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Malthy, M. J., Mrs. Letter: to My dearest Lou /by Mrs. M. J. Malthy, 1854 Apr 30.

Title: Letter: to My dearest Lou /by Mrs. M. J. Malthy, 1854 Apr 30.

Written on a pictorial lettersheet with a view of San Francisco in 1854 (Peters, California on Stone, No. 37), the letter tells about the city's cosmopolitan population and some of the entertainment found around the city, including a performance of Norma by Madame Bishop.

ArchivalResource: 2 p.: illus.; 27 x 42 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702127498 View

Mathews, Arthur Frank, 1860-1945. Michael Strogoff as produced at Haverly's California Theatre [graphic].

Title: Michael Strogoff as produced at Haverly's California Theatre [graphic]. January 1st, 1882.

Print shows various scenes from the play, a view of the theater and audience, and a portrait of J.H. Haverly.

ArchivalResource: 1 print : lithograph ; 30 x 47 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43700016 View

Britton, Rey & Co. [Illustrated title sheet for a map of Stanislaus County, Ca.] [graphic].

Title: [Illustrated title sheet for a map of Stanislaus County, Ca.] [graphic]. 1877.

Title sheet includes illustrations of the courthouse and schoolhouse at Modesto, Calif.

ArchivalResource: 1 print : lithograph, b&w.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43699975 View

Leonard, James M. Hall of the Golden City photograph collection [graphic].

Title: Hall of the Golden City photograph collection [graphic]. 1877-1940.

Includes photos of airplanes preparing for the Spreckles air race to Honolulu; an advertising card for the San Francisco photographers, Bradley & Rulofson; a photographic collage of hundreds of portraits, entitled Some of Bradley & Rulofson's babies; views of the Lorenz Noll art gallery; California scenes; and portraits of Governor Irwin, Lilian Adelaide Neilson, Charles De Young, John C. Fremont, Leland Stanford, James Lick, George Hearst, Henry S. Crocker, Fargo, Henry Wells, and a Chinese boy.

ArchivalResource: 86 photographic prints and negatives ; various sizes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/227478233 View

Peytona Gold and Silver Mining Company. Peytona Gold and Silver Mining Company stock certificate no. 598 to G.H. Hunt and Company Trustees : San Francisco : DS, 1877 Sept. 14.

Title: Peytona Gold and Silver Mining Company stock certificate no. 598 to G.H. Hunt and Company Trustees : San Francisco : DS, 1877 Sept. 14.

Fifty shares signed by John W. Peus (secretary) and L. Vesarid (vice president), and lithographed by Britton Rey and Company, San Francisco.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26239478 View

Barry Whitehead collection of horse prints, 1755-1934.

Title: Barry Whitehead collection of horse prints, 1755-1934.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 linear feet (23 prints; 67 magazine covers or parts)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122595270 View

South Fork Canal Company. South Fork Canal Company bond : Placerville, California, 1853 June 1.

Title: South Fork Canal Company bond : Placerville, California, 1853 June 1.

#136, with signatures of A.T. Taylor and B.F. Keene. Printed by Britton and Rey, San Francisco.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26284446 View

Jay T. Last Collection of California Citrus Box Labels, 1880-1960, 1890-1940

Title: Jay T. Last Collection of California Citrus Box Labels 1880-1960 1890-1940

The Jay T. Last Collection of California Citrus Box Labels consists of approximately 1000 lithographed labels created to identify brand names and packing locations on wooden crates of oranges, lemons and grapefruit. The majority of labels were printed by Los Angeles and San Francisco lithographers for growers, packers and distributors in southern California. Collection dates range from 1880 through 1960.

ArchivalResource: 9 BOXES

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt4z09s2cz View

Britton & Rey. Prints of early California mining scenes, 1856 and nd.

Title: Prints of early California mining scenes, 1856 and nd.

Prints of California mining camps, the Miners' Ten Commandments by Cadez Orion, the execution of Casey & Cora by the San Francisco Vigilance Committee, 22 May 1856; Grass Valley, Nevada County; and three samples of letter paper, one published by George H. Baker with the poem, "The Honest Miner's Songs; " one about the assassination of James King in San Francisco, 14 May 1856; and one about the San Francisco Vigilance Committee, including their constitution and and address, 15 May 1856.

ArchivalResource: 14 sheets.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122448588 View

Barry Whitehead collection of horse prints: Breeder and Sportsman Horseman Magazine, 1755-1934

Title: Barry Whitehead collection of horse prints: Breeder and Sportsman Horseman Magazine, 1755-1934

ArchivalResource: 2.5 linear ft. (23 prints; 67 magazine covers or parts)

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf1w1001v3 View

Pawnee Mining Company. Pawnee Mining Company stock certificate no. 11 and 16 to Charles Allenberg, trustee : San Francisco : DS, 1877 Sept. 26.

Title: Pawnee Mining Company stock certificate no. 11 and 16 to Charles Allenberg, trustee : San Francisco : DS, 1877 Sept. 26.

