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1.
1939 Worlds Fair on San Francisco Bay.

Creator:
Schmidt Litho. Co. (San Francisco, Calif.)
Shawl, Nyeland & Seavey
Published / Created:
c1937
Call Number:
BrSides Zc72 937sh
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Golden Gate International Exposition
Publisher:
Schmidt Litho. Co
Subject (Geographic):
San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.)
Subject (Topic):
Airplanes, Exhibition buildings, Ships, Suspension bridges, and World's fairs
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > 1939 Worlds Fair on San Francisco Bay.

2.
A cartograph of Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay.

Creator:
San Francisco Bay Exposition Company
White, Ruth Taylor
Published / Created:
c1939
Call Number:
BrSides Zc72 939wh
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
An aerial panorama of the exposition grounds, with a portion of San Francisco in the foreground and whimsical sea monsters, whales, and boats in the water around the island.
Alternative Title:
Golden Gate International Exposition
Publisher:
San Francisco Bay Exposition
Subject (Geographic):
Oakland (Calif.), San Francisco (Calif.), and San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (Oakland and San Francisco, Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.)
Subject (Topic):
Airplanes, Boats, Ships, and World's fairs
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A cartograph of Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay.

3.
A typical Japanese feudal castle has been erected on Treasure island at the cost of 500,000 yen by

Published / Created:
[1939]
Call Number:
GEN MSS 734
Collection Title:
Golden Gate international exposition
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Description:
Caption in English and Japanese.
Subject (Geographic):
San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.)
Subject (Topic):
Worlds fairs--California--San Francisco--1939-1940
Collection Created:
San Francisco : Japanese Committee for the Golden Gate International Expositionate, 1939]
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A typical Japanese feudal castle has been erected on Treasure island at the cost of 500,000 yen by the Japanese government

4.
Are you ""Pacific coasting"" this year?

Creator:
Mannings Coffee Cafes
Schueler, Dorner Turner, 1904-1986
Published / Created:
[1939?]
Call Number:
BrSides Zc72 939ar
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
At-a-glance guide to San Francisco and the bay area, Eat at Mannings, and In San Francisco and other coast cities, eat at Mannings.
Description:
Affixed to poster is a folded brochure, measuring 22 x 10 cm., with title: At-a-glance guide to San Francisco and the bay area with direct routes to the Golden Gate International Exposition, California Worlds Fair, on Treasure Island, 1939 / complimen...
Publisher:
Velvetone
Subject (Geographic):
Pacific Coast (U.S.) and San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.)
Subject (Topic):
Advertisements, Architecture, Boats and boating, Exhibition buildings, and World's fairs
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Are you ""Pacific coasting"" this year?

5.
Bird's eye view of the city & county of San Francisco, 1868 [cartographic material].

Creator:
W. Vallance Gray & C.B. Gifford
Published / Created:
1868 [1972?]
Call Number:
WA Prints +120
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
cartographic image
Alternative Title:
Bird's eye view of the city and county of San Francisco, 1868
Description:
BEIN WA Prints +120: Imperfect: Accompanying "Key to view of San Francisco" wanting.
Publisher:
American West
Subject (Geographic):
San Francisco (Calif.), California, and San Francisco.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Bird's eye view of the city & county of San Francisco, 1868 [cartographic material].

6.
California--will welcome you and yours in 1939, at the Golden Gate International Exposition, a

Published / Created:
1936?]
Call Number:
BrSides Zc72 936ca
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Panoramic aerial view of San Francisco, Oakland, Treasure Island with proposed exposition buildings, and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, with several large ships in the bay
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc72 936ca: Hand-colored. From the library of Alfred Heller.
Publisher:
s.n.
Subject (Geographic):
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (Oakland and San Francisco, Calif.), Oakland (Calif.), and San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Golden Gate International Exposition
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > California--will welcome you and yours in 1939, at the Golden Gate International Exposition, a pageant of the Pacific to celebrate completion of these mighty bridges [graphic]

