a photograph dated May 1855 by de Fremery [Jason De... |
unknown|unknown
May 29, 1879|c.1860
Union case (brown), geometric design; circular, screw-in cover (Krainik #743). Case considered "scarce." Tintype inscribed "May 29,1879." |
mid 1800's
Food storage cabinet. Material: wood. Shape: rect. Color: grey brown. Period or Date: mid 1800's. Description: from an old house near Amador City, Calif. Last used ca. 1919. This... |
mid 1800's
Cabinet. Material: wood. Shape: rect. Color: grey brown. Period or Date: mid 1800's. Description: a two compartment food safe or china cupboard. The top has shelves, on paper linen... |
mid 19th c.
Copper tub. Used in the Mother Lode, Ca. for cooking, washing at diggings. tag-used in mining county" for cooking, washing at diggings From the History Information Station: Object:... |
mid 19th c.
Dutch oven. Date: mid 19th c. Description: called a "spider" by the miners, used in the Mowitza Mine in Ophir, Ca. From the History Information Station: Object: Cast iron dutch... |