![Ruins of City Hall, [1906 earthquake, San Francisco, Calif.]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1906/01/01/ruins-of-city-hall-1906-earthquake-san-francisco-calif-640.jpg "Ruins of City Hall, [1906 earthquake, San Francisco, Calif.]")
![[Map of California shown as an island].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1650/01/01/map-of-california-shown-as-an-island-640.jpg "[Map of California shown as an island].")
![Plano del puerto de Acapulco situado en la latitud de 16⁰47ʹ y en la longd. de 133⁰30[ʹ] segun el meridiano de Sn. Bernardino en Filipinas : este puerto esta en la Mar Pacífica sobre la costa meridional de California.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1760/01/01/plano-del-puerto-de-acapulco-situado-en-la-latitud-de-1647-y-en-la-longd-de-640.jpg "Plano del puerto de Acapulco situado en la latitud de 16⁰47ʹ y en la longd. de 133⁰30[ʹ] segun el meridiano de Sn. Bernardino en Filipinas : este puerto esta en la Mar Pacífica sobre la costa meridional de California.")
![[Map of Pacific Ocean between the coast of California and Mexico and Japan, Philippines, and the coast of China].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1784/01/01/map-of-pacific-ocean-between-the-coast-of-california-and-mexico-and-japan-philippines-640.jpg "[Map of Pacific Ocean between the coast of California and Mexico and Japan, Philippines, and the coast of China].")
![Presidential tally, Presented by the Firemans fund insurance company of California. [s. l.]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1800/01/01/presidential-tally-presented-by-the-firemans-fund-insurance-company-of-california-640.jpg "Presidential tally, Presented by the Firemans fund insurance company of California. [s. l.]")
Dance of the Indians of the Mission of St. Joseph in New California / ...
Six Native Americans with elaborate body markings and hairstyles, dancing.
Jeu des habitans de Californie
Native women watching men play game, possibly related to gambling, at a mission near San Francisco, California.
Veduta di Ross stabilimento Russo vicino alla Bodega
Fort Ross, Calif., a Russian fur-trading post est. 1812.
Ultimatum on the Oregon question
In his typically jingoist view of Polk's handling of the Oregon question, the artist Edward Williams Clay belittles the self-interested attitudes of Europe toward the dispute. The issue of whether to settle the... more
California guard / Kellogs & Thayer ; E.B. & E.C. Kellog ; D. Needham.
Print showing men in dress uniform. Identified as associated with the Mexican War, 1846-48, in Picturing Victorian America: Prints by the Kellogg Brothers of Hartford, by Nancy Finlay (2010), p. 83.
Charge of Captain Reid, at Sacramento
Capt. John Wm. Reid. Battle of Sacramento, 28 Feb. 1847,
![[El Dorado, California. View of scattered log cabins]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1848/01/01/el-dorado-california-view-of-scattered-log-cabins-640.jpg "[El Dorado, California. View of scattered log cabins]")
[El Dorado, California. View of scattered log cabins]
Photograph shows four log cabins scattered along the hillside; prospectors stand near or atop piles of large rocks; a flume can be seen on the far left.
Mr. Golightly, bound to California
Caricature of man riding on rocket with items to sell to gold miners.
Iron Store-House for California - sent to San Francisco
Built by John Walker, son of Richard Walker, orig. mfr. and patentee; of corrugated iron.
Monterey - Capitol of California
Bird's-eye view, with ships in harbor.
Map without title showing the railroad route to Santa Fe and San Diego...
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
Sunday morning ; Log cabin / / Lith. & published by Britton & Rey, San...
Pictorial lettersheet with two images on one page shows (top) miners in camp eating and reading; and (bottom) miners standing in front of log cabin; with attached blank leaf.
![[View near San Francisco, Upper California]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1849/01/01/view-near-san-francisco-upper-california-640.jpg "[View near San Francisco, Upper California]")
[View near San Francisco, Upper California]
Two Spanish cowboys roping a bull.
Defense of the California Bank
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
![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].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1849/01/01/we-the-undersigned-citizens-of-the-united-states-being-about-to-leave-our-homes-640.jpg "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].")
