Title:

[Harvey E. High photograph album of the American West]

Creator/Contributor:

High, Harvey E., creator, photographer.

Wide-ranging, high quality amateur views of the American west, taken by Harvey E. High during his travels throughout the first half of the 20th century. General subject matter includes Native Americans and their material culture; desert views and other natural scenery; highways, streets, bridges, railroads and other aspects of infrastructure; festive events; statues; civic, regional and national parks; automobiles; animals; agriculture, lumbering and other industrial activities; and individual and group portraits. Nearly half of views are from Colorado. Other states represented widely include California, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington and Kansas. Colorado locations include Denver, Manitou, Ouray, Fort Collins, Grand Lake, Colorado Springs, Salida, Garden of the Gods, Idaho Springs, Mesa Verde, Estes Park, Arvada, Boulder Creek, Cheyenne Canyon, Indian Hills, Corona, Central City, Pike's Peak, El Dorado Springs, Rocky Mountain National Park, Canyon City, Stonewall, Moffat Tunnel, Devil's Head, Williams Canyon, Gilman, and Mt. Evans. California views were taken in Los Angeles, San Diego's Balboa Park, San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, Beatty's Lion Farm in El Monte, Yosemite National Park, Hollywood, Mojave Desert, Salinas, Requa, Fresno, San Pedro, Santa Barbara, Glendale, San Gabriel Mission and Catalina Island. New Mexico views include Taos Pueblo, Laguna Mission, Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Cimmaron Canyon and Glorietta Pass. Oregon views include Newport, McKenzie River, Toledo, Columbia River Highway and Portland. Washington views include Seattle, Snowqualmie Pass, Tacoma, Longview and Aberdeen. Kansas views include Carniero, Topeka, Ellsworth, Black Wolf, Wilson, Lincoln, Sylvan Grove, Brookville and Quinter. Other states represented include Nevada (Rhyolite), Montana (hydraulic mining), Wyoming (Yellowstone National Park, DuBois), Utah (Salt Lake City, Bryce Canyon), Arizona (Superior), Texas (Houston), Washington D.C. and the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. The photographer appears in a few photographs. Other identified persons include Chief Standing Elk and fiddler Ike Shores. Local residents, workers and tourists are depicted throughout.

Date:

1904 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-co -- n-us-ca -- n-us-nm -- n-us-ks -- n-us-or -- n-us-wa

Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- Photographs

Deserts -- Southwestern States -- Photographs

Roads -- West (U.S.) -- Photographs

Peuples autochtones -- États-Unis (Ouest) -- Photographies

Déserts -- États-Unis (Sud-Ouest) -- Photographies

Deserts

Indians of North America

Roads

Travel

West (U.S.) -- Description and travel

West (U.S.) -- Photographs

Colorado -- Photographs

Denver (Colo.) -- Photographs

California -- Photographs

Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Photographs

New Mexico -- Photographs

Oregon -- Photographs

Washington (State) -- Photographs

Kansas -- Photographs

États-Unis (Ouest) -- Descriptions et voyages

Colorado -- Photographies

Californie -- Photographies

Nouveau-Mexique -- Photographies

Oregon -- Photographies

Washington (État) -- Photographies

Kansas -- Photographies

California

California -- Los Angeles

Colorado

Colorado -- Denver

Kansas

New Mexico

Oregon

United States -- Southwestern States

Washington (State)

West United States

Title devised by cataloger.

Photographer identified in captions of a few prints.

All prints accompanied by mounted typescript captions describing subject matter, usually dated, many humorous.

Purchase ; from Langdon Manor Books; 2021.

Harvey E. High (per census records): born in Pennsylvania, 1872; lived in Kansas and later Denver, where he spent the last decades of his life; worked as a trucker and photographer; died 1943.

Harvey E. High photograph album of the American West, BANC PIC 2021.013, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

graphic

Photographs.

Photograph albums.

photoprint

approximately 200 photographs in 1 album : gelatin silver prints ; prints various sizes, album 21 x 32 cm

English

Origin:

California