sierra nevada

Sierra Nevada World Music Festival
1998

Poster has a blue printed background. At the top is a multicolor stylized image of people playing drums around a fire in front of a pond in the mountains while people dance and play instruments...

3rd Annual Northern Sierra Indian Days
1992

This is a purple poster with large, red text at the top reading "3rd Annual / Northern Sierra / Indian Days / September 19 & 20, 1992 / Feather River College / Quincy, CA". There are two solid...

The Clavey River
c. 1987

Poster is printed overall with a white and light turquoise background that resembles the patterns on the surface of a body of water. The top of the poster has the text: "The Clavey River /...

The Mountains of California
1894

A copy of John Muir's book "The Mountains of California" published in 1894 by The Century Company, New York, The DeVinne Press.  The cover of the book is of tan buckram, the...

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1953

10-page brochure with the theme "A brief story of the geology of Yosemite Valley," a special issue of "Yosemite Nature Notes." Gives accounts and theories of the origins of Yosemite Valley,...

ca 1929

32-page booklet contains numerous black and white photographs of sights to see around California and some in the Pacific Northwest. The photos are accompanied by text, giving romantic...

c. 1918-1927

Photograph shows a woman in a natural setting, holding the head of a deer that is laid out on its side in front of her, which she has presumably just shot with the rifle she is also holding. She...

1970-1985

A display case in the Natural Science Gallery in which a coyote is defending his kill [which appears to be a marmot JM 6/13/2000] from a wolverine on rocky ground. A typed description on a...

1970-1985

A display case in the Natural Science Gallery showing two foxes hunting for prey on snow-covered ground. A typewritten note on a protective tissue covering reads: "These two inhabitants of the...

1970-1985

A display case in the Natural Science Gallery showing a mule deer and quaking aspen. A typewritten description on a protective tissue paper covering of the photo reads: " A Sierra Mule Deer...

ca 1915

Postcard,Picture of "Observation Platform at American, California". "Southern Pacific trains stop at American Station for five minutes to enable passengers to alight and enjoy the magnificent...

30-Oct-34

From pasted-on description on back of photo: Associated Press photo, please credit From San Francisco Oct 20. 1934

"$100,000,000 water project opens . . . . Climaxing 35 years of...

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