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2.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1850 and 1854]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 395
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Unused pictorial lettersheet with four illustrations. The first image, "Starting," shows three miners and a pack mule happily leaving a log cabin. "Not even the colour" shows the three miners at the gold diggings, finding nothing. "The end of the mule" shows the miners trying to hold on to the mule's lead rope as he falls down a mountainside. The fourth image, "Returning," shows the miners in tattered clothing returning to the log cabin
- Description:
- "5"--Upper right corner.
- Publisher:
- Britton & Rey
- Subject (Geographic):
- California
- Subject (Topic):
- Mines and mineral resources, Gold mines and mining, and Miners
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A prospecting party
3.
- Creator:
- Robinson, Lilias Napier Rose
- Published / Created:
- [1884]
- Call Number:
- Zc72 884r
- Image Count:
- 27
- Publisher:
- [J. Martin & Son, Printers]
- Subject (Geographic):
- California, Nevada, and Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) --Description and travel
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A short account of our trip to the Sierra Nevada Mountains, by L.N.R.R
4.
- Creator:
- Huestis, C. P. (Charles P.), artist
- Published / Created:
- [1856?]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 384
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Abstract:
- Two illustrations, with accompanying text, showing the shooting of James King of William in San Francisco, California and the surrender of James P. Casey and Charles Cora
- Description:
- Description based on imperfect Beinecke Library copy, consisting of only the first of two sheets described by Baird., Title from captions below images., and Second illustration, "Surrender of Jas. P. Casey and Charles Cora," signed in lower right "Huestis."
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- California and San Francisco
- Subject (Name):
- King, James, 1822-1856, Casey, James P., Cora, Charles., and San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856.
- Subject (Topic):
- Death and burial, Assassination, and Arrest
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Assassination of James King of William ; Surrender of Jas. P. Casey and Charles Cora to the Vigilance Committee, on Sunday, May 18th, 1856
5.
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1856]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints +441
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Abstract:
- Horizontal print has four vignettes of scenes from the assassination. Assassination: depicts the actual crime in the streets of San Francisco. Surrender of the Jail: depicts mob scene as vigilance committee demands the sheriff to hand the prisoner to them. Funeral of Js. King: depicts the large crowds gathered along the street for the funeral procession. Execution: depicts the hanging of James Casey from the Vigilance Committee Rooms. The vignettes flank a central column of text which describes these scenes in detail
- Description:
- Title from caption of text column. and Printed area measures 26.2 x 39.5 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by Britton & Rey
- Subject (Geographic):
- California and San Francisco.
- Subject (Name):
- King, James, 1822-1856 and Casey, James P.
- Subject (Topic):
- Crime and Vigilance committees
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Assassination of James King of Wm. by James P. Casey : San Francisco, May 14th, 1856
6.
- Creator:
- Tebenʹkov, Mikhail Dmitrievich, -1872, cartographer
- Published / Created:
- 1852.
- Call Number:
- Ega 852Ta
- Image Count:
- 190
- Resource Type:
- cartographic image
- Alternative Title:
- Atlas severozapadnykh beregov Ameriki ot Beringova proliva do mysa Korriėntes i ostrovov Aleutskikh s prisovokupleniem nekotorykh mest severovostochnago berega Azii, Gidrograficheskīi︠a︡ zami︠e︡chanīi︠a︡ kʺ atlasu si︠e︡verozapadnykhʺ beregovʺ Ameriki, ostrovovʺ Aleutskikhʺ i ni︠e︡kotorykhʺ drugikhʺ mi︠e︡stʺ Si︠e︡vernago Tikhago okeana, Gidrograficheskii︠a︡ zamechanii︠a︡ k atlasu severozapadnykh beregov Ameriki, ostrovov Aleutskikh i nekotorykh drugikh mest Severnogo Tikhogo okeana, Атлас северозападных берегов Америки от Берингова пролива до мыса Корриэнтес и островов Алеутских с присовокуплением некоторых мест северовосточнoго берега Азии, Гидрографическія замѣчанія къ атласу сѣверозападныхъ береговъ Америки, острововъ Алеутскихъ и нѣкоторыхъ другихъ мѣст Сѣвернаго Тихаго океана, and Гидрографическия замечания к атласу северозападных берегов Америки, островов Алеутских и некоторых других мест Севернoго Тихoго океана
- Description:
- BEIN EEga 852T: Printed label on inside front cover: Cat. [with manuscript 786]., Includes table of contents for 38 maps (the initial map is unnumbered)., and Accompanied by: Gidrograficheskīi︠a︡ zami︠e︡chanīi︠a︡ k atlasu ... (Sanktpeterburg: Tip. Morskago korpusa, 1852). [4], 7, [1], 148, 17, [3] pages; 17 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Alaska, California, Pacific Coast (North America), Asia, Pacific Coast., Alaska., California., and North America
- Subject (Topic):
- Nautical charts
- Found in:
- Sterling Memorial Library > Atlasʺ si︠e︡verozapadnykhʺ beregovʺ Ameriki otʺ Beringova proliva do mysa Korrīėntesʺ i ostrovovʺ Aleutskikhʺ sʺ prisovokuplenīemʺ ni︠e︡kotorykhʺ mi︠e︡stʺ si︠e︡verovostochnago berega Azīi, Атласъ сѣверозападныхъ береговъ Америки отъ Берингова пролива до мыса Корріэнтесъ и острововъ Алеутскихъ съ присовокупленіемъ нѣкоторыхъ мѣстъ сѣверовосточнаго берега Азіи
7.
