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[Pictorial material from the Grunsky family papers].
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[Pictorial material from the Grunsky family papers]Creator/Contributor:
McKinne, A. B. (Andrew Barnaby)Creator/Contributor:
Camerer, Eugene.Creator/Contributor:
Spooner, J. P. (John Pitcher), 1845-1917Creator/Contributor:
Grunsky, C. E., 1855-1934Creator/Contributor:
Wolfe, S. A. (Samuel A.)Creator/Contributor:
Taber, I. W. (Isaiah West), 1830-1912Creator/Contributor:
Higgins, E. R.Creator/Contributor:
J.H. Peters & CoCreator/Contributor:
New York Gallery (San Francisco, Calif.)Creator/Contributor:
A. Gary Shilling & CoAbstract:
California views show the San Francisco Bay (with boats and ships), Chinese children in San Francisco (photos by McKinne),
Telegraph Hill, buildings in Stockton (Lottie Grunsky Grammar School, C.M. Weber's residence, a general town view), and a
houseboat used to survey California's water resources. Views from Egypt (and a few from Greece and Turkey) seem to be sketches
made on a trip in 1927, and depict pyramids, boats, and scenes along the Nile River; a waterfront view of Smyrna (Izmir);
the Greek coastline; and similar scenes. Also included are Grunsky and Powers family portraits and family snapshots.
chiefly family portraits, snapshots, photograph albums and scrapbooks. PIC box 1: photograph album documenting a Sierra Club
outing of 1919; miscellaneous family portraits and snapshots; a portrait of a Chinese man; ALB v.1: snapshot photograph album,
likely compiled by Clotilde Grunsky, from the first decade of the 20th century; ALB v.2 snapshot photograph album of travel
views of the U.S. West; fALB v.3: scrapbook album, likely compiled by Clotilde Grunsky, documenting a European tour in 1937;
AX folders: leaves from an unidentified family snapshot photograph album, and a wedding portrait of Carl Ewald Grunsky and
Marta Kate Pawers; B folder: portraits of Carl Ewald Grunsky and Marta Kate Pawers.
Date:
1850 (issued)Subject:
f-ua--- -- n-us--- -- n-us-caChinese -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Ships -- Pictorial works
Chinois -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Photographies
Chinese
Ships
West (U.S.) -- Photographs
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Stockton (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Nile River Delta (Egypt) -- Pictorial works
Egypt -- Pictorial works
Nil, Delta du (Égypte) -- Ouvrages illustrés
West United States
California -- San Francisco
California -- Stockton
Egypt
Egypt -- Nile River Delta
Grunsky family -- Pictorial works
Powers family -- Pictorial works
Powers family
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Title supplied by cataloger.
Many drawings by C.E. Grunsky. Some prints are reproductions of drawings by Grunsky's uncle, Eugene Camerer. Photographs by:
A.B. [Andrew Barnaby] McKinne, J.H. Peters & Co. (New York Gallery), J. Pitcher Spooner, S[amuel] A. Wolfe, I.W. Taber, E.R.
Higgins, Shilling & Co., Boyé (S.F.).
Also includes drawings and paintings. Carte de visite photographs shelved separately in --CDV.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Transferred from the Grunsky family papers (BANC MSS C-B 557).
Additions : Gift of Trish Taylor ; 2017.
List of contents of original installment : available in the library.
Type:
graphicPortrait.
portraits.
scrapbooks.
Portraits.
Albums (Books)
Photographs.
Pictorial works.
Photograph albums.
Seascapes.
Watercolors.
Drawings.
Cartes de visite.
Tintypes.
Portraits.
Albums (Books)
Portraits.
Albums personnalisés.
Physical Description:
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approximately 900 photographs in 1 box, 3 albums and 3 oversize folders : chiefly photographs ; sheets various sizes
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.