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2[NORTH AMERICA - CALIFORNIA - SAN FRANCISCO – 1906 EARTHQUAKE & FIRE] [BULLOCK, Thomas Fontaine] (1872-1938); [ROSS, John] (ca. 1859-1929)

[Collection of 79 Loose Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Showing the Destruction of San Francisco and Environs about a Week after the Earthquake on April 18, 1906; With a Commemorative Issue of the “San Francisco Examiner” dated 18 April 1975, and Three Clippings from Californian Newspapers (1972, 1975 and 1976), Dedicated...

Ca. spring-summer 1906. Seventy-nine loose gelatin silver photos, including six larger ones, ca. 15,5x20,5 cm (6 ¼ x 8 in).....

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3[NORTH AMERICA - NEVADA – PETROGLYPHS] [MILES, David (Dave) Francis] (1902-1977); JOHN W. WALKER ELECTRIC STUDIO

[Historically Significant Collection of 102 Original Gelatin Silver Photos of Archaeological Excavations, Artefacts and Petroglyphs Discovered in Eastern Nevada by Members of the “National Cosmographic Society” (Ely), Which David Miles was a Secretary of; With a Later Manuscript Draft of a Letter (Most Likely, Authored by Miles) to an American...

Photographs: ca. 1920s. 102 loose gelatin silver photos, including eighty-one larger ones (including eleven duplicates), ca. 12,5x18 cm (5x7 in).....

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5[NORTH AMERICA - CALIFORNIA - SAN FRANCISCO – 1906 EARTHQUAKE AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY] [NORVELL, LOUISE SEVIER] (1883-1973); PILLSBURY PICTURE CO.

[Historically Significant Collection of Five Original Autograph Letters Including Four Signed by Stanford University Student Louise Norvell, Including Her Emotional Eye-Witness Account of the Infamous Earthquake on April 18, 1906, Written Just a Few Hours Later; With Four Period Studio Photos, Showing the Destruction in Stanford after the Earthquake, and...

Five autograph letters signed: Stanford University & “Home,” [1903, 1905, 1906 & 1909]. Eighteen leaves of various size from ca.....

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6[NORTH AMERICA - OREGON – ROGUE RIVER WAR] BARKWELL, M.C., Surgeon General of Oregon Territory; WIXOM, Henry Walker (1820-1888); COOMBS, L.J., Surgeon, Oregon Mounted Volunteers

[Collection of Two Original Autograph Letters Signed and Three Period Copies of Certificates of Service and Discharge, Detailing on the Medical Service and Supplies in the Second Regiment, Oregon Mounted Volunteers during the Rogue River War of 1855-56].

Jacksonville & Fort Leland, 8 May, 10, 16, 28 August, 4 September 1856. Five original Folio manuscripts, each ca. 30,5x19.....

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9[NORTH AMERICA - ALASKA - ALEUTIANS – UNALASKA, UMAKNAK & SHUMAGIN ISLANDS] [ENNIS, R.C.?]

[Album of 180 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of Dutch Harbor (Unalaska), Sand Point (Popof Island) and Unga Village on Unga Island (a Ghost Town Since 1969), Taken and Collected by an American Resident During WW2].

Ca. 1940-1944. Oblong Folio album (ca. 29x38,5 cm). 16 black card album leaves. With 177 mounted and three loosely inserted.....

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[AMERICANS IN GREENLAND – THULE US AIR BASE]

[Album of 145 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing the Premises and Personnel of the US Thule Air Base in Greenland, Nearby Dundas Village and Its Inuit Residents, Greenland Landscapes and Arctic Animals, &c.].

Ca. 1960s. Oblong Folio album (ca. 26x34 cm). 24 black card album leaves. With 145 mounted gelatin silver photos, including.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - ALASKA - CRUISE] TEMBREULL, Christine Erma (1895-1961), attributed to

[Album with 114 Original Gelatin Silver Photos Taken During a Cruise to Alaska in 1938 and Showing Metlakatla, Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, Sitka, Skagway, Letnikof Cove, Haines Barracks, Famous Skagway Tour Guide Martin Itjen, Indigenous People, Filipino Steerage Passengers, American Military men from Haines Barracks, Cruiseship Passengers and Captain, &c.].

1938. Oblong Quarto album ca. 17x24 cm (6 ½ x 9 ½ in). 23 black stock leaves. With 114 original.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - ALASKA - KENAI PENINSULA – GOLD RUSH] WISWELL, George E. (1852-1938)

[Historically Significant Private Archive Documenting the Experiences of a Gold Prospector during the Kenai Peninsula Gold Rush (1895-98); the Archive Consists of Wiswell’s Pocket “Excelsior” Diary with over 60 Pages of Entries; Two “Notices of Location” for the Claims in the Turnagain Arm Mining District, Two Related Power of Attorney...

