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Haines (William Amos) Collection
1981.0033  
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  • Contributing Institution: California Museum of Photography
    Title: William Amos Haines Collection
    Identifier/Call Number: 1981.0033
    Physical Description: 13 boxes
    Date (inclusive): 1905-1940
    Language of Material: English .

    Biographical / Historical

    William Amos Haines was born on November 2, 1881 in New York. He married Florance Kepple in 1905. This same year he began making panoramas in Conneaut, Ohio. Together he and his wife traveled the eastern coast of the United States in a teardrop trailer making panoramas. While traveling William sent negatives back to his father, De Forest Haines in Conneaut to be made into prints. Unfortunately, many of these negatives were lost or destroyed. Haines sold numerous panorama prints to schools during this time. In 1914, Haines and his wife moved to Glendale, California. Haines begins to focus on west coast subject matter after moving but he continued to travel photographing national parks and landmarks, as well as municipal buildings and cities. Haines retired from traveling in 1935. William Amos Haines passed away in 1955 at the age of 76.

    Scope and Contents

    The California Museum of Photography's William Amos Haines Collection (c. 1905-1940) consists of approximately 800 original panorama gelatin silver film negatives taken with Kodak Cirkut cameras as well as prints both vintage and modern. While Haines took many photographs of landmarks, tourist destinations, and landscapes on the East coast and Midwestern United States, the bulk of the subject matter is of the American West. This collection of panoramas focuses predominantly on national parks, beaches and popular tourist destinations. Haines also photographed many of the West's growing cities with particular attention paid to municipal buildings and birdseye views of urban areas.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    The William Amos Haines collection was donated by Mr. and Mrs. William P. Carroll in the early 1980s.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Photography, Panoramic--United States.
    Yosemite National Park (Calif.)
    Gelatin silver prints
    Missions--California
    Haines, William Amos, 1881-1955
    Beaches--California
    Gelatin silver prints--Hand colored