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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Davis Library,
University Archives
Title: Hilda Schwier Photograph Album
Creator:
Schwier, Hilda
Identifier/Call Number: MC304
Physical Description:
1
volume
158 colored photographs, 2.5 x 3 to 6.5 x 4.5
inches. Quarto. Blue cloth-covered boards, yellow stamping on
front cover and spine. Bookplate of Hilda Schwier on front
pastedown.
Date: circa 1936
Abstract: Photograph album
documenting Hilda Schwier's travels throughout the American and
Canadian West with several female friends.
Physical Location: Researchers should
contact Archives and Special Collections to request collections,
as many are stored offsite.
An engaging and attractive album documenting Hilda Schwier's
travels throughout the American and Canadian West with several
female friends – Alice Prenot, Jean Prenot, Loretta Ley, and
Clara Prenot. Although amateur, many of the photographs are quite
good. Most images are annotated with location (and occasionally
the date) in black ink, and the subjects are usually named as
well. The album starts with several scenes of the Grand Canyon,
with some shots taken from the South Rim. From there they proceed
to Southern California, with images of the University of
California ("at Westwood") and the Huntington Library, and their
campsite on Huntington Beach. They also visit Catalina Island and
have a beach party at Playa Del Rey. Next is Yosemite and the
Mariposa Grove, Glacier Point, and Mirror Lake; they also visit
Vernal and Nevada Falls, Half Dome, and the O'Shaughnessy Dam at
the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. The group then heads north through
the redwoods and into Oregon, stopping at Mt. Hood and then
Multnomah Falls, near Portland. From there, they proceed to
Washington, visiting Seattle and Rainier National Park before
continuing north to Victoria, British Columbia, where they visit
Butchard (i.e., Butchart) Gardens. Their last stop is Banff
National Park in Alberta, where they take in Lake Louise, Moraine
Lake, the Tower of Babel, and the Banff Springs Hotel. The great
majority – if not all – of these color photographs appear to be
original, vernacular images, taken by Hilda Schwier or the other
women of her group. The images date from the mid-1930s, and the
coloring may be the result of handcoloring done to order by the
developing studio that developed the prints, or an example of an
early Kodachrome process (these photographs date to around the
dawn of the popular use of that method).
[Description provided by McBride Rare Books]
Collection is open for research.
Liz Phillips created this finding aid with information
supplied by McBride Rare Books.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from McBride Rare Books, 2020.
[Identification of item], Hilda Schwier Photograph Album,
MC304, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library,
University of California, Davis.
All applicable copyrights for the collection are protected
under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. Requests for
permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted
in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for
publication is given on behalf of the Regents of the University
of California as the owner of the physical items. It is not
intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder,
which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Grand Canyon (Ariz.) -- Pictorial
works
California, Southern -- Pictorial
works
Yosemite National Park (Calif.) --
Pictorial works
Oregon, Western -- Pictorial
works
Washington (State), Eastern -- Pictorial
works
Banff National Park (Alta.) -- Pictorial
works
University of California, Los Angeles
-- Pictorial works
Michael and Margaret B. Harrison
Western Research Center