Lithograph from Norton's 1913 book "Story of California" depicting Monterey from the bay, [s.d.] 

Exterior view of the first State Capitol building in Monterey, 1898 

Drawing of Sacramento produced for Volume 1 of the United States Illustrated, [s.d.] 

Drawing of the capture of Mexican-held Monterey by the American Navy, July 4, 1846 

Drawing by Edward Vischer depicting the El Jolon Stage Station in Monterey County, June 26, 1875 

Drawing of a United States mail stagecoach in the 1850's 

Exterior view of Colton Hall, the old State House where the first California Legislature was held in 1850, Monterey, ca.1890 

Drawing of Mission Carmel (San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo) in Monterey, [s.d.] 

Drawing of the Bay of Monterey, with a figure on horseback, from Alexander Forbes' book, California: A History of Upper and Lower California, 1839 

Exterior view of Adobe Jimeno and the ruins of the Convent of Santa Catalina in Monterey, ca.1900 

Drawing by Vischer depicting a Spanish ranch scene in Marin County, ten miles north of San Rafael, ca.1860 

Drawing by Edward Vischer depicting Monterey during the arrival of the United States Squadron of the Pacific sketched in 1842, ca.1932 

Drawing depicting the presidio and pueblo of Mission San Carlos, Monterey, 1839 

Cypress Point along 17 Mile Drive in Monterey, ca.1908 

Illustration of San Francisco's California Street, looking west from Sansone Street, ca.1890 

"The Old Quarter" in Monterey, 1884 

Drawing of the Presidio of San Francisco, ca.1850 

Drawing of the exterior of San Francisco's Palace Hotel, ca.1890 

Statue of Father Junipero Serra at Monterey, ca.1887 

Scraggly sentinel cypress tree growing out of the rocky shore near the ocean in Monterey, ca.1900