Name/Title
FlierEntry/Object ID
2015.005.0005Scope and Content
Flier - "California's Pictorial Letter Sheets 1849-1869"
Incormation about and reproductions of Pictorial Letter Sheets used during the Gold Rush by "Young Adventures" who wanted to write to families in "The States". Money on postage could be saved with the thin, fold-over cards. Could be considered fore-runners of the picture postcard. The four reproduced cards are titled "The Miners".
Published by Hunter PO Box 164
The Great Repubic of Rough & Ready CA 95975
Black ink on ecru, light-weight card stock, printed on one side
size: 17" x 11" folded to 8-1/2" x 11".Collection
Benicia Historical Museum Collection
