Guide to the Lewis Winter papers
Guide to the Lewis Winter papers
Collection number: MS0058
Center for Sacramento HistorySacramento, CA
- Processed by:
- Laura J. French
- Date Completed:
- 2003
- Encoded by:
- Sean Heyliger
Biography / Administrative History
Scope and Content of Collection
Series 1. Photographs
Subseries 1.1 Commercial and portrait photography
Etchings by Lewis Winter [084] undated
Diamond shaped design etching [085] undated
Etching of a man standing and holding a bicycle [086] undated
Three sketches - lace pattern, Lewis Winter business card, and nameplate with filigree design [087a-b] undated
Three sketches - Royal Clothiers shop and logo, masthead of Harvey Rodoni and Co. [088] undated
M. Newbert in script [089] circa 1890
Nameplate [090] undated
Two drawings of furniture [091] undated
Two drawings of people [092] undated
Drawing of a roadrunner [093] undated
Two drawings - wagon full of people and word picture [094] undated
Six drawings - Hales building, Polar Building, California State Capitol Building, horse, bear, and chef [095] undated
Three drawings/ advertisements - Unique cloth washer [096] circa 1898
Two drawings - masthead for The Helper and nameplate with filigree design [097] undated
Drawings of filigree comers [098] undated
Eleven various drawings [099] undated
Advertisement for Jaffe 's Electric Pain Expeiler [100] undated
Masthead for Carrington & Anderson Pacific Printing House [101] undated
Portrait of Bessie Mitchell [102] 1897
Portrait of Bessie Mitchell [103] 1897
Portrait of a Frank Miller reading [104] 1897
Portrait of a Frank Miller smiling [105] 1897
Conkey Family - portrait of two girls and a man [106] 1897
Conkey Family - portrait of two girls [107] 1897
Conkey Family - portrait of a girl in a loose dress [108] 1897
Conkey Family - portrait of a girl in a fancy bodice [109] 1897
Cooke Family - portrait of a man [110a] 1897
Cooke Family - portrait of a man [110b] 1897
Cooke Family - portrait of a boy [111] 1897
Cummings family - portrait of family of six on lawn [112] 1897
Cummings family - portrait of a woman and three children [113] 1897
Cummings family - portrait of three girls and boy [114] 1897
Cummings family - portrait of two women and a girl [115] 1897
Uno Philips and family - portrait of a man, two women. and a girl [116] 1897
Uno Philips and family - portrait of a girl and 2 women [117] 1897
Lassen Family - portrait of a man reading [118] 1897
Lassen Family - portrait of a child in a high chair [119] 1897
Sacramento business men - portrait of a man [120] 1897
Sacramento business men - portrait of a man [121] 1897
Sacramento business men - portrait of a man [122] 1897
Sacramento business men - portrait of a man [123] 1897
Sacramento business men - portrait of a man [124] 1897
Portrait of unidentified man [?] undated
Portrait of man holding letter [126] undated
Portrait of man reading letter [127] undated
Portrait of a man with a long beard [128a] undated
Portrait of a man with a long beard [128b] undated
Portrait of a man in a campaign hat [129a] undated
Portrait of a man in a campaign hat [129b] undated
Portrait of a small child [130] undated
Portrait of a girl holding a doll [131] undated
Portrait of a child in a sailor hat [132] undated
Portrait of a girl in a straw hat [133] undated
Portrait of a man holding a baby [134] undated
Portrait of young man [135] undated
Portrait of three girls [136] undated
Portrait of a man smoking [137] undated
Portrait of a woman [138] undated
Portrait of two girls [139] undated
Portrait of two girls [140] undated
Portrait of two girls [141] undated
Portrait of a young man [142] undated
Portrait of a girl [143a] undated
Portrait of a girl [143b] undated
Portrait of a baby [144a] undated
Portrait of a baby [144b] undated
Portrait of a man [145a] undated
Portrait of a man [145b] undated
Portrait of two girls [146] undated
Portrait of two girls [147] undated
Portrait of a young man [148] undated
Portrait of a man [149] undated
Portrait of a man [150] undated
Portrait of a man [151] undated
