Exhibitions

Grafton Tyler Brown: Visualizing California and the Pacific Northwest

Fifty works by the 19th Century African American cartographer, lithograph and landscape painter. Includes lithographs, watercolors and oil paintings. Travels to Tacoma, Baltimore and San Francisco.


Levi Strauss and Company [bill head] (Grafton Tyler Brown) 1877

lithograph View


Wells Fargo Mining Co. Virginia District, Storey County, NV [stock certificate] (Grafton Tyler Brown) 1877-01-30

stock certificate View


Ghirardelli, Coffee, Chocolate and Spice Manufactory [billhead] (Grafton Tyler Brown) 1877

lithographed billhead View


San Francisco, 1849 (Henry Firk [Artist/Maker], Grafton Tyler Brown [Printer/Publisher]) 1868

Lithograph of early view of San Francisco, possibly quite faded. From drawing by Henry Firk. View


Willow Glen Rancho, Residence of T.W. Moore, Pescadero, San Mateo Co. Cal. (Grafton Tyler Brown) 1878

landscape and buildings View


Ocean View Ranch, Property & Residence of Jacob Downing, San Gregorio, San Mateo Co., Cal. (Grafton Tyler Brown) 1878

landscape and buildings, both views on one (1) page View


Residence of John Donnelly, San Mateo, California (Grafton Tyler Brown) 1878

landscape and buildings View


Best and Belcher Mining Co. [stock certificate] (Grafton Tyler Brown) 1883

stock certificate December 18, 1883, No. 24987 Shares 10 View


Map of Comstock Lodes Extending Down Gold Caņon, Storey Co. Nevada (Grafton Tyler Brown) 1868

lithograph, map View


Billhead, Bought of J.A. Folger & Co. (Grafton Tyler Brown) 1875

Nevada billhead, dtd Nov. 23, 1875 View