Collection Guide
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
View entire collection guide
Search this collection
Table of contents
Title: Panoramic Photograph Collection
Dates: 1898-1958
Collection Number: PHO 927
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 60 photographs: Organized in file drawers and in folders; 7.25 x 41 in. to 18.5 x 103 in.
Repository:
Monterey Public Library
Monterey, California 93940
Abstract: A. C. Heidrick, born in Austria, enlisted in the U. S. Army in 1902, and was stationed in the Philippines. He then worked
as a field photographer in Texas. In 1908 he was stationed at the Presidio of Monterey. Leaving the Army in 1910, he established
himself as a professional photographer, as well as the Presidio of Monterey's official photographer. Heidrick particularly
enjoyed and developed the use of the wide-angle or panoramic camera to record large group gatherings, celebrations and views.
The camera operated on a spring clock-work mechanism, which moved the camera in a half circle. One of his more humorous panoramas
documents the arrival of the Pacific Fleet in Monterey in 1919. Different versions of the photograph show airplanes in various
unusual positions in the sky. They were added features.
Language of Material: English
Access by appointment only; contact Local History Librarian or designated staff.
Reproduction by Local History Librarian or other designated staff; may be restricted due to condition of the materials.
[Identification of item]. Panoramic Photograph Collection. Collection Number: PHO 927. Monterey Public Library
Gifts.
Scope and Content of Collection
Collection consists primarily of mounted photograph prints by A. C. Heidrick and includes panoramic photographs by Louis Slevin,
J. D. Givens, and others.
Monterey Peninsula Industries and Art Exposition
Motion picture locations
Celebrations
Slevin, L. S.
Heidrick, A. C.
Givens, J. D.
United States Navy
United States Army
San Carlos Church
Hopkins Marine Station
Mission San Carlos Borromeo
Monterey Base Ball Park
Monterey Boat Works
Monterey Canning Company
Presidio of Monterey
Monterey Harbor
Monterey, California
Panoramic photographs
Panoramic views
Digital images