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A prospecting party / Lith. & Pubd. by Britton & Rey, San Francisco.

Pictorial lettersheet shows progression of optimistic to disappointed prospectors. Baird, California pictorial letter sheets, no. 209 (variation) Accession box no. DLC/PP-2011:179.03

Street scene in Dunbar, Scotland [JOMU 1733]

John Muir was born in Dunbar in 1838. The Muir family emigrated to the United States in 1849 when Muir was 11 years old. This photograph belonged to Muir's sister Margaret Muir Reid, who was four years older than he.

Grand patent India-rubber air line railway to California: competition defied

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2748

San Francisco in July 1849 from present site of S.F. Stock Exchange

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Crocker (H.S.) & Co.

Flume ; Elevating water wheel / / Lith. & published by Britton & Rey, San Francisco, Cal.

Pictorial lettersheet with two images on one page shows (top) miners working next to flume; and (bottom) miners working next to river with water wheel leading to sluice; with attached blank leaf. Baird, Califo More

Newspaper illustrations of San Francisco, CA, 1849 Jun 01 and 1854 Dec

Photo of newspaper page with two illustrations and text under each image. Article is titled "San Francisco Past and Present." Images show the effects of the Gold Rush. Both views are from Rincon Point. SAN FRAN More

Monterey - Capitol of California

Bird's-eye view, with ships in harbor. Lithograph by Wm. Endicott & Co. after sketch by J.W. Revere. Illus. in: Joseph Warren Revere. A tour of duty in California. New York : C.S. Francis, 1849, frontispiece. R More

Gold und Quecksilber-District von California, 1849

Relief shown by hachures. Shows Sierra Nevada region. Includes distance chart from Monterey. Manuscript notation in ink on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acqui More

Map of the gold regions of California.

We, the undersigned, citizens of the United States, being about to leave our homes for California, for the purpose of mining and digging gold ... have agreed to unite together and form an association ... [Philadelphia 1849].

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 155, Folder 20.

Official map of San Francisco, compiled from the field notes of the official re-survey made by William M. Eddy, surveyor of the town of San Francisco, California

Scale 1:6,600. Cadastral map. LC copy designed to show by color land grant and claims. LC copy not colored. Vault AACR2

Map without title showing the railroad route to Santa Fe and San Diego; the central route through South Pass and on to San Francisco and "Puget's Sound," and connecting railroads east of the Mississippi.

Outline map of North America showing proposed railroad routes within the present limits of the United States. This is one of the earliest promotional maps for a transcontinental railroad to come before the Uni More

Wagon "Cemetery Rides" in Rough and Ready, a small settlement near Grass Valley, California

Rough and Ready was established in 1849 by a mining company from Wisconsin known as the Rough and Ready Company. Their leader, Captain A.A. Townsend, named the company after General Zachary Taylor (nicknamed "O More

Map of the emigrant road from Independence Mo. to St. Francisco, California /

San Francisco, Historic View, 1849, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

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Official map of San Francisco compiled from the field notes of the official re-survey made by Wm. M. Eddy. surveyor of the town of San Francisco

Manuscript; pen-and-ink, watercolor, and pencil corrections. Sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. Cadastral map. "Presented to the Senators and Representatives from California by Wm. M. Eddy, city surveyor, More

Defense of the California Bank - Public domain book illustration, Library of Congress

A mildly jingoistic satire voicing American suspicions of foreign designs on California after the discovery of gold there in 1848. The bay and coastline of San Francisco are shown, menaced by foreign invaders More

Yosemite Valley, from the Mariposa Trail

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Interior of the house built on the original Big Tree Stump, Calaveras County

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Home of the Storm Gods, California

Unknown (American) The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a More

Panoramic view of San Francisco - No. 7. Taken from the corner of Sacramento and Taylor Sts

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic city, cityscape, street view, buildings, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hutching's winter quarters, Stereoscope Card.19th century. Boston Public Library Collection.

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Cathedral Spires, 2,600 feet high, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library

Picryl description: Public domain view of a mountain range, mountainous landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

House over the Stump of the Original Big Tree d[?] eter 32 feet, Mammoth Grove, Calaveras C[?]

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Section of the Big Tree, 30 feet in diameter, and House over the Stump, from the Sentinels.

Picryl description: Public domain image of trees, forest, park, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hutching's hotel cottage, Stereoscope Card.19th century. Boston Public Library Collection.

