Wayne April Portrait Photograph Collection 1865-1958 SFP 65

Finding aid prepared by Christina Moretta

San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library

100 Larkin Street

San Francisco, CA 94102

sfhistory@sfpl.org

URL: http://www.sfpl.org/sfhistory

Title: Wayne April Portrait Photograph Collection

Date (inclusive): 1865-1958

Date (bulk): 1880-1910

Identifier/Call Number: SFP 65

Creator: April, Wayne D.

Physical Description: 8 boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 oversize flat box (5 Linear Feet)

Contributing Institution: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library

100 Larkin Street

San Francisco, CA 94102

(415) 557-4567

info@sfpl.org

Abstract: An artificial collection of over 500 late 19th - early 20th century original portrait photographs by San Francisco studios and photographers collected by private collector Wayne April. Formats include cartes-de-visite, cabinet cards, tintype, mounted twentieth century prints, and photo postcards.

Physical Location: The collection is stored onsite.

Language of Materials: Collection materials are in English. Some photographs have captions in Japanese.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is available for use during Photo Desk hours.

Publication Rights

All requests for permission to publish from photographs must be submitted in writing to the Photo Curator. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Wayne April Portrait Photograph Collection (SFP 65), San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library.

Provenance

Gift from collector Wayne April, 2008.

Conservation Note

During processing, the entire collection was re-foldered and re-housed in acid-free folders and boxes and removed from binders.

Biography

Wayne April was a San Francisco resident 1981 - 1999. During his residency, Mr. April collected the photographs in this collection at flea markets, antique stores and garage sales. His focus was San Francisco photographers and photo studios.

Scope and Content

An artificial collection of over 500 late 19th - early 20th century original portrait photographs by San Francisco studios and photographers collected by private collector Wayne April. Formats include cartes-de-visite, cabinet cards, tintype, mounted twentieth century prints, and photo postcards. The collection was assembled over the years when Mr. April was a San Francisco resident and the photographs were collected at local sales and junk shops. Twenty-five percent of the collection consists of portraits of San Francisco resident Irving Murray Scott and his family during the late 19th century. The general portrait photographs of the collection are mostly unknown subjects with the photographers and photo studios identified. The photographs are formal studio portraits with occasional themes (children in First Communion dress, bride and groom wedding attire). The majority of the people in the portraits are Caucasian with a few Japanese-American and Chinese-American individual, family and group portraits. San Francisco photographers and photography studios represented include Bradley and Rulofson; Bushnell; Elite; Godeus; Imperial Studio; New York Gallery; Priest; and Taber. Of note are San Francisco Japanese-American photography studios including Fusaki, Moriyama, Motoyoshi, Tomikawa, and Yoshizato.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged following the collector's arrangment. The collection is divided into two series: 1. Irving M. Scott Family Photographs and 2. Portrait Photographs.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

San Francisco (Calif.) -- Biography -- Portraits.

Portrait photographs

Portrait photographs--1910-1920

Portrait photographs--1920-1930

Children -- Portraits.

Women -- Portraits.

Men -- Portraits.

Photographers -- California -- San Francisco.

Cartes des visite

Cabinet photographs

Card photographs

Group portraits

April, Wayne D.

Irving M. Scott Family Photographs Series 1 1890-1905

Physical Description: 119 Photographic Prints

Arrangement

Series arranged alphabetically by photo studio with Scott Family members identified when available.

Scope and Contents

Portraits of Irving Murray Scott and his family including Mrs. Laura Scott, Alice Web Scott and Lawrence Irving Scott. Irving Murray Scott (1837-1903) was born in Maryland. In 1863 he became Superintendent of Union Iron Works in San Francisco and eventually co-partner of the company. Union Iron Works was the most complete ship-building plant in the United States by the 1890s and Scott was considered the pioneer ship-builder of the Pacific Coast. Mr. Scott married Miss Laura Horde in 1863 and they had two children, Alice Web Scott and Lawrence Irving Scott. Mr. Scott was an honored, active member of numerous societies as well as serving on boards. Some photographs have handwritten identification on the backsides of the mounts. Of note is the handwritten description on the backside of a Irving Murray Scott portrait stating the photo was taken by the artist William Keith.

