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The celebration in San Francisco ; In commemoration of the successful laying of the Atlantic telegraph cable, Monday, September 27th, 1858  / / Sterett & Butler, printers, engravers and publishers, 145 Clay Street, San Francisco.

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The celebration in San Francisco ; In commemoration of the successful laying of the Atlantic telegraph cable, Monday, September 27th, 1858 / / Sterett & Butler, printers, engravers and publishers, 145 Clay Street, San Francisco.

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Pictorial lettersheet shows scenes from a parade including floats, a covered wagon, a cart carrying bears, and a firetruck pulled by firemen; border decorated with seals of the first 30 states.

Baird, California pictorial letter sheets, no. 23.
Bookplate of James Strohn Copley by Ben Kutcher inside case.
Accession box no. DLC/PP-2011:179.08

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01/01/1858
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Sterett & Butler, printer
Kutcher, Ben, 1895-1967, artist
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