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Isaacs (W.B.) photograph album
Wyles Mss 221  
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  • Title: W.B. Isaacs photograph album
    Identifier/Call Number: Wyles Mss 221
    Language of Material: English.
    Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
    Physical Description: 1 Linear Feet (1 flat box)
    Creator: Isaacs, W. B.
    Date: approximately 1881
    Abstract: Photograph album assembled by W.B. Isaacs of San Francisco, California, containing eighty prints, mostly cyanotype, dating to approximately 1881. The prints contain scenes of one late 19th century family's life and travels throughout the state of California.
    Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library

    Access Restrictions

    The collection is open for research.

    Use Restrictions

    Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of Item], W.B. Isaacs photograph album, Wyles Mss 221. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

    Acquisition Information

    Library purchase, 2019.

    Scope and Content

    Photograph album containing approximately eighty prints, mostly cyanotype, containing scenes of one late 19th century family's life and travels throughout the state of California, assembled by "W.B. Isaacs, former photographer and partner w/ Weintraub, 28 Third Street, San Francisco, 1881."
    The album also contains approximately ten loose cyanotypes and albumen prints. Many of the photographs include captions, mainly of the various locations throughout the state of California in which the photographs were taken.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    California -- 19th century -- Photographs
    Albumen prints
    Cyanotypes (photographic prints)
    Photograph albums
    Isaacs, W. B. -- Photographs