Diary: ca. 12,5x8 cm (4 ¾ x 3 ¼ in). Standard pocket full calf “Excelsior” diary with a closing flap.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - ALASKA - KODIAK ISLAND – GOLD MINING] LASCY, Albert (ca. 1827-1917)

[Collection of Two Extensive Autograph Letters Signed by Gold Miner and Surveyor Albert Lascy, Giving a Detailed Account of His Gold Exploration near Karluk, Uyak and Uganik Bays on the Northern Kodiak Island].

1) Kodiak, Kodiak Island, 25 August 1893. Quarto (ca. 25x19 cm or 9 ¾ x 7 ½ in). 6 pp.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY - UNALASKA]

[Original Autograph Letter Signed by “Frank” to His Mother, Mentioning ACC’s Steamship “Dora,” USRC “Corwin” and Its Search for USS “Jeannette” in the Bering Sea, Unalaska’s Sunsets, “Corwin” Capturing a Small Schooner Selling Liquor to the Indians,” etc.]

“Ounalaska Station”, Alaska: 18th July 1880, “Sunday eve – 9 o’clk.”. Quarto (ca. 26,5x20 cm or 10 ¼ x 7.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - ALASKA – SHUMAGIN PACKING COMPANY] SMITH, W[illiam]. D.

[Collection of Three Original Autograph Letters Signed by W.D. Smith, Owner of the “Shumagin Packing Company” in the Chignik Bay (Alaska Peninsula), Addressed to His Agents in San Francisco and Discussing Financial Operations and Shipping of Supplies and Canned Salmon].

Karluck [sic!], 25 May 1889; Chignik Bay, 27 July 1889 and 16 August 1890. In all three leaves with 5.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - ARCTIC - LABRADOR] MOXHAM, Edgar Coleman (1858-1913)

[Album with Sixty Original Gelatin Silver Photograph Portraits Taken on a Voyage from St. John’s in Newfoundland to Rowsell Harbour Located North of Saglek Bay in Northern Labrador, Including Views of Rowsell Harbour and Camp Headquarters, Moravian Missionary Station in Hebron, Bays and Inlets of Labrador, Icebergs and Packed Ice...

Ca. 1905. Oblong Folio (ca. 28,5x40 cm). 18 gray card stock album leaves. With sixty mounted gelatin silver prints, including.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - CALIFORNIA - LOS ANGELES – DOWNTOWN & INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT] CAWOOD, Albert E.; HUDDLESTON PHOTO CO.; PRESS PHOTO SERVICE; GRAHAM PHOTO CO.

[Collection of Twenty Loose Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of Building and Businesses in the Historic Downtown and Industrial Districts of Los Angeles].

Ca. 1920s. Twenty loose gelatin silver photos from ca. 20,5x25,5 cm (8x10 in) to ca. 18,5x24 cm (7 ¼ x......

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[NORTH AMERICA - CALIFORNIA - SACRAMENTO] ALLISON, William P.

[Original Autograph Letter Written by a Young Gold Miner in Sacramento City, Telling the Latest News from the Gold Mines and Mentioning the Latest Cholera Epidemic in the City].

Sacramento City: 14 September 1852. Quarto bifolium (ca. 25x19,5 cm). 1 p. Brown ink on wove paper, written in a......

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[NORTH AMERICA - CALIFORNIA - SAN FRANCISCO BAY – 4TH OF JULY PARADE]

[Collection of Three Original Watercolours, Showing the Floats and Participants of the a 1907 Fourth of July Parade – Most Likely, a First Such Parade Held in South San Francisco].

Ca. 1907. Three original loose watercolours ca. 26x43,5 cm (10x17 in), ca. 25,5x41 cm (10x16 in) and ca. 22,5x39,5 cm.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - CALIFORNIA - SAN FRANCISCO – TRADE SEAMEN & WOMEN AT WORK] [CATTLE, J.?]

[Original Autograph Letter Signed by a Mate on the San Francisco Trade Brig “Ida D. Rogers,” Describing the Ship’s Recent Trade Voyage to Costa Rica, His Salary, a Spaniard Sailor on the Brig “Who did not Know the Bow from the Stern of a Vessel,” Quick Growth of San Francisco...

San Francisco, 14 July 1867. Quarto (ca. 25x20 cm). 4 pp. Brown ink on lined watermarked wove paper. Fold marks.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - CALIFORNIA - SANTA BARBARA – 1925 EARTHQUAKE]

[Collection of 75 Loose Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Showing the Destruction in Santa Barbara and Environs after the Earthquake on June 29, 1925].

