Finding aid to Significant San Francisco Photographers Photograph Collection (1874-1952) SFP 75

Finding aid prepared by Christina Moretta

San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library

2022

100 Larkin Street

San Francisco, CA 94102

sfhistory@sfpl.org

URL: http://www.sfpl.org/sfhistory

Title: Significant San Francisco Photographers Photograph Collection

Date (inclusive): 1874-1952

Identifier/Call Number: SFP 75

Creator: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library

Creator: Taber, I. W. (Isaiah West), 1830-1912

Creator: Lange, Dorothea

Creator: Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942

Creator: Muybridge, Eadweard

, 1830-1904

Creator: Watkins, Carleton E.

Creator: Houseworth, Thomas, 1829-1915

Creator: Marceau, Theodore C., 1859-1922

Creator: Elite (Photographic firm)

Creator: Bradley & Rulofson

Physical Description: 3 pamphlet boxes (1.5 Cubic Feet)

Contributing Institution: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library

100 Larkin Street

San Francisco, CA 94102

(415) 557-4567

sfhistory@sfpl.org

Abstract: Artificial collection of about 200 original photographic prints by more than 25 significant 19th and 20th century photographers and photo studios covering a broad range of subjects and includes portraits, landscapes, panoramic views, cityscapes and buildings of San Francisco and California.

Physical Location: The collection is stored on site.

Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is available for use during Photo Desk hours.

Publication Rights

Dependent upon photographer, some photographs are in the Public Domain. All requests for permission to publish from photographs must be submitted in writing to the Photo Curator. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Significant San Francisco Photographers Photograph Collection (SFP 75), San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library.

Provenance

The photographs were acquired from various sources, including donations and purchases.

Related materials

Researchers are encouraged to view photograph collections by photographer as well as collections with significant photographers: Marilyn Blaisdell Photograph Collection (SFP 84); San Francisco Cabinet Card Collection (SFP 59); Wayne April Portrait Photograph Collection (SFP 65); San Francisco Subjects Photograph Collection.

Biographical / Historical

The collection was collected and assembled by the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library. The creation of the collection and the selection process focused on significant 19th and early 20th century photographers and photo studios associated with San Francisco and California. The collection includes multiple accessions and donations acquired through 2006.

Scope and Contents

Artificial collection of about 200 original photographic prints by more than 25 significant 19th and 20th century photographers and photo studios covering a broad range of subjects and includes portraits, landscapes, panoramic views, cityscapes and buildings of San Francisco and California. The photographers and photo studios include Abell and Priest, W. C. Billington, Bradley and Rulofson, J. C. Brewster, Horace Bristol, Bushnell, Cramer, William Edward Dassonville, Elite, Flaglor, Geo. D. Gardner, Arnold Genthe, Thomas Houseworth, Dorothea Lange, Theodore C. Marceau, A. J. McDonald, G. D. Morse,

Eadweard J. Muybridge

, Sonya Noskowiak, Perkins Photo, Rieman and Co., Daniel Sewell, William Shew, Taber, J. A. Todd, Carlton Watkins, Hugo Weitz, Edward Weston. The Dorothea Lange photographs are from her work with U.S. government's Farm Security Administration (FSA) program and are the prints sent to the newspaper: San Francisco News. The series includes the first Migrant Mother photo published in the San Francisco News in March 1936. Formats include albumen prints, boudoir cards and gelatin silver prints.

Arrangement

The collection is organized alphabetically by photographer or photo studio.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Documentary photography

San Francisco (Calif.) -- 20th century -- Pictorial works

Documentary photography -- California -- San Francisco -- 20th century

Photographic prints -- 1890-1900

Photographic prints -- 1900-1910.

Photographic prints -- 1910-1920

Photographic prints -- 1920-1930

Photographic prints -- 1930-1940

Photographic prints -- 20th century -- San Francisco

box 1

Abell and Priest

Oscar and Arthur Meussdorffer, portrait 1892 May

The Golden Gate Park Bandstand between 1889 and 1894

box 1

Billington, W. C.

66. Seal Rocks near Cliff House, San Francisco, California between 1895 and 1900

74. Cliff House, San Francisco, California between 1895 and 1900

106. Sutro Baths. Interior looking North. 189-

146. Sutro Baths, San Francisco, California 1897 May 1

box 1

Bradley and Rulofson

Ladies' Fair Committee in Behalf of German Hospital Fund, portrait between 1863 and 1883

P. H. Canavan, portrait between 1863 and 1883

Ulysses S. Grant, portrait between 1863 and 1883

"Men of Mark" 1876

The San Francisco News Boys 1877 December 25

John Garber, portrait between 1883 and 1889

Members of the Bohemian Club 1877

box 1

Brewster, J. C.

