Hand-written notes taken verbatum by Vischer from Alfred Robinson's description of the Bay of San Francisco (1846). Note paper folded in half and hand-sewn with string. Notes include descriptions of the San Francisco Bay, the Mission Dolores, Santa...
California Description and travel; California History; California, Northern; California Pictorial works; California, Southern; Canyons California; Church property; Coast Ranges; Frontier and pioneer life; Farm life; Franciscans; Indians of North...
Individual photographs of Vischer's drawings and related materials grouped into four sections and dedicated to the Society of California Pioneers. Contains historical perspectives about the Californian Missions, including lists of missions and...
California Description and travel; California History; California, Northern; California, Southern; Church property; Frontier and pioneer life; Farm life; Franciscans; Indians of North America California; Jesuits; Land Use; Manuscripts; Missions;...
Notes and writings on the history of the California mission era. It was published as a supplement to Vischer's Pictorial of California, and includes lists of missions, missionary Fathers and comparative data. This book contains the text found in...
Mission San Carlos Borromeo (Carmel, Calif.); Landscape drawing; Missions; Spanish mission buildings United States; Views; Cemeteries; Housing; Pencil drawing; Missionary settlements
Pencil drawing of the mission in 1820 and its nearby surroundings on lined paper. Depictions referenced in drawing are: a detailed description of the mission, a fruit orchard, houses of the escort, an artificial lake used to water the orchard, a...
Pencil drawing of the mission and nearby surroundings during 1817-1834 on lined paper with labels and notations in Spanish. Depictions include the following: detailed description of the Mission and its buildings, housing for troops and their...
"The Sutro Tunnel and the Bank of California" is the headline for Virginia City, Nevada on Tuesday, September 20, 1869. The article transcribes a speech, given by Adolph Sutro, delivered at Piper's Opera House. The article also provides...
California Description and travel; California History; California, Northern; California Pictorial works; California, Southern; Canyons California; Cedar; Church property; Coast Ranges; Coast redwood; Cypress; Frontier and pioneer life; Farm life;...
The text portion of the book contains three sections, each giving essays and descriptions about the landscape photographs, the trees and forests of California, and its geology, respectively. The next three sections contain individual photographs...
Leather bound portfolio embossed with gold and decorative etching. Contains Vischer's introductory remarks and description of plates. Portfolio includes a title page replicated on the inside book cover and twelve unbound plates.
Two depictions of California Rancho buildings in ruin. The bottom image includes a description transcribed from Alfred Robinson's "Life in California," page 82. Bottom view is a drawn image pasted on watercolor background and depicts Mexican...
