Heirloom Jewel _faces page_ 4 Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Henry Kroh and Family, Stockton, 1852 _faces page_ 12 Coat-of-Arms of the Blake Family _faces page_ 16 Steamer "American Eagle," Sacramento River, 1852. Home of Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Henry Kroh, Stockton, 1853 _faces page_ 20 First Presbyterian Church, Stockton, Built in 1849, the First Protestant Church in California _page_ 25 Pioneer Home of Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Henry Kroh, Stockton, 1851 _page_ 26 Associated Musicians and Singers, 1853 to 1879: Richard Condy, Mr. Schnable, Lizzie Fisher, Ellen Lloyd, Mary Jane Lloyd, Mrs. Anna Bowden Shattuck, Judge H.B. Underhill, Carrie Heinemann, Mrs. Taylor _faces page_ 28 Business Men of Stockton, 1852: Austin Sperry, James Harrold, Wm. H. Knight, Geo. Henry Sanderson _faces page_ 32 Reminiscent of Benicia in the Early Fifties: Benicia Young Ladies' Seminary, 1852; Benicia Courthouse, 1853; Prof. Jos. Trenkle, Prof. Schumacher, Prof. Beutler, Prof. Paul Pioda _faces page_ 36 Masonic Sheepskin, London, England, 1811. Capt. Chas. Blake _faces page_ 38 Major-General Benj. Lincoln, of the War of the Revolution _page_ 39 Sacred to the Memory of Mrs. Mary Kroh-Trembly, Pioneer Organist, Stockton, 1852 _page_ 42 First Graduating Class, Young Ladies' Seminary, Benicia, Founded 1852: Mary E. Woodbridge, Mary Ridell, Mary Hook, Mary E. Walsh; Principal, Mary Atkins; Teachers, Sallie Knox, Kate Sherman; Pupils, Mary O'Neill, Agnes Bell _faces page_ 44 First California Bear Flag, Made by Mrs. Blake-Alverson in Stockton, 1852 _page_ 45 Dedham, Mass., Church Choir, 1861, Men Singers _faces page_ 48 Dedham, Mass., Church Choir, 1861, Women Singers _faces page_ 52 Typical Concert Programme of the Early Sixties in San Francisco. Oratorio of Samson _page_ 56 Santa Cruz Choir, 1867: F.A. Anthony, Belle Peterson, Chas. A. Metti _faces page_ 60 Church of the Advent, San Francisco, 1880. Roman Catholic Church, San Bernardino, 1888. Calvary Episcopal Church, Santa Cruz, 1864. Pilgrim Congregational Church, Oakland, 1893 _faces page_ 64 Associated Musicians and Singers of the Seventies and to Date: Sam'l D. Mayer, Mrs. Alfred Abbey, "Joe" Maguire, Frank Gilder, Walter C. Campbell, Mrs. Augusta Lowell-Garthwaite, H.S. Stedman, Mrs. Mollie Melvin-Dewing _faces page_ 68