Portrait of an unidentified man between 1890 and 1900

box 1

Bristol, Horace

Cable Car on Hyde Street Hill, San Francisco, California 1946 May 11

box 1

Bushnell

Portrait of an unidentified man 1899

box 1

Cramer

Portrait of an unidentified Chinese man (perhaps Wong Lee) between 1869 and 1905

box 1

Dassonville, William Edward

Mademoiselle M. Cushing, portrait 1918

box 1

Elite

Reverend M. S. Levy, portrait 1880

Adolph Sutro, portrait 1894

Wedding portrait of unidentified couple 1880

Portrait of an unidentified man 1880

box 1

Flaglor

Irving Institute of San Francisco 1889

box 1

Gardner, George D.

Sutro Heights, San Francisco, California not before 1879

box 1

Genthe, Arnold

Mrs. Leon Sloss and Mrs. Lloyd Ackerman, portrait between 1897 and 1911

Miss Alice Coleman between 1897 and 1911

Nora May French, portrait between 1897 and 1911

Will Irwin, portrait between 1897 and 1911

Henry Miller, portrait between 1897 and 1911

Albert Pissis, portrait between 1897 and 1911

George Sterling, portrait between 1897 and 1911

Mrs. Clement Tobin ca. 1908

Mrs. Clement Tobin 1908

Portrait of an unidentified boy between 1897 and 1911

Portrait of an unidentified woman between 1897 and 1911

box 1

Houseworth, Thomas

Buildings of San Francisco between 1874 and 1886

The Fallen Tree Hercules, Calaveras Grove between 1874 and 1886

The Sentinels, Calaveras Grove between 1874 and 1886

Original Big Tree, Calaveras Grove between 1874 and 1886

First Congregational Church, San Francisco, California between 1874 and 1886

Baldwin Hotel ca. 1870

Cosmopolitan Hotel between 1864 and 1867

Upper Court, Palace Hotel, San Francisco, California between 1875 and 1886

Palace Hotel, San Francisco, California between 1875 and 1886

California's 40th Birthday, Market Street and 4th Street 1890 September 9

Seals Rocks and Pacific Ocean, San Francisco, California between 1874 and 1886

box 1

Lange, Dorothea

Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California 1936-03-11

Itinerants October 5, 1936

Children of Fruit Tramps 1935 October

Children of the Depression 1937

[Family loading up car] between 1935 and 1940

Harvest Gypsies 1936 October 5

Pea Pickers' Home 1935 April

FSA Camp at Arvin, Kern County 1938

Group next to Trailer between 1935 and 1940

Sheds and Automobile between 1935 and 1940

Woman and Man Changing Tire between 1935 and 1940

Family in Trailer between 1935 and 1940

Shed on truck between 1935 and 1940

Itinerant Man August 7, 1937

Itinerant Woman August 7, 1937

[two men walking past train advertisement] August 3, 1937

[two cars and families] between 1935 and 1940

Fruit Picker and Family October 6, 1936

Farm Workers, Pea Pickers August 18, 1943

Labor Farm Workers, Pea Pickers August 18, 1943

Itinerant Workers in California Pickers' Camp October 6, 1936

Itinerants in California jungle scene 1937 August

Women using laundry facilities at FSA Camp at Shafter, Kern County 1938

An Illegal, Unlicensed Auto Camp near Arvin August 1938

Itinerants March 30, 1937

Unemployed men sitting on the sunny side of the San Francisco Public Library, California Feb 1937

box 1

Marceau, Theodore C.

Oscar E. Meussdorffer, portrait not before 1895

Portrait of an unidentified man not before 1895

box 2

McDonald, A. J.

Going to the Matinee, Chinatown, San Francisco, California not before 1887

Chinese Quarters, San Francisco, California not before 1887

The Dragon, "Chinese Procession. not before 1887

A Chinese Restaurant on Dupont St. not before 1887

Cliff House and Seal Rock, San Francisco, California not before 1887

Looking North from Cliff House not before 1887

The New Cliff House not before 1887

Cliff House and Seal Rock, San Francisco, California not before 1887

Fort Point and Golden Gate, San Francisco, California not before 1887

Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California not before 1887

Cliff House and Seal Rock, San Francisco, California not before 1887

Conservatory, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California not before 1887

Admission Day Parade on Market at Polk and Fell September 9, 1890

Physical Description: 18 Photographic Prints

Seal Rocks near Cliff House, San Francisco, California not before 1887

California Street, San Francisco, California not before 1887

Glimpse of Sutro Heights not before 1887

Parapet Sutro Heights not before 1887

box 2

Morse, G. D.