- Published / Created:
- c185-?]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 407
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Abstract:
- Pictorial lettersheet with two lithograph views, the first depicts miners drinking and playing cards in a mining camp bar room, while the second view depicts miners at work with sluice called "Long Tom.'
- Alternative Title:
- Long Tom
- Description:
- BEIN WA Prints 407: Imperfect? Integral blank leaf wanting, although Baird makes no mention of this leaf., Caption title., Issued with integral blank leaf., Upper right corner: "10.", and "The artwork appears to be by J.D. Borthwick, a Scottish artist ..."--Sloan.
- Publisher:
- Britton & Rey
- Subject (Geographic):
- California and California.
- Subject (Topic):
- Gold mines and mining, Frontier and pioneer life, Mining camps, and Miners
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Bar room in the mines, Long Tom
8.
- Creator:
- R. F., artist
- Published / Created:
- [1975]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints +166
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Abstract:
- Print advertisement for a dance benefitting the United Farm Workers of Amercia. Central image depicts in black and white a farmer hoeing a field; bordered in red with black text about the event
- Description:
- Title from caption at top of image. and Other text on print: Musica los Ecos de Yuba City; los Cuatro Amigos; carnitas, refrescos, cerveza, tequila; Holy Angels Courtyard 730 S St.; Speech by U.F.W.A. representative Saturday, August 19, 1975 $1. Donation.
- Publisher:
- Royal Chicano Air Force
- Subject (Geographic):
- California
- Subject (Name):
- United Farm Workers of America
- Subject (Topic):
- Mexican American farmers
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Beneficio para la Union De Campesinos ¡Baile! ¡Baile!
9.
- Creator:
- Glover, Edwin, cartographer, publisher
- Published / Created:
- [1851?]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints +442
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- cartographic image
- Description:
- Low angle view. and Depicts a hydraulic mining operation in a steep ravine along the Mokelumne River; numerous buildings of a mining camp, water wheels, and sluices; miners are working with picks along an excavated hillside.
- Publisher:
- Lith. by Justh, Quirot & Co.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Mokelumne River (Calif.), Mokelumne Hill (Calif.), and California
- Subject (Topic):
- Miners
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Big Bar -- middle fork
10.
- Creator:
- Moore, E. S., artist
- Published / Created:
- [1887?]
- Call Number:
- BrSides Zc72 887mo
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- cartographic image
- Description:
- Title from caption below image. and Indexed.
- Publisher:
- Coronado Beach Co., Crocker & Co., Lith.)
- Subject (Geographic):
- Coronado (Calif.), California, and Coronado.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Bird's eye view of Coronado Beach, San Diego Bay and city of San Diego, Cal. in distance [cartographic material]
11.
- Creator:
- W. Vallance Gray & C.B. Gifford
- Published / Created:
- 1868 [1972?]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints +120
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- cartographic image
- Alternative Title:
- Bird's eye view of the city and county of San Francisco, 1868
- Description:
- BEIN WA Prints +120: Imperfect: Accompanying "Key to view of San Francisco" wanting., Facsimile., "Historical reproduction by the American West from the original lithograph in the Honeyman Collection of the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.", and Accompanied by: Key to view of San Francisco. 1 l.
- Publisher:
- American West
- Subject (Geographic):
- San Francisco (Calif.), California, and San Francisco.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Bird's eye view of the city & county of San Francisco, 1868 [cartographic material].
12.
- Creator:
- Thomas Houseworth & Co.
- Published / Created:
- ca. 1870].