Portrait of a woman [152] undated
Portrait of a girl [153] undated
Portrait of a man, Chico Mark [?] [154] undated
Four proofs - couple, two women, man [155] undated
Portrait of a woman [156] circa 1910
Portrait of a woman [157] circa 1910
Portrait of a family of thirteen [158] undated
Portrait of a man [159] undated
Portrait of a baby [160] undated
Portrait of a baby [161] undated
Portrait of a baby [162] undated
Portrait of a baby [163] undated
Portrait of a man on a bicycle [164] undated
Portrait of a woman, two girls, and a boy [165] undated
Portrait of a man [166] undated
Portrait of three men [167] undated
Portrait of a family [168] undated
Portrait of a family of fifteen [169] undated
Portrait of a child playing with a dog [170] undated
Portrait of a child playing with a dog [171] undated
Portrait of a man waiting [172] undated
Portrait of a woman watching her children [173] undated
Urban street scene [174] undated
John N. Phillips business - office safe and four men [175] undated
John N. Phillips business - business interior and three men working [176] undated
John N. Phillips business - business interior and three men [177] undated
John N. Phillips business - business interior and two men [178] undated
John N. Phillips business - business interior and four men [179] undated
John N. Phillips business - business interior and three men [180] undated
Printer holding a typestick [181] undated
Boy about to get a haircut [182] undated
Merchant in his store [183] undated
Workers loading sacks onto a train [184] undated
Yorrick - man holding skull [185] undated
Yorrick - man holding skull [186] undated
Yorrick - man holding skull [187] undated
Farm life - two men stringing up a pig [188] undated
Farm life - two men holding pig upside down [189] undated
Farm life - geese walking along fence [190] undated
Farm life - geese and chicken in a barnyard [191] undated
Farm life - man standing by a rural road [192] undated
Farm life - sharply leaning tree [193] undated
Farm life - field of flowers [194] undated
Farm life - mountain railroad tracks [195] undated
Screened Lewis Winter's business card [196] undated
Screened YMCA membership card [197] undated
A pinned piece of lace [202] undated
A pinned piece of lace [203] undated
Engraving of a floral piece [204] undated
Two drawings - advertisement for First Class Cutters and Fitrers / intestines [205] undated
Drawing of a grain separator [206] undated
Asian characters/words [207] undated
Picture of a card with a quote [208] undated
Picture of a card with a quote [209] undated
Screened picture of a man [210] undated
Screened three pictures - pictures of men / drawing of a horse and carriage [211a] undated
Screened three pictures - two pictures of men / drawing of a horse and carriage [211b] undated
Screened portrait of a couple [212] undated
Screened portrait of a man [213] undated
Screened portrait of a man [214a] undated
Screened portrait of a man [214b] undated
Two screened portraits, man and woman [215] undated
Screened portrait of a woman [216] undated
Screened portrait of a girl [217] undated
Screened portrait of J. H. Peters of San Francisco [218] undated
Screened portrait of Mr. Asher of Sacramento [219] undated
Screened pictures - Mr. Asher of Sacramento / boy urinating in a bucket [220] undated
Screened picture of boy urinating in bucket [221a] undated
Screened picture of boy urinating in bucket [221b] undated
Screened picture of a man carrying his fishing buddy across a river [222a] undated
Screened picture of a man carrying his fishing buddy across a river [222b] undated
Screened gallery picture of a hat [223] undated
Screened gallery picture of a hat [224] undated
Screened gallery picture of a hat [225] undated
Screened gallery picture of a hat [226] undated
Screened gallery picture of a hat [227] undated
Screened gallery picture of a hat [228] undated
Two screened pictures - man and woman [229a] undated
Two screened pictures - man and woman [229b] undated
Two screened pictures of men with machines [230] undated
Screened picture of California State Capitol Building [231] undated
