California Collection

Orange grove in California
California orange grove, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Saint Francis of Assisi statue
Statue of Saint Francis of Assisi in the garden of San Diego Mission, California. Digital photograph

U. S. territory gained from Mexico
Map of territory acquired by the U.S. from Mexico. Color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

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Map of the territory ceded by Mexico to the US after the Mexican-American War, 1848-1853. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Chinese immigrants working on the transcontinental railroad
Chinese laborers constructing the Central Pacific Railroad, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

San Gabriel Mission, California
Mission and bells of San Gabriel, near Los Angeles. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

California under Mexican rule, 1800s
Map of Alta California under Mexican government, early 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Workers cheering the first train over the mountains from California
Snowsheds protecting a transcontinental railroad train in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Spanish familys ox-cart, California, 1800s
Spanish family traveling by oxcart, Californis, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a Frederic Remington illustration

Sutters Mill, site of the first gold discovery in California
Sutters Mill replica on the American River, where the Gold Rush began, Coloma, California. Digital photograph

Bear Flag of the California Republic
California Republics " Bear Flag" on a wall in Coloma, California. Digital photograph

Panning for gold, California
Reenactor panning for gold on the American River, where the Gold Rush started, Coloma, California. Digital photograph

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Digger Indians returning from a hunt with rabbits and birds, Sierra Nevada Mountains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Texas to Pacific Coast stagecoach schedule and price list, 1838
Schedule and ticket prices for the San Antonio & San Diego Mail-Line, circa 1838. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, California statesman. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century portrait

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Prospectors panning for gold in the California Gold Rush. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Roping a bear in California, 1800s
Californians putting a lasso on a bear, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Chinatown shops, San Francisco, 1880s
Busy Chinatown street in San Francisco, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

San Francisco earthquake and fire, 1906
Fire raging in downtown San Francisco after the earthquake of 1906. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an eyewitness illustration

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Spanish missionaries addressing Native Americans in California. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Oxen dying of thirst on a wagon trail
A desperate situation, the death of oxen pulling a covered wagon. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Flintlock gun
Flintlock mechanism demonstrated at Sutters Fort, Sacramento, California. Digital photograph

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Spanish conquistador on a horse with foal - the origin of the horse in colonial America. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration

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Spanish conquistador in armor on horseback, New Spain, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Mexican women making tortillas, 1800s. Color lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Chinese restaurant in San Francisco, 1860s
Dinner at a restaurant in Chinatown, San Francisco, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Anti-Chinese mob in San Francisco, late 1800s
Denis Kearney inciting an anti-Chinese mob in San Francisco, late 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Los Angeles when a Mexican village
Mexican pulque carrier in Los Angeles, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

California Gold Rush prospectors
California prospectors washing gravel in a stream, looking for gold. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Transcontinental railroad observed by Native Americans
Native Americans getting their first view of the transcontinental railroad, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Map of slave and free areas of the United States in 1854, at the time of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill. Printed color lithograph 19th century

Western boundary with Mexico, 1840s
Mexican possessions and western US territories in the 1840s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Chinese man dying of thirst in the Mohave, 1800s
Chinese immigrant dying of thirst in the Mohave Desert, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration

Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, 1891
Some decorated carriages in the Tournament of Roses parade, Pasadena, California, 1891. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Chinese immigrants in San Francisco, 1870s
Shops in the Chinese quarter of San Francisco, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

San Francisco in 1851
Montgomery Street in San Francisco during the Gold Rush, " with hombres of every description, " 1851. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Fire in San Francisco, 1851
Panic on the waterfront during a great fire in San Francisco, 1851. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

San Francisco before the Gold Rush
San Francisco in 1847, viewed from the bay before gold was discovered in California. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Prospectors landing in San Francisco during the Gold Rush
Gold-seekers arriving in San Francisco to head for mining regions, 1848. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Valencia Hotel after the San Francisco earthquake of 1906
Fire raging behind the ruins of the Valencia Hotel, where 75 persons died in the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

Rubble after the San Francisco earthquake of 1906
Dead horses amid ruins on Clay Street after the San Francisco earthquake, 1906. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

Peddlers in San Francisco, 1850s
Hucksters in front of the Empire Saloon during the Gold Rush, San Francisco, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

City of San Francisco during the Gold Rush
San Francisco during the Gold Rush, seen from the foot of Telegraph Hill, early 1851. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Junipero Serra statue at San Diego Mission
Statue of Father Junipero Serra in front of San Diego Mission, first of the Spanish missions in California. Digital photograph

Father Junipero Serra statue in California
Statue of Father Junipero Serra, Spanish Franciscan missionary to California, San Diego Mission. Digital photograph

Junipero Serras quarters, San Diego Mission
Father Junipero Serras personal quarters at San Diego Mission, which he founded in 1769. Digital photograph

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Reconstructed Juaneno kicha, a Native American shelter in prehistoric California. Photograph

Pala Mission in California, 1800s
Native American woman ringing bell for sunrise Mass at Pala Mission, California, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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