The print reproduces Thomas Hill's painting "Driving the last spike" above a key to seventy-one of the persons represented in the painting; also, a short essay by the historian Richard Dillon
Description:
At foot of sheet: Published by The Nut Tree to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the "Driving of the last spike," Nut Tree, California, 95688.
Publisher:
The Nut Tree
Subject (Geographic):
Utah
Subject (Name):
Central Pacific Railroad Company and Union Pacific Railroad Company
The print reproduces Thomas Hill's painting "Driving the last spike" above a key to seventy-one of the persons represented in the painting; also, a short essay by the historian Richard Dillon
Description:
At foot of sheet: Published by The Nut Tree to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the "Driving of the last spike," Nut Tree, California, 95688.
Publisher:
The Nut Tree
Subject (Geographic):
Utah
Subject (Name):
Central Pacific Railroad Company and Union Pacific Railroad Company
Autograph letter, signed, from Edward Otho Cresap Ord to Jefferson Davis, then Secretary of War of the United States. Ord describes the reaction in California and Mexico to the Gadsden Purchase, including American filibusters in Mexican territory and the negative perception of the sale by Mexican citizens, particularly clergy, who were concerned that their land would be taken and distributed to American settlers. Ord also describes a topographical survey of the newly acquired territory and the possibility of constructing a railroad in the new territory
Description:
Edward Otho Cresap Ord (1818-1883) was an engineer and officer in the United States Army stationed in California and New Mexico Territory, circa 1839-1854. and In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Mexico., Arizona., New Mexico., Mexico, United States., and United States
Subject (Name):
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889. and Ord, Edward Otho Cresap, 1818-1883.
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Filibusters, Gadsden Purchase, Land grants, Railroads, Surveying, and Foreign relations
Viewbook of mounted photographic prints compiled by the George W. Williams & Company, fertilizer merchants, ca. 1869. A photographic print appears on the recto of each mount that depicts an advertisement for Carolina Fertilizer with a letterpress testimonial below it. The verso of each mount carries a photographic print of an image created by Andrew J. Russell. The exception is the last mount, which carries a photographic advertisement for BD Sea Fowl Guano on the recto of the mount and no photographic print on the verso. The images by Russell document landscape views and buildings along the Union Pacific Railroad in Nebraska, Wyoming, and Utah, ca. 1867-1869. Many images of landscapes include men and women posited in the terrain to provide scale, An image shows a view of Echo, Utah, as well as rock outcroppings in its vicinity, including Hanging Rock, Monument Rock, and Sphinx Rock, Images of locations in the Weber River Valley, Utah, include views of Coalville city, Devil's Gate, Tunnel No. 4, Bridge No. 32, and of the Mormon Turnpike Bridge at the mouth of the canyon, Images of Wyoming include views of a large windmill at Laramie; Granite Canyon from a water tank; High Bluffs in the Black Buttes area; and an overview of the Laramie River Valley, as well as railroad cuts consisting of the Burning Rock Cut and Hall's Cut (identified in a caption as the Great Mountain Pass)., An image of Omaha, Nebraska, shows a street leading to the Missouri River, An image shows a group of people during the laying of the last rail connecting the Union Pacific Railroad and Central Pacific Railroad on May 10, 1869, near Promontory, Utah, and Sixteen plates without mounted photographic prints in the volume contain graphical advertisements for the products of the George W. Williams Company including BD Sea Fowl Guano, Bradley's Super Phosphate of Lime, C. C. Coe's Ammoniated Super Phosphate of Lime, Carolina Fertilizer, and Palmetto Soluble Acid Phosphate, as well as powdered raw bones and dissolved unburnt bones
Description:
Title from cover., Autograph on front board of Frank E. Taylor., Twenty photographs of the west are reduced images from Andrew J. Russell's, The Great West illustrated . . . New York, 1869., and Photographic prints measure 13 x 7 cm.
Publisher:
s.n.