7.
Diario que escrivio el P.P. Fr. Juan Riobó missionero apostolico de este colegio de San Fernando

Creator:
Riobó, Juan
Call Number:
WA MSS S-837 R4761
Image Count:
12
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Juan Riobó's diary describes his 1779 expedition from San Blas, Mexico up the west coast of Baja California to discover a Northwest passage. The diary describes local Indians (without identifying them) and the terrain. This item appears to be a conte...
Description:
Fray Juan Riobó was chaplain of the frigates la Princesa and la Favorita on a voyage under the command of Ignacio Arteaga to discover a Northwest passage north of San Francisco.
Subject (Geographic):
Mendocino, Cape (Calif.), Northwest Passage--Discovery and exploration, San Blas (Mexico), and San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Riobo, Juan
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--California and Voyages and travels--History--19th century
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Diario que escrivio el P.P. Fr. Juan Riobó missionero apostolico de este colegio de San Fernando de Mejico en el viage que hizo desde San Blas para el descubrimento del Paso del Norte, año de 1779.

8.
Diary of a voyage from New York to California and return trip by train, 1874-1875

Call Number:
WA MSS S-1415
Container / Volume:
Box 1
Image Count:
79
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
The diary records an 1874 voyage from New York via Panama to California. The unidentified author describes the weather, the ship's progress, shipboard life, Aspinwall (Colón), Panama, the train trip across the Isthmus, the landscape and villages, Aca...
Subject (Geographic):
Nevada., United States., West (U.S.), Acapulco (Mexico), Colón (Panama), California, Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.), Nevada, Panama, Salt Lake City (Utah), and San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Central Pacific Railroad Company., Colon (Steamship), Montana (Steamship), Panama Railroad Co., and Union Pacific Railroad Company.
Subject (Topic):
Agriculture, Alfalfa, Railroad travel, and Description and travel
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Diary of a voyage from New York to California and return trip by train, 1874-1875

9.
Elbert P. Jones real estate papers : San Francisco, California, 1847-1851

Creator:
Jones, Elbert P.
Call Number:
WA MSS S-1944
Image Count:
41
Abstract:
Sixty-three documents relating to real estate transactions of Elbert P. Jones in San Francisco, California, between 1847 and 1851. The papers include thirty printed bonds and receipts issued by the Town of San Francisco and completed in manuscript an...
Subject (Geographic):
California, San Francisco., and San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Canty, Jeremiah., Eddy, William M., Hyde, George, 1819-1890., Jones, Elbert P., Leidesdorff, William Alexander, 1809 or 10-1848., O'Farrell, Jasper., Parker, William C., and Stevenson, J. D. 1800-1894. (Jonathan Drake),
Subject (Topic):
Real property
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Elbert P. Jones real estate papers : San Francisco, California, 1847-1851

10.
Execution of Casey & Cora, by the San Francisco Vigilance Committee, May 22d. 1856

Published / Created:
[1856?]
Call Number:
WA Prints 397
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A large crowd looks across an open space to a row of commercial buildings where, in the distance, two men can be seen hanging
Alternative Title:
Execution of Casey and Cora, by the San Francisco Vigilance Committee
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by Britton & Rey
Subject (Geographic):
California, San Francisco, and San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Casey, James P., Cora, Charles, and San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856.
Subject (Topic):
Death & burial and Hanging
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Execution of Casey & Cora, by the San Francisco Vigilance Committee, May 22d. 1856

