Here are some of the fascinating books I’ve used in researching life for the lads and their adventures.
Online
Labor in Europe and America, Edward Young, 1875 (open to US Pages)
The Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Etiquette, E.B. Duffey, 1877
The Ladies’ Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness, Florence Hartley, 1875
The Lady’s Guide to Perfect Gentility, Emily Thornwell, 1857
The Young Housekeeper’s Friend, Mrs. Cornelius, 1859
Good Manners, Porter and Coates, 1870
Balm of America: the US Museum of Natural History’s Patent Medicine Collection
How to Mix Drinks, Jerry Thomas, 1862
Jennie June’s American Cookery Book, Mrs. Jane Croley, 1868
Buckeye Cookery and Practical Housekeeping, Estelle Woods Wilcox, 1877
Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management, Isabella Beeton, 1861
All Around the House, Mrs. H.W. Beecher, 1881
Common Sense in the Household, Marion Harland, 1872
Dr. Chase’s Recipes, A.W. Chase, 1870
Every Day Facts for Every Day Life, A.H.W, 1875
Lights and Shadows of New York Life, James D. McCabe, 1872
Print and eBooks
San Francisco:
Historic San Francisco, Rand Richard
San Francisco: Mission to Metropolis, Oscar Lewis
San Francisco in Maps and Views, Sally B. Woodbridge
San Francisco Streets, David B. Eames
Historic Maps and Views of San Francisco, Granger Collection
Historic Photos of San Francisco, Rebecca Schall
More San Francisco Memoirs, Malcolm E. Barker
Making San Francisco American, Barbara Berglund
The City of the Golden Gate, Samuel Williams
Sumptuous Dining in Gaslight San Francisco, Frances de Talavera Berger
The Madams of San Francisco, Curt Gentry
The Magnificent Rogues of San Francisco, Charles F. Adams
The San Francisco Cliff House, Mary Germain Hountalas, Sharon Silva
San Francisco’s Lost Landmarks, James R. Smtih
General History:
Stagecoach: Rare Views of the Old West, Sandor Dimlinger
Victorian Fashion in America, Kristina Harris
American Victorian Costume in Early Photographs, Priscilla Harris Dalrymple
The History of Underclothes, C. Willett Cunningham
Great Train Robberies of the Old West, R. Michael Wilson
Great Stagecoach Robberies of the Old West, R. Michael Wilson
Victorian America, Thomas Schlereth
The Light of the Home, Harvey Green
Inside the Victorian Home, Judith Flanders
Manners and Morals of Victorian America, Wayne Erbsen
Women: A Pictorial Archive from 19th Century Sources, Jim Harter
Men: A Pictorial Archive from 19th Century Sources, Jim Harter
Victorian Goods and Merchandise, Carol Belanger Grafton
Cowboys and Coffin-Makers, Laurie Coulter
Frontier Gambling, G.R. Williamson
Card Sharps, Dream Books & Bucket Shops, Ann Vincent Fabian
The Essential Handbook of Victorian Entertaining, Autumn Stephens
Everyday Life in the 1800s, Marc McCutcheon
The Old West: Day by Day, Mike Flanagan
Seeking Pleasure in the Old West, David Dary
Upstairs Girls, Michael Rutter
Your Travel Guide to America’s Old West, Rita J. Markel
A Look at the Old West, William Foster-Harris, Evelyn Curro
American Journeys: An Anthology of Travel in the United States, edited by E.D. Bennett
Prelude to the Century, Time-Life Books
The History of the Western Railroad, RH Value Publishing
The Golden Age of American Rail Travel, Bill Yenne
Reflections of Western Historians, the Western History Association
A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, Isabella Bird
Guns of the Wild West, David Kennedy