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Title: Photograph Album of California and the Pacific Coast
Dates (inclusive): approximately 1890s
Collection Number: photCL 94
Extent:
102 photographs in 1 album; album 28 x 35 cm (11 x 14 in)
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Photo Archives
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
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.
Language: English.
Note:
Finding aid last updated on May 23, 2014.
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader
Services.
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.
Photograph Album of California and the Pacific Coast. The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Gift of Ed Morrill on February 7, 1956.
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.
The album is arranged geographically by state:
- California
- Oregon
- Washington
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
Huntington Library's Online Catalog.
Boyd, William F., 1848-, photographer.
Braas, George H., photographer.
Rutter, Thomas H., 1837-1925, photographer.
Taber, I.W. (Isaiah West), 1830-1912, photographer.
Angeline, Suquamish Indian, -1896 -- Photographs.
Hotel Del Monte (Monterey, Calif.) -- Photographs.
Lick Observatory -- Photographs.
Mission San Juan Capistrano -- Photographs.
San Luis Rey Mission (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Southern Pacific Railroad Company -- Photographs.
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.
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.
Cityscape photographs.
Photograph albums.
Photographs.
Portraits.