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Title: Photograph Collection of California Hotels, Missions, and Coastal Scenery
Dates (inclusive): approximately 1890s
Collection Number: photCL 93
Extent:
28 photographs, 2 maps, and 9 reproductions of photographs in 1 disbound album ; photographs 13 x 20.5 cm. (5 x 8 in.) and
smaller.
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 disbound album contains typical late 19th century commercial photographs focusing on hotels, missions, and scenery of
California,
particularly California luxury hotels that catered to East Coast winter tourists. The most notable images include the second
Hotel Del Monte, rebuilt after an 1887
fire; Hotel Del Coronado shortly after its 1888 opening; and the Raymond Hotel and Hotel Green in Pasadena. Also included
are photographs of Missions Santa Barbara,
San Gabriel, and San Juan Capistrano; and the San Francisco landmarks of Cliff House and Fort Point.
Language: English.
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader
Services.
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.
Photograph Collection of California Hotels, Missions, and Coastal Scenery. The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Gift of Ed Morrill on February 7, 1956.
This collection consists of one disbound album containing late 19th century commercial photographs focusing on hotels, missions,
and scenery of California with
several views of Missions Santa Barbara, San Gabriel, and San Juan Capistrano; Pasadena and its landmarks, including the Raymond
Hotel and the Hotel Green; the Hotel Del Monte in Monterey;
Seal Rock; the Pacific Ocean shore near Monterey; the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego; Riverside; Cliff House, Fort Point,
and the Golden Gate Strait in San Francisco; and Lick Observatory near Mount Hamilton.
Of the 33 photographs,
8 were taken by C.W.J. Johnson, 6 were taken by F.H. Maude, 4 were taken by J.E. Slocum, and 2 were taken by C.B. Waite. There
are two small maps and a few reproduced photos
pasted into the album that were published elsewhere.
The compiler of the album is unknown.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
Huntington Library's Online Catalog.
California missions -- Photographs.
Cliff House (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Photographs.
Customhouses -- Photographs.
Cypress -- Photographs.
Fort Point National Historic Site (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Photographs.
Hotel del Coronado (Coronado, Calif.) -- Photographs.
Hotel Del Monte (Monterey, Calif.) -- Photographs.
Hotel Green (Pasadena, Calif.) -- Photographs.
Hotels--California--1870-1910 -- Photographs.
Lick Observatory -- Photographs.
Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel, Calif.) -- Photographs.
Mission San Juan Capistrano -- Photographs.
Raymond Hotel (Pasadena, Calif.) -- Photographs.
Santa Barbara Mission -- Photographs.
Golden Gate (Calif. : Strait) -- Photographs.
Monterey (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Pasadena (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Riverside (Calif.) -- Photographs.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Johnson, C. W. J. (Charles Wallace Jacob), 1833-1903, photographer.
Maude, F. H. (Frederic Hamer), photographer.
Waite, C. B. (Charles Betts), 1861-192, photographer.
Cityscape photographs.
Photographs.
Reproductions.
Seascape photographs.