Photograph Album of California and the Pacific Coast: Finding
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Overview of the Collection
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.
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Preferred Citation
Photograph 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 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.
Arrangement
The album is arranged geographically by state:
- California
- Oregon
- Washington
Indexing Terms
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 -- 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.
Forms/Genres
Cityscape photographs.
Photograph albums.
Photographs.
Portraits.
California
Physical Description:
62 photographs
Box 1, Item 1
San Diego, New Town [Photographer: I.W. Taber]
Box 1, Item 2
Cinohona Rubra or Quinine Tree. R.R. Morrison, San Diego. [Photographer: I.W. Taber]
Box 1, Item 3
Dana’s Point [Photographer: W.H.J. & Co.]
Box 1, Item 4
Ramona’s Marriage Place—Old San Diego [Casa de Estudillo] [Photographer: W.H.J. & Co.]
Box 1, Item 5
Mission of San Luis Rey, Cal. [Photographer: W.H.J. & Co.]
Box 1, Item 6
Mission San Luis Rey, Cal.—founded 1798—ruins of cloisters [Photographer: I.W. Taber]
Box 1, Item 7
Mission of San Juan Capistrano, Cal. [Photographer: W.H.J. & Co.]
Box 1, Item 8
Sago Palm, Los Angeles, Cal. [Photographer: I.W. Taber]
Box 1, Item 9
Rose Cottage, South Spring St., Los Angeles, Cal. [Photographer: I.W. Taber]
Box 1, Item 10
Longstreet’s Home, Los Angeles, Cal. [Photographer: I.W. Taber]
Box 1, Item 11
The Old Palms of San Pedro St. [Los Angeles]
Box 1, Item 12
[325 West Adams Blvd. (NE corner of Hope)—now [1960] occupied by the Crippled Children’s Society of LA County. Hooker (John
D. and Katherine P.) Residence. [See
Box 1, Item 13
Avenue of Pepper Trees—11 Y Street—Los Angeles, Cal. [Photographer: I.W. Taber]
Box 1, Item 14
Bellevue Terrace. Pearl St., Cor. Sixth [Los Angeles]
Box 1, Item 15
Umbrella Trees on East Jefferson St.
Box 1, Item 16
On the Trail to Wilson’s Peak [Mount Wilson]
Box 1, Item 17
Snow Scene on Wilson’s Peak [Mount Wilson]
Box 1, Item 18
Lucky Baldwin’s Santa Anita’s Ranch, San Gabriel, Cal. [Photographer: I.W. Taber]
Box 1, Item 19
Pasadena and Sierra Madre Mountains from the Raymond [Photographer: I.W. Taber]
Box 1, Item 20
Orange Grove from Sierra Madre Villa [Pasadena]
Box 1, Item 21
Orange Picking at W.B. Russell’s, Riverside
Box 1, Item 22
Avalon, Santa Catalina Island
Box 1, Item 23
Family Goup [sic], Santa Monica [View of ocean rocks]
Box 1, Item 24
An Orange Tree, with Fruit and Blossoms, San Gabriel Valley, California [Photographer: I.W. Taber]
Box 1, Item 25
Santa Barbara from the Aloha [View of Santa Barbara] [Photographer: W.H.J. & Co.]
Box 1, Item 26
Garden, Santa Barbara Mission [Photographer: I.W. Taber]
Box 1, Item 27
West from the Mission Santa Barbara [Photographer: W.H.J. & Co.]
Box 1, Item 28
Big Grape-vine near Santa Barbara [Photographer: I.W. Taber]
Box 1, Item 29
Santa Barbara Bay [Photographer: W.H.J. & Co.]
Box 1, Item 30
The Palms of Glen Annie [Santa Barbara area] [Photographer: W.H.J. & Co.]
Box 1, Item 31
In Coopers Canyon [Cows in a field] [Photographer: W.H.J. & Co.]
Box 1, Item 32
Towards Carpenteria from Montecito, Cal. [Photographer: W.H.J & Co.]
Box 1, Item 33
The Santa Ynez Mts. From Montecito [Photographer: W.H.J. & Co.]
Box 1, Item 34
East from San Marcos Pass [Photographer: W.H.J. & Co.]
Box 1, Item 35
West from Summit of San Marcos Pass [Photographer: W.H.J. & Co.]
Box 1, Item 36
A White Oak—Santa Ynez Valley [Photographer: W.H.J. & Co.]
Box 1, Item 37
San Luis Obispo, Cal., from Buena Vista Heights [Photographer: I.W. Taber]
Box 1, Item 38
From Hotel Ramona, San Luis Obispo, Cal., looking North-east [Photographer: I.W. Taber]
Box 1, Item 39
San Luis Bay, Cal. East from P.C.R.R. [Pacific Coast Railway] and S.S. Wharf, Port Harford [Photographer: I.W. Taber]
Box 1, Item 40
The Loop. S.P.R.R. [Southern Pacific Railroad] [Photographer: I.W. Taber]
Box 1, Item 41
Grounds of “Hotel del Monte,” Monterey, Cal. [Photographer: I.W. Taber]
Box 1, Item 42
View of Grounds, Hotel del Monte [Photographer: I.W. Taber]
Box 1, Item 43
Midway Point [Photographer: I.W. Taber]
Box 1, Item 44
Midway Point. Monterey, Cal.
