Description
The Harry Babcock Photograph Albums collection contains 175 photographic prints taken between 1881 and 1883, presumably by
Harry Babcock. The collection contains many scenes of outdoor recreational activities, including hunting, fishing, boating,
and camping. The natural locations photographed include Yosemite, San Andreas Lake, various parts of the Sacramento, McCloud
and Pitt Rivers, Lagunitas, Mt. Tamalpais, Mt. Shasta, Eddy Mountain, San Francisco Bay, Mud Lake, Picayune Lake, Buck Lake,
Castle Lake, Pilarcitos, and the Suisun marshes. There are also photographs of Babcock's hunting dogs, hunting partners, and
killed game.
Background
According to Langley's San Francisco Directory of 1881-1882, Harry Babcock was a clerk at Parrott & Co. and resided at 11 Essex Street in San Francisco. The collection
features several photographs of this residence. The partners of Parrott & Co. were Louis B. Parrott, William F. Babcock, and
William Babcock. Both William F. and William also resided at 11 Essex Street and are referred to in the albums' captions.
The relations among the three Babcock's is undetermined.
Restrictions
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.