- Call Number:
- WA Photos 245
- Image Count:
- 104
- Abstract:
- Album of Houseworth photographs of California presented by Edward Vischer to John Prince-Smith. Photographs depict San Francisco, Sacramento, and Stockton, Yosemite, dry dock at Hunter's Point, the Monitor Comanche, and the sinking of the Aquila carrying the Comanche, the Mendocino lumber region, geysers in Sonoma County, the Calaveras mammoth tree groves, scenes in the Sierra Nevada, including Lake Tahoe, and views of the Central Pacific Railroad
- Description:
- Thomas Houseworth (1829-1915) established his San Francisco photographic studio in the mid-1860s. Photographers who worked for Houseworth include George Fiske, Charles L. Weed, and Martin M. Hazeltine., John Prince-Smith was a German political economist, the founder and leader of the German Free Trade Party., Edward Vischer was a pioneer merchant and artist in early California., Printed title page continues "This selection of Houseworth & Co.'s Photographic Views to John Prince Smith, Dedicated by Edward Vischer.", Manuscript captions on mounts, with manuscript numbers on the prints., and Gilt lettering on front cover: California John Prince-Smith.
- Publisher:
- Houseworth & Co.
- Subject (Geographic):
- San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.), Sacramento (Calif.), Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.), Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.), Yosemite National Park (Calif.), California, Sonoma County, Stockton (Calif.), and Calaveras County (Calif.)
- Subject (Name):
- Vischer, Edward., Central Pacific Railroad Company, Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, Comanche (Ironclad), and Aquila (Ship)
- Subject (Topic):
- Giant sequoia, Geysers, and Lumber trade
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > California : San Francisco views, dry dock at Hunters' Point, wharves and monitor, landscape views, coast range, valley lands and foothills, and Sierra Nevada
13.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1848 and 1850?]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints +204
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Print shows miners, Caucasians, Native American men, one African-American man, and one woman; panning and digging for gold along the Sacramento River in California. Some figures at left are seen holding gold nuggets in their hands; others at right are fighting; miners using various tools including baskets, gold pans, shovels, picks and cradles; mining camp and rolling hills in distance
- Description:
- BEIN WA Prints +204: On sheet 29 x 37 cm. and At foot of print: 370.
- Publisher:
- Kelloggs and Comstock and Ensign and Thayer
- Subject (Geographic):
- California and Sacramento River (Calif.)
- Subject (Topic):
- Gold miners, Gold panning, Indians of North America, African Americans, and Gold discoveries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > California gold diggers : mining operations on the western shore of the Sacramento River
14.
- Creator:
- Kelloggs & Comstock, lithographer
- Call Number:
- WA Prints +205
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Print shows miners, Caucasians, Native American men, one African-American man, and one woman; panning and digging for gold along the Sacramento River in California. Some figures at left are seen holding gold nuggets in their hands; others at right are fighting; miners using various tools including baskets, gold pans, shovels, picks and cradles; mining camp and rolling hills in distance
- Description:
- BEIN WA Prints +205: On sheet 29 x 37 cm. and At foot of print: 370.
- Subject (Geographic):
- California, Sacramento River (Calif.), and Sacramento River.
- Subject (Topic):
- Gold miners, Gold panning, African Americans, Indians of North America, and Gold discoveries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > California gold diggers. Mining operations on the western shore of the Sacramento River. [graphic]
15.
- Creator:
- Baker, Geo. H. (George Holbrook), 1827-1906, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1854 and 1862?]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 387
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- BEIN WA Prints 387: Manuscript annotation in lower right: GH [or CH?] Baker., Title from caption below image., and Manuscript annotation on Beinecke Library copy suggests Geo. H. Baker as possible artist.
- Publisher:
- Geo. H. Baker?
- Subject (Geographic):
- California and Sacramento (Calif.)
- Subject (Topic):
- Capital and capitol, Capitols, and Buildings, structures, etc
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Capitol of the State of California, Sacramento
16.
- Published / Created:
- [1854]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 398
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Abstract:
- John Sutter's account of James W. Marshall's discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill is accompanied by two large illustrations: a profile portrait of Marshall titled "Portait of Mr. Marshal, taken from nature at the time when he made the discovery of gold in California" (with "portrait" misspelled "portait" and Marshall's name missing the final "l"), and an image of Sutter's Mill titled "View of Sutter's Mill or place where the first gold has been discovered."
- Alternative Title:
- Captain Sutter's account of the first discovery of gold
- Description:
- Title from caption in upper left. and "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1854."
