A landscape oriented booklet with photographs of California in the 1800's. The front cover has red text, two illustrations of a man on a donkey and a man with a covered wagon and oxen. There is a photo of two men at a river bank, labelled "Mining on the American River in Coloma in 1873." The back has a photo of a group of men standing in front of a printing press and bookshelves, outside, under a tree.
