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See the Sierras from a Saddle: Robinson Pack Train, Allie W. Robinson, Prop., ca. 1930
BANC PIC 1992.014--ALB
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Collection Title: See the Sierras from a Saddle: Robinson Pack Train, Allie W. Robinson, Prop.
Date: ca. 1930
Collection Number: BANC PIC 1992.014--ALB
Photographer:
Frashers Foto (Pomona, California)
Extent:
71 photographic prints in an album; black and white; album is 19 x 29 cm.
68 digital objects
Repository: The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Collection is available for use.
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish photographs must be submitted
in writing to the Curator of Pictorial Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library
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.
Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted
to research and educational purposes.
[Identification of item], See the Sierras from a Saddle: Robinson Pack Train, Allie W. Robinson, Prop., ca. 1930, BANC PIC
1992.014--ALB, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Digital Representations Available
Digital representations of selected original pictorial materials are available in the list of materials below. Digital image
files were prepared from selected Library originals by the Library Photographic Service. Library originals were copied onto
35mm color transparency film; the film was scanned and transferred to Kodak Photo CD (by Custom Process); and the Photo CD
files were color-corrected and saved in JFIF (JPEG) format for use as viewing files.
Gift of H. Stewart Kimball, ca. 1992
The See the Sierras album contains 71 black and white photographs on 68 pages taken by Frashers Foto Company of Pomona California,
probably in the 1930s. The album was prepared as a promotional tool for the Robinson Pack Train in Independence, California.
According to handwritten information opposite the title page in the album, the pack train, established in 1901, was the oldest
in Eastern California. Allie W. Robinson, its proprietor, offered to pack deer hunters and trout fishermen to the 200 lakes
and 150 miles of streams in the eastern Sierras.
The album includes views of many of these lakes and streams, including Gilbert Lake, Kearsage Lakes, Bull Frog Lake, Bubbs
Creek, South Fork Kings River, Rae Lake, the "Sixty Lake Basin," Baxter Lake, Bench Lake, Whitney Creek, and Tulainyo Lake.
Also included are a few views of Mt. Whitney and views of many peaks, trails, and other landmarks in the area including Onion
Valley, University Peak, Kearsage Trail, Mt. Brewer, Glenn Pass, Dragon Peak, Fin Dome, and others. The album emphasizes the
excellent trout fishing in the area with several photographs of fishermen and their catches. The captions in the container
listing are the handwritten captions that appear on the album pages or photographs.