- Publisher:
- Lith. & pub. by Britton & Rey
- Subject (Geographic):
- California and Coloma
- Subject (Name):
- Marshall, James Wilson, 1810-1885,
- Subject (Topic):
- Sawmills and Gold discoveries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Capt. Sutter's account of the first discovery of gold
17.
- Creator:
- Mautz, Carl, collector
- Published / Created:
- ca. 1855-1895.
- Call Number:
- WA Photos 357
- Image Count:
- 290
- Abstract:
- Cartes-de-visite photographs created primarily by photographers in San Francisco and northern California, ca. 1855-1895. Images consist chiefly of portraits depicting children, women, and men, in single, couple, and group sittings. Individuals in the images comprise various ethnic and cultural backgrounds, including Asian American and African American persons. The portraits also include persons with unique physical features, including midgets, dwarves, and giants. Occupations and group memberships represented in the portraits include butchers, circus performers, freemason, miners, musicians, sailors, and soldiers. Other images include portraits of dogs, and copy photographs of drawings, paintings, and dolls, Portraits of identified individuals include Baby Belmont, Frederick Coombs, Tom Coughlan, Tony Denier, Issac Sherwood Halsey, Little Clara Jenkins, Henrietta Lichau, and Eugenie Olanie. Other identified individuals include: Mollie Brown, a bareback somersault horse rider; A. Kerpen, a man with an eight-foot long beard; William Ingraham Kip, first Protestant Episcopal bishop of California; and two scholars in academic gowns, presumably from the University of California, George F. Stone and viticulturist Emmett Rixford, Individual photographers with galleries located in San Francisco include: T. A. Brown, John M. Bryan, Alexander Edouart, Sr., Oscar Foss, John D. Godeus, Thomas Houseworth, Benjamin Franklin Howland, J. Jackson, John Lucas Kingsley, Henry Kruse, Charles Lainer, H. Luther, Charles Albert Marston, George Daniels Morse, Eadweard Muybridge, Silas Wright Selleck, Jacob Shew, William Shew, Joseph Trinidad Silva, Hector William Vaughn, Carleton E. Watkins, John A. Winberg, and Lai Yong, Corporate photographic galleries and partnerships located in San Francisco include: Bayley & Winter, Bradley & Rulofson, Brown & Otto, Chalmers & Wolfe, City Mart Photographic Gallery, Currier & Winter, Edouart & Cobb, Hamilton & Kellogg, Hoebel & Luther, Houston's Excelsior Gallery, I. W. Taber & Company, Lawrence & Houseworth, New York Gallery, Peoples Art Gallery, Watkins' Yosemite Art Gallery, and Wise & Prindle, Individual photographers in other locations throughout California include: Joseph P. Lowe of Auburn; H. H. Frye of Chico; George W. Valleau of Colusa; H. H. Halsey of Dutch Flat; Amasa Plummer Flaglor of Eureka; Ellison Lassell Crawford of Georgetown; S. Johnson of Gilroy; Lewis Jackson Stinson of Marysville; Edward Abraham Kusel of Oroville; L. Dowe and George Ross of Petaluma; Flave H. Gaines of Red Bluff; A. P. Bailey and John A. Todd of Sacramento; James Atkins Clayton of San Jose; H. Schoene of Santa Clara; John E. D. Baldwin of Santa Cruz; John Pitcher Spooner of Stockton; Murry Dunham and James Girard Smith of Vallejo; Issac Sherwood Halsey of Volcano; and Skelton Sanford Noble and B. F. Stevens from unidentified locations, and Photographic galleries and partnerships in other locations throughout California include: Mains & Von Hasseln of Camptonville; Bluett & Fardon and Dunham & Lathrop of Oakland; Sanders & Stinson of Marysville; and Abell & Welsh of Roseburg, Oregon
- Description:
- Digital version available; and Title devised by cataloger.
