Lunt family vacation photograph album, circa 1900

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Abstract:: Photograph album consisting of 116 black and white gelatin silver photographic prints documenting a family vacation in 1895-1905. Photographs show primarily women travelers to the Hotel Russell in Monte Rio, Sonoma County, California, and the Terrace Grove Hotel in an unidentified location. The women are photographed participating in recreational activities such as boating, hiking in a Redwood forest, and picnicking.
Extent:: 0.75 linear feet
Language:: English and Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item, date]; Lunt Family Vacation Photograph Album, PC PA 060; Box P014; California Historical Society.

Scope and content:: Photograph album consisting of 116 black and white gelatin silver photographic prints documenting a family vacation in 1895-1905. Photographs show primarily women travelers to the Hotel Russell in Monte Rio, Sonoma County, California, and the Terrace Grove Hotel in an unidentified location. The women are photographed participating in recreational activities such as boating, hiking in a Redwood forest, and picnicking. Contains a few photographs showing San Francisco street scenes including the White House department store and a boat or ferry named "Vallejo" docking amidst a crowd of people celebrating. Also contains group photographs and portraits of unidentified persons; most likely members of either the Lunt or Branley families. There is one portrait identified as George T. Branley.
Acquisition information:: Gift of Mrs. Robert E. Lunt.
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects:: Outdoor recreation -- California, Northern -- Pictorial works
Women travelers -- Pictorial works
Gelatin silver prints
Photograph albums
Places:: Monte Rio (Calif.) -- Pictorial works

Access and use

Restrictions:: California Historical Society collections have been transferred to Stanford University Libraries. Collections will be unavailable as Stanford accessions them and updates records. Please contact chscollection@stanford.edu with any inquiries.
Terms of access:: Materials in this collection, which were created between 1895 and 1905, are in the public domain in the United States. Permission to publish or reproduce is not required.

Preferred citation:: [Identification of item, date]; Lunt Family Vacation Photograph Album, PC PA 060; Box P014; California Historical Society.

Location of this collection:: Stanford University, California Historical Society Collection at Stanford

Department of Special Collections, Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford, CA 94305-6004, US