Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Horace Whitaker photographs.
- Abstract:
- Includes portraits of Horace Whitaker and his mother Mary Colegrove Whitaker. Portraits are early 20th century copies of 19th century originals. Also includes photographs of Whitaker's property in Tulare County, Calif. depicting a carrot field, a cabin among trees, and Whitaker in a horse cart.
- Extent:
- 6 photographic prints :
- Language:
- English
Background
- Biographical / historical:
- Horace Whitaker was born in Hampton, Connecticut, 1830 and died in Orsi, California, 1910. He moved to California in 1850 and became a rancher in Tulare County. Before his death he donated 320 acres of a sequoia and conifer forest, adjacent to Sequoia National Park, to the University of California. This stand has become known as Whitaker's Forest.
- Physical description:
- 6 photographic prints : b and albumen ; 26 x 19 cm or smaller.
- Physical facet:
- b and albumen ;
- Dimensions:
- 26 x 19 cm or smaller.
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft LibraryBerkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
- Contact:
- 510-642-6481