PART 2.1

"Historic California Bear Flag as photographed in 1890. This flag, raised at Sonoma on June 14, 1846, was in the possession of the Society of California Pioneers at the time of the 1906 Great Earthquake and Fire, and burned during the conflagration.... According to the California Blue Book: 'The flag was designed by William Todd on a piece of new unbleached cotton. The star imitated the lone star of Texas. A grizzly bear represented the many bears seen in the state. The word, "California Republic" was placed beneath the star and bear. The Bear Flag was replaced by the American flag. It was adopted by the 1911 State Legislature as the State Flag." (Museum of the City of San Francisco) (vco72408)

Cave Johnson Couts (1821-1874). "Tennessee-born veteran of the Mexican War who surveyed and mapped pueblo lands, started a refugee camp for people stranded on their way to the gold fields, and presided over Rancho Guajome ... Cave. J. Couts as a lieutenant of Dragoons. The portrait was probably the work of one of several daguerreotypists who followed the Army from Mexico. Frontispiece portrait." (California Faces: Selections from the Bancroft Library Portrait Collection, Bancroft Library, University California at Berkeley) (vco0027)

Detail of vc20064: Cave Johnson Couts (California Faces: Selections from the Bancroft Library Portrait Collection, Bancroft Library, University California at Berkeley)

Detail of vc20064: Cave Johnson Couts (California Faces: Selections from the Bancroft Library Portrait Collection, Bancroft Library, University California at Berkeley)

Sutter's Fort, 1849, by George Victor Cooper, lithographed by John Cameron and G.W. Lewis (Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material, The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (cc102/u3p108)

J.H. Pierce, "Portrait of J.A. Sutter 1852" (Framed Items from the Collections of The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (vco3311f)

Samuel Brannan (1819-1889). "Convert to Mormonism who was charged with settling the first Mormon colony outside the U.S. Brannan landed his settlers in Yerba Buena (now San Francisco), where he established a flour mill and newspaper, and heralded the discovery of gold in San Francisco. His drinking left him ostracized from the Mormon community and he died poor and forgotten." (California Faces: Selections from the Bancroft Library Portrait Collection, Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (vco0019)

Patrick Breen (c. 1805-1868). "Irish-born member of the ill-fated Donner Party who recorded his experiences at Donner Lake in a diary." (California Faces: Selections from the Bancroft Library Portrait Collection, Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (vco0020)

John Charles Frémont (1813-1890). "Explorer of pre-statehood California who helped lead the Bear Flag Revolt, was a major in the Mexican War, was named California's military governor, became a U.S. Senator (1850-1851), ran for the presidency as an antislavery Republican (1856), and was a general in the Civil War." (California Faces: Selections from the Bancroft Library Portrait Collection, Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (vco0032)

L.N Rosenthal, lithographer, Fremont polka, Fremont march, Fremont schottish, c. 1856 (Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material, The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (cc210/u3p201)

"Kearny, Stephen Watts, 1794-1848. Infantry lieutenant in the War of 1812 who went on to command the Army of the West in 1846, then served as military governor of New Mexico. He later became civil governor of Vera Cruz and Mexico City ... from an original daguerreotype. Engraved by Y.B. Welch, expressly for Graham's Magazine. Peter A. Juley & Son, photographers." (California Faces: Selections from The Bancroft Library Portrait Collection, Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (vco53002)

"Queen of Clippers," after 1839, Nathaniel Currier, lithographer and publisher. (Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material, Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (vco81324)

Saint Francis Hotel, Corner of Clay and Dupont Streets, San Francisco, 1849, by Harrison Eastman (Oakland Museum of California/Crocker Art Museum) (vco81302)

California miner with shovel; quarter-plate (The Daguerreian Society, www.daguerre.org) (vco72401)

"Panning Gold, California, 1849," by William McIlvaine, watercolor and pencil on paper. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) (vco81305)

"Representation of the dream of a prospecting miner," apparently engraved by F. Hedge between 1848 and 1860. (Oakland Museum of California) (vco81328)

"California gold diggers, mining operations on the western shore of the Sacramento River," Kelloggs & Comstock, publisher Ensign & Thayer, between 1849 and 1852. (Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material, Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (vco81308)

"A Charming Girl of New-York in the Gold Region." In the caption, the miner says, "I am almost exhausted my dear dear Mary! I cannot do more. Truly it is to [sic] much work for such a miserable little hole!!!" The "charming girl" says "Dig dig dear John, for you must know that a little hole in the Gold Region Cost [sic] a great deal more than a large one in New-York. go ahead, John dig-on." Artist unknown, circa 1849. (Oakland Museum of California) (vco81329)

William H. O'Grady, "View of Downieville, Forks of the North Yuba River after 1849" (Framed Items from the Collections of The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (vco3311j)

Detail of vc20026: William H. O'Grady, "View of Downieville, Forks of the North Yuba River after 1849" (Framed Items from the Collections of The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley)

San Diego in 1850 by C.G. Conts, lithograph by Britton & Rey (Oakland Museum of California) (vco81314)

"Ships loading at wharves in San Francisco," about 1850, from the exhibit "Westward by Sea: A Maritime Perspective on American Expansion, 1820-1890." (Mystic Seaport Museum, G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic, Connecticut) (vco61027}

"Gambling scene," about 1850, artist unknown." (Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material, Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley, BANC PIC 1963.002:0293-B) (vco61012)

