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Bookplate of Adolph Sutro: Designed and Promoted the Sutro Tunnel for the Comstock Lode

This bookplate features a design by Adolph Sutro, who designed and promoted the Sutro Tunnel for the Comstock Lode and later became the mayor of San Francisco. The bookplate, circa 1885, shows outstanding graphics of a miner and is from the Sutro Library. The description notes that it was never used. The bookplate's image suggests a connection to mining and San Francisco.

Associated People/Businesses

Rosenheim, Charles
Strauss, Moses
Chas. Rosenheim & Co.
N. N. Hill Bra SS Co.
Sutro, Adolph, 1830-1898
Sutro Library
SUTRO, ADLOPH (1831.1898)

Geography

Louisville
San Francisco

Subjects

Bookplates
Mineral industries
Comstock Lode (Nev.)

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 9, Folder 13