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.
Description:
See Joseph Armstong Baird Jr.'s California's Pictorial Letter Sheets, 1849-1869, no. 239.
Subject (Geographic):
San Francisco (Calif.)--Description and travel. and San Francisco (Calif.)--Pictorial works.
Depicts several prominent scenes of Honolulu including views of "Interior of the Fort" and the "Palace of King Kamehameha III"
Description:
Bookplate of Paul Mellon., Lithographs printed in black on a pale tan-colored ground; white highlights., and no. 1. From the harbor -- no. 2. From the Catholic church -- no. 3. From the Catholic church -- no. 4. From the Catholic church -- no. 5. From the Catho
Publisher:
Published by Paul Emmert,
Subject (Geographic):
Honolulu (Hawaii)--Pictorial works.
Subject (Name):
Britton & Rey, Burgess, George Henry, 1831-1905., and Mellon, Paul--Bookplate.