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Adventures of Mr. Greenhorn on his arrival in San Francisco -The first Day



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    View of the Last Great Conflagration in San Francisco on the 22d of June 1851

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    Image of the burning city with the bay in the background. The view is from Nob Hill diagonally over the Plaza to Telegraph Hill. Text below the image describes the damage caused by the fire. "Pub. & Lith. by Justh Quirot & Co California St. corner Montgomery, S.F."--text, below image. Blue text printed below the image in the bottom left corner. Paper color: blue.

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  • San Francisco

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    Image contains a larger central illustration surrounded by nine vignettes. The large central illustration is a view to the harbor from Nob Hill. The surrounding vignettes are images of buildings and places in the San Francisco area. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1852 by Cook & Le Count in the Clerks Office of the Dist. Court of the North Dist. of California. Pub. by Cooke & LeCount. Lith. of Pollard & Britton."--text, below image. Paper color: gray.

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  • San Francisco In 1851

    San Francisco In 1851

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    Image is of the view from the west to Yerba Buena Island, harbor, and bay. Telegraph Hill and station are at the left. "From Nature and on Stone, by J.H. Peirce. Published by Cooke & LeCount Booksellers & Stationers Montgomery Street, Wells Building. Printed by Chas. E. Per[egoy]."--text, below image. Paper color: gray.

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    [California letter sheets]

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    Collection of California pictorial letter sheets, chiefly lithographic, depicting life in California during the Gold Rush. Illustrations include views and maps of San Francisco, Sacramento, towns in the mining regions, and current news events (fires, shipwrecks, earthquakes, hangings, etc.). Most have descriptive text, a few have text only. California artists, lithographers, publishers and engravers represented include: T. Armstrong, G.H. Baker, T.C. Boyd, H. Eastman, G.H. Goddard, C. Nahl, A. Rosenfield, Charles F. Robbins, Wm. B. Monmonier, J.W. Douglass, Cooke & Lecount, Edwin Glover, Britton & Rey, Pullard and Britton, Justh & Quirot.

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  • Fire in San Francisco. Jn [sic] the Night from the 3-d 4th May. 1851. Loss $20,000,000

    Fire in San Francisco. Jn [sic] the Night from the 3-d 4th May. 1851. Loss $20,000,000

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    Image is of the view looking east from the Nob Hill area with the fire raging near the waterfront, south of Telegraph Hill. There are people climbing the hill in the foreground with possessions on their backs. "Publ. & Lith. by Justh, Quirot & Co. Califa. corner Montgy St. S.F."--text, below image. There is a line of handwritten text at the bottom of the page. Paper color: blue.

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  • The First Trial & Execution in S. Francisco on the Night of 10th of June at 2 O’Clock

    The First Trial & Execution in S. Francisco on the Night of 10th of June at 2 O’Clock

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    Image of a crowd surrounding John Jenkins who is hanging from the rafters of the adobe Custom House in the Plaza. Text below the illustration describes this 1851 event. "del. after the nature by W.C.K. Pub. and Lith. Justh Quirot & Co. Cor. Calif. & Mont. Sts. S.F."--text, below image. Paper color: blue.

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