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Sainsevain Native California

Date: 1868

Caption: "A Nebraska Corn Bin, Many of These are Seen in Iowa and Eastern Nebraska. Sept. 27, 1934." A simple corn crib in Nebraska, where the corn ears are contained by wire fencing and sheltered by a gabled roof.

Date: 9/27/1934

Enterprise Brewing Co.

Date: 1896

Image withheld due to copyright considerations. For more information, please contact the California State Archives Reference Desk at ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov or (916) 653-2246. Image is a map of the United States showing "Our 1934 United States Automobile Tour. Traveled 10,000 miles -- May 14 to Oct 9.th. Note the Blue Line for Route of Travel." The blue line stretches from San Francisco to Los Angeles, then along the southern portion of the U.S. into Florida, south to Havana, and then north along the East Coast until heading east from Boston. The route skirted the Great Lakes then struck out across the Great Plains, Colorado, and Nevada, before ending in San Francisco to complete the loop.

Date: 1934

Scott Bro's Yeast

Date: 1885

Caption: "Suwannee River -- Florida, June 23, 1934." William and Grace McCarthy posing beneath a sign reading "'Way Down Upon The Suwannee River', Stephen Foster," referring to the minstrel song written by Foster in 1851. The Suwannee River flows by in the background.

Date: 6/23/1934

Caption: "Independence Hall -- Phila. July 31, 1934." A view of the steeple and bell tower of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, site of the debate over and signing of both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. Completed in 1753 for the use of the Pennsylvania Province's colonial legislature, it was also the site of a 1915 convention marking the formation of the League to Enforce Peace, predecessor entity to the United Nations. The Georgian-style building, designed by Edmund Woolley and Andrew Hamilton, has undergone several renovations. Only the central portion of the building is original -- all other portions of the building have been rebuilt at some point in its past. This building also housed the Liberty Bell until 1976, when the bell was moved to the Liberty Bell Center across the street.

Date: 7/31/1934

Barlings Ague Derringer

Date: 1879

Condor Bakers Extra Flour

Date: 1900

The Census of 1852 collection includes enumerations of California's 32 counties, arranged into 126 volumes. Schedule I enumerated the county's inhabitants, while schedule II enurmerated economic production. Many pages of this volume are damaged.

Date: 1852