- Subject (Geographic):
- California. and California
- Subject (Name):
- Abell, Frank George, Jr., 1844-1910., Bailey, A. P., Baldwin, John E. D., Bayley, Wilbur Fisk., Bluett, William H., Bradley, Henry William, 1813-1891., Brown, T. A., photographer., Bryan, John M., Chalmers, James Calder, Jr., Clayton, James Atkins, 1831-1896., Cobb, David., Coombs, Frederick, 1803-1874., Coughlan, Tom., Crawford, Ellison Lassell, 1833-1895., Currier, Amos., Denier, Tony, 1839?-1917., Dunham, Allen Murray, ca. 1834-ca. 1924., Dunham, Murry., Edouart, Alexander, 1818-1892., Fardon, George Robinson, 1807-1886., Flaglor, Amasa Plummer, 1848-1918., Foss, Oscar., Frye, H. H., Gaines, Flave H., Godeus, John D., Halsey, Henry H., Halsey, Isaac Sherwood, 1828-1895., Hamilton, Charles F., Houseworth, Thomas, 1829-1915., Jenkins, Clara., Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875., Johnston, Amasa Park, ca. 1837-1931., Kellogg, Andrew J., Kingsley, John Lucas, ca. 1939-1869., Kip, William Ingraham, 1811-1893., Kruse, Henry., Kusel, Edward Abraham., Lainer, Charles., Lathrop, Frank Henry., Lawrence, George S., Lichau, Henrietta., Lowe, Joseph P., Mains, James Riley., Marston, Charles Albert., Mautz, Carl., Morse, George Daniels., Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904., Noble, Skelton Sanford., Olanie, Eugenie., Prindle, Edward H., Rixford, Emmett H., Ross, George, 1832-1893., Rulofson, William Herman, 1826-1878., Sanders, Stephen Poole., Selleck, Silas Wright, ca. 1828-1885., Shew, Jacob, 1826-1879., Shew, William J., 1820-1903., Silva, Joseph Trinidad., Smith, James Girard, 1836-, Spooner, John Pitcher, 1845-1917., Stevens, B. F., Stinson, Lewis Jackson., Stone, George F., Taber, I. W. 1830-1912. (Isaiah West),, Todd, John A., 1827-1899., Valleau, George W., Vaughn, Hector William., Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916., Welsh, John Oliver, ca. 1840-ca. 1913., Winberg, John A., Winter, Daniel., Winter, Robert, ca. 1821-1893., Wise, James H., 1812-, Wolfe, Samuel Augustus., Yong, Lai., Abell & Welsh., Bayley & Winter., Bluett & Fardon., Bradley & Rulofson., Brown & Otto., City Mart Photographic Gallery., Currier & Winter., Dunham & Lathrop., Edouart & Cobb., Foss & Halsey., Freemasons, Hamilton & Kellogg., Hoebel & Luther., Houston's Excelsior Gallery., I. W. Taber & Company., Mains & Von Hasseln., Peoples Art Gallery., and Sanders & Stinson.
- Subject (Topic):
- African Americans, Asian Americans, Photographers, Circus performers, Dolls, Dwarfs (Persons), Giants (Folklore), Miners, Musicians, Sailors, Soldiers, and Tall people
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carl Mautz collection of cartes-de-visite photographs created by California photographers
18.
- Published / Created:
- the 5th. July, 1852.
- Call Number:
- WA Prints +450
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- stilll image
- Abstract:
- A cluster of spectators watch a sinuous parade of men, both mounted and on foot, that includes a group of Chinese men in traditional attire
- Alternative Title:
- Celebration of the Fourth of July, in San Francisco Cal
- Publisher:
- Lith. of Cooke and Le Count
- Subject (Geographic):
- California and San Francisco
- Subject (Topic):
- Fourth of July celebrations, Parades, and Chinese
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Celebration of the 4th. July, in San Francisco Cal
19.
- Published / Created:
- [185-]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 400
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Unused pictorial letter sheet. Upper illustration entitled "Miners" shows Chinese doing daily chores and eating outside camp tents. Lower illustration entitled "Gamblers" shows Chinese gambling around a table. Miners is a mirror image of an 1857 lithograph by J.D. Borthwick entitled "Chinese camp in the mines."
- Description:
- Title from caption at top of images.
- Publisher:
- Britton & Rey
- Subject (Geographic):
- California and San Francisco.
- Subject (Topic):
- Chinese, Mines and mineral resources, Gold mines and mining, Miners, Gold miners, and Gambling
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Celestial empire in California
20.
- Creator:
- Riker, William E., 1873-1969
- Published / Created:
- 191-?]
- Call Number:
- Zc72 +930rk 10
- Image Count:
- 2
- Description:
- BEIN Zc72 +930rk 10: From the William and Lucille Riker Papers in the Paul Kagan Utopian Communities Collection. and Signed at end: W.E. Riker.
- Publisher:
- Perfect Christian Divine Way?
- Subject (Geographic):
- California and San Francisco.
- Subject (Name):
- Perfect Christian Divine Way.
- Subject (Topic):
- Cults
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Certificate of membership in the Perfect Christian Divine Way : founded in San Francisco, Cal., 1908, by W.E. Riker