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TRANSACTIONS OF THE 

 Curiosity Shop — Continued. 



Mrs. Netz — Mortar and pestle from Cala- 

 veras Count}', 130 years old. 



S. M. Butler — Old fashioned stays made in 

 1600. 



E. E. Thrift— Ulster County " Gazette," 87 

 years old. 



Mrs. W. L. Overheiser — Infant's dress, 

 hand sewing 32 years old; bonnets and hood 

 34 years old; old picture; English Farmer's 

 Friend, pin and buckle; pearl 40 years old; 

 flowers from the Centennial; breastpin and 

 buckles, gold, 32 years old; Japanese box 60 

 years old; samplers made in 1747 and 1804; 

 album spread, made in 1847; bed rug 47 

 years old. 



Gerlach — Steer's horn. 



Roshenbush — Feather bed 80 years old. 



J. A. Crow — Featherbed 80 years old. 



H. Williamson — Continental Government 

 bank note, 1776; specimen bark of the big 

 trees in three pieces. 



J. B. Webster — Quiver for arrows. 



Mrs. Jos. Hale— Photograph of Mrs. Gil- 

 bert, 100 years old; two Holy Bibles, over 

 85 years old; shell pyramids. 



J. B. Webster — Sketch 27 years old; pair 

 of earrings 15 years old ; blanket pin ; whal- 

 ing canoe; whaling harpoon; handles of a 

 sailor's chest. 



Mrs. B. Durand — Sea egg; picture frames 

 made from the selection of "The Mother of 

 the Forest," big trees, of California; Indian 

 basket used by squaws. 



Mrs. Hoerr — Pillows and shams, hand 

 made; two linen table cloths and napkins 

 75 years old. 



Mrs. B. Durand — Barnacle; implements 

 for graining; star fish; abalone shells; peb- 

 bles gathered at Camelia, California. 



Mrs. L. W. Sperry— Fruit dish 250 years 

 old : coffee pitcher 100 years old ; token from 

 Alaska; vase, made from a stone picked up 

 on the shore of the Dead Sea; old Florentine 

 bell; silver Alaskan spoon. 



Mrs. Steele — Pain ting by Miss Gussie Will- 

 iams when 16 years old, and first effort; two 

 quilts 200 years old ; pipe of California wood ; 

 "She" (as old as creation), carved work; Chi- 

 nese butter paddle and patty ; petrified wood ; 

 piece of the roof of the old San Diego bar- 

 racks: papoose shoes from Arizona; old 

 pitcher found on Merced plains in 1849; por- 

 trait of Miss Susie Williams of Merced; 

 crocheted bedspread; Japan wood; speci- 

 men ore from Fresno; fiddle brought across 

 the plains in 1849; pictures; book presented 

 by Daniel Webster's grandmother to Elenor 

 Shafe, in 1789. 



Mrs. C.J. Smith — History of Germany and 

 Italy, printed in 1800; table 100 years old; 

 three chairs 100 and 118 years old. 



Mrs. C. W. Bidwell — Two saucers, two tea- 

 cups, and two teaspoons, over 100 years old. 



Mrs. Fanning — Pair of wool cards; piece 

 of coal. 



Mrs. Wrench — Specimen from Mammoth 

 Cave, Kentucky. 



Mrs. Silas March — Spread 75 years old. 



Mrs. H. Clark— Two shirts, hand made, 27 

 years old; piece of sewing done 23 years ago 

 on Wheeler & Wilson sewing machine. 



Mrs. S. P. Bailey — Emu egg; bale of cot- 

 ton; Centennial emblem. 



W. H. Van Vlear — Elkhorn and case of 

 guns, showing the progress of guns for 150 

 years. 



Mrs. J. M. McCall— Shell, very rare; cup 

 and saucer 150 years old. 



Mrs. Dr. Clark— Two samplers, 1802 and 

 1825; staff and cones. 



John Wilkes — Sugar tongs over 100 years 

 old; cut glass salt dish. 



Mrs. John Reid — Case of lava specimens. 



Dr. Todd — Alaska garnets. 



W. E. Steves — Two specimens of marble 

 and brick from Pome. 



Mrs. Laura de Force Gordon — Indian ar- 

 row head, taken from the dead body of a 

 white man ; History of Rome, 268 years old ; 

 Confederate money; badge; newspaper con- 

 taining an account of Washington's funeral, 

 1800; specimen of Washington Monument; 

 book, order of proceedings and dedication 

 of Washington Monument; fancy workbox t 

 inlaid and carved, made of California wood, 

 in San Quentin; Antelope's (great Indian 

 chief) blanket; papoose shade and Indian 

 blanket, 



Miss Alice Baum — Two vases, modeled in 

 common clay; hrmp, modeled in common 

 clay. 



Mrs. John Giovanessi — Old damask silk 

 spread 100 years old. 



Dr. Todd— Raphael Madonna ; Angelica 

 (Kaufman's); Holbein Madonna; "DieVes- 

 tatian." 



Mrs. J. Prentice — Baby apron and hood. 



Mrs. Merrill— Spread, 1823; bead purse 98 

 years old. 



F. W. Sperry — Basket made by the Indians 

 of Alaska ; basket from Alaska. 



A. Sperry — Indian basket from Alaska. 



J. Sailes — Petrified oyster and two clams 

 from the Coast Range. 



P. Vinet — Embroidered opera cloak 30 

 years old. 



S. Dunham — Hen's egg from Dunham's 

 ranch; soup ladle, made from Mexican dol- 

 lars, 100 years old. 



J. Behaps — Ivory 70 years old; two silver 

 tablespoons 140 years old ; sketch in India 

 ink on whale's tooth; book, 1816; pie fork, 

 ivory ; model of bay scene. 



Hannah Gray — Badge (silk) old Stockton 

 theater, 1854. 



A. W. Gove — Pair of boots made him in 

 1842; old watch, 1849; copper cent brought 

 to California in 1849. 



Mrs. Fred. West — Old Chinese carved 

 knife ; carving by a Chinese cook. 



W. H. Van Vlear— German snuff box 100 

 years old. 



Mrs. Dr. Todd — Silk embroidered shawl. 



Mrs. Van Vlear — Framed piece of bark 

 from Calaveras Big Trees. 



Miss Lizzife Cakebride — Reeled silk and 

 cocoons. 



Miss de Gomez — Model of spinning wheel 

 150 years old. 



Mrs. Dudley — Old silver teapot over 50 

 years old ; old fashioned tortoise shell comb. 



Mr. Gerlach — Gun found out on the plains 

 in 1827; cane made of whale's tooth, carved. 



H. S. Sargent — Mason's apron 80 or 90 

 years old, belonged to H. S. Sargent's father: 

 two old coins, 1701 and 1780. 



