[Western States Publisihing, Los Angeles, CA], 1938. Quarto. 40 pages, Primarily California architecture from adobe, classic Spanish and mission to the experimental. While the article "Palm Canyons of the Coachella Valley" is a classic on late 1930's California architecture, it is the article "Fred Astaire Among the Machines" that is... More about California Arts & Architecture (February, 1938
A Collection of 14 Autobiographical Manuscripts of Early California Pioneers Who Became Major Political leaders in the State. These handwritten autobiographies represent the major California politicians, jurists and founders of the state. This unique collection reflects how all of these men began their careers in either the Midwest or Eastern... More about A Collection of 14 Autobiographical Manuscripts of Early California Pioneers Who Became Major...
Washington, D.C. Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1974. Folio. Original Poster mailed to Post Offices in 1974. Four photographs of each of what the wanted poster writes are: "self-proclaimed members of the Symbionese Liberation Army and reportedly have been in possession of numerous firearms including automatic weapons. William Harris and Patricia... More about FBI Wanted Poster: Patty Hearst; William Harris; Emily Harris
Ca.1880. 3" X 3 1/2" Photo album with each page holding 4 tin type photographs each measuring 1" x 3/4" making a total of 48. These are students and a few faculty at San Jose Normal School in original blue case. We have been able to identify many of these... More about Maggie Olinger Photograph Collection San Jose State University, Circa 1880
Chicago(nd. ca.1920): Curt Teich. Oblong Quarto. unpaginated; 23 full-page sepia illustrations, mounted (including a folding double-page panorama), map, two pages of text containing illustration descriptions, (most copies record only 22 illustrations). Bound in tan pictorial wrappers lettered in green & gilt, photographic image mounted on upper cover entitled: "Crossing Great... More about The Overland Trail; a Scenic Guide Book "Through the Heart of the Sierras" on the Line...
1851-1851. The only other known copy is at Yale University. It is an original lithograph that measures 11 x 19 cm on a sheet that is 13 x 22 cm. It depicts a street where a stagecoach is pulling away, three mules tied together are laden with packs, and two... More about View of Shasta, California
Oakland: Post-Enquirer Publishing Company, 1931. Octavo. 174 pages. Davie was mayor of Oakland from 1895-1897 and from 1915-1931, the longest-serving mayor. During his life, he was a canal boy, law student, butcher, buckaroo, rancher, inventor, actor, opera singer, bouncer, miner, lawyer, crusader, merchant, bookseller, organizer, ship owner and politician. Not... More about My Own Story (inscribed to Dr. William S. Porter) with Notes on His Proposed Stadium
While William Jefferson Gatewood is known more prominently as the first publisher of the San Diego Union, his earlier history involved serving with the Illinois Mounted Volunteers during the Mexican-American War in 1847-1848. Once mustered out he headed to California for the Gold Rush ending up in San Andreas, where... More about 2 Page Autographed Letter Signed to the Honorable James W. Denver, April 10, 1884
Chicago: Coronet, 1937. . 6 pages mimeographed, sent from Coronet Magazine (originally published June 1937) in original mailing envelope from Coronet. Accompanied with A.B. Lee's, Houses of Earth; an illustrated booklet on how to build rammed earth houses. 32 page booklet expands on Coronet article. Article was sent to William... More about Building with Rammed Earth