Finding Aid to California Views Photographed by I.W. Taber, 1885-1890
Processed by Padma Rubiales and Terry Boom.
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Finding Aid to California Views Photographed by I.W. Taber, 1885-1890
Collection number: BANC PIC 1962.005--PIC
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/
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Collection Summary
Collection Title: California views photographed by I.W. Taber
Date: 1885-1890
Collection Number: BANC PIC 1962.005--PIC
Photographer:
Taber, I.W.
Extent:
39 photographic prints mounted on 20 boards; mounts 19 x 26 cm.
39 digital objects (39 images)
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
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[Identification of item], California views photographed by I.W. Taber, BANC PIC 1962.005--PIC, 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.
Selected items were digitized or re-digitized at a later date.
Related Collections
The Bancroft Library has extensive holdings of I. W. Taber photographs. See the on-line catalog for other collections.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Gift of Francis P. Farquhar
Biography
Isaiah West Taber was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts August 17, 1830. Taber went to sea at the age of fifteen and spent
several years working on whaling ships in the North Pacific. He came to California in 1850, where he spent four years working
first as a miner, then a farmer. Taber returned to New Bedford in 1854 where he studied dentistry and began a dental practice.
An interest in amateur photography eventually became his life-work. He settled in Syracuse, New York, where he opened his
first studio. In 1864 he returned to California at the inducement of the photographers Bradley and Rulofson, whom he worked
for until 1871. Taber established the "Taber Gallery" at No. 12 Montgomery Street in 1871. His highly successful business
was well-known for portraiture and a vast stock of California and Western views -many of which were the unacknowledged works
of other photographers. Taber's success and stature in California and abroad are evident in his being awarded the photographic
concession of the Midwinter Fair of 1893-94 in San Francisco, his being sent to London in 1897 to photograph the pageant of
the Queen Victoria Jubilee, and his commission to photograph King Edward VII. Taber's career ended in 1906 when his entire
collection of glass plates, view negatives and portraits on glass were destroyed in the San Francisco earthquake and fire.
He died February 22, 1912.
(Sources: Hart, James D.
A Companion to California. New York: Oxford University Press, 1978, p.439; Murray, W. H.
The Builders of a Great City: San Francisco's Representative Men. San Francisco: The Journal, 1891, p.329-330 ; and Burdette, Robert J.
American Biography and Genealogy. California edition. (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., [191-]), p. 756-761.)
Scope and Content
This collection of Taber photographs was presumably collected by Francis P. Farquhar who donated them in 1962. It consists
of 39 photographs mounted back-to-back on 19 x 26 cm. mounts. Included are views of hotels, mansions, missions, buildings
and general city views taken in various California locations. Photographs 1-21 are primarily of Southern California locales
including the Hotel del Coronado (San Diego), the Englewood Hotel (Riverside), Santa Barbara Mission, and the Raymond Hotel
(Pasadena). Locations in Los Angeles and San Gabriel are also included in this portion of the collection. Photographs 22-37
consist of San Francisco scenes, including Golden Gate Park, Sutro Heights, the Palace Court Hotel, the Cliff House, and Chinatown.
Photographs of the mansions of Leland Stanford, J. C. Flood, David Colton, Charles C. Crocker, and Mrs. Mark Hopkins, all
located in San Francisco, are also in this section. Photograph no. 38 is a view of San Diego from the bay. Photograph no.
39 is of the Lion and Bee Hive house in Salt Lake City, Utah. This photograph is by C. R. Savage.
