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Item #010051 Circa 1890-1906 – An extensive album of 81 photographs, 38 large albumins...

Circa 1890-1906 – An extensive album of 81 photographs, 38 large albumins documenting life at the Agnews State Asylum for the Insane at Santa Clara, California (the site of the greatest loss of life during San Francisco Earthquake) accompanied by an additional 43 silver gelatin snapshots showing the extensive damage to the facility caused by that disaster

Santa Clara, California: Circa 1890-1906. Album. This 10½ x 8½“ album contains 81 photographs in total: 38 affixed albumen photographs (8” x 6”) and 43 silver gelatin snapshots (mostly 4” X 3”) 28 affixed and 15 laid in. There are also two larger photographs of an unnamed woman and one..... More

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Item #009975 1761 – Continuation of the Account of the Pennsylvania Hospital; From the First of...

1761 – Continuation of the Account of the Pennsylvania Hospital; From the First of May 1754, to the Fifth of May 1761. With an alphabetical list of the Contributors and of the Legacies which have been bequeathed, for Promotion and Support thereof, from the first Rise to That Time.

Philadelphia: B. Franklin, and D. Hall, 1761. String. Issued as a separate volume continuation of Benjamin Franklin’s Some account of the Pennsylvania Hospital which was published in 1754. This was prepared by the hospital’s "committee on publication" and printed at Franklin’s printing house. The pamphlet, measuring approximately 7½” x...... More

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Item #009796 A GOLD MINER’S HAND-SEWN LEATHER “POKE” NO DOUBT USED TO MAIL GOLD DUST OR...

A GOLD MINER’S HAND-SEWN LEATHER “POKE” NO DOUBT USED TO MAIL GOLD DUST OR NUGGETS FROM CALIFORNIA TO PHILADELPHIA. Plus, an antique vial containing small gold nuggets and flakes

San Francisco, California to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 20 December [1856] to 4 August 4, 1857. Leather. This hand-sewn leather pouch measures 4” x 3.75”. The original stitching remains intact on two edges; it has been removed along the other two edges, no doubt to empty its contents. The pouch is franked..... More

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Item #009635 “LEAP FOR JOY . . . DR. WARREN HAS CLOSED THE OPERATION UPON PHEBE’S UNFORTUNATE...

“LEAP FOR JOY . . . DR. WARREN HAS CLOSED THE OPERATION UPON PHEBE’S UNFORTUNATE SWELLING.”; Letter describing Dr. John Warren’s successful removal of a precancerous tumor from an adolescent girl

Boston, Massachusetts to Coventry Connecticut: February 6, 1799. Envelope or Cover. This one-page stampless folded letter measures approximately 12” x 7.5”. It is datelined “Boston Feby March 6. 1799.” It bears a straight-line “Boston” handstamp, circled “7 / MR” Boston postmark, and a manuscript “10” rate mark. Small sealing wax..... More

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