Subject (Geographic):
United States., West (U.S.), Coalville (Utah), Echo (Utah), Laramie (Wyo.), Missouri River, Nebraska, Omaha (Neb.), Salt Lake City (Utah), Utah, Weber River Valley (Utah), and Wyoming
Subject (Name):
Russell, Andrew J., Williams, George Walton, 1820-1903., Young, Brigham, 1801-1877, Beehive House (Salt Lake City, Utah), Central Pacific Railroad Company, Lion House (Salt Lake City, Utah), Tabernacle (Salt Lake City, Utah), and Union Pacific Railroad Company
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Advertising, Agriculture, Fertilizer industry, and Railroads
Photocopy of a typescript memoir by Margarita López y Galarza containing over 20 brief chapters reflecting on her life and identity as a Mexican American, 1983. López y Galarza recounts her family history in Jalcocotán, Mexico and describes her parents, brothers, and extended family members, many of whom were ranchers and railroad workers in California. Many of the stories concern her childhood in Sacramento, including her mother's role in the household, her experiences with religion, and her education. Several sections describe López y Galarza's elementary education in detail, including learning English and the program of Americanization at her elemenary school, which had a significant population of immigrant children, including Japanese Americans, Italian Americans, Irish Americans, and Mexican Americans. Other sections describe her father's opposition to her choice to attend college and become an American citizen, her career as a health educator at Los Angeles County General Hospital, and a visit to her birthplace in Jalcocotán with her daughter in 1972. Accompanied by a manuscript note from López y Galarza to a friend describing the process of writing the memoir and sharing family news, 1984
Description:
Margarita López y Galarza de la Vega Linsley (1916-2000) was born in Jalcocotán, Mexico and immigrated to Sacramento, California with her family in 1920. She earned her bachelor's degree from University of California, Los Angeles and master's degrees from University of Southern California and University of California, Berkeley. She worked for the United States Department of Agriculture and was a health educator for Los Angeles County General Hospital, Kaiser Permanente, and the World Health Organization. López y Galarza was forced to legally change her first name to Marguerite when she became a United States citizen in 1940, because her American elementary school teachers had insisted on using the name Marguerite on her school records. She went by the nicknames Mago and Margo to family and friends., In English., and Title from title page.
Subject (Geographic):
California., West (U.S.), California, Jalcocotán (Mexico), and Sacramento (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
López y Galarza, Margarita, 1916-2000. and Los Angeles County General Hospital.
Subject (Topic):
Americanization, Education, Elementary, Elementary schools, Health counselors, Immigrant children, Education, Immigrants, Mexican American children, Mexican American women, Mexican Americans, Religion, Railroads, Employees, Ranchers, Women, Race relations, Religious life and customs, and Social life and customs
BEIN Zc20 856LL: Inscriptions: James M. Stewart, Jany. 15, 1865; Frances C. Carden. Advertising matter on [4] p. at end, not noted in pagination., Copyrighted 1855, by James T. Lloyd on t.p. verso., Advertisement for Jesper Harding on front paste-down endpaper., and Includes index.
Publisher:
James T. Lloyd & Co., Stereotyped and printed by Jesper Harding)
Subject (Geographic):
Mississippi River Valley., Mississippi River Valley, Mississippi River, Ohio River, and United States
Subject (Name):
Fitch, John, 1743-1798. and Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815.
Subject (Topic):
Steamboat disasters, Steam-navigation, Description and travel, Railroads, and History
Photographs created from mammoth plate negatives primarily by photographers Carleton E. Watkins and William Henry Jackson of various locations in the American West, primarily in the states of California, Colorado, and Oregon, as well as Arizona, Montana, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming Territories, ca. 1874-1898, Photographs by Watkins consist of images created in the states of California and Oregon, and in Arizona, Montana, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming Territories, ca. 1874-1890, An image created by Watkins of Tombstone, Arizona Territory shows the Old South Shaft Ore Quarry of the Tough Nut Mine with a view of the town, the Dragoon Mountains, and the Cochise Stronghold in the distance, 1880, Images created by Watkins in California consist primarily of locations in Yosemite National Park, including Half Dome, Sentinel Rock, Tutocanula Pass (consisting of El Capitan and Cathedral Rocks cliff), and views of the Yosemite Valley from the Mariposa Trail and Eagle Point, 1878-1881. Other images from California include two different views from the top of Round Top Mountain, with one of the images showing a view of the Blue Lakes and the other the Mokelumne River, 1879; views in the vicinity of San Gabriel showing residences and wine houses of the Lake Vineyard, near the Sierra Madre Mountains and a date palm tree on the grounds of the Mission San Gabriel Arcangel, ca. 1874-1880; a view of the Carmel Valley from the Mission Road, Monterey; and a view of a waterfall, probably the Palisades Falls on the North Fork American River at Soda Springs, ca. 1874-1880, Images created by Watkins in Marysville, Montana Territory, consist of a view of the town, three interior views of a mill, and a view of the Drumlummon Mine and the Maskelyne Tunnel, 1884-1885 or 1890, Images created by Watkins along the Columbia River, Oregon, consist of views of rock bluffs along the river, a Native American village located at the Dalles, a winter view of the river with snow-covered shores, and a view of the Tooth Bridge and Eagle Creek Crossing, 1884-1885, Images created by Watkins in Washington Territory include a view of the Spokane Falls of the Spokane River, a mill in Port Ludlow, and ships at a dock in Port Madison on Bainbridge Island, 1882, Images created by Watkins of geothermal features in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming Territory, consist of Giant Geyser, Grotto Geyser, Old Faithful Geyser, and Pulpit Terrace, 1884-1885, A majority of the images created by William Henry Jackson depict locations and geological features in Colorado, while other images show locations in Utah, Idaho, New Mexico, and Oregon, 1878-1898, Images from El Paso County, Colorado, created by Jackson include geological features in the Garden of the Gods, such as Cathedral Spires, Gate Rock, Tower of Babel, and the abutting Seal Rock and Bear Rock, with many images showing Pikes Peak in the distance; a view of Monument Park showing eroded sandstone rock formations; a view of a waterfall identified as Castle Falls, on North Cheyenne Creek in North Cheyenne Canyon; a view of Phoebe's Arch, near Palmer Lake; a view of Sheltered Falls on Ruxton Creek; a view of foothills and snow on Pikes Peak and Austin Bluffs; a view of Seven Falls (also known as Cheyenne Falls) on South Cheyenne Creek in South Cheyenne Canyon, and a view of Fountain Creek near Colorado City with a snow-covered Pikes Peak in the distance, Images from Gunnison County, Colorado, created by Jackson include a view of the Curecanti Needle rock formation in the Black Canyon with the Gunnison River and the railroad of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company, and a view of a man standing on a rock by the Gunnison River near Sapinero, Two images in the Royal Gorge, Fremont County, Colorado, created by Jackson show the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad near the Arkansas River, with one of the images showing a suspension bridge known as Hanging Bridge, Other images created by Jackson in Colorado include a view of the city of Glenwood Springs in Garfield County and the stone and wood frame buildings at the Yampah Hot Springs bathhouse and pool; a view of the Georgetown Loop and tracks of the Colorado Central Railroad Company in Clear Creek Canyon in Clear Creek County; a view of Cathedral Spires and the Platte Canyon of the South Platte River with tracks of the Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company in Jefferson County; a view of people sitting in a horse-drawn carriage on a dirt road in Ute Pass, showing Twin Creek and Rainbow Falls, in Teller County; and a view of Sierra Blanca mountains, a stream and railroad tracks, possibly in Costilla County, Images created by Jackson in Utah include a view of Bridal Veil Falls on the Provo River in Provo Canyon, Utah County; and a view in the vicinity of Echo, depicting men standing and sitting on a rock formation identified as Pulpit Rock, Summit County, Other images created by Jackson include a view of the Twin Falls waterfall on the Snake River, Jerome County, Idaho; a view of Rio de los Pinos and rock formations in the Toltec Gorge, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico; and a view of Multnomah Falls on Multnomah Creek in Multnomah County, Oregon, and The collection includes an additional view created by F. Jay Haynes that shows an unidentified body of water beside two railroad tracks and a telegraph line; and an image probably by Watkins or Haynes that depicts an interior view of large industrial machinery in a brick building
Description:
A mammoth plate is a photographic negative plate, 18 by 21 inches (53.5 x 45.7 cm.) or larger, from which photographic prints are made through contact printing., Title devised by cataloger., Captions inscribed in the negatives created by Jackson., Manuscript inscription on the recto and verso of several photographic prints., and Photographs previously bound in a volume with the spine title "Photographs by Ezra Meeker and W. H. Jackson." The original boards and spine are filed with the collection.