Hotel del Coronado from North - Coronado, San Diego Co[unty] BANC PIC 1962.005:01--PIC
Hotel del Coronado - from the beach, San Diego Co[unty], Cal[ifornia] BANC PIC 1962.005:02--PIC
Hotel del Coronado - Coronado, San Diego Co[unty], Cal[ifornia] BANC PIC 1962.005:03--PIC
Hotel del Coronado - Court - Coronado, San Diego Co[unty], Cal[ifornia] BANC PIC 1962.005:04--PIC
The Englewood Hotel, Riverside, Cal[ifornia] BANC PIC 1962.005:05--PIC
Magnolia Avenue, Riverside, Cal[ifornia] BANC PIC 1962.005:06--PIC
Santa Barbara Mission. Founded in 1786 BANC PIC 1962.005:07--PIC
Santa Barbara, Main Street BANC PIC 1962.005:08--PIC
Ross' Vineyard and Winery, San Gabriel BANC PIC 1962.005:09--PIC
Sierraa Madre Villa BANC PIC 1962.005:10--PIC
Raymond Hotel - South Pasadena, Cal[ifornia] BANC PIC 1962.005:11--PIC
Spanish Bayonet (cactus) in bloom - height 18 feet - South Cal[ifornia] BANC PIC 1962.005:12--PIC
San Anita Ranch, San Gabriel, Cal[ifornia] BANC PIC 1962.005:13--PIC
Los Angeles, 2nd Street from the hill [about 1894] BANC PIC 1962.005:14--PIC
Los Angeles, Cal[ifornia]. Main Street BANC PIC 1962.005:15--PIC
Church of our Lady Angels, the oldest building in Los Angeles. Built in 1821 BANC PIC 1962.005:16--PIC
"Only a few rods off stood the little chapel; in front of it swung on a cross bar from two slanting posts, an old bronze bell
which had once belonged to the San Diego Mission. When Ramona read the date "1790" on its side - Ramona, Chapter XIX
BANC PIC 1962.005:17--PIC
San Anita Ranch, San Gabriel, Cal[ifornia] BANC PIC 1962.005:18--PIC
Old Adobe building at Monterey, occupied by Gen[eral] Fremont's soldiers during the Mexican War BANC PIC 1962.005:19--PIC
Cypress tree near Monterey BANC PIC 1962.005:20--PIC
Old Mission San Gabriel BANC PIC 1962.005:21--PIC
The Golden Gate, and Black Point, San Francisco, Cal[ifornia] BANC PIC 1962.005:22--PIC
Conservatory, Golden Gate Park, S.F. [San Francisco] BANC PIC 1962.005:23--PIC
Golden Gate Park from Music Stand, S.F. [San Francisco] Cal[ifornia] BANC PIC 1962.005:24--PIC
Sutro Heights, San Francisco, Cal[ifornia], 1886. Stairway carved in rock BANC PIC 1962.005:25--PIC
California Street from Sansome Street, San Francisco, 1 BANC PIC 1962.005:26--PIC
Upper Corridor, Palace Hotel, S. F. [San Francisco], Cal[ifornia] BANC PIC 1962.005:27--PIC
Palace Hotel Court BANC PIC 1962.005:28--PIC
Cliff House BANC PIC 1962.005:29--PIC
Stanford's Residence, California St[reet], S. F. [San Francisco] BANC PIC 1962.005:30--PIC
[Garden statuary, Stanford residence ?] BANC PIC 1962.005:31--PIC
Additional Note
no number
J. C. Flood's Residence, California Street, San Francisco BANC PIC 1962.005:32--PIC
The Colton and Crocker Mansions, S. F. [San Francisco] Cal[ifornia] BANC PIC 1962.005:33--PIC
Mrs. Colton residence, San Francisco, Cal[ifornia] BANC PIC 1962.005:34--PIC
Mrs. Mark Hopkins' residence, S. F. [San Francisco], Cal[ifornia] BANC PIC 1962.005:35--PIC
J. C. Flood's residence, Menlo Park, Cal[ifornia] BANC PIC 1962.005:36--PIC
Street scene, Chinatown, S. F. [San Francisco], Cal[ifornia] BANC PIC 1962.005:37--PIC
San Diego, Cal[ifornia] - from the bay BANC PIC 1962.005:38--PIC
Lion and Bee Hive House, Salt Lake [C. R. Savage, photographer] BANC PIC 1962.005:39--PIC
Additional Note
no number