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Palace Hotel, S. F., interior view

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sentinel Rock, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County

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San Francisco, Historic View, 1850, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

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Looking down Yo Semite Valley -- from Glacier Point Trail

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Seal Rocks, from Sugar Loaf Islands

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Three Brothers, 4,200 feet high -- from the Merced River

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Denver and Rio Grande Railroad from "Over the Range to the Golden Gate. A complete tourist's guide to Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Puget Sound and the Great North-West"

This image has been taken from scan 000026 from "Over the Range to the Golden Gate. A complete tourist's guide to Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Puget Sound and the Great North-West". T More

Old Spanish church - Mission Dolores - near San Francisco

Public domain scan of the back of stereograph card, stereoscopic view, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Map of the mining district of California.

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

View of the town of Marysville, CA, possibly 1850s

Photo of an artist's illustration. Source: New York Public Library Picture Collection VIEW OF THE TOWN OF MARYSVILLE, CALIFORNIA

[California mining scene with four miners]

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Basilius a Sanctissimo Sacramento

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Stolzenfels on the Rhine LACMA 57.16.2

File:Stolzenfels_on_the_Rhine_LACMA_57.16.2.jpg ) .Description..Title.Stolzenfels on the Rhine..Description..: England, circa 1850.: Prints.: Color print in oil colors.: Gift of Mrs. Lottie V. Behrens (57.16.2) More

Portsmouth Square, looking towards Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, CA, 1850

Photo of a periodical illustration. THE GRAND PLAZA, SAN FRANCISCO. Public domain photograph related to development of telegraph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

First cabin in Yosemite, Stereoscope Card

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Panoramic view of San Francisco. (No. 6.) Taken from the corner of Sacramento and Taylor Sts

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic city, cityscape, street view, buildings, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

View from Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, CA, 1850 Sep

View includes at least 4 storeships. From left to right, are, possibly ARKANSAS, then GENERAL HARRISON with APOLLO behind and to the right is the NIANTIC (built 1835; ship 3m). This image is a photo of a lette More

First view of Yosemite Valley, from the Mariposa Trail, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, Cal.

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[P. J. Espenscheid store, Nevada City, California]

Daguerreotype shows: P. J. Espenscheid's shoe store with an array of men in jackets with white shirts and ties, probably local merchants, standing in front of the store, a pile of litter beside the store, legib More

Canyons from "Over the Range to the Golden Gate. A complete tourist's guide to Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Puget Sound and the Great North-West"

This image has been taken from scan 000073 from "Over the Range to the Golden Gate. A complete tourist's guide to Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Puget Sound and the Great North-West". T More

The Old Veteran, Stereoscope Card.19th century. Boston Public Library Collection.

Public domain scan of the back of stereograph card, stereoscopic view, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Pluton Creek, winter, Stereoscope Card.19th century. Boston Public Library Collection.

Picryl description: Public domain image of Eadweard Muybridge's photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Eadweard Muybridge was an English photographer known for his pioneering work in photographic s More

For San Francisco with certain dispatch. the splendid, first class clipper ship George Green ... Cornelius Comstock & Co ... New York [185-?].

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 122, Folder 44a.

Vallei in het Yosemite gebergte ('Loya. Valley of the Yosemite. (The Sentinel)')

Public domain photograph of Yosemite National Park, mountains, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Een serenade in Uppen Californie

Mexican mestizo women and men listening to man play a stringed instrument next to door of a house, California. Illus. in: Advonturen, gedurende een tweejarig verblijf in Califonië en zijne mijnen / William Redm More

South Park-San Francisco, Stereoscope Card

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Tutocanula, or El Capitan, 3600 feet, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, Cal.

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Untitled [Placer mining scene] - Early photography, Public domain image

Public domain photograph by Carleton Watkins, 19th-century photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Carleton Watkins was an American photographer, born in 1829 in Oneonta, More

Mammoth Grove Hotel, Calaveras County, Stereoscope Card

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flora from "Over the Range to the Golden Gate. A complete tourist's guide to Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Puget Sound and the Great North-West"

This image has been taken from scan 000015 from "Over the Range to the Golden Gate. A complete tourist's guide to Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Puget Sound and the Great North-West". T More

CM Chert Stone Scraper - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

PORE 1850 Chert Stone Scraper Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Grizzly Giant, Mariposa grove of big trees twenty five miles from Yosemite Valley, California

Public domain photograph of Redwood National Park, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Panoramic view of San Francisco,-No. 9. Taken from the corner of Sacramento and Taylor Sts

Public domain photograph of vintage stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U. S. Grant 80 feet circumference

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The Devil's Tea Kettle, Sonoma County, Cal.

reverse side of stereoscopic card

General chart embracing surveys of the Farallones entrance to the Bay of San Francisco, Bays of San Francisco and San Pablo, Straits of Carquines and Suisun Bay, and the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers to the cities of Sacramento and San Joaquin, California

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings. Shows drainage, distancees, etc. "Constructed, projected and drawn by Fred D. Stuart, hydrographer, late of the U.S. Ex. Ex. ; assisted by More

Sketch of General Riley's route through the mining districts [of California] : July and Aug. 1849 /

Relief shown by hachures. LC Trails, 106 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Nevada Fall, 700 feet high-after a snow storm

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, cascade, water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

California, 19th century - Public domain dedication photo

A statue of a woman holding a rope, North America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mission Carmel of Monterey, Cal. Founded June 3d, 1770, by Junipero Serra.