Flume ; Elevating water wheel / / Lith. & published by Britton & Rey, ...
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.
The place we hear about
Another grim portrayal of violent goldfield life in California, similar to "Things as They Are" (no. 1849-3) and equally critical of the outgoing Polk administration. Here again mayhem erupts, as prospectors an... more
A prospecting party / Lith. & Pubd. by Britton & Rey, San Francisco.
Pictorial lettersheet shows progression of optimistic to disappointed prospectors.
Things as they are
Perkins's grim picture of conditions in the goldfields of California during the 1849 Gold Rush contains a backhanded swipe at the outgoing Polk administration. In the foreground, violence breaks out against a ... more
![A bill to admit California into the Union of the United States of North America. [1850].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1850/01/01/a-bill-to-admit-california-into-the-union-of-the-united-states-of-north-america-640.jpg "A bill to admit California into the Union of the United States of North America. [1850].")
The mining business in four pictures : Going in to it, making somethin...
Pictorial lettersheet with four images on one page and attached blank leaf.
View of the procession in celebration of the admission of California, ...
Print shows the El Dorado and Parker House.
![Regular line of clipper ships for San Francisco. Elegant California Clipper ship!! ... Cornelius Comstock & Co ... New York [185-?].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1850/01/01/regular-line-of-clipper-ships-for-san-francisco-elegant-california-clipper-640.jpg "Regular line of clipper ships for San Francisco. Elegant California Clipper ship!! ... Cornelius Comstock & Co ... New York [185-?].")
![Sketch of General Riley's route through the mining districts [of California] : July and Aug. 1849 /](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1850/01/01/sketch-of-general-rileys-route-through-the-mining-districts-of-california-july-640.jpg "Sketch of General Riley's route through the mining districts [of California] : July and Aug. 1849 /")
Mariposa City / Lith. & published by Britton & Rey, corner of Californ...
Pictorial lettersheet shows view of gold mining town; with attached blank leaf.
Een waterplaats in Neder Californie
Mexican mestizo women washing clothes and carrying water jars on their heads, by a watering hole, as man stands next to them, California.
Emigrant party on the road to California
Wagon train of women, men, and children, moving through the mountains.
Sundry amusements in the mines ; A Sundays amusements ; A daily pleasu...
Pictorial lettersheet shows four images of camp activities while not mining: washing clothes, cooking, mending clothes and boots, and discovering a bear warming its paws by the fire inside a tent; attached blank leaf.
Life in the gold mines, California ; / Lithographed from a photograph ...
Pictorial lettersheet shows operations at a mining camp.
Mission Dolores / Lith. & publ. by Quirot & Co., corner California and...
Pictorial lettersheet shows view of mission; with attached blank leaf.
![[Miners panning for gold ; entering a mine shaft ; miners with equipment ; and miners cooking at camp] / Lith. of Britton & Rey, California St. corn. Montgomery St., S. Francisco.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1850/01/01/miners-panning-for-gold-entering-a-mine-shaft-miners-with-equipment-and-miners-640.jpg "[Miners panning for gold ; entering a mine shaft ; miners with equipment ; and miners cooking at camp] / Lith. of Britton & Rey, California St. corn. Montgomery St., S. Francisco.")
[Miners panning for gold ; entering a mine shaft ; miners with equipme...
Pictorial lettersheet shows four images of mining life; attached blank leaf.
City hall, San-Francisco, Cal. / Lith. & publ. by Quirot & Co., corner...
Pictorial lettersheet shows early San Francisco city hall, formerly Jenny Lind Theatre, between El Dorado Hotel and The Union; with attached blank leaf.
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.
Een serenade in Uppen Californie
Mexican mestizo women and men listening to man play a stringed instrument next to door of a house, California.
San Francisco, 1850 / P.S. Duval's Steam Lith. Press, Philada.
View of San Francisco and bay.
A map illustrative of the route of the proposed railroad : from St. Lo...
"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."