11.
Execution of Hetherington and Brace, the murderers of Baldwin, Randall, West and Marion, July 29th

Published / Created:
[1856?]
Call Number:
WA Prints 403
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a large square overlooked by a row of buildings, a central gallows is surrounded by large numbers of armed men in guard-like rows, behind whom crowds are massed. The hanging has already occurred; the two condemned men's bodies, with hoods over thei...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Lith. & pub. by Britton & Rey
Subject (Geographic):
California, San Francisco, and San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Hetherington, Joseph, 1820?-1856, Brace, Philander, -1856, and San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856.
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial, Executions and executioners, Hanging, and Gallows
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Execution of Hetherington and Brace, the murderers of Baldwin, Randall, West and Marion, July 29th, 1856

12.
Fort Vigilant : rooms of the Committee Sacramento St. betn. Davis & Front. : mass meeting endorsing

Creator:
Britton & Rey, lithographer
Published / Created:
[1856?]
Call Number:
WA Prints 401
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image and text
Abstract:
A sheet with two vignettes. The first, at top, "Rooms of the Committee Sacramento St. betn. Davis & Front," shows building facades on Sacramento Street. Activities include the shoring of a bunker and gathering of ammunition. Men stand ready with canno...
Description:
Title from caption at top of sheet.
Publisher:
Britton and Rey
Subject (Geographic):
San Francisco (Calif.), California, and San Francisco.
Subject (Name):
San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856.
Subject (Topic):
Crime and Vigilance committees
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Fort Vigilant : rooms of the Committee Sacramento St. betn. Davis & Front. : mass meeting endorsing the acts of the Vigilance Committe June 14th

13.
Fort Vigilant Rooms of the committee Sacramento St. betn. Davis & Front. : Mass meeting endorsing

Creator:
Britton & Rey, lithographer
Published / Created:
1856]
Call Number:
WA Prints 402 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Subject: Two vignettes: The first, at top, "Rooms of the Committee Sacramento St. betn. Davis & Front" shows building facades on Sacramento Street. Activities include the shoring of a bunker and gathering of ammunition. Men stand ready with cannons on...
Description:
BEIN WA Prints 402 Copy 2: Manuscript note at top: "Received Tuesday July 15, 1886."
Publisher:
Britton & Rey
Subject (Geographic):
California, San Francisco., and San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856.
Subject (Topic):
Crime and Vigilance committees
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Fort Vigilant Rooms of the committee Sacramento St. betn. Davis & Front. : Mass meeting endorsing the acts of the Vigilance Committe[e] June 14th. / [graphic]

14.
Fort Vigilant Rooms of the committee Sacramento St. betn. Davis & Front. : Mass meeting endorsing

Creator:
Britton & Rey, lithographer
Published / Created:
1856]
Call Number:
WA Prints 402 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Subject: Two vignettes: The first, at top, "Rooms of the Committee Sacramento St. betn. Davis & Front" shows building facades on Sacramento Street. Activities include the shoring of a bunker and gathering of ammunition. Men stand ready with cannons on...
Description:
BEIN WA Prints 402 Copy 2: Manuscript note at top: "Received Tuesday July 15, 1886."
Publisher:
Britton & Rey
Subject (Geographic):
California, San Francisco., and San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1856.
Subject (Topic):
Crime and Vigilance committees
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Fort Vigilant Rooms of the committee Sacramento St. betn. Davis & Front. : Mass meeting endorsing the acts of the Vigilance Committe[e] June 14th. / [graphic]

15.
Golden Gate International Exposition on San Francisco Bay [graphic].

Published / Created:
1936?]
Call Number:
BrSides Zc72 936go
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
Panoramic view of San Francisco Bay, including Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, Treasure Island, Oakland, and San Francisco
Alternative Title:
Bardell panorama of San Francisco and Oakland
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc72 936go: From the library of Alfred Heller.
Publisher:
J.C. Bardell?
Subject (Geographic):
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (Oakland and San Francisco, Calif.), Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco, Calif.), California, San Francisco, San Francisco (Calif.), and Oakland (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Golden Gate International Exposition
Subject (Topic):
Bridges
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Golden Gate International Exposition on San Francisco Bay [graphic].