box 1

Adele

Alice Web Scott and Lawrence Irving Scott

box 1

American View

box 1

Bell

Irving M. Scott

box 1

Bosch

box 1

Bradley and Rulofson

Mrs. Irving M. Scott and Mrs. Blaisdele

box 1

Debas

Alice Webb Scott

box 1

Ferrand

box 1

Gilbert

box 1

Gutekunst

Mrs. William B. Bement

box 1

Habenicht

box 1

Imperial Studio

Effie Browne, Alice Webb Scott, Lawrence Irving Scott, Helen Elizabeth Hord

box 1

Keith, William

Irving M. Scott

box 1

Marceau

Alice Web Scott, Lawrence Irving Scott, Irving M. Scott, Andrew Scott, Mollie Scott, John S. Scott, Harriet Louise Hord Webb

box 1

Morse

Alice Web Scott, Lawrence Irving Scott, John S. Scott, Eleanor Scott, Helen Elizabeth Hord

box 1

Overland and Holand

box 1

Rieman

box 1

Runnels

box 1

Taber

Alice Web Scott, Lawrence Irving Scott, Irving M. Scott, Mrs. Irving M. Scott, Edith McBean, Elsie Horsely Scott

box 2

Thors

Alice Web Scott, Irving M. Scott, Frances Scott Key

box 2

Varny

box 2

White

box 2

Young

box 2

Unidentified Photo Studios

Col. Sam Crocker, Lawrence Irving Scott, Mrs. Irving Scott, Alice Web Scott, Effie Browne

Portrait Photographs Series 2 1865-1958 1880-1910

Physical Description: 408 Photographic Prints

Arrangement

The series is divided into the following sub-series: 1. Women Portraits; 2. Children Portraits; 3. Men Portraits; 4. Wedding and Family Portraits; and 5. Group Portrits. Within each sub-series the photo studios are listed alphabetically with the subject of the portrait noted when available.

Women Portraits

box 2

Cartes-de-visite

Physical Description: 14 Photographic Prints

box 2

Bradley and Rulofson

box 2

Edouart and Cobb

box 2

Oscar Foss

box 2

John D. Godeus

box 2

B. F. Howland and Co.

box 2

William Shew's

box 2

Silas Selleck

box 2

G. D. Morse

box 2

Tuttle and Johnson

box 2

Tintype

Physical Description: 1 Photographic Prints

Wing and Allen

box 2-3

Cabinet cards and Mounted Portraits

Physical Description: 103 Photographic Prints

box 2

Agner, Charles

box 2

Benjamin

box 2

Blauert

box 2

Boussum

box 2

Boyd

box 2

Bradley and Rulofson

box 2

Burnett and Slattery

box 2

Bushnell

box 2

Columbian Art Gallery

box 2

Cramer

box 2

Dames and Butler

box 2

Dames and Hayes

box 2

De Lux

box 2

Ehmann

box 2

Elite

box 2

Flaglor

box 2

Fowzer

box 2

Globe Portrait Company

box 2

Godeus Art Studio

box 3

Hartsook

box 3

Haussler

box 3

Hodson

box 3

Holler

box 3

Hollywood Movie Flash

box 3

Howland and Co.

box 3

Imperial Studio

box 3

Lainer, Charles

box 3

Marceau

box 3

Monaco

box 3

Moriyama

box 3

Morse

box 3

Motoyoshi

box 3

Newdick

box 3

New York Gallery

box 3

Noe, M.

box 3

J. H. Peters

box 3

Priest

box 3

Schoene

box 3

Sewell

box 3

Shew, William

box 3

Souvenir

box 3

Swasey

box 3

Taber

box 3

Terkeleson

box 3

Thors

box 3

Tomikawa

box 3

Vaughan’s

box 3

Whingham

box 3

Photo Postcards 1928-1940

Physical Description: 2 Photographic Prints

Defender Photo Supply Company

Children Portraits

box 4

Cartes-de-Visite

Physical Description: 7 Photographic Prints

box 4

Cramer

box 4

Florence Photographic Gallery

box 4

New York Gallery

Lillie Demerest

box 4

Taber

box 4

Vaughan's

box 4-5

Cabinet Cards and Mounted Portraits 1880-1930

Physical Description: 95 Photographic Prints

box 4

Art Etching

box 4

Austin

box 4

Benjamin

box 4

Blauert

box 4

Boussum

box 4

Bradley and Rulofson

box 4

Bushnell

box 4

Camarri

box 4

Cramer

box 4

Dames and Butler

box 4

Dijeau and Severin

box 4

Dore Gallery

box 4

Edourt

box 4

Elite

box 4

Excelsior

box 4

Flaglor

box 4

Fowzer

box 4

Fusaki

box 4

Girschick

box 4

J.D. Givens

box 4

Globe Portrait Co.

box 4

Godeus

box 4

Goodall

box 4

Hartsook

box 4

Haussler

box 4

Holler

box 4

Hyperion

box 5

Imperial Studio

box 5

Johnson Studio

box 5

Kelly

box 5

Marceau

box 5

Monaco

box 5

Morse

box 5

Newdick and Co.

box 5

New York Gallery

box 5

J. H. Peters

box 5

Rogers

box 5

Rubens

box 5

Saint Francis Studios

box 5

Schoenfeld's

box 5

Sewell

box 5

Shilling and Co.

box 5

Pierre Smith

box 5

Strye

box 5

Suen's

box 5

Taber

box 5

Vaughan’s

box 5

Vitalini

box 5

Western Photo Company

box 5

Whigham

Men Portraits

box 6

Cartes-de-Visite 1862-1870

Physical Description: 17 Photographic Prints

Bradley and Rulofson

Arthur Hammond Post

Cramer, L.