	"Historic California Bear Flag as photographed in 1890. This flag, raised at Sonoma on June 14, 1846, was in the possession of the Society of California Pioneers at the time of the 1906 Great Earthquake and Fire, and burned during the conflagration.... According to the California Blue Book: 'The flag was designed by William Todd on a piece of new unbleached cotton. The star imitated the lone star of Texas. A grizzly bear represented the many bears seen in the state. The word, "California Republic" was placed beneath the star and bear. The Bear Flag was replaced by the American flag. It was adopted by the 1911 State Legislature as the State Flag." (Museum of the City of San Francisco) (vco72408)
	Cave Johnson Couts (1821-1874). "Tennessee-born veteran of the Mexican War who surveyed and mapped pueblo lands, started a refugee camp for people stranded on their way to the gold fields, and presided over Rancho Guajome ... Cave. J. Couts as a lieutenant of Dragoons. The portrait was probably the work of one of several daguerreotypists who followed the Army from Mexico. Frontispiece portrait." (California Faces: Selections from the Bancroft Library Portrait Collection, Bancroft Library, University California at Berkeley) (vco0027)
	Detail of vc20064: Cave Johnson Couts (California Faces: Selections from the Bancroft Library Portrait Collection, Bancroft Library, University California at Berkeley)
	Detail of vc20064: Cave Johnson Couts (California Faces: Selections from the Bancroft Library Portrait Collection, Bancroft Library, University California at Berkeley)
	Sutter's Fort, 1849, by George Victor Cooper, lithographed by John Cameron and G.W. Lewis (Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material, The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (cc102/u3p108)
	J.H. Pierce, "Portrait of J.A. Sutter 1852" (Framed Items from the Collections of The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (vco3311f)
	Samuel Brannan (1819-1889). "Convert to Mormonism who was charged with settling the first Mormon colony outside the U.S. Brannan landed his settlers in Yerba Buena (now San Francisco), where he established a flour mill and newspaper, and heralded the discovery of gold in San Francisco. His drinking left him ostracized from the Mormon community and he died poor and forgotten." (California Faces: Selections from the Bancroft Library Portrait Collection, Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (vco0019)
	Patrick Breen (c. 1805-1868). "Irish-born member of the ill-fated Donner Party who recorded his experiences at Donner Lake in a diary." (California Faces: Selections from the Bancroft Library Portrait Collection, Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (vco0020)
	John Charles Frémont (1813-1890). "Explorer of pre-statehood California who helped lead the Bear Flag Revolt, was a major in the Mexican War, was named California's military governor, became a U.S. Senator (1850-1851), ran for the presidency as an antislavery Republican (1856), and was a general in the Civil War." (California Faces: Selections from the Bancroft Library Portrait Collection, Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (vco0032)
	L.N Rosenthal, lithographer, Fremont polka, Fremont march, Fremont schottish, c. 1856 (Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material, The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (cc210/u3p201)
	"Kearny, Stephen Watts, 1794-1848. Infantry lieutenant in the War of 1812 who went on to command the Army of the West in 1846, then served as military governor of New Mexico. He later became civil governor of Vera Cruz and Mexico City ... from an original daguerreotype. Engraved by Y.B. Welch, expressly for Graham's Magazine. Peter A. Juley & Son, photographers." (California Faces: Selections from The Bancroft Library Portrait Collection, Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (vco53002)
	"Queen of Clippers," after 1839, Nathaniel Currier, lithographer and publisher. (Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material, Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (vco81324)
	Saint Francis Hotel, Corner of Clay and Dupont Streets, San Francisco, 1849, by Harrison Eastman (Oakland Museum of California/Crocker Art Museum) (vco81302)
	California miner with shovel; quarter-plate (The Daguerreian Society, www.daguerre.org) (vco72401)
	"Panning Gold, California, 1849," by William McIlvaine, watercolor and pencil on paper. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) (vco81305)
	"Representation of the dream of a prospecting miner," apparently engraved by F. Hedge between 1848 and 1860. (Oakland Museum of California) (vco81328)
	"California gold diggers, mining operations on the western shore of the Sacramento River," Kelloggs & Comstock, publisher Ensign & Thayer, between 1849 and 1852. (Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material, Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (vco81308)
	"A Charming Girl of New-York in the Gold Region." In the caption, the miner says, "I am almost exhausted my dear dear Mary! I cannot do more. Truly it is to [sic] much work for such a miserable little hole!!!" The "charming girl" says "Dig dig dear John, for you must know that a little hole in the Gold Region Cost [sic] a great deal more than a large one in New-York. go ahead, John dig-on." Artist unknown, circa 1849. (Oakland Museum of California) (vco81329)
	William H. O'Grady, "View of Downieville, Forks of the North Yuba River after 1849" (Framed Items from the Collections of The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley) (vco3311j)
	Detail of vc20026: William H. O'Grady, "View of Downieville, Forks of the North Yuba River after 1849" (Framed Items from the Collections of The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley)
	San Diego in 1850 by C.G. Conts, lithograph by Britton & Rey (Oakland Museum of California) (vco81314)
	"Ships loading at wharves in San Francisco," about 1850, from the exhibit "Westward by Sea: A Maritime Perspective on American Expansion, 1820-1890." (Mystic Seaport Museum, G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic, Connecticut) (vco61027}
	"Gambling scene," about 1850, artist unknown." (Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material, Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley, BANC PIC 1963.002:0293-B) (vco61012)