May 19, 2015 - Sale 2384

Sale 2384 - Lot 25

Price Realized: $ 1,875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(CALIFORNIA.) W. W. Elliott & Co. Auburn, Ca. With Compliments of W.B. Lardner, Real Estate Agent, Att'y-at-Law & Notary Public. . . Tinted lithographed view of Auburn, California, located in the Sacramento Valley, with 22 vignette views and maps depicting railroad connections to Sacramento and San Francisco. 560x740 mm; repaired tear running through image, closed on verso and virtually unnoticeable from recto. San Francisco, 1887

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Auburn's history is tied to the Claifornia Gold Rush; it was established in 1849, shortly after Claude Chana discovered gold in the area. By 1850 the population had boomed to 1500 persons, and Auburn was made the seat of Placer County the next year.