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Visual materials from the Henry Meade Bland papers.
BANC PIC 1959.008-.009--PICLOCAL
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Title:
Visual materials from the Henry Meade Bland papersCreator/Contributor:
Bland, Henry Meade, 1863-1931, creatorAbstract:
Miscellaneous collection including portraits of literary and political figures (Mary Austin, Jack London, Edwin Markham, Charles
Warren Stoddard, George Sterling, J.D. Phelan, et al.); prince and princess Lazarovich; and Charles Herrold (an "inventor
of a successful wireless telephone"), among others. Also included are views of homemade ergograph, "grasping machine," early
phonograph attached to a wireless telephone, Mexican shrunken head, missions, and Bland's home in San Jose, California. In
addition, views of California missions and homes of R.L. Stevenson (in Oakland and in Monterey, Calif.) and of Luther Burbank
(in Santa Rosa, Calif.) are present.
Date:
ca. 1890-1930 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caInventions -- Photographs
Poets, American -- California -- Portraits
Authors, American -- California -- Portraits
Curiosities and wonders -- Photographs
Politicians -- United States -- Portraits
Ergograph -- Photographs
Spanish mission buildings -- California -- Photographs
Inventions -- Photographies
Poètes américains -- Californie -- Portraits
Écrivains américains -- Californie -- Portraits
Curiosités et merveilles -- Photographies
Politiciens -- États-Unis -- Portraits
Missions espagnoles (Édifices) -- Californie -- Photographies
Authors, American
Curiosities and wonders
Ergograph
Homes
Inventions
Poets, American
Politicians
Spanish mission buildings
California
California -- Santa Rosa
United States
Stevenson, Robert Louis -- 1850-1894 -- Homes and haunts -- California -- Pictorial works
Burbank, Luther -- 1849-1926 -- Homes and haunts -- California -- Santa Rosa -- Pictorial works
Burbank, Luther -- 1849-1926
Stevenson, Robert Louis -- 1850-1894
Note:
Includes photographic prints, postcards, watercolors, prints and ephemera.
UNARRANGED COLLECTION. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Inquiries regarding these materials should be submitted to The Bancroft Library
via the Notice of Interest in Unprocessed Collections form.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Transferred from the Henry Meade Bland papers (BANC MSS C-H 30).
List of portraits in Portrait File available in the library.
Bland was a poet who authored numerous works on California and literature.
Type:
graphicPhotographs.
Pictorial works.
Portraits.
Postcards.
Physical Description:
13 photographs and 1 box (approximately 100 items) : some color ; various sizes.
Language:
English
Identifier:
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BANC PIC 1959.008-.009--PICLOCAL
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
UNARRANGED COLLECTION. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Inquiries regarding these materials should be submitted to The Bancroft Library
via the Notice of Interest in Unprocessed Collections form.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.