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California and Other Western Views from the E.F. Mueller Photograph Collection
BANC PIC 2016.001
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: [California and other western views from the E.F. Mueller photograph collection]
Creator:
Mueller, E.F.
Identifier/Call Number: BANC PIC 2016.001
Physical Description:
165 photographs
: albumen prints and gelatin silver prints
; sheets 19 x 25 cm or smaller
Date (inclusive): approximately 1863-1940
Abstract: Chiefly California views, with two Colorado mining views, one Colorado railroad view, one Nevada mining view and one Chicago
city scene.
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Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item], California and other western views from the E.F. Mueller photograph collection, BANC PIC 2016.001,
The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Ken Sanders Rare Books in 2015 and 2016.
Collection processed in 2015. 2016 additions processed in 2017.
Collector E.F. Mueller was also known as "Al" Mueller; collector of Western photography; Las Vegas casino executive.
Chiefly California views, with two Colorado mining views, one Colorado railroad view, one Nevada mining view and one Chicago
city scene. Many of the views are rare and early depictions of the locale or subject pictured. California locations include
Central Valley towns and railroad depots, gold country mining towns of the Sierra Nevada foothills, and rural towns such as
Gilroy, Fellows, and Red Bluff. Several views in San Francisco and Sacramento are present, among numerous other places such
as Oakland and Santa Cruz. Southern California views include Los Angeles, San Gabriel, Santa Barbara, Ontario, Banning, Pasadena
and Redlands. Subjects pictured include store and smoke shop interior views, railroads, stage coaches, an early Gandy-Vrang
airplane (1912), mines, resorts or hotels, exteriors of commercial or industrial buildings such as the Saratoga Paper Mill,
town street views, ferry boats, early automobiles and early twentieth century gas stations. Four views relate to U.S. army
soldiers stationed at Camp Columbus, Santa Cruz County. Three images relate to John Spaulding and his South Yuba Canal Company.
Five images are of, or relate to, Native Americans. A selection of carte-de-visite portraits depcits George Washington, Martha
Washington, the Prince and Princess of Wales, members of Shaw and Baum families, and several unidentified persons. One view
shows the U.S. 7th Cavalry riding during their pursuit of Pancho Villa in Mexico. Forty-five of the images are stereographs
by various photographers and publishers. Other photographers include Hayward & Muzzall's, E. Anthony, C.W.J. Johnson, Alfred
A. Hart, J.J. Reilly, A.L. Hawes, Isaiah West Taber, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., Downing, Rea & Rauscher, O.E. Tyler, J.G. Brayton,
C.R. Savage, M.M. Hazeltine, Edward and Benjamin West Kilburn, Wesner's Photographic Car, Keystone View Co., H.C. White Co.,
Strokmeyer & Wyman, J.F. Jarvis, J.B. Johnson, Charles Anaya, Dames Hayes, Murray Foto, W.G. Billington, C.E. McCarthy, Wunderlich
Brothers, John A. Todd, H. Lee Jellum, and D.W. Wright.
From the collection of E.F. Mueller, much of which was sold at auction in 2010.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Stereographs.
California -- Pictorial works
Mines and mineral resources--West (U.S.)
Railroads -- Photographs
Railroad stations -- Photographs
Cities and towns -- California -- Photographs
Resorts -- Photographs
Indians of North America -- California
Stores & shops -- Photographs
Cities and towns -- California -- Photographs
Service stations -- California -- Photographs
Resorts -- Photographs
Indians of North America -- California
Mueller, E.F.