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Guide to the Stereographs from the Eadweard Muybridge Pacific Coast Series
PC-RM-Stereos: Box 03  
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Administrative Information
  • Scope and Contents Note
  • Arrangement
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Stereographs from the Eadweard Muybridge Pacific Coast series,
    Date (inclusive): ca. 1867-1870s
    Collection number: PC-RM-Stereos: Box 03
    Creator: Muybridge, Eadweard
    Extent: 23 photographic prints (mounted), 8.5 x 17.5 cm. and 10 x 18 cm
    Repository: California Historical Society, North Baker Library
    San Francisco, California 94105-4014
    Abstract: Stereographs of the San Francisco Bay Area, Pescadero, Santa Cruz, Point Reyes, and Mendocino County taken by Eadweard Muybridge.
    Physical location: Please consult repository.
    Language: English.

    Administrative Information

    Access

    CHS is not taking appointments for research at this time. Please check the Library's website updates: https://californiahistoricalsociety.org/collections/north-baker-research-library/ 

    Publication Rights

    Copyright has not been assigned to California Historical Society. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Research Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the California Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

    Preferred Citation

    Stereographs from the Eadweard Muybridge Pacific Coast series, PC-RM-Stereos: Box 03, California Historical Society, North Baker Research Library, Photography Collection.

    Acquisition Information

    Consult repository.

    Scope and Contents Note

    Contains images of San Francisco Bay Area, including views of the bay and South Farallon Island; New Years Island; Año Nuevo Island and its fog whistle; Pigeon Point lighthouse and its Keepers dwelling. Also pictured are Santa Cruz lighthouse and coastal area. Contains images of Pescadero, including Union Hall and beachcombers on Pebble Beach. One photo each of Cape Mendocino and a Chinese abalone merchant at Drakes Bay, Pt. Reyes.

    Arrangement

    Arranged by series, based on mount size and descriptions: The Pacific Coast (Illustrated by Edw. J. Muybridge); The Pacific Coast (Published by Bradley & Rulofson--large cards); The Pacific Coast (Published by Bradley & Rulofson--small cards).

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

    Subjects

    Pigeon Point Lighthouse (Calif.)--Pictorial works
    Lighthouses--California--Santa Cruz--Photographs
    Seashore--California--Photographs
    San Francisco Bay (Calif.)
    Farallon Islands (Calif.)--Pictorial works
    Año Nuevo Island (Calif.)--Pictorial works
    Pescadero (Calif.)--Pictorial works
    Mendocino, Cape (Calif.)--Pictorial works
    Santa Cruz (Calif.)--Pictorial works
    Point Reyes Peninsula (Calif.)--Pictorial works

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