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Edward Robeson Taylor autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higg...

Sends a typed copy of a letter by John Brown, the original being in the possession of one of his students. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Business card, Samuel L. Winsor, commission merchant, Duxbury, Massach...

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San Francisco, Historic View, 1837, San Francisco, San Francisco Count...

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San Francisco, Historic View, 1849, San Francisco, San Francisco Count...

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Panoramic view of San Francisco-No. 8. Taken from the corner of Sacram...

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Watkins' Yosemite Art Gallery, 26 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, C....

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San Francisco, Stereoscope Card.19th century. Boston Public Library C...

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Inward bound steamer, from Cliff House

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At the Cliff House, Seal Rocks, San Francisco

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Panoramic view of San Francisco - No. 7. Taken from the corner of Sacr...

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Palace Hotel, S. F., interior view

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Panoramic view of San Francisco, -No. 3. Taken from the corner of Sacr...

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Panoramic view of San Francisco - No. 7. Taken from the corner of Sacr...

reverse side of stereoscopic card

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Russian Hill from Meiggs' Wharf, Stereoscope Card

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San Francisco, Historic View, 1850, San Francisco, San Francisco Count...

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Seal Rocks, from Sugar Loaf Islands

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Panoramic view of San Francisco. (No. 6.) Taken from the corner of Sac...

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South Park-San Francisco, Stereoscope Card

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Seal rock near the Golden Gate.

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San Francisco, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library

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San Francisco, Historic View, 1852 Plat Map, San Francisco, San Franci...

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City of San Francisco and its vicinity, California

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Lincoln School, Historic View, Fifth Street, San Francisco, San Franci...

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Captain Puerington with another man in the photo, Watertown Mass.

Captain Puerington's photo take in the Ship Golconda in San Francisco in 1860. Courtesy of Watertown Free Public Library

At the Cliff House, San Francisco

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California St. (San Francisco, CA)--1864. San Francisco, CA

North Beach and Mission R.R. Co. street car "to the Willows" on California St., at corner of Montgomery St. Caption: Wells Fargo & Co.'s Ex. Office, San Francisco, Corner Montgomery and California streets. Phot... More

Dirt road with house - cartes de visite

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Two houses, New Bedford Massachusetts - cartes de visite

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San Francisco, from Rincon Hill, looking north

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Panorama from Russian Hill, San Francisco

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At the Cliff House, Seal Rocks, San Francisco

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At the Cliff House, Seal Rocks, San Francisco

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Street corner with house - cartes de visite

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Art gallery at Woodward's Gardens.19th century. Boston Public Library...

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California & Sansome Streets, Historic View, 1872, San Francisco, San ...

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Bancroft's official guide map of city and county of San Francisco : co...

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Bancroft's official guide map of city and county of San Francisco : co...

Official guide map of city and county of San Francisco Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Rebecca Wood Howes (1842-1898) - Public domain portrait print

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Brothers: Barnabas C. Howes (on left) and Cyrus Howes (on right)

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Bancroft's official guide map of city and county of San Francisco

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Market Street, San Francisco, California, Stereoscope Card

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Carlton Lewis, Historical Society of Old Yarmouth

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Carlton Lewis, Historical Society of Old Yarmouth

Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, on Cape Cod, and was first settled in the 1600s. The area has a rich history and maritime heritage. It was a major shipbuilding, whaling, ... More

Bancroft's official guide map of city and county of San Francisco

Official guide map of city and county of San Francisco Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from San Francisco, San Francisco County, C...

Sep 1887. 1 Sheet(s). Shows distributing reservoirs of the Spring Valley water works.

Hallet Gray Thacher (1863-1931)

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Capt. Barnabas Howes, about 1890-1892

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Northern waterfront, San Francisco, California, circa 1895-1905

Gibraltar Warehouse as well as Merchants' Ice and Cold Storage are among the buildings in view as seen from the bay. Sailing vessels pierside. Telegraph Hill is in the background. Originally received in Box 1.

