Collection of Sutro books, photos, and ephemera
Heading: (Sutro Tunnel)
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Title: Sutro Tunnel. [To accompany bill H.R. no. 1153] [with] collection of Adolph Sutro and Sutro Baths ephemera.
Place Published: San Francisco
Publisher:Press of San Francisco Photo-Engraving Co.
Date Published: 1895; 1890's
Description: 2 government reports, 1 book, 3 photographs, and 7 pieces of ephemera. Highlights include:
Sutro Tunnel. [To accompany bill H.R. no. 1153] presented by D.R. Ashley. House of Representatives. 13 pp. House of Representatives Report No. 50 from the second session of the 40th Congress. 22.7x13.7 cm (9x5½")
Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting the report of the commission to examine and report upon the Sutro Tunnel submitted by William W. Belknap, Secretary of War. 66 pp. Senate Ex. Doc. No. 15 from the second session of the 42nd Congress. 22.8x14.6 cm (9x5¾").
Adolph Sutro: A Brief Story of a Brilliant Life by Eugenia Kellogg Holmes. 57 pp. (plates included in pagination). Illustrated by Carl Dahlgren. Gilt-stamped cloth, patterned endpapers.
Collection documenting the life, career, and finances of San Francisco business magnate Adolph Sutro.Lot also includes:
Check signed by Adolph Sutro dated 1892.
3 Real Estate Tax Receipts assessed to A. Sutro. 1893-94.
Stock prospectus for Sutro Tunnel Company. Adolph Sutro, 1878. 4 pp. 28x21.5 cm (11x8½").
Mammoth Opening of the Swimming Season. Sutro Baths / Sunday, April 18, 1897. Broadside. 27.4x14.2 cm (10¾x5½").
Grand Jubilee Concert Program. Sutro Baths, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2 p.m. 30.1x22.5 cm (12x9").
Parapet. Sutro Heights by W.C. Billington. Boudoir card. 11.4x19 cm (4½x7½"). Photographer's Sutro Heights Gallery stamp on mount verso.
Entrance to Golden Gate by W.C. Billington. Boudoir card. 11.4x19 cm (4½x7½"). Photographer's Sutro Heights Gallery stamp on mount verso.
Seal Rocks. Near Cliff House by W.C. Billington. Boudoir card. 11.4x19 cm (4½x7½"). Photographer's Sutro Heights Gallery stamp on mount verso.
Condition Report: Condition varies; generally very good or better.
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Heading: (Sutro Tunnel)
Author:
Title: Sutro Tunnel. [To accompany bill H.R. no. 1153] [with] collection of Adolph Sutro and Sutro Baths ephemera.
Place Published: San Francisco
Publisher:Press of San Francisco Photo-Engraving Co.
Date Published: 1895; 1890's
Description: 2 government reports, 1 book, 3 photographs, and 7 pieces of ephemera. Highlights include:
Sutro Tunnel. [To accompany bill H.R. no. 1153] presented by D.R. Ashley. House of Representatives. 13 pp. House of Representatives Report No. 50 from the second session of the 40th Congress. 22.7x13.7 cm (9x5½")
Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting the report of the commission to examine and report upon the Sutro Tunnel submitted by William W. Belknap, Secretary of War. 66 pp. Senate Ex. Doc. No. 15 from the second session of the 42nd Congress. 22.8x14.6 cm (9x5¾").
Adolph Sutro: A Brief Story of a Brilliant Life by Eugenia Kellogg Holmes. 57 pp. (plates included in pagination). Illustrated by Carl Dahlgren. Gilt-stamped cloth, patterned endpapers.
Collection documenting the life, career, and finances of San Francisco business magnate Adolph Sutro.Lot also includes:
Check signed by Adolph Sutro dated 1892.
3 Real Estate Tax Receipts assessed to A. Sutro. 1893-94.
Stock prospectus for Sutro Tunnel Company. Adolph Sutro, 1878. 4 pp. 28x21.5 cm (11x8½").
Mammoth Opening of the Swimming Season. Sutro Baths / Sunday, April 18, 1897. Broadside. 27.4x14.2 cm (10¾x5½").
Grand Jubilee Concert Program. Sutro Baths, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2 p.m. 30.1x22.5 cm (12x9").
Parapet. Sutro Heights by W.C. Billington. Boudoir card. 11.4x19 cm (4½x7½"). Photographer's Sutro Heights Gallery stamp on mount verso.
Entrance to Golden Gate by W.C. Billington. Boudoir card. 11.4x19 cm (4½x7½"). Photographer's Sutro Heights Gallery stamp on mount verso.
Seal Rocks. Near Cliff House by W.C. Billington. Boudoir card. 11.4x19 cm (4½x7½"). Photographer's Sutro Heights Gallery stamp on mount verso.
Condition Report: Condition varies; generally very good or better.
