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First Impressions of a California Newspaper: 1850 - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney If you want to understand a place at a particular time start with an examination of its newspapers. I did just this recently reading the first issue of the Illustrated California News. Vol. 1, No. 1 published on September 1, 1850. It was a short-lived San Francisco newspaper that saw its mission as reporting northern Californian events and disseminating the news around the world for it was mostly an “export...

First Impressions of a California Newspaper: 1850

- By Bruce McKinney

By Bruce McKinney If you want to understand a place at a particular time start with an examination of its newspapers. I did just this recently reading the first issue of the Illustrated California News. Vol. 1, No. 1 published on September 1, 1850. It was a short-lived San Francisco newspaper that saw its mission as reporting northern Californian events and disseminating the news around the world for it was mostly an “export...


ILLUSTRATED CALIFORNIA NEWS ILLUSTRATED CALIFORNIA NEWS PUBLISHED SEMI-MONTHLY, AT THE OFFICE ...	Ken Leach Reflects On Over 35 Years Of Bookselling - By Michael Stillman by Michael Stillman If you ever have a chance to see one of Ken Leach's catalogues, it will quickly transport you back to an earlier...
Skinners: An Interesting Auction - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney I’m always interested to read the Skinner Auction catalogues. Their upcoming sale on June 6th, - American Furniture & Decorative Arts...	An Antiquarian Visits Tufts - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney When an antiquarian father visits colleges and universities with his new-age children it’s not surprising that they see these institutions differently. ...
For the First Time Ever: Search Worldwide Auction Listings From One Place : FREE! - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney This month the Americana Exchange offers an amazing new tool that enables you to do something that was never before possible, search the...	Stanford University Libraries presents “The Rediscovery of Africa,1400-1900:Maps & Images” - By Jonas Raab By Jonas Raab After more than two years of intense preservation, digitization, and cataloging, Stanford University Libraries, Department of Special Collections, announced the opening of The...
A Trove of 20th Century Music Come to Market - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney Burton Weiss, the Berkeley, California rare book dealer, recently took on an interesting challenge: to convert a distinguished composer, pianist and...	Rare and Unusual Americana From David M. Lesser By Michael Stillman David M. Lesser’s “Catalogue 900” is a collection of rare and unusual Americana, primarily from the 19th century. This is an online catalogue,...
19th Century Shop Offers Selections From New York Antiques Show by Michael Stillman The 19th Century Shop has issued a catalogue of “Selections from the New York International Antiques Show 2004.” This catalogue includes books,...	Charles Wood Offers Books On Conserving Works of Art By Michael Stillman The latest catalogue from Charles Wood is an absolute must for anyone who collects 18th and 19th century works pertaining to the...
Botany, Ornithology & Natural History From Donald Heald By Michael Stillman This month we take a look at the second part of Donald A. Heald’s online spring 2004 catalogue: “A Selection of Antiquarian...	Australian Journeys From Hordern House By Michael Stillman Hordern House is a major resource for those who collect antiquarian and rare books from Australia. Their latest catalogue is called...
15th-19th Century Maps And Atlases From Martayan Lan By Michael Stillman This month Martyan Lan is offering its Catalogue 33, “Fine Antique Maps & Atlases.” Maps are a specialty of this New York...	Americana From William Reese By Michael Stillman The William Reese Company recently issued a listing of books for sale in conjunction with their participation in the New York Antiquarian...