Antique and Vintage prints of California
original prints close to, or over, 100 years old from various sources such as John Muir's "Picturesque California..." and "The West Shore Magazine"
"Visions of ineffable beauty and harmony, health and exhilaration of body and soul, and grand foundation lessons in Nature's eternal love, are the sure reward of every earnest looker in this glorious wilderness." — John Muir
PLEASE CLICK ON THE THUMBNAIL IMAGES BELOW FOR AN ENLARGED VIEW
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Among the Pines — Sacramento River |
original photogravure from John Muir's Picturesque California, published circa 1888-1894 |
Image size: about 7 x 11 inches
Sheet size: about 12 x 16.25 inches
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$25 |
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Squaw Valley — near Wow-ow-wa (?) |
original photogravure from John Muir's Picturesque California, published circa 1888-1894 |
Image size: about 10.5 x 7 inches
Sheet size: about 12 x 16.25 inches |
$25 |
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Indian Cañon — The Bear Fight
signed in plate by T. Hill |
original photogravure from John Muir's Picturesque California, published circa 1888-1894 |
Image size: about 10.5 x 7 inches
Sheet size: about 12 x 16.25 inches |
$25 |
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Chilnualna Falls — Yosemite
signed in plate by T. Hill |
original photogravure from John Muir's Picturesque California, published circa 1888-1894 |
Image size: about 10.5 x 7 inches
Sheet size: about 12 x 16.25 inches
(SEE ENLARGEMENT FOR CONDITION ISSUES)
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$10 |
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Vernal & Nevada Falls
signed in plate by T. Hill |
original photogravure from John Muir's Picturesque California, published circa 1888-1894 |
Image size: about 10.5 x 7 inches
Sheet size: about 12 x 16.25 inches |
$40 |
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The Yosemite Falls
signed in plate by [illegible signature] |
original photogravure from John Muir's Picturesque California, published circa 1888-1894 |
Image size: about 10.5 x 7 inches
Sheet size: about 12 x 16.25 inches |
$40 |
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Deer pass into the Cañon of the Merced below Mount Lyell
signed in plate by Julian Rix |
original photogravure from John Muir's Picturesque California, published circa 1888-1894 |
Image size: about 10.5 x 7 inches
Sheet size: about 12 x 16.25 inches |
$25 |
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The San Francisco Mountains
signed in plate by Julian Rix |
original photogravure from John Muir's Picturesque California, published circa 1888-1894 |
Image size: about 10.75 x 6.75 inches
Sheet size: about 12 x 16.25 inches |
$25 |
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Mt Humphrey — View from the South Fork of the San Joaquin
signed in plate by W. Keith |
original photogravure from John Muir's Picturesque California, published circa 1888-1894 |
Image size: about 10.25 x 7.75 inches
Sheet size: about 11.25 x 8.25 inches |
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Falls of the Pitt River
signed in plate by George Spiel |
original photogravure from John Muir's Picturesque California, published circa 1888-1894 |
Image size: about 10.5 x 6.75 inches
Sheet size: about 16 x 12 inches |
$20 |
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Sultan Mountain from Bakers Park
signed in plate by Thomas Moran |
original photogravure from John Muir's Picturesque California, published circa 1888-1894 |
Image size: about 10.5 x 7.25 inches
Sheet size: about 16 x 12 inches |
$40 |
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Grays Peak
signed in plate by M.A. Streight |
original photogravure from John Muir's Picturesque California, published circa 1888-1894 |
Image size: about 11 x 7.125 inches
Sheet size: about 16 x 12 inches |
$25 |
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Head of the Hetch-Hetchy Valley
signed in plate by T.H. |
original photogravure from John Muir's Picturesque California, published circa 1888-1894 |
Image size: about 10.25 x 7.125 inches
Sheet size: about 13.25 x 9.5 inches |
$25 |
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Falls in North Wall of Bloody Cañon
signed in plate by George Spiel |
original photogravure from John Muir's Picturesque California, published circa 1888-1894 |
Image size: about 6.675 x 10.5 inches
Sheet size: about 10.75 x 16 inches |
$25 |
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Elk at Pitt River Cañon
signed in plate by T. Hill |
original photogravure from John Muir's Picturesque California, published circa 1888-1894 |
Image size: about 10.5 x 7 inches
Sheet size: about 10.75 x 16 inches |
$25 |
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Mountain Supply Team in a Storm
signed in plate by A.J. Keller |
original photogravure from John Muir's Picturesque California, published circa 1888-1894 |
Image size: about 10.675 x 7.5 inches
Sheet size: about 10.75 x 16 inches |
$25 |
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Tourists among Mt passes
signed in plate by A.J. Keller |
original photogravure from John Muir's Picturesque California, published circa 1888-1894 |
Image size: about 10.75 x 7.25 inches
Sheet size: about 10.75 x 16 inches |
$25 |
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Under the Fan Palms
signed in plate by Albert C. Sterner |
original photogravure from John Muir's Picturesque California, published circa 1888-1894 |
Image size: about 6.375 x 10 inches
Sheet size: about 10.75 x 16 inches |
$25 |
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City View Park / Pilot Peak, O&C Stage Road |
original lithograph from The West Shore, published circa 1884 |
Sheet size: about 11.875 x 9 inches |
$50 |
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El Capitan, Yosemite Valley |
original wood engraving from The West Shore, published circa 1884
(Note: the 'rainbow affect' is an artifact of the scanning process and does not appear on actual antique wood engraving)
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Image size: about 6.125 x 8.125 inches
Sheet size: about 9 x 11.75 inches
[PRINTED ON BOTH SIDES OF PAPER, TEXT VERSO. SOME AGE-TONING AND SLIGHTLY RUMPLED]
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$15 |
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Hydraulic mining in California |
original wood engraving from A Tour of the World, published circa 1896 |