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The Pioneer's Cabin, Stereoscope Card.19th century. Boston Public Library Collection.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a world heritage landmark, natural or regular park, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

View of the burnt district San Francisco Snyder & Black Lith 87 Fulton St. N.Y

Print shows small groups of people in the foreground and others scattered among the ruins of burned buildings around the "Portsmouth Square" section of San Francisco, California. On the left is one building ide More

James Marshall, discoverer of gold, at Sutter's Mill

Photomechanical reproduction of the 1850(?) daguerreotype by R. H. Vance shows James Marshall standing in front of Sutter's sawmill, Coloma, California, where he discovered gold.

[Group of 100 Stereograph Views of California Nature and Landscapes With a Focus on Yosemite]

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Geyser Hotel, from across the Canon, Sonoma County, Cal.

reverse side of stereoscopic card

Mills' Seminary, Seminary Park, Alameda Co., Cal.

reverse side of stereoscopic card

At the hacienda, New Almaden, Stereoscope Card

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Three days longer! New route to California via Wentworth's Hall! Original panorama of the gold regions of California! painted by S. A. Hudson, Esq ... S. J. Varney, printer. No. 21 Central St.

Hudson, S. A.; New Route to California. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; P More

A map illustrative of the route of the proposed railroad : from St. Louis to the Bay of San Francisco /

"The red line indicates the route of the Railroad. The green line is the route followed by Col. Fremont from the South Pass to Humboldt River."

Mariposa City / Lith. & published by Britton & Rey, corner of California & Montgomery Sts., S. Francisco.

Pictorial lettersheet shows view of gold mining town; with attached blank leaf. Baird, California pictorial letter sheets, no. 151. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2011:179.21

Washington Column, 2,082 feet. Yosemite Valley, Mariposa Co., Cal.

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The Domes. Yosemite, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library

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Oyster Shell with Interior Carved as View of Itsukushima Shrine LACMA M.91.250.220a-c (1 of 3)

File:Oyster_Shell_with_Interior_Carved_as_View_of_Itsukushima_Shrine_LACMA_M.91.250.220a-c_(1_of_3).jpg ) ..Description..Title.Oyster Shell with Interior Carved as View of Itsukushima Shrine (image 1 of 3)..Des More

Versailles - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication

Public domain image of 19th-century France, historical building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sacramento from "The Countries of the World: being a popular description of the various continents, islands, rivers, seas, and peoples of the globe. [With plates.]"

This image has been taken from scan 000323 from volume 01 of "The Countries of the World: being a popular description of the various continents, islands, rivers, seas, and peoples of the globe. [With plates.]". More

Mountains from "Over the Range to the Golden Gate. A complete tourist's guide to Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Puget Sound and the Great North-West"

This image has been taken from scan 000076 from "Over the Range to the Golden Gate. A complete tourist's guide to Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Puget Sound and the Great North-West". T More

Gazebos from "Over the Range to the Golden Gate. A complete tourist's guide to Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Puget Sound and the Great North-West"

This image has been taken from scan 000164 from "Over the Range to the Golden Gate. A complete tourist's guide to Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Puget Sound and the Great North-West". T More

[Portrait of a California Gold Rush Miner]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a daguerreotype portrait, early photography, 19th century, Victorian style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The mining business in four pictures : Going in to it, making something, making nothing, going out of it / / Lith. & published by Quirot & Co., corner of Montgomery & California Sts., S.F.

Pictorial lettersheet with four images on one page and attached blank leaf. Baird, California pictorial letter sheets, no. 171. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2011:179.07

Glacier Point. Yosemite Valley, Mariposa Co., Cal.

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Yo-semite Falls, 2,634 feet high

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Amadeus a Sanctissimo Sacramento

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Yosemite Valley from Mariposa Trail, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library

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The Bridal Veil Fall, Stereoscope Card

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From Castle Peak, looking south, Sonoma County, Cal.

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Cathedral Spires, 2200 ft. Yosemite Valley, Mariposa Co., Cal.

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Washington from "Over the Range to the Golden Gate. A complete tourist's guide to Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Puget Sound and the Great North-West"

This image has been taken from scan 000248 from "Over the Range to the Golden Gate. A complete tourist's guide to Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Puget Sound and the Great North-West". T More