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These were from a 1964 California vacation trip. There are 17 Disneyland post cards, San Francisco views, San Diego, Los Angeles, Redwoods, Lake Tahoe, Missions, Monterey, Carmel. 107 post cards total.

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1870 J M Hutchings Guide to Yosemite Valley California US National Park Lake Tahoe. Hutchings’Tourist’s Guide to the Yosemite Valley’ is a rare, 19th-century treatise on the historic American park. First opened in 1890, Yosemite has long been one of the most visited parks in the United States much in part to the incredible landscapes, mountains, and rock formations. This handbook contains descriptions of plant and wildlife, maps, and seasonal expectation throughout the park as it was in the mid-late 19th-century. A fascinating look into the decades before Yosemite’s formal establishment as a park. Scenes of wonder and curiosity in California. Illustrated with over one hundred engravings. A tourist’s guide to the Yosemite Valley, the big tree groves — the natural caves and bridges — the quicksilver mines of New Almaden and Henriquita — Mount Shasta — the Farallone Islands, with their sea lions and birds — the geyser springs — Lake Tahoe, and other places of interest. Also giving outline map of routes to Yosemite and big tree groves — tables of distances — rates of fare — hotel charges, and other desirable information for the traveller. New York; San Francisco: A. Roman and Company, 1870. Details: 292, pages, 100+ illustrations Binding: Green pebble textured leather with gold embossing. Hardcover is tight and solid, all four corner bumped and a little worn, inside clean no staining or foxing. Two inscriptions one 1874 Dutch Flat the other Virginia City Nev 1892. See photos for up close details. Size: 8.5 in X 6.25 in (21.5 cm x 16 cm). James Mason Hutchings was one of the earliest and most important pioneer figures of Yosemite Valley. It was Hutchings that published the first illustrations of Yosemite Valley, his daughter was the first non-Indian to be born in the Valley, and he owned one of the first hotels in the Valley. This hotel was located in the old Yosemite Village, which was developed on the south side of the Valley, between Sentinel Bridge and the Four Mile Trailhead. This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “bahama42″ and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Binding: Hardcover
• Place of Publication: New York; San Francisco
• Language: English
• Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Inscribed
• Region: North America
• Author: HUTCHING, J.M.
• Publisher: A. Roman and Company
• Topic: American (US)
• Subject: Illustrated
• Year Printed: 1870
• Original/Facsimile: Original

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