500 and 200 shares signed by Charles Allenberg (secretary) and S. Heydenfeldt (president), and lithographed by Britton Rey & Co., San Francisco.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26239496 View

San Francisco (Calif.) waterfront postcard collection, 1903-1904

Title: San Francisco (Calif.) waterfront postcard collection, 1903-1904

Five color lithograph postcards of the San Francisco, California waterfront.

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt8v19r3ss View

Mercantile Library Association of the City of New-York. Mercantile Library Association blank stock certificate : San Francisco, [185-].

Title: Mercantile Library Association blank stock certificate : San Francisco, [185-].

Printed for LeCount & Strong by Britton & Rey.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26323902 View

Rhodes & Co. Documents, 1852-1856.

Title: Documents, 1852-1856.

Rhodes & Co. operated an express service in Northern California ca. 1852-1856; this collection consists of items relating to the company during that period. There are eleven transaction slips (checks and receipts) for the company under various names --eight for Rhodes & Co., one for Rhodes & Lusk's and two for Rhodes & Whitney (written in). They show the majority of the transactions occurring in Yreka but several were in Shasta or Weaverville. The transactions slips are illustrated forms from lithographers O'Meara & Painter or Britton & Rey. The O'Meara forms have decorative borders; the Britton & Rey illustrations are of the California state seal; a sailing ship and the Roman god Mercury; or an individual native American. There are also three slips from the Sacramento City Bank noting transactions with members of the Rhodes family. Two of the forms were produced by Danforth, Bald & Co. and are illustrated with a sailor; three native Americans in a group; the Roman goddess Minerva (?) or two women. In addition there are the following records: two receipts made out to J. M. Rhodes for payment to Empire House and to Downer & Co. ; receipt to Rhodes & Lusk from Baxter & Co.; itemized list of charges to Rhodes & Lusk sent to Sacramento City Bank for payment; correspondence from agent E. Wadsworth to Jesse Rhodes regarding checks written for company expenses.

ArchivalResource: 19 items : ill.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58928548 View

Sutro Tunnel Company. Stock certificate, 1870 Feb 3.

Title: Stock certificate, 1870 Feb 3.

Certificate number 176 for 50 shares of stock issued to Adolph Sutro in 1870 and signed by W. K. Van Alen and Samuel Merritt. Endorsed by Adolph Sutro on Dec. 18, 1914 turning over 17 shares to Lucy Luhman, and another endorsement turning over 17 shares to Robert C. Kammerer, 17 shares to Lucy Kammerer, and 16 shares to Adelheid Liebert. Signed by Charles H. Liebert and Edward Steiner, executors for Robert Kammerer. Lithograph by Britton & Rey, San Francisco.

ArchivalResource: 31 x 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702128301 View

LeCount, Josiah J. Josiah J. LeCount advertisement : San Francisco, Calif., [undated].

Title: Josiah J. LeCount advertisement : San Francisco, Calif., [undated].

Concerns his stationery and bookstore in the Granite Building on Montgomery Street, San Francisco. Printed by Britton and Rey, San Francisco.

ArchivalResource: 1 leaf ; 8 x 18 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26337004 View

Belding Mill and Milling Company. Belding Mill and Milling Company stock certificate no. 46 : San Francisco : DS, 1880 Feb. 25.

Title: Belding Mill and Milling Company stock certificate no. 46 : San Francisco : DS, 1880 Feb. 25.

All spaces blank excepted for the signatures of R.W. Heath (secretary) and G.W. Terrill (president). Lithographed by Britton and Rey, San Francisco.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26239338 View

California Insurance Company, San Francisco. [Wounded bear of California atop burning San Francisco] [graphic] : [scene commemorating the 1906 earthquake].

Title: [Wounded bear of California atop burning San Francisco] [graphic] : [scene commemorating the 1906 earthquake]. [1907]

Illustration of a bear (as symbol of California), with an arrow in its back, lying on San Francisco as it burns as result of the 1906 earthquake.

ArchivalResource: 1 print : chromolithograph ; 52 x 33 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43771172 View

Dennis, Reid W.,. Reid W. Dennis collection of California lithographs, 1850-1906.

Title: Reid W. Dennis collection of California lithographs, 1850-1906.

This collection of prints, mostly lithographs (including chromolithographs and colored lithographs), as well as one engraving, primarily portray San Francisco city views, public buildings, and landscapes. Subjects also include San Jose, Stanford University, the U.S. Navy Yard at Mare Island, San Diego, and San Luis Rey. Included is a lithograph stone with an image of San Francisco.

ArchivalResource: 50 prints and 1 lithograph stone.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/754864351 View

Nevada County Traction Company. Nevada County Traction Company stock certificate : San Francisco, Calif., [19--].

Title: Nevada County Traction Company stock certificate : San Francisco, Calif., [19--].

Certificate #71; printed by Britton and Rey, San Francisco.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26337005 View