William Amos Haines Collection1981.0033

Finding aid prepared by Alyse Yeargan
California Museum of Photography
2017
3824 Main Street
Riverside 92521


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

 

Series I: Modern Prints

Physical Description: 4 boxes
 

California Missions (Box A)

Physical Description: 1 folder
 

San Gabriel Mission

Physical Description: 4 photographic prints
 

California (Box B)

Physical Description: 17 folders
 

Orange County and San Diego

Physical Description: 17 photographic prints
 

Riverside, Redlands, Lake Arrowhead, Ontairo, Palm Canyon

Physical Description: 19 photographic prints
 

Long Beach

Physical Description: 7 photographic prints
 

Claremont, Pomona and Pomona College

Physical Description: 5 photographic prints
 

California Missions

Physical Description: 6 photographic prints
 

San Pedro, San Francisco Harbor, Santa Monica, Santa Catalina Island, Topanga

Physical Description: 21 photographic prints
 

Los Angeles (industrial)

Physical Description: 13 photographic prints
 

San Francisco, Sacramento, Berkeley, Monterey

Physical Description: 8 photographic prints
 

Hollywood, Los Angeles

Physical Description: 5 photographic prints
 

Los Angeles colleges and schools

Physical Description: 6 photographic prints
 

Los Angeles County (residential)

Physical Description: 15 photographic prints
 

Westlake Park, San Fernando Reservoir, valley views

Physical Description: 8 photographic prints
 

Eagle Rock, Pasadena

Physical Description: 9 photographic prints
 

Glendale Sanitarium

Physical Description: 6 photographic prints
 

Yosemite National Park

Physical Description: 9 photographic prints
 

American States and Californian Cities (Box C)

Physical Description: 25 folders
 

Oregon

Physical Description: 17 photographic prints
 

Illinois

Physical Description: 1 photographic prints
 

Riverside CA

Physical Description: 8 photographic prints
 

Pasadena

Physical Description: 4 photographic prints
 

Washington State (Spokane Falls)

Physical Description: 4 photographic prints
 

Long Beach Pier, CA

Physical Description: 3 photographic prints
 

Canada

Physical Description: 1 photographic prints
 

Washington D.C. (Capitol Building)

Physical Description: 1 photographic prints
 

Wyoming (Yellowstone River)

Physical Description: 2 photographic prints
 

Utah

Physical Description: 1 photographic prints
 

Montana (Flathead Lake)

Physical Description: 1 photographic prints
 

Pennsylvania (Independence Hall, Philadelphia)

Physical Description: 1 photographic prints
 

New York (Hudson River, Niagara Falls)

Physical Description: 2 photographic prints
 

Arizona, Mesa Verde Park

Physical Description: 9 photographic prints
 

Virginia (Natural Bridge)

Physical Description: 1 photographic prints
 

New Mexico (University of New Mexico)

Physical Description: 1 photographic prints
 

Minnesota

Physical Description: 2 photographic prints
 

Wisconsin (Wisconsin River)

Physical Description: 1 photographic prints
 

Iowa

Physical Description: 2 photographic prints
 

Colorado

Physical Description: 17 photographic prints
 

Los Angeles

Physical Description: 8 photographic prints
 

Oakland, CA

Physical Description: 2 photographic prints
 

Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington ( 72" prints)

Physical Description: 13 photographic prints
 

Unidentified location

Physical Description: 3 photographic prints
 

Panama (Box G)

Physical Description: 5 photographic print
 

Series II: Vintage Prints

Physical Description: 2 boxes
 

California (Box F)

Physical Description: 63 photographic prints
 

Yosemite and missions (Box D)

Physical Description: 9 folders
 

Bridal Veil Falls, Yosemite Valley

Physical Description: 7 photographic prints
 

San Gabriel Mission

Physical Description: 6 photographic prints
 

Vernal Falls

Physical Description: 6 photographic prints
 

Gateway and River, Yosemite Valley

Physical Description: 9 photographic prints
 

California

Physical Description: 3 photographic prints
 

Riverside, CA

Physical Description: 2 photographic prints
 

Group photos, Naval bases

Physical Description: 5 photographic prints
 

Hand-colored prints

Physical Description: 8 photographic prints
 

Matted prints

Physical Description: 5 photographic prints
 

Series III: Negatives

Physical Description: 7 boxes