Miscellaneous California Material, 1850-1942.

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Miscellaneous California Material, 1850-1942.

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This group of material contains a random assortment of correspondence and pieces of ephemera regarding California. There is one letter from 1850 which discusses the various steamboat lines and mail services from California and potential routes for future services. A postcard from a child to her parents regarding her stay in Little Shasta has a photo of the area. The bill of lading is for Levi-Strauss regarding a shipment of overalls to San Francisco. The carte-de-visite is of a young woman and it was taken by the S.S. Noble studios. The envelope has a stamp from the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. There is a marriage announcement for Augustus C. Cabel and Mrs. Nellie E. Smith of San Francisco. There is also a 1942 issue of Ghost Town News published by Knott's Berry Farm. The photographs are of Mono County, California and include images of cabins in Masonic and Bodie and an avalanche in Lundy and Jordan which destroyed the hydraulic power plants. The telephone directory contains contact information for actors in San Francisco. The title documents are for parcels of land in San Bernardino. There is also one printed book: Reports of cases: Supreme Court of California.

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Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.)

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