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Lot 566
Sale 1095 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents
Day 1 Lots 1-403
Nov 3, 2022
10:00AM ET
Day 2 Lots 404-634
Nov 4, 2022
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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[CALIFORNIA]. HESSE, J., publisher. Sacramento in Californien. Des Auswanderers Hoffnung. [The Immigrant's Hope]. Bird's-eye view of Sacramento.
Lithograph with hand-coloring, ca 1851, image 14 1/4 x 9 1/16 in. (19 1/4 x 14 3/8 in. sheet), on wove paper, framed to 28 1/4 x 24 1/8 in., not examined out of frame.
Published in Berlin, possibly extracted from Magazin in Berlin, this is a charming early view of Sacramento for an international audience of potential immigrants. Featuring ships at harbor flying American flags, and the early streets of Sacramento, which grew rapidly in the Gold Rush. REPS, Views & Viewmakers, 218.
Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents