Download or read book San Francisco s Knickerbocker Engine Company written by Oscar Lewis and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Knickerbocker Engine Company No 5 Records written by Knickerbocker Engine Company, No. 5 (San Francisco, Calif.) and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Minutes, membership rolls, and constitution, bylaws, and amendments of a pioneer fire company.
Download or read book Certificate of Membership in the Knickerbocker Engine Company No 5 to H C McDougall written by Virginia City (Nev.). Fire Department and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elaborately engraved certificate, with scenes of mining, firemen, and a view of Virginia City. Engraved by Nahl Brothers, San Francisco.
Download or read book San Francisco Album written by G. R. Fardon and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 1999-08 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 1850s, a British photographer arrived in San Francisco and became fascinated with the changing face of the city, which he captured in some of the earliest photographs on paper ever made in the United States. George Robinson Fardon's San Francisco Album documents a time of rapid growth and burgeoning prosperity in the wake of the California Gold Rush. As the earliest published photographic record of an American city, it is a work of both historic signficance and pioneering artistry.
Download or read book San Francisco written by Jerry Camarillo Dunn and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a description and travel guidebook of San Francisco, United States. It will assist travellers with their itinerary and plans.
Download or read book The Annals of San Francisco Containing a Summary of the History of California and a Complete History of Its Great City to which are Added Biographical Memoirs of Some Prominent Citizens By Frank Soul John H Gihon and James Nisbet Illustrated with 150 Engravings written by Frank Soulé and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 862 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Municipal Reports for the Fiscal Year written by San Francisco (Calif.). Board of Supervisors and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mark Twain s Letters Volume 2 written by Mark Twain and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-12-22 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is young Sam Clemens—in the world, getting famous, making love—in 155 magnificently edited letters that trace his remarkable self-transformation from a footloose, irreverent West Coast journalist to a popular lecturer and author of The Jumping Frog, soon to be a national and international celebrity. And on the move he was—from San Francisco to New York, to St. Louis, and then to Paris, Naples, Rome, Athens, Constantinople, Yalta, and the Holy Land; back to New York and on to Washington; back to San Francisco and Virginia City; and on to lecturing in Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and New York. Resplendent with wit, love of life, ambition, and literary craft, this new volume in the wonderful Bancroft Library edition of Mark Twain's Letters will delight and inform both scholars and general readers. This volume has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Mark Twain Foundation, Jane Newhall, and The Friends of The Bancroft Library.
Download or read book Live All You Can written by Jay Martin and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-09 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laying waste to the notion that Abner Doubleday established the modern game of baseball, acclaimed biographer Jay Martin makes a bold case for A. J. Cartwright (1820-1892), an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and avid ballplayer whose keen perception and restless spirit codified the rules of the sport and engineered its rapid spread throughout the country. Consulting Cartwright's personal correspondence and papers, Martin shows how this American archetype synthesized a number of elements from popular ballgames into the program, bylaws, and positions we find on the field today. After formalizing his blueprint, Cartwright worked tirelessly to promote baseball nationwide, appealing to both upper- and lower-class spectators and ballplayers and weaving a trail of influence across nineteenth-century America. Addressing the controversy that has roiled for years around the claims for Doubleday and Cartwright, Martin revisits the original arguments behind each camp and throws into sharp relief the competing ambitions of these figures during a time of aggressive westward expansion and unparalleled opportunities for individual reinvention. Martin's story of modern baseball not only offers a fascinating window into a thoroughly American phenomenon but also accesses a rare history of American ideals.
Download or read book The Volunteers written by helpUselfpublish.com and published by Donald Collins. This book was released on 2006-12 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical novel of New York City's volunteer firemen during the turbulent period of industrialization, immigration, abolishionist movement and Civil War. The volunteer system was under attack by a political/insurance industry clique pushing for a paid fire department equipped with the new steam fire engines, which the volunteers opposed. A story of bravery and courage of men who came from all walks of life and were responsible for saving the city from destruction by dozens of disastrous fires, only to be scorned by politicians and labeled as rowdies by their insurance enemies. An interesting look at New York in this period of change and incudes how the game of baseball originated with the volunteer firemen. The New York volunteers carried their firefighting experience west during the gold rush and were responsible for formation of many fire departments in western states. A must read for firefighting, newspaper, telegraph, insurance, New York City and Philadelphia history buffs.
Download or read book The Annals of San Francisco written by Frank Soulé and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Insight Guides City Guide San Francisco Travel Guide eBook written by Insight Guides and published by Apa Publications (UK) Limited. This book was released on 2017-02-01 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: City Guide San Francisco:A fully-overhauled edition by our expert San Francisco author.Stunning photography brings this wonderful city and its people to life.Highlights of the city's top attractions are covered in our Best of San Francisco section, broken down into categories like the best walks, the best bars and the best child-friendly activities in the city.Descriptive accounts of each neighbourhood cover the whole city from Fisherman's Wharf to SoMA. The Day Trips from San Francisco chapter includes Big Sur, Napa and Mendocino.Detailed, high-quality maps throughout will help you get around and travel tips give you all the essential information for planning a memorable trip. About Insight Guides: Insight Guides has over 40 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps as well as picture-packed eBooks to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture together create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure. 'Insight Guides has spawned many imitators but is still the best of its type.' - Wanderlust Magazine
Download or read book History of California Early mining times Progress of San Francisco State growth written by Theodore Henry Hittell and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 986 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: General history of California.
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Download or read book Quotable San Francisco Historic Moments in Memorable Words written by Terry Hamburg and Richard Hansen and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: San Francisco surged from hamlet to boomtown overnight--the most meteoric "instant city" in history. From the Gold Rush to the Tech Rush, it's been the site of daring innovations, counterculture upheavals and social rebellions that shaped generations. Over the decades, residents have offered unique perspectives through journals, letters and newspapers, their words bringing another time to life. Discover San Francisco through the eyes of miners and "ladies of the night." Relive the experiences of robber barons and beatniks who flourished in a tiny corner of the world with fewer than one million souls. With commentary, background and extraordinary images, historians Terry Hamburg and Richard Hansen guide you through these colorful quotes, showing the city as it once was and what it aspired to be.