Screened picture of a church [232] undated
Four screened catalog drawings [233] undated
Four screened catalog drawings of shoes [234] undated
Two screened catalog drawings [235] undated
Three screened catalog drawings [236] undated
Four screened catalog drawings [237] undated
Five screened catalog drawings [238] undated
View of the California State Capitol [0244] circa 1900s
Mary J. Watson Elementary School 15th and 16th street and I and J streets, Memorial Auditorium site [0245] circa 1900s
Fair Oaks bridge over the American River [0246] circa 1900s
Flooded roadway [0247] circa 1900s
Rail tracks next to lakeshore [0248] circa 1900s
Man standing next to two horse buggy in the Sierra [?][0249] circa 1900s
Man seated in two horse buggy in the Sierra [?][0250] circa 1900s
Man standing next to touring car [0251] circa 1900s
Man standing next to chuckwagon [0252] circa 1900s
Man seated next to chuckwagon [0253] circa 1900s
Man seated next to chuckwagon [0254] circa 1900s
Portrait of two unidentified men [0255] circa 1900s
Portrait of five unidentified men [0256] circa 1900s
Portrait of family picnicing in the forest [0257] circa 1900s
Man holding rifle and bird standing next to mountain stream [0258] circa 1900s
Four hunters posing with killed deer [0259] circa 1900s
Man fishing in mountain stream [0260] circa 1900s
Man in rowboat on mountain lake [0261] 1904
Three men seated under BLISS '04 sign[0262] circa 1900s
Denver and Rio Grande System freight and ticket office 1017 2nd street Sacramento, California [0263] circa 1900s
Ferris wheel and street fair [0264] circa 1900s
Unidentified estate [0265] circa 1900s
Dilapidated two story adobe building [0266] circa 1900s
Dilapidated two story adobe building [0267] circa 1900s
Men on horseback marching in parade [0268] circa 1900s
Woman riding on float in parade [0269] circa 1900s
Military calvary marching in parade [0270] circa 1900s
Women riding on float in parade [0271] circa 1900s
Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament and Brown Brothers Carriage and Wagon Makers storefront 1101 K street Sacramento, California [0272] circa 1900s
Unidentified residential street [0273] circa 1900s
Woman seated on bench outside of Sutter's Fort [0274] circa 1900s
Street scene in front of Sacramento Business College, K street and 9th street [0275] circa 1900s
House at corner of 19th and P streets [0276] circa 1900s
Subseries 1.2 Family photographs
Lewis Winter and bearded man in a three piece suit [009] undated
Lewis Winter, or apprentice in gallery [010] undated
Grandmother (Lewis Winter's mom?), mother, and 2 daughters sitting on porch steps [011] undated
Baby [012] undated
Two men seated in three piece suits, ties, and hats [013] 1897
Two men seated in suits, ties, hats [014] 1897
Two men seated in suit and ties [015] 1897
Man in three piece suit sleeping [016] 1897
Man in bow tie and straw hat with hands behind head [017] 1897
Man in bow tie [018] 1897
Man in vest [019] 1897
Woman with fancy sleeves [020] 1897
Woman with bow at neck [021] 1897
Boy on large tricycle (outside); dog in foreground [022] 1897
Boy playing with dog outside [023] 1897
Lewis Winter's portrait, framed picture in background [024] 1897
Lewis Winter painting [025] undated
Lewis Winter painting [026] undated
Lewis Winter painting [027] undated
Capay Valley - six men hunting in woods [028] 1896
Capay Valley - man on a horse [029] 1896
Capay Valley - two men using a long saw to cut downed wood [030] 1896
Capay Valley - two men with a fire in an orchard; long saw leaning against tree in background [031] 1896
Capay Valley - view of farm from hill top [032] 1896
Capay Valley - three men playing marbles by a house [033] 1896
Capay Valley - Lewis Winter's house [?], shrub and creek bed in foreground [034]" 1896
Capay Valley - farmer milking a cow [035] 1896
Rural trip with friends - man in carriage drawn by three horses [036] undated
Rural trip with friends - two horses drinking from creek; man in background [037] undated
