Two-story residence adjacent to large body of water. Mountains, rock formations, and a ship in the distance. Contains indecipherable writing at top right-hand corner.
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...
Church buildings; Missions; Portrait photography; Spanish mission buildings United States; Mission San Rafael Arcangel; Pencil drawing; Vallejo, Mariano Guadalupe, 1808-1890; Missionary settlements
Pencil drawing of the mission in 1831 drawn for Senior General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo in 1878. This original bosquejo, or sketch, of mission buildings is signed in the lower right corner. A photograph of M. G. Vallejo is located in the upper...
Mission La Purisima Concepcion (Calif.); Housing; Landscape drawing; Missions; Missionary settlements; Mills and mill-work; Spanish mission buildings United States; Views;
Pencil drawing of the mission and nearby surroundings on lined paper. Sketch includes Spanish labeled depictions of the following: the church, housing for the Fathers, housing for escorts and Indians, a corral, and the detailed drawing of the...
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...
Landscape drawing; Missions; Spanish mission buildings United States; Views; Mission San Francisco Solano (Sonoma, Calif.); Pencil drawing; Missionary settlements
Original pencil drawing on lined paper of an aerial view of the mission and its nearby surroundings in 1832. Particular areas of the mission have been labeled in Spanish: the rooms of the fathers, the bell tower, the church, the cemetery, the...
"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...
Camp sites, facilities, etc.; Immigrants; Frontier and pioneer life; Valleys
Photographic print of a pen and ink drawing depicting an immigrant encampment in Washoe Valley (Sierra Nevada). Title includes "(Retrospect 5)". However, it should be "(Retrospect 6)".
Landscape drawing with mountains, trees, two figures in the foreground and animals in the distance. "Hubert's Erste Jagdfreuden" is German for "Hubert's First Hunt".
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...
Buildings; Church bells; Church buildings; Landscape drawing; Missions; Pencil drawing; Spanish mission buildings United States; Landscape; Rivers; Views
Signed (lower right corner) pencil sketch of the mission church and surrounding buildings. "The Belfry" is labeled with a depiction of the church bells in the lower center of the drawing. The manilla colored paper used for the sketch is worn,...
