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Guide to the Emerson Shaw Photographic Slide Collection

MSS-2010-10-30

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Table of contents

Collection Contents

Boxes 1-2

Series : I

California Slides 1944-1950

Physical Description: 2 boxes

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of color slides depicting California cities, landmarks, tourist destinations, scenery, and includes photographs of the Shaw family and their friends. Some of the California places of note include: Capitola, Carmel, Carmel Mission, China Town, Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, Del Monte Lodge, Dorsey's Station, the Golden Gate Bridge, Half Dome, Lakes Tahoe, Donner, and Angora, aerial views of San Francisco and Oakland, Point Lobos, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay and Docks, Santa Cruz town and beach, Stanford University, Sutter's Fort, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), and Yosemite Park. Shaw did not annotate the dates for all of the slides represented.

Arrangement

This series is aranged by date.

Box 1, Slide 1

Carmel Mission 1944

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 1, Slide 7

Point Lobos 1944

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 1, Slide 44

Sutter's Fort n.d

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 1, Slide 76

Weed, California 1944

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 1, Slide 78

Shasta Dam n.d

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 1, Slide 94

Yosemite Valley undated

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 1, Slide 115

General Sherman Tree undated

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 1, Slide 130

San Juan Capistrano undated

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 1, Slide 144

Army Day 1940

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 1, Slide 183

Emerson's First Picture undated

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 1, Slide 197

Geisenhoff Ranch undated

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 1, Slide 204

World's Fair undated

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 1, Slide 218

Golden Gate Park undated

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 1, Slide 223

Golden Gate Bridge undated

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 1, Slide 239

Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill from "Russian Hill" undated

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 1, Slide 241

Legion of Honor Art Gallery undated

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 1, Slide 263

San Francisco Aerial Views undated

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 1, Slide 283

Napa Valley undated

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 1, Slide 300

Sonoma Mission undated

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 1, Slide 308

Western Pacific undated

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 2, Slide 336

San Juan Town and Mission undated

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 2, Slide 410

Desolation Valley undated

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 2, Slide 449

Road Races 1951

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 2, Slide 519

Hollywood Hills September 1951

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 2, Slide 533

Mt. Waterman undated

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 2, Slide 563

San Simeon undated

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 2, Slide 584

Route 1 Half Moon undated

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 2, Slide 593

Saratoga Summit 1948

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 2, Slide 684

Fort Ross 1950

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 2, Slide 698

Trinity County undated

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 2, Slide 723

Virginia City undated

Physical Description: 1 slide

Boxes 3-4

Series : II

East Coast Slides 1940-1945

Physical Description: 2 boxes

Scope and Content Note

In 1939 and 1947 Emerson Shaw and his wife traveled to the East Coast. This series visually documents their travel and includes scenic views of the Southwest and Midwest, photographs of cities, monuments, parks, and other tourist destinations across the country. The highlights include : Atlanta, Georgia, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Bristol, Rhode Island, Chicago, Denver, Colorado, the Grand Canyon, Grand Lake, Colorado, the Hudson River, Illinois, Coolidge Dam, Jefferson Memorial, Lake Michigan, Lincoln Memorial, Maine and Maine Coast, Manhattan, New York, Mount Vernon, the National Art Gallery, Niagra Falls, Norris Dam, Tennessee, Rocky Mountain National Park, the Smokey Mountains, the Statue of Liberty, University of Chicago, Valley Forge, Washington DC, and West Point.

Arrangement

This series is aranged by date.

Box 3, Slide 2

Chicago 1939

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 3, Slide 8

University of Chicago 1939

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 3, Slide 20

Bridges, Barges, and Boats 1939

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 3, Slide 70

Niagra Falls 1939

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 3, Slide 74

Statue of Liberty 1939

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 3, Slide 96

Hudson River 1939

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 3, Slide 97

West Point 1939

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 3, Slide 105

Norris Dam, Tennessee 1939

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 3, Slide 120

Painted Desert, Arizona 1939

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 3, Slide 141

Superstition Mountain 5/24/1947

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 3, Slide 142

Coolidge Dam 5/25/1947

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 3, Slide 146

Baton Rouge, Louisiana 5/28/1947

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 3, Slide 152

New Orleans, Louisiana 5/28/1947

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 3, Slide 162

Atlanta, Georgia 6/1/1947

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 3, Slide 171

Warm Springs, Georgia 6/5/1947

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 3, Slide 177

Cherokee Indian Chief 6/9/1947

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 3, Slide 180

Smoky Mountains 6/9/1947

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 3, Slide 192

Lincoln Memorial 6/12/1947

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 3, Slide 197

Jefferson Memorial 6/15/1947

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 3, Slide 204

Mount Vernon 6/13/1947

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 3, Slide 216

Washington Monument 1947

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 3, Slide 232

Valley Forge 6/20/1947

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 4, Slide 242

New London, Connecticut 6/22/1947

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 4, Slide 256

Maine 1947

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 4, Slide 263

Lake Chocorua and Mt. Chocorua 6/25/1947

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 4, Slide 270

Scituate Harbor 7/2/1947

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 4, Slide 282

Bristol, Rhode Island 7/4/1947

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 4, Slide 296

New York City- Central Park 7/17/1947

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 4, Slide 307

Statue of Liberty and New York Skyline 7/18/1947

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 4, Slide 317

Niagra Falls 7/28/1947

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 4, Slide 322

Boston 1947

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 4, Slide 333

Plymouth, Massachusetts 7/23/1947

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 4, Slide 338

Cranberry Bog 7/23/1947

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 4, Slide 351

Hudson River Looking North 7/26/1947

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 4, Slide 361

Niagra Falls 7/28/1947

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 4, Slide 377

Barberton, Ohio 7/30/1947

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 4, Slide 401

Chicago and Lake Michigan 8/3/1947

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 4, Slide 425

Rocky Mountain National Park 8/9/1947

Physical Description: 1 slide

Box 5

Series : III

Scenic Slides 1952-1957

Physical Description: 1 box

Scope and Content Note

This series of slides consists of seasonal scenic views of California taken during Shaw family vacations. Many of the images depict family camping, fishing, and ski trips. Ski locations include the Lake Tahoe region and feature Squaw Valley. Scenic views include Angora Lake, where the Shaw Family had a summer cabin, Lake Tahoe, rivers, streams, lakes, forests, sunsets, Echo Summit, Rubicon Valley, Yosemite, and Lake Hellen.

Arrangement

This series is aranged by date.

Box 5, Slides 1-481

Lake Tahoe and Lake Angora, seasonal scenic views 1952-1957

Physical Description: 481 slides

Collection Contents

California Slides

East Coast Slides

Scenic Slides