Rural trip with friends - two horses in harness drinking from creek [038] undated
Rural trip with friends - two men with a horse; buildings in background [039] undated
Rural trip with friends - man removing harnesses from horses in front of building [040] undated
Rural trip with friends - three men standing on shore as Tioga starts to go out on lake with four men [041] undated
Rural trip with friends - nine men in front of wooden shed [042] undated
Rural trip with friends - nine men with nets, near a boat full of fish [043] undated
Rural trip with friends - shoreline [044] undated
Rural trip with friends - shoreline with rocks in distance [045] undated
Rural trip with friends - a road leading to a building, machinery, and a bridge over the nearby creek [046] undated
Rural trip with friends - cows at side of creek and an empty skiff in the creek [047] undated
Rural trip with friends - creek going down rocks [048] undated
Rural trip with friends - low creek and road [049] undated
Rural trip with friends - rocky creek bed and wooden building [050] undated
Rural trip with friends - person with umbrella in a wagon pulled by two horses along cliff road [051] undated
Rural trip with friends - railroad tracks disappearing into woods [052] undated
Rural trip with friends - man along narrow road [053] undated
Rural trip with friends - shoreline: a boat, boathouse. several boats, and a house on a small hill [054] undated
Rural trip with friends - dry creek bed [055] undated
Rural trip with friends - river/lake viewed through trees [056] undated
Rural trip with friends - hill's reflection in ''lake/river [057] undated
Subseries 1.4 Assorted
Man with mustache pasted to an invitation to YMCA event by H.E. Higman [059] 1891-04-11
Mounted picture of a girl cleaning window in a mercantile [060] undated
Series 2. Business records
Personal letter to Lewis Winter from J. H. Sohlatter of Pine Ridge, California June 9. 1893
Personal letter to Lewis Winter from D. A. Roertson of Stockton, California November 23, 1890
Business letter to Lewis Winter from M. A. Seed Dry Plate Co. April 12, 1889
Business letter to Lewis Winter from Decimal Mutual Life Insurance Company (W. Pardy) September 7, 1899
Business card L. Winter, Furniture and Baggage Express, Wagon no. 1155 undated
Business card E. corner of Kearny and Pine Streets undated
YMCA membership card for Lewis Winter rectangle scrap of paper with Lewis Winter's signature (or a stamp of signature) Sacramento, California 1888
Smaller rectangular scrap of paper with a stamp of Lewis Winter's signature undated
The visitor, Weinstock, Lubin & Co., Sacramento, California 1894-09
C. H. Holmes"s Specimen Book undated
The Youth's Companion vol. 59-61 (1886-1888), l page fragment from vol. 62 Missing issues: vol. 59 iss. 37; vol. 61 iss. 23, 24, 25, 26. 50, 51 1886-1888
Series 3. Art work
Watercolor paintings
Flowers and practice flowers Berkeley landscape undated
Still life of vase and bowl with lid undated
Still life of vase on platforrn undated
Flowers practice sketch on back undated
Landscape with bridge and tree in foreground undated
Flowers and practice flowers on side undated
Flowers with practice flowers undated
Yellow dandelions undated
Still life of a green vase (sketch of house on back) undated
Still life of two bottles and fruit undated
Sketches
Loose sketchbook pages undated
Fanciful pages, 2 pp. undated
People, 4 pp. undated
Buildings and places, 8 pp. 1895-1901
Outdoors, outside activities, or animals 6 pp. undated
Hands, 2 pp. undated
Flora/fauna, 2 pp. undated
Business drawings, 2 pp. undated
Back of a train, 1 pp. undated
Loose sketchbook pages undated
Sketches of named people, 9 pp. undated
Sketches of Annie Hayle McNaim, 6 pp. 1898-08-28
Sacramento, California undated
Edna White of 1730 M. Street, 1 pp. undated
Mr. Shuch, 2 pp. undated
Sketches of people and animals, 17 pp. undated
Business related curves and filigree, 1 pp. undated
Religious picture and bible verses, 1 pp. undated
Pictures and seemingly unrelated notes, 4 pp. undated
Church board minutes (not sequential) undated
Lists undated
