Archy Lee.
Archy Lee was a slave brought to California who became fugitive when he realized his master would return him to Mississippi. He was caught in... Read More
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When Roggie And Reggie Were Five.
Children’s book about the adventures of 5-year-old twins Roggie and Reggie who leave their home in California to go to Washington, D.C. with their father... Read More
Exciting Fruit Gifts from Mission Pak in California.
C.1952 Christmas catalog of fresh and candied California fruit and nuts from pioneering fruit sellers and marketers Mission Pak of Los Angeles. Founded in 1917... Read More
![[Archive of 1943–1945 of Second World War Letters to and from Naval Lt. James H. Hardy [with:] 1946–1947 Post-War Hardy Family Correspondence]. Lt. James Hazen Hardy Jr., Isabell Hardy, James Hazen Hardy III.](/pictures/thumb/3727374_1.jpg?v=1535578235)
[Archive of 1943–1945 of Second World War Letters to and from Naval Lt. James H. Hardy [with:] 1946–1947 Post-War Hardy Family Correspondence].
“Thanksgiving—1943. Thankful for what? In a world at war / Where bullets whine and cannons roar, / Where the stuttering .50s of diving plane /... Read More
The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire [and] San Francisco’s Great Disaster [and] San Francisco’s Horror of Earthquake and Fire [Salesman’s Sample Books].
Appealing assembly of three salesman’s sample, dummy, or canvassing books all focusing on San Francisco’s disastrous 1906 earthquake and fire. The three titles—The San Francisco... Read More
Burning of the Steamship “Golden Gate” July 27, 1862. On her Voyage from San Francisco having on board 1,400,000 in treasure, 242 Passengers and a Crew of 95 persons of whom only about 100 are known to have been saved.
On July 27, 1862, during the American Civil War and enroute to Panama, passengers slumbered aboard the Pacific Pacific mail steamship S.S. “Golden Gate” when... Read More
Colonization of Free Blacks. Memorial of Leonard Dugged, George A. Bailey, and 240 other free colored persons of California, praying Congress to provide means for their colonization for some country in which their color will not be a badge of degradation [caption title].
As the Civil War continues, over 200 African-American Californians seek relief from Congress for racial discrimination. The petition begins this: This memorial of colored persons... Read More
C.1880s–1890s, Fine Gold Gulch, California Gold Fields Mining Letter.
Interesting autograph letter signed describing hardships in the California gold fields at Fine Gold Gulch, Madera County. Mines were first opened at Fine Gold Gulch... Read More
1879 Autograph Letter Signed by Lawyer James B. Townsend, 1849 Member of Gold Rush of Society of California Pioneers, writing to his beloved “Josie C.”
Unusual love letter from 1849 California Gold Rush pioneer and lawyer, James B. Townsend, here writing to his beloved “Josie C.” Townsend is listed as... Read More
Goodrich & Thode’s Company…Idyl of American Life on the Borders of Civilization entitled Grizzly Adams [caption title of illustrated theatrical advertisement].
Illustrated, four-page advertisement for Grizzly Adams, a western frontier-themed play: “No Shooting or Yelling Indians, But a Truthfully Depicted Idyl of American Life on the... Read More
![Banking House of Cronise & Co., ...1857. We annex rates for SPECIE [opening lines of circular]. Cronise & Co.](/pictures/thumb/3725200_1.jpg?v=1534362303)
Banking House of Cronise & Co., ...1857. We annex rates for SPECIE [opening lines of circular].
After the California Gold Rush of 1848–1855, gold bullion was minted in San Francisco into official United States coins. Some of these coins and gold... Read More
Report of the Secretary Of War, Communicating ... A Report of E. F. Beale of his Exploration for a Wagon Road from Fort Defiance, in New Mexico, to the Western Borders of California… [ caption title].
Beale’s preliminary report upon his arrival in California after a 48-day journey to explore a suitable route for wagons from Fort Defiance, New Mexico to... Read More
Eureka Quartz Mining Company, Eldorado County, California.
1850s California stock certificate printed for the Eureka Quartz Mining Company of Eldorado County, California. Gold deposits commonly occur in quartz veins. In the immediate... Read More
C.1888–1895 Original Boudoir Card Photograph of the New St. Charles Hotel in San Bernardino, California.
This original photograph shows the New St. Charles Hotel in San Bernardino, California, circa 1888–1895, on a bright, sunlit day. When studied with care, a.... Read More
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