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Eagle Ranch, San Luis Obispo County, California photograph
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PC PA 242
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
California Historical Society
Title: Eagle Ranch, San Luis Obispo County, California photograph album
Identifier/Call Number: PC PA 242
Physical Description:
1.23 linear feet;
contains 2 volumes.
Date: 1890
Abstract: Collection comprises two photograph
albums containing photographs of Baron John Henry Von Schroeder's Eagle Ranch, San Luis
Obispo County, California in 1890.
Language of Material: Collection materials are in
English.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Alexander Thomas Leonard, M.D.
Baron John Henry Von Schroeder was married to Mamie Donahue, daughter of Peter Donahue, who
founded the Union Iron Works, San Francisco. Along with Eagle Ranch, Von Schroeder owned the
Hotel Rafael in San Rafael, California.
[Identification of item, date]; Eagle Ranch, San Luis Obispo County, California photograph
album, PC PA 242; [volume number]; California Historical Society.
Collection comprises two photograph albums containing photographs of Eagle Ranch, San Luis
Obispo County, California in 1890. Volume one contains 24 photograph; volume two contains 11
photographs and one newspaper clipping dated July 10, 1945 (probably added by donor after
creation of the album). The photographs show the landscape and environs of Baron John Henry
Von Schroeder's Eagle Ranch, located near Atascadero, California. Photographs also show Von
Schroeder's family, the main house and farm buildings located on the ranch.
Materials in this collection, which were created in 1890, are in the public domain in the
United States. Permission to publish or reproduce is not required.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ranching -- California -- San Luis Obispo County -- Pictorial
works
San Luis Obispo County (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Photograph albums
Von Schroeder, John Henry