Photographic Travel Album of the Southern and Western United States: Finding Aid
Finding aid prepared by Michelle Sanchez.
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Photographic Travel Album of the Southern and Western United States
Dates: approximately 1910s
Collection Number: photCL 230
Extent: 49 photographs in 1 album; album 26 x 30.5 cm. (10 x 12 in.).
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Photo Archives
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This personal album features artistically-composed photographs of often-visited sights and scenery from Louisiana to the Western
United States.
The photographs were taken by an unknown photographer,
and were beautifully printed and mounted, with hand-lettered ink captions. Thirty-six of the 49 photographs are of California
cities, landmarks or landscapes,
but there are also views of New Orleans, Texas, and Arizona.
Language of Material: English
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Preferred Citation
Photographic Travel Album of the Southern and Western United States. The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Provenance
Provenance unknown; in Library as of 2012
Scope and Content of Collection
This personal album features artistically-composed photographs of often-visited sights and scenery from Louisiana to the Western
United States.
The photographs were taken by an unknown photographer,
and were beautifully printed and mounted, with hand-lettered ink captions. Thirty-six of the forty-nine photographs are of
California cities, landmarks or landscapes,
but there are also views of New Orleans, Texas, and Arizona.
This collection includes photographs of Missions San Gabriel, San Juan Capistrano; San Fernando, Santa Barbara, San Miguel,
and Carmel;
Chinatown in San Francisco; Golden Gate Park; Mt. Tamalpais; Hotel Potter in Santa Barbara; Los Angeles; Long Beach; Avalon
Bay in Santa Catalina Island; Riverside, California; Ocean Park; and Rancho Camulos.
Of note are two photos at the Santa Barbara Mission that include clergy posed in the scenes. Other California locations include
Redlands, Riverside and city scenes in San Francisco.
There are views of buildings in New Orleans; the Alamo (San Antonio, Texas); San Xavier Mission (Texas); the ruins of Casa
Grande (Arizona); and landscapes of Texas and Arizona.
This album was probably owned by "C. W. Hornick," whose name is engraved on the album’s front cover; he may also be the photographer.
Item titles transcribed from written captions for each photograph.
Indexing Terms
Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) -- Photographs.
Casa Grande (Ariz.) -- Photographs.
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Photographs.
Golden Gate Park (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Photographs.
MacArthur Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Photographs.
Mission San Carlos Borromeo (Carmel, Calif.) -- Photographs.
Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel, Calif.) -- Photographs.
Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo (San Antonio, Tex.) -- Photographs.
Mission San Juan Capistrano -- Photographs.
Mission San Miguel Arcangel (San Miguel, Calif.) -- Photographs.
Mission San Xavier del Bac (Tucson, Ariz.) -- Photographs.
San Fernando, Rey de España (Mission: San Fernando, Calif.) -- Photographs.
Santa Barbara Mission -- Photographs.
Arizona -- Photographs.
Avalon (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Long Beach (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Photographs.
New Orleans (La.) -- Photographs.
Riverside (Calif.) -- Photographs.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Santa Barbara (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Texas -- Photographs.
Photograph Albums.
Photographs.
Item 1
S.S. Momus. New Orleans, Louisiana
Item 2
Rex Carnival Parade. New Orleans, Louisiana
Item 3
French Courtyard. New Orleans, Louisiana
Item 4
City Park. New Orleans, Louisiana
Item 5
Woodland scene. Southerland [Sutherland] Springs, Texas
Item 6
Dutch windmill. Victoria, Texas
Item 7
The “Alamo”. San Antonio, Texas
Item 8
San Jose Mission. San Antonio, Texas
Item 11
San Xavier Mission. Tucson, Arizona
Item 12
Casa Grande ruins. Florence, Arizona
Item 13
Superstition Mountains. Arizona
Item 14
Palm Canyon near Palm Springs. California
Item 15
Mission San Juan Capistrano. California
Item 16
Orange grove. Riverside, California
Item 17
Summit of Rubidoux Drive. Riverside, California
Item 18
Mt. San Bernardino from Smiley Heights. Redlands, California
Item 19
Mission San Gabriel. California
Item 20
West Lake Park [MacArthur Park]. Los Angeles, California
Item 22
Avalon Bay. Santa Catalina Island. California
Item 24
Mission San Fernando. California
Item 25
Ramona’s house. Camulos, California
Item 26
Hotel Potter. From Plaza Del Mar. Santa Barbara, California
Item 27
Santa Barbara, California
Item 28
Sunken gardens of a Santa Barbara home. California
Item 29
Mission Santa Barbara. California [3 monks by fountain]
Item 30
Mission Santa Barbara. California [Monk looking out window]
Item 31
Cliffs near Santa Barbara. California
Item 32
Breaking surf. Point Concepcion [Conception]. California
Item 33
Oak trees—Santa Ysabel Hot Springs near Paso Robles Hot Springs. California
Item 34
Mission San Miguel near Paso Robles Hot Springs. California [Front view of mission]
Item 35
Mission San Miguel near Paso Robles Hot Springs. California [Arches of courtyard]
Item 36
Laguna Del Rey. Hotel Del Monte. California
Item 37
The Ostrich [tree]—on seventeen mile drive near Del Monte, California
Item 38
Midway point on seventeen mile drive near Del Monte, California
Item 39
Sunset on Carmel Bay—California
Item 40
Carmel Mission. Near Monterey, California
Item 41
Natural bridge—Santa Cruz, California
Item 42
Market and Kearny Sts. San Francisco, California
Item 43
East from Fairmont Hotel. San Francisco, California
Item 44
Chinatown—San Francisco, California
Item 45
Japanese Tea Garden. Golden Gate Park. San Francisco, California
Item 46
Portals of the Past—Golden Gate Park. San Francisco, California [Remains of entranceway to
Item 48
Breaking surf—Lands End. San Francisco, California
Item 49
View from Summit of Mt. Tamalpais. California
Item 50
Muir Woods near Mt. Tamalpais. California