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Artist unknown: Indian rancheria, Yuba City, possibly from
Illustrated Placer Times & Transcript
(Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material, The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (cc110/u3p101)
Artist unknown, portrait of Indian girl, handwritten title "Indienne Californienne du Sud, 16 ans," c. 1850s (Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material, The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (cc111/u3p203)
Sir Francis Drake, "English-born navigator who set out to sail around the world, got stuck while looking for the Strait of Anián, and docked somewhere along the coast near San Francisco; he claimed the land for England and then continued sailing westward. His California exploits led the Spanish to more seriously consider the region for settlement." (California Faces: Selections from the Bancroft Library Portrait Collection, Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (vco0031)
America Septentrionalis, Jan Jansson, Amsterdam, 1636. This map is said to have been important in perpetuating the idea that California was an island. (Barry Lawrence Ruderman, Old Historic Maps & Prints, www.raremaps.com, #0074) (vomap002)
José Cardero, The reception of Jean-Francois de la Perouse at Mission Carmel in 1786 (Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material, The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (cc109/u3p105)
Detail of vc10030: José Cardero, The reception of Jean-Francois de la Perouse at Mission Carmel in 1786 (Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material, The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley)
Detail of vc10030: José Cardero, The reception of Jean-Francois de la Perouse at Mission Carmel in 1786 (Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material, The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley)
Wilhelm Gottlief Tilesius von Tilenau: Dance of Indians at Mission in San Jose, New California, c. 1803 to 1807 (Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material, The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (cc107/u3p102)
Ludwig Choris, Dance of native Californians at San Francisco de Assis Mission, California, 1816 (Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material, The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (cc104)
Detail of vc10042: Ludwig Choris, Dance of native Californians at San Francisco de Assis Mission, California, 1816 (Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material, The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley)
Ludwig Choris, War dance costumes of the inhabitants of California, 1816 (Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material, The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (cc105/u3p106)
Detail of vc10043: Ludwig Choris, War dance costumes of the inhabitants of California, 1816 (Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material, The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley)
José Cardero, View of Monterey Presidio, California (Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material, The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (cc108/u3p103)
Manuel Micheltorena (California Faces: Selections from the Bancroft Library Portrait Collection, Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (u3p107)
California vaqueros, returned from the chase," c. 1854, by Harrison Eastman, engraver Anthony & Baker (Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material, The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (u3p104)
La Purissima [i.e. La Purisima]: Groundplan of mission and outbuildings [with sketch of mission in 1824]. Kindly given by Genl. M.G. Vallejo, Oct. 15, 1878. Thankfully acknowledged by E.V. Date: 1878? (Mission Era: California Under Spain and Mexico and Reminiscences, ca. 1850-1878, Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (vco33111)
Richard Henry Dana (1815-1882), shown in 1842. "A sailor in his youth, Dana wrote articles such as `Cruelty to Seamen' (1839) and the account of his time at sea,
Two Years Before the Mast
, before he went on to become a lawyer who defended fugitive slaves." (California Faces: Selections from the Bancroft Library Portrait Collection, Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (vco0028)
Juan Bautista Alvarado (1809-1882). "12th Mexican governor of California (1836-1842), a native-born Californian, who aimed at establishing a state free of Mexican rules and ties." (California Faces: Selections from the Bancroft Library Portrait Collection, Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (vco0018)
Pío Pico 1801-1894. "5th and last Mexican governor of Alta California (1832 and 1845-1846) who followed the ousting of Micheltorena and set up his administration in Los Angeles. The Americans defeated the Mexicans and took hold of California, driving Pico into exile in Mexico." (California Faces: Selections from The Bancroft Library Portrait Collection, Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (vco53017)
José Castro -- "8th Mexican governor of California (1835-1836) who was active in Alta California's political and military events, he was a military chief who defeated Pío Pico and overthrew Governor Micheltorena, and was California's military commander from 1845-1846, after which he was forced to retreat to Mexico. Photo by Arnold, 1526 Park St., Alameda." (California Faces: Selections from the Bancroft Library Portrait Collection, Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (vco0026)
"Ex-Mission and church of Santa Clara, the site of the present Jesuit College. From an old photograph aided by personal recollection 1842. "After-Mass" Holiday-gathering of rancheros, and the family-oxcart (cf. Vischer Missions no. 3)." (Mission Era: California Under Spain and Mexico and Reminiscences, ca. 1850-1878, Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (vco3311x)
Detail of vc10047: "Ex-Mission and church of Santa Clara, the site of the present Jesuit College. From an old photograph aided by personal recollection 1842. "After-Mass" Holiday-gathering of rancheros, and the family-oxcart (cf. Vischer Missions no. 3)." (Mission Era: California Under Spain and Mexico and Reminiscences, ca. 1850-1878, Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley)
"A reminiscense [sic] of 1842: Bullfight, (after high mass) at the Mission Dolores. In celebration of the Patron Saint San Francisco de Asis. (cf. Vischer Missions no. 2). Date: 1876" (Mission Era: California Under Spain and Mexico and Reminiscences, ca. 1850-1878, Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (vco3311w)
"Detail of vc10049: A reminiscense [sic] of 1842: Bullfight, (after high mass) at the Mission Dolores. In celebration of the Patron Saint San Francisco de Asis. (cf. Vischer Missions no. 2). Date: 1876" (Mission Era: California Under Spain and Mexico and Reminiscences, ca. 1850-1878, Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley)
(1841/2.) Cliff-passage south of San Juan Capistrano. A cavalcade in the times of Duflot de Mofras and Ferndo. Deppe. Reminiscenses [sic] of 1842; addenda of 1876. (cf. Vischer Pictorial p. 95). Date: 1876 (Framed Items from the Collections of The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (vco33113)
"Mission Dolores. Early 1850s." (Roy D. Graves Pictorial Collection, Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (vco3311k)
"Outskirts of the town San Luis Obispo. Barrio del Tigre (Tiger-town). (Haunts of the native and Indian population in the old mission outbuildings.) Date: 1865" (Mission Era: California Under Spain and Mexico and Reminiscences, ca. 1850-1878, Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (vco3311v)
Detail of vc10049:"Outskirts of the town San Luis Obispo. Barrio del Tigre (Tiger-town). (Haunts of the native and Indian population in the old mission outbuildings.) Date: 1865" (Mission Era: California Under Spain and Mexico and Reminiscences, ca. 1850-1878, Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley)
"South view of the town, with the church and mission-buildings of San Buena Ventura. A cavalcade of the Good Olden Times. F.G. Becher and Alfred Robinson, on a trip northward, with vaqueros and remonta from the Missn. of San Gabriel. Mission San Buenaventura founded in 1782. (cf. Vischer Pictorial no. 110; Vischer Missions no. 11) Date: May 1865" (Mission Era: California Under Spain and Mexico and Reminiscences, ca. 1850-1878, Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (vco3311y)
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