Joseph G. Eastland, portrait between 1859 and 1889

box 2

Muybridge, Eadweard J.

The New City Hall and Law Courts, San Francisco, California ca. 1872

Presidio 1874

United States Appraisers' Building 1875 Feb. 10

United States Appraisers' Building 1875 Nov. 11

United States Appraisers' Building 1876 Nov. 7

United States Appraisers' Building 1876 April 24

box 2

Noskowiak, Sonya

Wilfrid Davis, portrait May 1936

box 2

Perkins Photo

China Town, San Francisco 18--

Cityfront from the Ferry, San Francisco, California 18--

Goat Island 18--

Golden Gate Park, Strawberry Hill and Sunset Lake 18--

Palace Hotel, San Francisco, California not before 1875

Mission Dolores, San Francisco, California 18--

Glimpses of Mount Shasta, California 18--

Masonic Parade on Market at Stockton and Ellis August 24, 1883

Physical Description: 12 Photographic Prints

Looking up Market from 3rd, Masonic Parade August 24, 1883

Telegraph Hill 18--

box 2

Rieman and Co.

Passengers by the Ship Humboldt 1882

Marin County between 1882 and 1886

box 3

Sewell, Daniel

Exempt Company Fire Department between 1886 and 1905

box 3

Shew, William

Chinese Children between 1881 and 1903

"Children's Day" First Congregational Church May 10, 1885

William Alvord, portrait between 1874 and 1880

box 3

Taber

Olive Burnett, portrait ca. 1895

Augustus Laver, portrait between 1864 and 1898

General John McComb, portrait March 9, 1883

Portrait of an unidentified man not before 1880

Portrait of an unidentified woman not before 1880

B1. Alley in Chinatown ca. 1880

B2. Bazaar in Chinatown, San Francisco, California ca. 1880

Physical Description: 2 Photographic Prints

B4. Chinese Quarter, San Francisco, California ca. 1880

B5. Chinese Restaurant, San Francisco, California ca. 1880

B25. Court, Palace Hotel, San Francisco, California between 1880 and 1912

B26. Upper Corridor Palace Hotel ca. 1880

B49. New City Hall ca. 1880

B99. Mrs. Mark Hopkins and Gov. Stanford Mansions ca. 1880

B200. Telegraph Hill and Goat Island ca. 1880

B517. California Street ca. 1880

B1481. Intstataneous View, Beach at Cliff House 1884

B2191. Seal Rocks near Cliff House 1884

B2402. Masonic Parade ca. 1884

B2699 Chinatown, S.F. Cal. The Five Idols in the Holy of Holies in the Joss Temple of Lung Gong 1887

B2846. Palace Hotel - lower corridors and courtyard 1887

B3096. Clay Street Hill, Chinatown 1886

B3243. California Street ca. 1886

B4228. Golden Gate from Telegraph Hill 1887

B4868. Ocean Beach Drive from Cliff House. 1889

9130. Market Street, looking East, showing Ferry Building - Union Depot from Spreckel's Building ca. 1890

A145. Palace Hotel ca. 1880

Stanford Residence ca. 1880

Inspection of Police on Van Ness Avenue May 27, 1895

The California Hotel 1891

First Baptist Church 1891

Physical Description: 2 Photographic Prints

Church (unidentified) ca. 1880

W. W. Montague & Co. 1882

box 3

Todd, J.A.

Midwinter Fair ca. 1887

box 3

Watkins, Carleton

B106. Sausalito, Tamalpais, Richardson's Bay, S.F. View from Russian Hill. 1872

B194. Mt. Tamalpais, Alcatraz Island, from Telegraph Hill, S.F. 1882

B283. Sutro Heights, "Statue Terrace" Cliff House, S. F. 1886

B291. Cliff House and Seal Rocks. ca. 1872

B369. Palace Hotel (Interior Court), S.F. ca. 1872

B3760. Smoking Divan, Chinese Restaurant, S.F. 1876

B3764. Interior Chinese Restaurant, S. F. 1876

"The Baldwin," San Francisco ca. 1872

View of Golden Gate ca. 1872

box 3

Weitz, Hugo

Notre Dame Convent 1876

box 3

Weston, Edward

Tina Modotti, portrait ca. 1929