Box 1, Item 45
Rocks at Cypress Point [Photographer: I.W. Taber]
Box 1, Item 46
Carmel Bay from Cypress Point [Photographer: W.H.J. & Co.]
Box 1, Item 47
Carmel Bay, Cal. [Photographer: W.H.J. & Co.]
Box 1, Item 48
A Forest Stream in Santa Cruz Co., Cal.—A Study [Photographer: I.W. Taber]
Box 1, Item 49
Natural Bridge—Santa Cruz, Cal. [Photographer: I.W. Taber]
Box 1, Item 50
Lick Observatory from East Peak [Photographer: W.H.J. & Co.]
Box 1, Item 51
The Hills of San Francisco [Photographer: W.H.J. & Co.]
Box 1, Item 52
In Chinatown, S.F. [San Francisco], Cal. [Photographer: I.W. Taber]
Box 1, Item 53
The Golden Gate from Telegraph Hill [Photographer: W.H.J. & Co.]
Box 1, Item 54
Seal Rocks from the Cliff House [Photographer: W.H.J. & Co.]
Box 1, Item 55
Golden Gate from near Cliff House [Photographer: W.H.J. & Co.]
Box 1, Item 56
San Francisco from Sausalito [Photographer: W.H.J. & Co.]
Box 1, Item 57
Conservatory, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Cal. [Photographer: I.W. Taber]
Box 1, Item 58
Grand Dining Room of the Chinese Restaurant, Washington Street, San Francisco [Photographer: I.W. Taber]
Box 1, Item 59
Chinatown, S.F. , Cal. The incense table in the Joss Temple of Lung Gong [Photographer: I.W. Taber. 1887]
Box 1, Item 61
En route to Oregon [Forest in snow]
Box 1, Item 62
En route to Oregon [Forest lake]
Box 1, Item 64
Fish wheel. Upper Cascade. Columbia River
Box 1, Item 66
Mt. Hood from Cloud Cap Inn
Box 1, Item 69
Down the Columbia from Cascades
Box 1, Item 70
Down the River from Bonneville. Columbia
Box 1, Item 71
Rooster Rock. Columbia River
Box 1, Item 72
Rooster Rock. Columbia River
Box 1, Item 75
[Latourell Falls?] [Caption cut out]
Box 1, Item 76
Multnomah Falls. Columbia River
Box 1, Item 77
Multnomah Falls. Columbia River
Box 1, Item 78
The Pillars [Train traveling through rock pillars]
Box 1, Item 79
Near Lower Cascades. Columbia River
Box 1, Item 80
Oneonta Gorge. Columbia River
Box 1, Item 81
Cape Horn. Columbia River
Box 1, Item 82
Castle Rock. Columbia River
Oregon
Physical Description:
20 photographs
Box 1, Item 64
Fish wheel. Upper Cascade. Columbia River
Box 1, Item 66
Mt. Hood from Cloud Cap Inn
Box 1, Item 69
Down the Columbia from Cascades
Box 1, Item 70
Down the River from Bonneville. Columbia
Box 1, Item 71
Rooster Rock. Columbia River
Box 1, Item 72
Rooster Rock. Columbia River
Box 1, Item 75
[Latourell Falls?] [Caption cut out]
Box 1, Item 76
Multnomah Falls. Columbia River
Box 1, Item 77
Multnomah Falls. Columbia River
Box 1, Item 78
The Pillars [Train traveling through rock pillars]
Box 1, Item 79
Near Lower Cascades. Columbia River
Box 1, Item 80
Oneonta Gorge. Columbia River
Box 1, Item 81
Cape Horn. Columbia River
Box 1, Item 82
Castle Rock. Columbia River
Washington
Physical Description:
20 photographs
Box 1, Item 83
Mt. Tacoma [Photographer: Rutter. 1890]
Box 1, Item 84
Mt. Rainer or Tacoma. 14,444 Ft. [Photographer: C.B. Talbot]
Box 1, Item 86
Mouth of Chambers Creek. Tacoma. 1892
Box 1, Item 87
[Green River near Tacoma]
Box 1, Item 88
The Drive at Wapato Lake Park
Box 1, Item 90
Oldest Church Tower in United States. St. Peter’s Church, Old Tacoma. Rector Rey Thos. [Thomas?] N. Wilson
Box 1, Item 92
Salmon Fishing. A full net [sic].
Box 1, Item 93
Seattle from the Harbor. [Photographers: Boyd & Braas. 1892]
Box 1, Item 94
[Street scene in Seattle?]
Box 1, Item 95
Cherry St., Seattle [Photographers: Boyd & Braas]
Box 1, Item 96
Lake Washington [Photographers: Boyd & Braas]
Box 1, Item 99
Snoqualmie Falls. 268 ft. [Photographers: Boyd & Braas]
Box 1, Item 101
Mosher & McDonald Logging Camp
Box 1, Item 102
Angeline, Daughter of Chief Seattle [Photographers: Boyd & Braas. Unknown date.]