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1992UCOOFAM00fpAnchor Books 1992. Very Good. Cooper J. California. Family. New York: Anchor Books 1992. 231pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed. Anchor Books paperback books
36962CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY POMONA. INTERCHANGE. Volume II. Pomona: 1989. 8vo. Wrappers. Published by the College of Environmental Design. Very good. unknown books
1991GG01755Stanford:: Stanford Historical Society 1991. 1991. Oblong 8vo. 152 pp. Illustrations maps portraits. Printed wrappers. Very good. This copy enhanced with original photographs showing the subsequent 1993 flooding at Jasper Ridge. Added manuscript notes are rare finds in the text. Stanford Historical Society, 1991. unknown books
40197San Francisco n. d. A VG card. White card printed in dark blue ink. One photographic reproduction and one wood engraving reproduction both tinted brown of the Merchants Exchange building and of the corner of Battery and Washington Streets. 3-7/8" x 8-7/8. <br/><br/>"The sketch at left appeared in the May 23 1857 issue of Ballou's Pictorial Magazine published in Boston Mass. with this description: 'A splendid building which in some respects has not its equal on the Atlantic seaboard and which affords emphatic evidence of the progress of art in the empire of gold so lately added to our domain.'" unknown books
40203San Francisco n. d. A VG card. White card printed in black and orange ink. Black and white photographic reproduction of an image of Battery Street on a bright day. 3-7/8" x 8-7/8" <br/><br/>"Battery Street was thus named to commemorate the Battery erected at Clark's Point which was near the intersection of Broadway shown in the distance. The Battery constructed by Lieut. Misroon in 1846 consisted of five guns i.e. two brass pieces from the old Spanish Fort two from Sonoma and one brass twelve-pounder dug up at the Presidio where it had been buried." unknown books
40103San Francisco n. d. VG. Pinted in blue ink. Image of Bencia ca 1850s with drawing of Arsenal to right of image. 3-7/8" x 8-7/8" <br/><br/> unknown books
40210San Francisco n. d. A VG card. White card printed with black and pink ink. B/w photographic reproduction of California Street from Kearny and a cable car picking up passengers. 3-7/8" x 8-7/8" <br/><br/>"Transportation was always a problem in San Francisco. Note the oval cobble-stone paving of street. These stones were wear proof though hard on horses' hoofs and the springless drays they pubbled. Traffic over a cobbled street was not quiet but not one thought of noise abatement those days." unknown books
40208San Francisco n. d. A VG card. White card printed in dark blue ink. Blue and white photographic reproductions. 3-7/8" x 8-7/8" <br/><br/>"The building erected in 1866 by the Bank of California at the northwest corner of California and Sansome streets is shown in these photos. In an early day periodical it was referred to as 'A handsome stone building designed after classical models. the San Franciscan is prone to point to it as an illustration of the rapid development of the city'." unknown books
40189San Francisco n. d. A VG card. White card printed in dark blue and brown. Tinted brown reproduced photographic image of Montgomery Street. 3-7/8" x 8-7/8" <br/><br/>"According to a city directory of that year the following represent a few of the occupants of buildings on the east side of Montgomery St. shown in photo. In the Express Building on the corner at right erected by Samuel Brannan in 1853 were Dr. David Burbank dentist at No. 125 who 'manufactured and inserted artificial teeth'." unknown books
40191San Francisco n. d. A VG card. White card printed in blue and black ink. Black and white reproduction of a wood engraving of the travelers from Missouri on their way to the West. 3-7/8" x 8-7/8" <br/><br/>In the autumn of 1840 more than 500 people in Missouri signed a pledge for a trip accross the plains and to be ready to start in May 1841. In the end only a group of 48 men & 15 women and children from Kansas New York and Arkansas made the trip and arrived at the foot of Mount Diablo on November 4th. unknown books
40113San Francisco n. d. A VG card. White card printed in black. Yellow tinted reproduced wood engraved image of the fort. 3-7/8" x 8-7/8" <br/><br/> unknown books
40199San Francisco n. d. A VG card some wear. White card printed in black and blue ink. B/w reproduction of a wood engraving of a traveller on horseback and loaded mules surrounding him. 3-7/8" x 8-7/8" <br/><br/>"Patrick O'Riley and Patrick McLaughlin were the real discoverers of the Comstock lode in Nevada though the credit went to Henry Thomas Paige Comstock in whose spring the Irishmen washed their dirt. Comstock declared himself in on their first big clean-up which amounted to mroe than $200.00. This was in January 1859." unknown books
40206San Francisco n. d. A VG card. White card printed with black and brown ink. Brown tinted photographic reproduction of the many shops on Kearny Street in the 1850s. 3-7/8" x 8-7/8" <br/><br/>"Retail shops were numerous on Kearny Street in the 1850's. These included Charlie Mercer's Candies Ford's Daguerreotype Gallery McColgan & O'Kane Saddles and Harness." unknown books
40105San Francisco n. d. VG. Reproduced woodcut image of the Blues ca 1850s. 3-7/8" x 8-7/8" <br/><br/>The San Francisco Blues were one of five military companies organized in San Francisco in the '50s. 'The Blues' were so called because of the brillian blue of their dress uniforms. unknown books