Dyer, W. D.

Edouart's

Morse's

New York Gallery

Shew, Jacob

Shew, William

Wise and Prindle

box 6-7

Cabinet Cards and Mounted Portraits 1870-1930

Physical Description: 106 Photographic Prints

box 6

Abell and Priest

box 6

Baker

box 6

Baldwin

box 6

Blake

box 6

Blauert and Widder

box 6

Boussum

box 6

Boyd

box 6

Bradley and Rulofson

box 6

Bushnell

box 6

Cramer

box 6

De Lux

box 6

Dore

box 6

Edouart

box 6

Elite

box 6

Flaglor

box 6

Fowzer

box 6

Givens

box 6

Godeus Art Studio

box 6, ov-flat-box 10

Habenicht

box 6

Hartsook

box 6

Haussler

box 6

Holler

box 6

Thomas Houseworth and Company

Stephen Johnson Field, Justice

box 6

Hunt, Orris

box 6

Imperial

box 6

Johnson

box 6

Lainere

box 6

Lange

box 6

Marceau

box 6

Mitchell

box 6

Monaco

box 6

Morse's

box 6

Motoyoshi

box 6

Muller

box 6

Newdick and Company

box 6

New York Gallery and Dore

box 7

O’Connell

box 7

Parker

box 7

J. H. Peters

box 7

Prater

box 7

Salzillo

box 7

Schneider

box 7

Schoene

box 7

Sewell

box 7

Spencer

box 7

Swasey

box 7

Taber

box 7

Tasia

box 7

Terkelson

box 7

Thors

John P. Newman

box 7

Tomikawa

box 7

Vaughan’s

box 7

Webster

box 7

Werner

box 7

Whigham

box 7

Williams

box 7

Wothington

Photo Postcards 1912-1925

Physical Description: 5 Photographic Prints

box 7

M. Camarri

box 7

Horwich Brothers Postal Studios

Wedding and Family Portraits 1863-1950

Physical Description: 30 Photographic Prints

Cartes-de-Visite 1863-1870

box 8

Edouart's

box 8

Bradley and Rulofson

box 8

Nahl Brothers and Dickman

Cabinet Cards and Mounted Portraits 1880-1950

box 8

Ascot Studio

box 8

Blauert

ov-flat-box 10

Blauert and Widder

box 8

Boye

box 8

Bushnell

box 8

Camarri

box 8

Dore

box 8

Elite

box 8

Fox Movie Palace

oversize-box 9

Fusaki Studio

box 8

Girschnick

oversize-box 9

Thomas Hill

box 8

Holler

box 8

Johnson

box 8

Monaco

box 8

Newdick and Co.

box 8

Rembrandt

box 8

Tomikawa

box 8

Vitaliry

oversize-box 9

Yoshizato Studio

Group Portraits 1860-1950

Physical Description: 33 Photographic Prints

oversize-box 9

California Photo Company

oversize-box 9

Camarri, M.

box 8

Coleman

box 8

Conkie, Bill

Balboa Park Swimming Pool 1958

box 8

Fowzer

oversize-box 9

Fusaki Studio

folder Panorama Collection

J. D. Givens

Panorama Officers of Letterman General Hospital with Colonel De Witt Commanding 1929

oversize-box 9

Hanasono Studio

box 8

Johnson, C. C.

box 8

Knight, George

Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Morse Lodge No. 257 1897

oversize-box 9

Majestic Studio

Horace Mann Evening School Graduates 1910 June 11

oversize-box 9

Morton and Company

University of California Medial School, Class of 1935 1935

Moulin, Gabriel

oversize-box 9

Testimonial Dinner to Avey T. Bailey, Red Room, Bohemian Club 1941 May 15

ov-flat-box 10

United States Navy Sailors (identified as Dillon, Virgien, Rogowski, Christy and Langlais) 1946

box 8

TCW Company

box 8

Frances Thomspson Studio 1924-1933

Glen Park School

box 8

Tomikawa

Hino and Shibukawa Families

box 8

Unique Studio

oversize-box 9

Wakasa Studio

American Dental Association 78th Annual Session 1936 July 13-17

ov-flat-box 10

R. J. Waters and Co.

oversize-box 9

Weidner, Charles 1900-1914

Howard Street Methodist Episcopal Church 1900

Fairmont School Graduates c. 1900

box 8

Unidentified studios 1860-1934

Physical Description: 4 Photographic Prints

Dinner given in honor of Swami Ashokananda at the Century Club 1934 November 13