Subject (Geographic):
Wyoming, Montana, West (U.S.), Arizona, Arkansas River, Austin Bluffs (Colo.), Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.), Blue Lakes (Calif.), Bridal Veil Falls (Utah), California, Cathedral Rocks (Calif.), Cathedral Spires (El Paso County, Colo.), Cathedral Spires (Jefferson County, Colo.), Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.), Clear Creek County (Colo.), Cochise Stronghold (Ariz.), Colorado, Columbia River, Costilla County (Colo.), Curecanti Needle (Colo.), Dalles (Or.), Dragoon Mountains (Ariz.), Drumlummon Mine (Mont.), Eagle Creek (Or.), Echo (Utah), El Capitan (Calif.), El Paso County (Colo.), Fountain Creek (Colo.), Fremont County (Colo.), Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Garfield County (Colo.), Gate Rock (El Paso County, Colo.), Giant Geyser (Wyo.), Glenwood Springs (Colo.), Grotto Geyser (Wyo.), Gunnison County (Colo.), Gunnison River (Colo.), Half Dome (Calif.), Jefferson County (Colo.), Jerome County (Idaho), Lake Vineyard (San Gabriel, Calif.), Marysville (Lewis and Clark County, Mont.), Mokelumne River (Calif.), Monument Park (El Paso County, Colo.), Multnomah County (Or.), Multnomah Creek (Or.), Multnomah Falls (Or.), North Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.), North Cheyenne Creek (Colo.), North Fork American River (Calif.), Old Faithful Geyser (Wyo.), Oregon, Palisades Falls, Pikes Peak (Colo.), Platte Canyon (Colo.), Port Ludlow (Wash.), Port Madison (Bainbridge Island, Wash.), Provo Canyon (Utah), Provo River (Utah), Pulpit Rock (Utah), Pulpit Terrace (Wyo.), Rainbow Falls (Colo.), Rio Arriba County (N.M.), Rio de los Pinos (Colo. and N.M.), Round Top Mountain (Calif.), Royal Gorge (Colo.), San Gabriel (Calif.), Sentinel Rock (Calif.), Seven Falls (Colo.), Sierra Blanca (Colo.), Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.), Soda Springs (Calif.), South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.), South Cheyenne Creek (Colo.), South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.), Spokane (Wash.), Spokane River (Idaho and Wash.), Teller County (Colo.), Toltec Gorge (N.M.), Tombstone (Ariz.), Tombstone Region (Ariz.), Twin Creek (Colo.), Twin Falls (Idaho : Waterfalls), Utah, Ute Pass (Teller County, Colo.), Washington (State), Yampah Hot Springs (Colo.), Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park (Calif.), and Yosemite Valley (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Haynes, F. Jay 1853-1921. (Frank Jay),, Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942., Meeker, Ezra, 1830-1928., Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916., Colorado Central Railroad Company, Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company, Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company, Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel, Calif.), and Tough Nut Mine
Subject (Topic):
Geysers, Landscape photography, Mineral industries, and Railroads
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights., Shows Indian tribal locations, military posts, and routes and dates of expeditions and surveys., and Includes text of "Authorities."
Publisher:
War Dept
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)
Subject (Topic):
Railroads, Pacific railroads, and Explorations and surveys