40202San Francisco n. d. A VG card light wear. White card printed in black and purple ink. Black and white photographic reproduction of the many sailboat masts in the port of San Francisco. 3-7/8" x 8-7/8" <br/><br/>"San Francisco hardly a place of consequence until the discovery of gold in 1848 now boomed as the motley throng of pioneers passed through her 'Golden Gate' on their way to the mines. From a population of 10000 in 1847 it rose to 100000 by 1850. A Pacific Mail steamer anchored alongside a man-of-war in the harbor which guarded the vessel to prevent the crew from deserting. Even soldiers deserted 28 men of the Second Infantry decamped for the mines only to be brought back by their pursuing officers." unknown books
40207San Francisco n. d. A VG card. White card printed in black and green ink. Green and black wood engraving reproduction of crowds gathered to watch a Steamer entering the Bay area. 3-7/8" x 8-7/8" <br/><br/>"The entire town turned out to watch the arrival of a Pacific Mail steamer and the disembarkation of its passengers. Steamer Day was also mail day which meant the latest news from the East." unknown books
40196San Francisco n. d. A VG card slight age-toning to edges. White card printed in black and orange ink. B/w photographic reproduction of the Independence Day celebration in 1862. 3-7/8" x 8-7/8" <br/><br/>"The National Ensign with only 34 stars floated from all public and private buildings and from the shipping in the harbor. National salutes were fired at morning noon and night. At that time Abraham Lincoln was 53 years old and had been President of the United States little more than a year. The War of Secession Civil War was on. Although San Francisco was far removed from the scene of action 'Regulars' & 'Volunteers' were much in evidence and gave a military touch to the parade." unknown books
40114San Francisco n. d. A VG card. White card printed in blue & red. Blue tinted reproduced wood engraved image of the plaza at Yerba Buena as well a reproduction of a duergerotype image of Captain John B. Montgomery. 3-7/8" x 8-7/8" <br/><br/> unknown books
40204San Francisco n. d. A VG card. White card printed in black and red ink. B/w photographic image of the Embarcadero on an almost clear day taken from Telegraph Hill. 3-7/8" x 8-7/8" <br/><br/>"In 1849 San Francisco's waterfront curved inward to Montgomery street. The only place on this cove where the water was deep enough for ships to reach land was at the foot of Broadway. This point was named Punta del Embarcadero Point of Embarcation by the early Spanish explorers." unknown books
40108San Francisco n. d. Prior owner initials in top right corner. A VG card. White card printed in dark green. Tinted green reproduced wood engraved image of the custom house. 3-7/8" x 8-7/8" <br/><br/>The first custom house in San Francisco was built in 1844 at the behest of the Mexican governor of the state. It was constructed of adobe & rough hewn logs and a tile roof. unknown books
40205San Francisco n. d. A VG card. White card printed in blue and brown lettering. Brown tinted photographic reproduction of laundry facilities on the shore of the Laguna Pequeno lake. 3-7/8" x 8-7/8" <br/><br/>"Due to the lack of laundering facilities at that time it was common practice to ship washable clothes to Canton CHina and Honolulu for laundering. This of course required many months of waiting for fresh linen. Spanish women of the settlement took their wash to Laguna Pequeno and the Little Lake was renamed Washwomen's Lagoon." hardcover books
40201San Francisco n. d. A VG card. White card printed in black and light yellow ink. Reproduction of a lithographic image of the "Balloon Car" service in San Francisco at about 1870 the predecessor of the cable street railway. 3-7/8" x 8-7/8" <br/><br/>"The 'Balloon Car' in service in San Francisco about 1870 antedated the cable street railway. It was conceived and built by a Mr. Casebolt who personally drove the mules hauling the passenger-laden 'balloon car' via Vallejo Street Larkin Polk and Mission to 14th Street where Woodward Gardens the city's most popular place of amusement was located." unknown books
40200San Francisco n. d. A VG card. White card printed in black and orange ink. Orange and black wood engraving reproduction of the USS Hartford on her last voyage as she entered the Golden Gate on December 26 1886. 3-7/8" x 8-7/8" <br/><br/>"One-time Flagship of our Fleet of 25 Naval Vessels. Her colorful career was due to this officer Commodore Davis Glasgow Farragut whose brilliant and daring exploits inspired Congress to create expressly for him the grades of Vice-Admiral and Admiral." unknown books
40190San Francisco n. d. A VG card light wear to edges. White card printed in black and lime green. Reproduced b/w photographic image of covered wagons journeying to the Washoe Mines. 3-7/8" x 8-7/8" <br/><br/>"The outfit compirsed the Teamster his assistant the 'Swamper' six span 'Prairie Schooner' and two 'Back Actions'. On stiff grades the back actions were left at the foot of the hill and hauled up separately." unknown books
19473852San Francisco 1947. Number 96. Bifolium. 4pp. Single leaf folded in half 20 cm x 28 cm. Near fine. Monthly newsletter featuring a few brief Academy news items including two brief pieces on the Grand Canyon one of which described a trip through the Grand with Norman Nevills. Cover photograph by Otis 'Doc' Marston from the library of Francis Farquhar. <br/><br/>"Members of the Academy will enjoy this series on the exploits of their fellow members the Farquhars and Norman Nevills. The title: Through the Grand Canyon with America's Famous Boatman Norman Nevills. unknown books