![For San Francisco with certain dispatch. the splendid, first class clipper ship George Green ... Cornelius Comstock & Co ... New York [185-?].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1850/01/01/for-san-francisco-with-certain-dispatch-the-splendid-first-class-clipper-ship-640.jpg "For San Francisco with certain dispatch. the splendid, first class clipper ship George Green ... Cornelius Comstock & Co ... New York [185-?].")
![[P. J. Espenscheid store, Nevada City, California]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1850/01/01/p-j-espenscheid-store-nevada-city-california-640.jpg "[P. J. Espenscheid store, Nevada City, California]")
[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
Post office, San Francisco, California / H.F. Cox del. ; lith. of Wm. ...
Print shows long lines at each of four entrances to the post office at Pike and Clay streets in San Francisco, California; a comment on postal service, impatience, and human nature.
San Francisco, upper California / Lith., Britton & Rey.
Pictorial lettersheet shows view of city and harbor.
The sad parting between two old friends
Senators Thomas Hart Benton and Henry S. Foote are paired here in a facetious farewell scene, as Benton departs the "Shop of the Senate." In reality Benton lost his Senate seat in a January 1851 election, large... more
![[San Francisco, 1851, from Rincon Hill]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1910/01/01/san-francisco-1851-from-rincon-hill-640.jpg "[San Francisco, 1851, from Rincon Hill]")
James Stuart hung by the vigilance committee on Market St. wharf on th...
Pictorial lettersheet shows man hanging from scaffolding surrounded by spectators; with attached blank leaf.
Route of the Pacific and Atlantic Rail Road between San Francisco, & S...
Map of the coast between San Francisco and San Jose showing roads, property owners, streams, and relief by hachures.
Sacramento ; First frame house erected Jany. 1st, 1849, by S. Brannan ...
Pictorial lettersheet shows view of city with people and animals in the streets.
Stockton ; June 1st, 1852 / / Lith. & publd. by Britton & Rey, corn. M...
Pictorial lettersheet shows view of gold mining town and waterway.
Map of San Francisco...for Banker's City Directory
Street and block map; no illus.
Gold in California - "El Dorado," in Sacramento
Interior of crowded gambling house.
Sonora Jany. 1853 / / George H. Goddard, del. ; Lith. by Britton & Rey...
Pictorial lettersheet shows view of gold mining town; with attached blank leaf.
Disasters of 60 days : Wreck of Steamship Tennessee, Indian Cove, Marc...
Pictorial lettersheet shows four images of shipwrecks on one page plus two vignettes of (top) a shepherdess and a bear and (center) Explosion R.K. Page Nicolaus, Feather River, March 21th, 1853; with attached blank leaf.
The Greenhorn
Eager, young prospective gold miner laden with equipment talking with grizzled old miner. Calif.
Springfield, Tuolumne County / G. H. Goddard, del., lith. Britton & Re...
Pictorial lettersheet shows town square and scattered dwellings in California Gold Rush town.
Sonora from the north / G. H. Goddard, del. Lith. Britton & Rey, San F...
Pictorial lettersheet shows business district, houses, barns, and church in California Gold Rush town.
![[Outline map of the United States showing proposed railroad routes to the Pacific].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1853/01/01/outline-map-of-the-united-states-showing-proposed-railroad-routes-to-the-pacific-640.jpg "[Outline map of the United States showing proposed railroad routes to the Pacific].")
[Outline map of the United States showing proposed railroad routes to ...
For a similar map see Carl I. Wheat's Mapping the Transmississippi West, v. 3 (San Francisco, Institute of Historical Cartography, 1957-63.) p. 193.
![[Notion Company's Works, California]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1854/01/01/notion-companys-works-california-640.jpg "[Notion Company's Works, California]")
[Notion Company's Works, California]
Gold mine.
Map showing the location of Sacramento Valley Railroad, Cal. Sacrament...
Sketch map of the first railroad in California, with projected extensions to San Francisco, Sonora, and Tehama, made by the engineer who built the Sacramento Valley Railroad.
General map of a survey in California : in connection with examination...
Map shows "practicable railway routes" between Ft. Yuma on the Colorado River and the San Francisco Bay region.
