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Photograph Album of California and the Pacific Coast: Finding Aid
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  • Indexing Terms

    • Overview of the Collection

    Title: Photograph next hit Album of California and the Pacific Coast
    Dates (inclusive): approximately 1890s
    Collection Number: photCL 94
    Extent: 102 previous hit photographs next hit 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 previous hit photographs next hit 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 previous hit photographs next hit are of scenery only.
    Language: English.
    Note:
    Finding aid last updated on May 23, 2014.

    Access

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

    Administrative Information

    Publication Rights

    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

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

    Provenance

    Gift of Ed Morrill on February 7, 1956.

    Scope and Content

    This album contains typical commercial previous hit photographs next hit 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 previous hit photographs next hit are of scenery only.
    previous hit Photographs next hit 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 previous hit photographs next hit show images of the Columbia River; Mt. Hood; Latourell Falls; Multnomah Falls; and nature scenes. previous hit Photographs next hit 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 previous hit photographs next hit , 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 previous hit photographs next hit 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.

    Arrangement

    The album is arranged geographically by state:
    • California
    • Oregon
    • Washington

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog.  

    Photographers

    Boyd, William F., 1848-, photographer.
    Braas, George H., photographer.
    Rutter, Thomas H., 1837-1925, photographer.
    Taber, I.W. (Isaiah West), 1830-1912, photographer.

    Subjects

    Angeline, Suquamish Indian, -1896 -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Hotel Del Monte (Monterey, Calif.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Lick Observatory -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Mission San Juan Capistrano -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    San Luis Rey Mission (Calif.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Southern Pacific Railroad Company -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Adobe houses -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Blockhouses -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Cinchona -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Forests & fields -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Hotels—California—Los Angeles -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Houses—California—Los Angeles -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Indians of North America--Northwest, Canadian -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Lumber camps -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Orange trees -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Palms -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Railroad trains -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Salmon fishing -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Santa Barbara Mission -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Temples, Chinese -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Avalon (Calif.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Columbia River. -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Dana Point (Calif.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Golden Gate (Calif. : Strait) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Golden Gate Park (San Francisco, Calif.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Hollister Ranch (Calif.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Hood, Mount (Or.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Los Angeles (Calif.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Monterey (Calif.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Mount Shasta (Calif.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Multnomah Falls (Or.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Pasadena (Calif.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Rainer, Mount (Wash.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Ravenna Park (Seattle, Wash.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    San Diego (Calif.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    San Francisco (Calif.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    San Luis Obispo (Calif.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Santa Barbara (Calif.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Santa Monica (Calif.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Seattle (Wash.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Snoqualmie Falls (Wash.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Tacoma (Wash.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Wilson, Mount (Calif. : Mountain) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .

    Forms/Genres

    Cityscape previous hit photographs next hit .
    previous hit Photograph next hit albums.
    previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Portraits.

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