Image size: about 5.75 x 7.75 inches
Sheet size: about 7.125 x 10 inches |
$15 |
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Oakland California |
original wood engraving from The West Shore, published circa 1884
(Note: the 'rainbow affect' is an artifact of the scanning process and does not appear on actual antique wood engraving) |
Image size: about 9.125 x 5.25 inches
Sheet size: about 9 x 11.75 inches
[PRINTED ON BOTH SIDES OF PAPER, TEXT VERSO.] |
$25 |
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See the Old West this year |
8-page San Francisco travel promotion conference brochure from April 1941 |
Sheet size: about 3.75 x 8.125 inches
some wear, horizontal crease in middle
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$10 |
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Western States Promotion Council 1942 Travel Planning Conference |
8-page San Francisco travel planning conference brochure from October 1941 |
Sheet size: about 4.25 x 7.5 inches
some wear, horizontal crease in middle
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$10 |
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The Lighthouse at Point Conception |
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Sheet size: about 6.875 x 9.75 inches
print is adhered to thick backing stock with paper description glued to bottom front, some damage on right side of image
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$10 |
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unidentified waterfall (Yosemite?) |
original photo printed on thin paper |
Sheet size: about 7.25 x 12 inches
thin photo paper, has a curl (easily flattened when mounting/matting)
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$20 |
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New and Old Oil Fields, Signal Hill, Long Beach, Calif. |
original photo on glossy paper, unknown age -- circa 1920s |
Sheet size: about 16 x 9.375 inches
a couple of spots in upper sky area and on the back
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$25 |
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In the Heart of Oakland |
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Sheet size: about 8.25 x 11.5 inches
some wear around edges
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$10 |
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A Chinese Quarter in San Francisco |
original woodcut illustration from "The Countries of the World" (circa 1890)
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Sheet size: about 7.125 x 10 inches
text on opposite side
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$25 |
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'San Francisco newsletter Christmas 1919' |
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Sheet size: about 6.875 x 9.875 inches
romantic dancing woman photo on opposite side
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$15 |
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Beautiful Golden Gate Bridge
poem by Anna Rose
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Sheet size: about 11.125 x 8.875 inches
minor wear and age toning
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$15 |
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California church (?) |
original photogravure (circa 1910-20) from Cardinell Vincent photographers in San Francisco
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Sheet size: about 12 x 10.25 inches
minor wear, age toning, soiling in margins
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$20 |
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Pavilion and Exposition Building, Stockton, California |
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Sheet size: about 8.875 x 5.675 inches
paper loss lower left margin, fox mark in sky
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$15 |
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White Oaks near Menlo Park |
original photogravure, circa 1900-1930
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Sheet size: about 16 x 12 inches
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$25 |
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scene in Yosemite? |
hand-tinted photograph on card stock, circa 1920s?
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Sheet size: about 8.875 x 11.5 inches
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$25 |
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scene in Yosemite with Half Dome |
hand-tinted photograph on card stock, circa 1920s?
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Sheet size: about 13.675 x 10.75 inches
dog-ear crease lower left corner
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$35 |
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Gigantic Tree (Wellingtonia Gigantea) in California [sequoia] |
original woodcut illustrations from "The Illustrated London News" from Feb. 11, 1854
printed on both sides of paper
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Sheet size: about 16 x 12 inches
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$15 |
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Mendocino Coast |
original photogravure, circa 1900-1930
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Sheet size: about 15 x 11.25 inches
damp stain and soiling in outer margins
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$25 |
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Chinatown, San Francisco |
lithograph of wood engraving by Ray Bethers, circa 1945
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Sheet size: about 13 x 10.25 inches
unobtrusive wrinkle top margin
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$25 |
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Cliff House, San Francisco |
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Sheet size: about 16.25 x 12.375 inches, linen textured paper
edge/corner wear and a couple of short edge tears
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$25 |
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Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco |
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Sheet size: about 20.25 x 13.25 inches (too large to scan, so the entire image area is not shown)
lower left attribution: From a Standard Oil Company Photo
lower right attribution: Printed without color plates by The Printing Corportation, S.F.
minor edge/corner
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$10 |
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