Ca. 1925. Seventy-five loose gelatin silver photos: twenty larger ones (including one duplicate), ca. 11,5x16,5 cm (4 ½ x6 ½.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - CALIFORNIA – COLORADO RIVER SURVEY] WHITING, Jasper S.; [IVES, Joseph Christmas] (1829-1868)

[Autograph Note Signed by an American Engineer and Surveyor of Lower California and Sonora, Talking about Him Joining Lt. Ives’ Exploratory Expedition to the Colorado River].

San Francisco: 22 October [1857]. Small Octavo bifolium (ca. 19x12 cm). 1 p. Brown ink on blueish lined paper. Addressed.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - CALIFORNIA – EL DORADO COUNTY] [CLARK, S.M.?]

[Original Autograph Letter Written by a Gold Miner in the Garden Valley (El Dorado County), Talking about His Sea Voyage, Being Fed with “Hard Bread & Stinking Meat,” Gold Mining in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Tree Cutting, Plans to Take a “Job of Fluming to Carry Water from one Hill...

Garden Valley, 17 April 185[8 or 9?]. Quarto bifolium (ca. 25x19,5 cm). 4 pp. Brown ink on bluish laid paper.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - CALIFORNIA – HOBART MILLS]

[Historically Important Album with 104 Original Gelatin Silver Photos and Real Photo Postcards of California, Showing the Town of Hobart Mills (non-Existent since 1938), Prosser Creek, Independence Lake, Tahoe Lake, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Gabriel Mission, Life Savers at Long Beach, &c.].

Ca. 1900s. Oblong Folio album ca. 26x34,5 cm (10 x 13 ½ in). 18 card stock leaves + 11 black.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - CALIFORNIA – MILLERTON/FRESNO CO.] MORROW, Jessy (1827-1897); CARROLL, Hugh Augustus (1828-1899)

[Original Handwritten, Signed, and Notary Certified Deed of the Sale of the Millerton Ferry across the San Joaquin River (now the site of the Millerton Lake, Fresno County) from Jesse Morrow to Ira McGray on June 9, 1855].

Millerton, 9 June 1855. Quarto bifolium (ca. 24,5x19 cm). 2 pp. Brown ink on bluish wove paper. Annotated and docketed.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - CALIFORNIA – MINING] [STECH, Baron Ferdinand]

[Original Autograph Letter to an Agent of a Potential Buyer for a Mining Property in California, Urging Him to Make up His Mind and Complete the Negotiations Because the Repairs of Machinery Need to Be Done and the Mine Needs to be Pumped before the Winter Rains].

San Francisco: California, 21 September 1872. Quarto bifolium (ca. 23,5x18 cm). 3 pp. Pencil on laid paper, written in a......

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[NORTH AMERICA - CALIFORNIA – PIONEERS & GOLD MINERS] MURRAY, John Sutherland (1818-1882), [MOORE, Henry M.]

[Original Autograph Letter Signed from Moores Flat (a Gold Mining Town Later Abandoned in the Early 20th Century), Written by a California Forty-Niner and Talking about the Construction of a “Store-Room” in the General Store or the Hotel of a Town Founder H.M. Moore, Successful Gold Mining, When “an Ounce...

Moores Flat (Nevada Co.), 1 January 1854. Quarto bifolium (ca. 25x20 cm). 3 pp. Brown ink on laid paper. Docketed.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - CALIFORNIA – SACRAMENTO] SPURR, George Graham (1828-1903)

[Original Autograph Letter Signed by George Spurr - a Renowned Forty-Niner and Sacramento Pioneer, then the Owner of a “Tea and Coffee Saloon” on the K Street, Delivering the Latest News about His Correspondent’s Sons and Describing Sacramento’s “Deplorable Condition” during the 1853 Flood: “Streets are Like Swamp & Goods...

Sacramento City, 30 March 1853. Quarto bifolium (ca. 25,5x18,5 cm). 3 pp. Brown ink on bluish wove paper. Fold marks.....

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[NORTH AMERICA - CALIFORNIA – YUBA COUNTY REPUBLICANS] ADKISON, Lewis D. (1816-1903)

[Original Autograph Letter Signed by the Owner of the General Store in Oak Valley Lewis D. Adkison, Addressed to George R. Bearss from his Hometown of Peru (IN), Talking about the Latest News from the Oak Valley, His Sympathies to the Republican Party, and the Results of the California General...

Oak Valley [Yuba Co.], 14 November 1856. Quarto (ca. 24,5x19,5 cm). 2 pp. Brown ink on bluish laid paper. Fold.....

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