Overview of the Collection
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Administrative Information
Scope and Content
Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Overview of the Collection
Title: Photograph Album of California and the Pacific Coast
Dates (inclusive): approximately 1890s
Collection Number: photCL 94
Extent:
102 photographs in 1 album; album 28 x 35 cm (11 x 14 in)
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Photo Archives
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This album contains typical commercial photographs of the towns and scenery of California, Oregon and Washington dating from
the 1890s. Of note are early views of San Diego, Santa Barbara,
San Luis Obispo, San Francisco, Tacoma, and Seattle. There are also views of California missions and coastal landscapes. The
Oregon photographs are of scenery only.
Language: English.
Note:
Finding aid last updated on May 23, 2014.
Access
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Services.
Administrative Information
Publication Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material,
nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and
obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
Preferred Citation
Photograph Album of California and the Pacific Coast. The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Provenance
Gift of Ed Morrill on February 7, 1956.
Scope and Content
This album contains typical commercial photographs of the towns and scenery of California, Oregon and Washington dating from
the 1890s. Of note are early views of San Diego, Santa Barbara,
San Luis Obispo, San Francisco, Tacoma, and Seattle. There are also views of California missions and coastal landscapes. The
Oregon photographs are of scenery only.
Photographs of California include San Diego; Casa de Estudillo in Old Town San Diego; Mission San Luis Rey, San Juan Capistrano,
and Santa Barbara; Santa Barbara; San Luis Obispo;
Confederate general James Longstreet’s Los Angeles home; the Bellevue Terrace Hotel; various Los Angeles homes; Pasadena;
Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin’s Santa Anita ranch;
San Francisco city scenes; and wilderness en route to Oregon. Oregon photographs show images of the Columbia River; Mt. Hood;
Latourell Falls; Multnomah Falls; and nature scenes.
Photographs of Washington state include Tacoma; Green River; Native Americans from an unidentified tribe; Seattle; and a portrait
of Angeline, daughter of Chief Seattle of the
Suquamish tribe.
Twenty-six of the pictures in this album were photographed by Isaiah West Taber and twenty-two were photographed by W.H.J.
and Company. It may be that William H.
Jeffers created those twenty-two photographs, as he was active in California during this time period. Other photographers
who contributed to this album include Thomas H. Rutter,
Charles B. Talbot, and Boyd & Braas (William F. Boyd and George H. Braas).
The album spine is embossed with the title "California and Pacific Coast" and the photographs are
mostly mounted double-sided. The initials of an unknown individual, “E.B.R.”, and the year 1897 are also embossed on the album’s
spine.
Arrangement
The album is arranged geographically by state:
- California
- Oregon
- Washington
Indexing Terms
Photographers
Boyd, William F., 1848-, photographer.
Braas, George H., photographer.
Rutter, Thomas H., 1837-1925, photographer.
Taber, I.W. (Isaiah West), 1830-1912, photographer.
Subjects
Angeline, Suquamish Indian, -1896 -- Photographs.
Hotel Del Monte (Monterey, Calif.) -- Photographs.
Lick Observatory -- Photographs.
Mission San Juan Capistrano -- Photographs.
San Luis Rey Mission (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Southern Pacific Railroad Company -- Photographs.
Adobe houses -- Photographs.
Blockhouses -- Photographs.
Cinchona -- Photographs.
Forests & fields -- Photographs.
Hotels—California—Los Angeles -- Photographs.
Houses—California—Los Angeles -- Photographs.
Indians of North America--Northwest, Canadian -- Photographs.
Lumber camps -- Photographs.
Orange trees -- Photographs.
Palms -- Photographs.
Railroad trains -- Photographs.
Salmon fishing -- Photographs.
Santa Barbara Mission -- Photographs.
Temples, Chinese -- Photographs.
Avalon (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Photographs.
Columbia River. -- Photographs.
Dana Point (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Golden Gate (Calif. : Strait) -- Photographs.
Golden Gate Park (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Photographs.
Hollister Ranch (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Hood, Mount (Or.) -- Photographs.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Monterey (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Mount Shasta (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Multnomah Falls (Or.) -- Photographs.
Pasadena (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Rainer, Mount (Wash.) -- Photographs.
Ravenna Park (Seattle, Wash.) -- Photographs.
San Diego (Calif.) -- Photographs.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Photographs.
San Luis Obispo (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Santa Barbara (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Santa Monica (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Seattle (Wash.) -- Photographs.
Snoqualmie Falls (Wash.) -- Photographs.
Tacoma (Wash.) -- Photographs.
Wilson, Mount (Calif. : Mountain) -- Photographs.
Forms/Genres
Cityscape photographs.
Photograph albums.
Photographs.
Portraits.