This collection consists of 44 cartes de visite photographic prints of sites in Mendocino County, taken by M. M. Hazeltine, ca. 1867-1869. Included are images of Mendocino and vicinity, views of the town including residences and public buildings, lumber mills and related scenes, and an Indian village showing teepees made of scrap lumber. Captions are typewritten in a list preceding the photographs and are reprinted in the container listing.

Martin Mason Hazeltine was born on July 31, 1827, in Vermont. He and his brother George I. Hazeltine studied photography in St. Charles, Illinois, and then in New York City. In December of 1853, the two brothers moved to San Francisco where they operated a daguerreotype shop, producing pictures of Yosemite and other California scenic areas. In the mid-1860s, Martin Hazeltine moved to Mendocino; his many photographs taken there were later published by such firms as J. P. Soule and Lawrence & Houseworth. He entered a partnership with J. J. Reilly in the 1870s in Stockton and Yosemite Valley, but returned to Mendocino on and off until the 1880s. In the later part of his life, he lived in Idaho and Oregon. He died in 1903.

44 photographic prints ; albumen, some hand colored, cartes de visite ; 6 x 10 cm. 48 digital objects

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Collection is available for use.