Watkins Stereoview Titles
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Telegraph Hill | ||||
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 Mechanics Institute |
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Golden Gate, San Francisco | ||||
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 Summer House Manufactured by H.T. Graves, 412 Clay St., California Wire Works |
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South Park, San Francisco | ||||
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 Exhibitor: Mr. P.J. Devine. Exhibit notes: “Mr. P.J Devine's marble bust of a child is very meritorious, and in the opinion of the committee, his is the best plaster bust of the late Rev. Thomas Starr King which has yet been exhibited.” |
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 Exhibitor: Mrs. J.B. Harmstead. Exhibit notes: “Mrs. J.B. Harmstead has a fine and very extensive collection of wax works, comprising, among other subjects, some exquisite imitations of the ornate and delicate Parian Wares.” |
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 Exhibitor: Mr J.R. Nickerson. Exhibit notes: “Mr. Nickerson is entitled to the Premium for the largest exhibit of fruit and the best dried fruits.”, Text of sign: “Visitors are requested not to handle these goods” |
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 Exhibitor: Madame Pauline Verdier (French milliner), Text of sign: “Bonnets and Headdresses”. |
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 Exhibitor: P. Mezzara |
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 Exhibitor: San Francisco Pioneer Woolen Factory. Exhibit notes: “Your committee would also award a special premium to the Pioneer Mills for their manufacture of undershirts and drawers, although no competition was made.” |
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 Exhibitor: San Francisco Pioneer Woolen Factory - Woolen goods: blankets, clothing. |
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 Exhibitor: J.C. Meyer – Imported furs, Exhibit notes: “Although the exhibition of Furs was made chiefly by two contributors, it was altogether the bigest and finest ever offered at any Fair in the State.” |
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 Exhibitor: Messrs. McLennan & Grisar, Messrs. Clark & Perkins – Wool packed for shipment. Fireworks displayed on wall. Exhibit notes: “Wool... should be packed for transportation to a distant market in the most compact and substantial manner possible, the advantages gained being a savings in bulk, less susceptibility to damage and a decreased rate of freight.” |
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647 |
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 Exhibitor: Pioneer Woolen Mills, Exhibit notes: “fifteen varieties of Blankets, eight varieties of Cassimeres, six varieties of Flannels, Sluice Blankets, Under Shirts, Drawers, etc.” |
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648 |
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 Various exhibitors: James R. Nickerson, T. Delpiox, Mark Forney, Mssrs. L.F. Sanderson & Co, and others. Exhibited: Apples, pears, grapes, figs, plums, pomegranates, quinces, peaches, plums, cherries, blackberries, raspberries. |
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 Exhibitor: C.M. Main, Text of sign: “an Electric Clock, running with a regulator on Montomery St rear...” |
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 Exhibition catalog: “The great California Cheese (weighing 3,936 pounds) made and donated by the Steele Brothers, of Santa Cruz, to the U.S. Sanitary Commission and Mrs. Holland's skating gallery, were exhibited at a special charge and realized considerable benefits to the fund of that noble national charity.” |
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 Exhibitor: Roos & Wunderlich. “Local dealers in engravings and artists' materials... Among the reproductions were popular works by Fredric Church, including an engraving of his South America painting “Heart of the Andes” which had caused a sensation at its New York unveiling in 1859.” (from Mechanics' Institute Library notes) |
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 Exhibitors: Eureka Soap Company, San Francisco; Steele & Co., San Francisco: assortment of trunks, valises, traveling bags, etc; James Longshore, San Francisco: Leather trunks and valises. |
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 Exhibitor: R.G. Gelieu – Exhibit notes: Samples of California manufactured smoking and chewing tobacco and snuff. Also pictured – misc. wines and liquors, salt. |
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 Exhibitor: Mr. Norcross – Fringes, Cords, Tassels, Buttons, etc. Regalia, Flags, Banners, etc. Received award for gold and silver embroidery on Regalia and Military goods. |
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 Exhibitor: Clark & Perkins – Wool samples, fleeces, pressed wool. |
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 Exhibitor: San Francisco and Pacific Refinery. Exhibit notes: “...samples of sugar in the raw state and in all the intermediate conditions up to the refined loaves tastefully (as the juveniles will all testify) and effectively arranged...” |
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 Furniture and cabinet work. Note: C.E. Watkins photographic display is partially visible in the background. |
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 Exhibitor: D. Ghirardelli & Co. - Importers, jobbers, and manufacturers of chocolate and coffee. Exhibit notes: “samples of prepared coffee, Chocolate, and various Cocoa preparations.” |
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 Exhibitor: Main & Winchester. Exhibit notes: "...manufacture a very great variety of superb harness, saddles, bridles and martingales, Kersey horse dresses, military horse equipments, whips, stocks, lashes, etc., which for elegance of finish and richness of style defy competition with the world.” |
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661 |
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 Stuffed bird |
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 Exhibitor: Pacific Glass Company. Exhibit notes: “... a series of terraces rising to a height of fourteen feet, filled with a great variety of wine, soda, sauce and mustard bottles, pickle and fruit jars, prescription phials, lamp chimneys, etc., crowned with a huge Acid Carboy, gave assurance that the days of dependence upon uncertain imported stocks, and the gleanings of the chiffonier have passed away.” |
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 Furniture, chairs, upholstery. |
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 Exhibitor: Frank Staeglich – Grass, garden seeds and ornamental trees. Exhibit notes: “the model Labyrinthine Garden exhibited by Mr. Staeglich was a great wonder and puzzle of the Fair. This consisted of a plot 6x8 feet...running in parallel and rectangular lines in such a manner that it was impossible for the uninstructed visitor to find the way either in or out from a given point.” |
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 Notes on reverse read: "Third Mechanics' Institute Pavilion Union Square erected 1864 torn down - 1865. From report of Mec. Institute" |
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Golden Gate, San Francisco |
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Launch of the Camanche | Manuscript title | |||
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| [also] The Comanche | manuscript title | ||||
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Trial Trip of the Comanche, San Francisco |
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Woolen Mills, Point ______? | ||||
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Black Point, San Francisco |
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Black Point, San Francisco |
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