Finding Aid to the Oscar Cooper Ranch Photograph Album PC PA 246
Jaime Henderson
California Historical Society
August 2019
678 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
California Historical Society
Title: Oscar Cooper Ranch Photograph Album
Identifier/Call Number: PC PA 246
Physical Description:
0.75 linear feet
Date: 1931
Abstract: Photograph album comprises 16 black and
white photographs of the Oscar Cooper Ranch, a cattle ranch, in Mendocino County,
California, taken in 1931. Photographs show the landscape and buildings located on the
ranch. Most photographs include type-written descriptions. Photograph album also includes a
hand-drawn map of the Oscar Cooper Ranch land holdings.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials found in collection; provenance unknown.
[Identification of item, date]; Oscar Cooper Ranch Photograph Album, PC PA 246; Box P014;
California Historical Society.
Photograph album comprises 16 black and white photographs of the Oscar Cooper Ranch in
Mendocino County, California taken in 1931. The ranch was a cattle ranch that had also been
known as 4 Pines or Gilmore Ranch. Most photographs include type-written labels describing
the image and the attributes of the land depicted. Photographs show the landscape of the
ranch including spring range and winter range grazing areas; hay and alfalfa fields; and
barns or residences identified as Bennett Place and Home Place. Photographs also show ranch
hands and other inhabitants of the ranch. There are three photographs joined to make a
panorama of the summer range on Bald Mountain. Photograph album has envelope adhered to
first page containing a hand-drawn map of the Oscar Cooper Ranch land holdings. Type-written
notes adhered to back page of photograph album describe the attributes of the cattle ranch
and locate the ranch as being near the Henshaw Eden Valley Ranch Road. Also contains one
loose envelope holding a one film negative; envelope is labeled: Winter Range - Marx Ranch,
Feb. 25, 1931. Address label of W.W. Williams adhered to inside front cover of photograph
album.
The California Historical Society (CHS) has no information about copyright ownership for
this collection and is not authorized to grant permission to publish or reproduce materials
from it. Materials in this collection, which were created in 1931 are expected to enter the
public domain in 2051.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Mendocino County (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Ranching -- California -- Mendocino County -- Pictorial works
Photograph albums
Cooper , Oscar