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Creator:: Clarke, Thomas Curtis, 1827-1901
Published / Created:: 1852.
Call Number:: Zc72 +852cL
Image Count:: 74
Description:: BEIN Zc72 +852cL: Original wrappers., Apparently issued as a campaign document for Stockton., and At head of title: Brilliant national work!!
Publisher:: S.C. Paul & Co.
Subject (Geographic):: California
Subject (Name):: Stockton, Robert Field, 1795-1866.
Subject (Topic):: History, Mexican War, 1846-1848, and Naval operations
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The mission of America: containing the conquest of California, resources of the Pacific, the American Navy. To which is added, The operations of Commodore Stockton on the western coast, from the original manuscript of the late J. Fenimore Cooper ...

Published / Created:: [between 1855 and 1860?]
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: stilll image
Abstract:: On the right side of the sheet are scenes of California's Gold Rush past, including migration, prospecting, and men disembarking from a sailing ship; on the left are scenes of the state's increasingly settled present, including a stagecoach, agriculture, a public school, and a crowded steamship at a crowded dock. An incongruous elephant in the top center may be a reference to the phrase "seeing the elephant" about overcoming hardship
Alternative Title:: Past and present of California
Description:: Title from caption at bottom of image. and "11"--Upper right corner.
Publisher:: Lith. and publishing by Britton and Rey
Subject (Geographic):: California
Subject (Topic):: History and Progress
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Past & present of California