W.B. Isaacs photograph album, approximately 1881

Summary

Creators:

Isaacs, W. B.

Abstract:

Photograph album assembled by W.B. Isaacs of San Francisco, California, containing eighty prints, mostly cyanotype, dating to approximately 1881. The prints contain scenes of one late 19th century family's life and travels throughout the state of California.

Extent:

1 Linear Feet (1 flat box)

Language:

English.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], W.B. Isaacs photograph album, Wyles Mss 221. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

Photograph album containing approximately eighty prints, mostly cyanotype, containing scenes of one late 19th century family's life and travels throughout the state of California, assembled by "W.B. Isaacs, former photographer and partner w/ Weintraub, 28 Third Street, San Francisco, 1881."

The album also contains approximately ten loose cyanotypes and albumen prints. Many of the photographs include captions, mainly of the various locations throughout the state of California in which the photographs were taken.

Acquisition information:

Library purchase, 2019.

Physical location:

Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Albumen prints
Cyanotypes (photographic prints)
Photograph albums

Names:

Isaacs, W. B. -- Photographs

Places:

California -- 19th century -- Photographs

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], W.B. Isaacs photograph album, Wyles Mss 221. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:

UC Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections

UC Santa Barbara Library

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US

Contact:

(805) 893-3062

special@library.ucsb.edu

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