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  • The Mission Era: California Under Spain and Mexico, and Reminiscences
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    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...
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    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...
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
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  • Washoe Valley. Encampment of Emigrants at the foot of the Sierra Nevada
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    Camp sites, facilities, etc.; Immigrants; Frontier and pioneer life; Valleys
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    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)".
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
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  • Vignettes of the Californian Missions
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    Art portfolios; Missions
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    Scrap book #2 compiled for William Hilton. Images incorporate Vischer's mission sketches with vignettes of life in California (mid-1800s).
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
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  • Missions of Upper California
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    Art portfolios; Missions
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    Book compiled for William Hilton. It is comprised of photographic views of various Franciscan missions either restored or in ruin.
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
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  • Chrisopolis
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    Steamboats; Docks
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    Unsigned photographic print presumably taken by Vischer.
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
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  • Mountain Traffic. Encampment of Mexican Arrieros in the Sierra Nevada
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    Cattle herding; Carriers
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    Albumen print of an original drawing by Vischer depicting a temporary camp of Mexican carriers and a herd of horses.
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
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  • Arch in the Rock, Near Seal Rock Point
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    Coasts -- California; Seals (Animals); Boats and boating
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    Albumen print of an original drawing by Vischer. On the coast near Santa Cruz.
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
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  • Oak Knoll
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    Farms; Architecture, Domestic; Land use, Rural; Country life; Napa Valley (Calif.)
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    Albumen print of an original work by Vischer.
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
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  • Church's Farm, May 1861. Sierra Valley
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    Farms; Country life; Pack transportation; Architecture, Domestic
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    Albumen print of an original drawing by Vischer. Downieville, Virginia Pack, Passenger's Train.
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
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  • Santa Cruz Wharves. View from the Foot of Gharkey's Wharf
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    Wharves--California; Warehouses; Livestock
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    Albumen print of an original drawing by Vischer.
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
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  • Within the Golden Gate. Presidio, Fort San Jose, Lime Point and Lighthouse
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    Golden Gate (Calif. : Strait); Boats and boating
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    Albumen print of an original painting by Vischer. Presidio, Fort San Jose, Lime Point and Lighthouse, from Black Point. Original for Professor Silliman's collection.
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
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  • Seal Rocks, near Santa Cruz
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    Seals (Animals); Coasts -- California
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    Albumen print of an original drawing by Vischer. Image includes both seals and humans.
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
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  • Carcass of a Whale Cast Adrift by Whalers
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    Whaling
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    Albumen print of an original drawing by Vischer. Whale floated ashore after being stripped of blubber.
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
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  • Whaling Expeditions to the North Pacific and Arctic Seas
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    Whaling; Whaling ships
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    Albumen print of an original of an engraving made for a New Bedford, Connecticut firm. Caption gives credit to Messrs. McRuer and Merrill.
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
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  • Santa Cruz Wharves
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    Wharves -- California; Shipping
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    Albumen print of an original drawing by Vischer. Includes livestock on land, warehouses and boats in the harbor. Scene described below title.
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
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  • Richardson's Bay and Mt. Tamalpais, from the Saucelito Bluff
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    Cliffs; Mountains; Bays
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    Photograph print of a drawing depicting a view of Richardson's Bay from Saucelito Bluff.
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
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  • Casa del Paso Robles, the Old Farm Building of the Mission of San Miguel
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    Farm buildings; Missions; Livestock
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    Photographic print of a pencil drawing of an old farm building on the Mission of San Miguel.
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
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  • Indian Hovels at the Palm Group of Lower San Diego Valley
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    Indians of North America; Huts; Landscape
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    Photographic print of a drawing depicting California Indians and their traditional dwellings.
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
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  • Scene at the Abandoned Mission - Orchard at San Luis Rey
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    Missions; Orchards
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    Photographic print of a drawing of an abandoned orchard belonging to a mission at San Luis Rey.
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
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  • Church... of the Mission of San Miguel, and the Ruins of the Casa Principal and Outbuildings
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    Missions; Ruins; Outbuildings
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    Photographic print of a pencil drawing. Information beneath title reads: "Sheriff and posse conducting a band of criminals towards San Luis Obispo. (The northrooms in 1852 the scene of the murder of the Reed family by outlaws). A scene of the...
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material

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