einemann, 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

Ministers with Whom Mrs. Blake-Alverson Has Been
Associated: Rev. Dr. J.K. McLean, Rev. P.Y. Cool,
Rev. V.M. Law, Rev. "Father" Akerly, Rev. Giles A.
Easton _faces page_ 76

Wm. H. Keith, Baritone, Pupil of Mrs. Blake-Alverson,
1881 _f