List names and numbers undated
Shopping list undated
Sketchbook small tablet undated
Sketchbook large tablet undated
Sketchbook universal sketch tablet no. 216 undated
Sketchbook universal sketch tablet no. 212 undated
Sketchbook universal sketch tablet no. 212 undated
Sketchbook universal sketch tablet no. 212 undated
Sketchbook universal sketch tablet no. 212 undated
Sketchbook universal sketch tablet no. 212 undated
Sketchbook universal sketch tablet no. 212 undated
Sketchbook universal sketch tablet no. 212 undated
Sketchbook universal sketch tablet no. 212 undated
Sketchbook universal sketch tablet no. 212 undated
Sketchbook practical office tablet no. 609 undated
Sketchbook practical office tablet no. 609 undated
Sketchbook practical office tablet no. 609 undated
Sketchbook practical office tablet no. 609 undated
Sketchbook "The Owl" pocket tablet no. 70 undated
Engravings
Engravings of waterfalls (3) undated
Engraving of a ship on the sea undated
Engraving of a small boy from the back undated
Engravings of trademarks for Lewis Winter undated
Print for Day & Joy Printing of Sacramento, California undated
Vernon and Ethel Winter (Winter's children) undated
"Norman & Bennett: Athletic and Outing Footwear" undated
Card reading The 18 Karat, has Lewis Winter's business stamp on back undated
Four engravings undated
Legal size glossy paper with 14 engravings undated
Business papers and examples; not produced by Lewis Winter undated
Signature block for William Hendricks, Secretary of State; business cards for Richard A. Collin: Building Contractor business card for Three Finger Jack: Shooting Gallery undated
Announcement card for Thanksgiving dinner at U. B. Church undated
Card for Eugene Dunkell undated
Rectangular scraps of paper with signatures undated
Engraving of a lady's boot undated
Engravings illustrating texture undated
Cover to a pamphlet on skin diseases in hospitals undated
Card with an engraving of a man undated
Color engravings from Weinstock Lubin & Company Sacramento, California undated
Color label for Buckeye Agricultural Works undated
Engraving of the Buckeye Agricultural Works in Springfield, Ohio undated
Brochure for the Pacific Bank in San Francisco undated
Newspaper advertisement for Christmas undated
Newspaper clippings of Santa Clauses undated
Newspaper clippings of drawings of people undated
Newspaper clippings of drawings undated
Overlapping pieces of a thick announcement section title of San Francisco Paper The Weekly Call undated
Pages from C. H. Holmes"s Specimen Book of engravings cover page for The Religious Telescope undated
Engravings pasted on to it 2 pages from The Pacific Mutual undated
Engraved picture of John Quincy Adams undated
Announcement for John Welch as a speaker undated
Pages from Harper's New Monthly Magazine undated
Picture of a national park undated
Page with a picture on each side undated
Engraving of William H. Robertson undated
Series 4. Artifacts
Oil Lamp partial red glass shade undated
Cut-Film Holder 2 film carrier for 5 x 8 film undated
Cut-Film Holder 2 film carrier for 5 x 8 film undated
I oz. Cylindrical Box contained Potassium Bromide Crystals undated
Brown glass bottle contained Sulphite of Sodium (Granular) labeled R. E. Cogings Apothecary of Sacramento undated
Clear glass bottle undated
Typewriter portable typewriter in original case undated
Series 5. Journals and pamphlets
Brochure for Bey Etching Appliances undated
Brochure for The Schmidr Dry Enamel Powder Process undated
The Engraver and Electrotyper vol. 1 no. 4 pp. 63-66 of a book on photography 1897-04-01
The Intemational Annual of Anthony's Photographic Bulletin pp. xix-2 1888
Anthony's Process Quarterly vol. III no. I 1901-01-01
The Process Quarterly: Devoted to the Phoro-Mechanical Industries vol. IV no. 13 1902-01
The Engraver and Printer. Boston 1893-1894
Process Review and Journal of Electronic Typing: An I/lust rared Monthly Journal Devoted to rhe Interests of Engravers and Elecrrotypers. Buffalo. NY 1901-1904
The Plate Maker's Criterion. Chicago, Ill 1901-1904