17.
James D. Hutton collection of drawings and photographs

Creator:
Hutton, James D.
Published / Created:
1857-1864.
Call Number:
WA MSS S-2403
Image Count:
37
Abstract:
Four salted paper prints made during the Raynolds expedition of 1859-1860 depicting Laramie Hills with tipis in the foreground; a fort, possibly Fort Union; two sets of group portraits of Arapahos, one of them of Arapaho chiefs Eagle Head, Split-nose,...
Description:
James D. Hutton headed the photographic unit of the 1856-1860 expedition led by Captain William Franklin Raynolds to the Yellowstone and the Wind River Mountains.
Subject (Geographic):
Fort Union (N.D.), San Francisco (Calif.), Wind River Range (Wyo.), and Wyoming
Subject (Name):
Hutton, Wm. R. 1826-1901. (William Rich),, Ingle, R. W., artist., and Raynolds, W. F. 1820-1894. (William Franklin),
Subject (Topic):
Arapaho Indians and Indians of North America
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > James D. Hutton collection of drawings and photographs

18.
Jesse H. Leonard papers, 1860-1900

Creator:
Leonard, Jesse H. (Jesse Hoyt). 1862-1956
Call Number:
WA MSS S-2361
Container / Volume:
Box 3
Image Count:
4
Abstract:
The papers consist chiefly of correspondence, 1884-1893, but also include a photograph album, Jesse Leonard's diary for 1883, and a few other papers. About half the letters are business correspondence between Jacob, Jesse, and Alden Leonard, their Hea...
Description:
Jesse H. Leonard was the son of Jacob Leonard of Albany, New York. He may have attended Columbia University. In the early 1880s, the Leonard family formed the Leonard Park Land and Cattle Company, with offices in Albany and Colorado. Its president w...
Subject (Geographic):
Colorado., Utah., Utah, Green River (Utah), Antelope Island (Utah), Colorado, Mesa County (Colo.), Grand Junction (Colo.), Monterey (Calif.), San Francisco (Calif.), Albany (N.Y.), and United States
Subject (Name):
Leonard, Alden., Leonard, Jacob., Leonard, Jesse H. (Jesse Hoyt)., Leonard Park Land and Cattle Company., Scott, S. W., and Young, Grace.
Subject (Topic):
Ranching, Ranch life, Cattle, Marking, Horses, Mines and mineral resources, Real property, Indians of North America, Ute Indians, Social life and customs, Courtship, History, and Love-letters
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Jesse H. Leonard papers, 1860-1900

19.
Jesse H. Leonard papers, 1860-1900

Creator:
Leonard, Jesse H. (Jesse Hoyt). 1862-1956
Call Number:
WA MSS S-2361
Container / Volume:
Box 2
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
The papers consist chiefly of correspondence, 1884-1893, but also include a photograph album, Jesse Leonard's diary for 1883, and a few other papers. About half the letters are business correspondence between Jacob, Jesse, and Alden Leonard, their Hea...
Description:
Jesse H. Leonard was the son of Jacob Leonard of Albany, New York. He may have attended Columbia University. In the early 1880s, the Leonard family formed the Leonard Park Land and Cattle Company, with offices in Albany and Colorado. Its president w...
Subject (Geographic):
Colorado., Utah., Utah, Green River (Utah), Antelope Island (Utah), Colorado, Mesa County (Colo.), Grand Junction (Colo.), Monterey (Calif.), San Francisco (Calif.), Albany (N.Y.), and United States
Subject (Name):
Leonard, Alden., Leonard, Jacob., Leonard, Jesse H. (Jesse Hoyt)., Leonard Park Land and Cattle Company., Scott, S. W., and Young, Grace.
Subject (Topic):
Ranching, Ranch life, Cattle, Marking, Horses, Mines and mineral resources, Real property, Indians of North America, Ute Indians, Social life and customs, Courtship, History, and Love-letters
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Jesse H. Leonard papers, 1860-1900

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