Photograph Album of California and the Pacific Coast, approximately 1890s

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Summary

Abstract:
This album contains typical commercial photographs of the towns and scenery of California, Oregon and Washington dating from the 1890s. Of note are early views of San Diego, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, San Francisco, Tacoma, and Seattle. There are also views of California missions and coastal landscapes. The Oregon photographs are of scenery only.
Extent:
0.9 Linear Feet (102 photographs in 1 album; album 28 x 35 cm (11 x 14 in))
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

Photograph Album of California and the Pacific Coast. The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

This album contains typical commercial photographs of the towns and scenery of California, Oregon and Washington dating from the 1890s. Of note are early views of San Diego, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, San Francisco, Tacoma, and Seattle. There are also views of California missions and coastal landscapes. The Oregon photographs are of scenery only.

Photographs of California include San Diego; Casa de Estudillo in Old Town San Diego; Mission San Luis Rey, San Juan Capistrano, and Santa Barbara; Santa Barbara; San Luis Obispo; Confederate general James Longstreet's Los Angeles home; the Bellevue Terrace Hotel; various Los Angeles homes; Pasadena; Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin's Santa Anita ranch; San Francisco city scenes; and wilderness en route to Oregon. Oregon photographs show images of the Columbia River; Mt. Hood; Latourell Falls; Multnomah Falls; and nature scenes. Photographs of Washington state include Tacoma; Green River; Native Americans from an unidentified tribe; Seattle; and a portrait of Angeline, daughter of Chief Seattle of the Suquamish tribe.

Twenty-six of the pictures in this album were photographed by Isaiah West Taber and twenty-two were photographed by W.H.J. and Company. It may be that William H. Jeffers created those twenty-two photographs, as he was active in California during this time period. Other photographers who contributed to this album include Thomas H. Rutter, Charles B. Talbot, and Boyd & Braas (William F. Boyd and George H. Braas).

The album spine is embossed with the title "California and Pacific Coast" and the photographs are mostly mounted double-sided. The initials of an unknown individual, "E.B.R.", and the year 1897 are also embossed on the album's spine.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Ed Morrill on February 7, 1956.
Arrangement:

The album is arranged geographically by state:

  1. California
  2. Oregon
  3. Washington
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Adobe houses -- Photographs.
Blockhouses -- Photographs.
Cinchona -- Photographs.
Forests & fields -- Photographs.
Hotels—California—Los Angeles -- Photographs.
Houses—California—Los Angeles -- Photographs.
Indians of North America--Northwest, Canadian -- Photographs.
Lumber camps -- Photographs.
Orange trees -- Photographs.
Palms -- Photographs.
Railroad trains -- Photographs.
Salmon fishing -- Photographs.
Santa Barbara Mission -- Photographs.
Temples, Chinese -- Photographs.
Cityscape photographs.
Photograph albums.
Photographs
Portraits
Names:
Southern Pacific Railroad Company -- Photographs.
Places:
Avalon (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Photographs.
Columbia River. -- Photographs.
Dana Point (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Golden Gate (Calif. : Strait) -- Photographs.
Golden Gate Park (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Photographs.
Hollister Ranch (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Hood, Mount (Or.) -- Photographs.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Monterey (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Mount Shasta (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Multnomah Falls (Or.) -- Photographs.
Pasadena (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Rainer, Mount (Wash.) -- Photographs.
Ravenna Park (Seattle, Wash.) -- Photographs.
San Diego (Calif.) -- Photographs.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Photographs.
San Luis Obispo (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Santa Barbara (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Santa Monica (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Seattle (Wash.) -- Photographs.
Snoqualmie Falls (Wash.) -- Photographs.
Tacoma (Wash.) -- Photographs.
Wilson, Mount (Calif. : Mountain) -- Photographs.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.

Terms of access:

The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Preferred citation:

Photograph Album of California and the Pacific Coast. The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2129
reference@huntington.org
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