Volunteers on Second Street, San Francisco, going to join the Fourth E...

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Umbsen's map of the City and County of San Francisco, California

Map of the City and County of San Francisco, Calif Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Y.M.C.A. 166 Embarcadero one block from Ferry bldg. San Francisco

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Y.M.C.A. 166 Embarcadero one block from ferry bldg. San Francisco

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Unidentified man, Historical Society of Old Yarmouth

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"Natatorium" Young Men's Christian Association San Francisco, Cal.

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Young Men's Christian Association building, San Francisco, Cal.

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Captain Frederick P. White - Public domain portrait print

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Ortman-Shumate House, 1901 Scott Street, San Francisco, San Francisco ...

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Jackson Square (Commercial Building), 441 Jackson Street, San Francisc...

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Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, California, circa 1903

Seen from the bay. Originally received in Box 13.

Ship, 3m pierside, starboard bow view, at San Francisco, California, b...

View as seen from the pier. Coal depot in background. Originally received in Box 1. Same vessel as item 210.

Jackson Square (Commercial Building), 415-431 Jackson Street, San Fran...

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Ship, 3m pierside, port bow view, at San Francisco, California, before...

View as seen from the pier. Originally received in Box 1. Same vessel as item 220.

Nellie Blessing-Eyster autograph letter signed to [Victoria Woodhull M...

Y.M.C.A., San Francisco, Cal. postcard

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Skyline of San Francisco Business District

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Y.M.C.A. Hotel 351 Turk St., San Francisco, California 12 story class ...

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Y.M.C.A. Hotel 351 Turk Street, San Francisco, Calif. (entrance, recre...

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Y.M.C.A., U. Letterman General Hospital, Presidio of San Fransisco, Ca...

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Y.M.C.A., San Francisco, Cal. postcard

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Y.M.C.A. hotel 351 Turk St., San Francisco, California 12 story class ...

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San Francisco YMCA hotel postcard

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Y.M.C.A. Hotel 351 Turk Street, San Francisco, Calif. (entrance, recre...

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Y.M.C.A. Hotel 351 Turk St., San Francisco, California 12 story class ...

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Y.M.C.A. Central branch 220 Golden Gate Ave. San Francisco, Cal., a cl...

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Presidio of San Francisco - YMCA

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Y.M.C.A. building, San Francisco, California

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Y.M.C.A. Hotel 351 Turk St. San Francisco, Calif. (entrance, lobby, re...

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Y.M.C.A. building, San Francisco, California

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Y.M.C.A. hotel 351 Turk St., San Francisco, California 12 story class ...

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San Francisco Y.M.C.A. Headquarters. April 20th 06

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San Francisco Y.M.C.A. Headquarters. April 20th 06

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From Central YMCA postcard, Springfield College Collection

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Entrance central building, Young Men's Christian Association San Franc...

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[Dynamiting t]he [e]arthquake and fire-wrecked buildings [on Market St...

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Refugees' camp in Jefferson Square, Stereoscope Card

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Earthquake wrecked spires and walls of St. Dominic's Cathedral, San Fr...

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San Francisco's magnificent City Hall and Hall of Records, destroyed b...

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Y.M.C.A. bldg., Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library

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Hiberian Bank, Stereoscope Card.19th century. Boston Public Library C...

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St. John's Church from Mission Street

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Dead cattle on Mission Street, Stereoscope Card

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Ruined palaces on Van Ness Ave., wiped out by the fire and earthquake ...

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Bound for the ferry after the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire disast...

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San Francisco disaster, victims leaving town with bag and baggage

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Bird's eye view of city from Nob Hill

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Tent-camp in Golden Gate Park - stereoscopic view, public domain photo...

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From Ferry Bldg. Tower up Market St., after the greatest of modern dis...

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Gathering a few home relics at the ruins of the Wenban Palace, Van Nes...

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