Photograph Collection of California Hotels, Missions, and Coastal Scenery: Finding
Aid
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Overview of the Collection
Title: Photograph Collection of California Hotels, Missions, and Coastal Scenery
Dates (inclusive): approximately 1890s
Collection Number: photCL 93
Extent:
28 photographs, 2 maps, and 9 reproductions of photographs in 1 disbound album ; photographs 13 x 20.5 cm. (5 x 8 in.) and
smaller.
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 disbound album contains typical late 19th century commercial photographs focusing on hotels, missions, and scenery of
California,
particularly California luxury hotels that catered to East Coast winter tourists. The most notable images include the second
Hotel Del Monte, rebuilt after an 1887
fire; Hotel Del Coronado shortly after its 1888 opening; and the Raymond Hotel and Hotel Green in Pasadena. Also included
are photographs of Missions Santa Barbara,
San Gabriel, and San Juan Capistrano; and the San Francisco landmarks of Cliff House and Fort Point.
Language: English.
Access
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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
Photograph Collection of California Hotels, Missions, and Coastal Scenery. The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Provenance
Gift of Ed Morrill on February 7, 1956.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of one disbound album containing late 19th century commercial photographs focusing on hotels, missions,
and scenery of California with
several views of Missions Santa Barbara, San Gabriel, and San Juan Capistrano; Pasadena and its landmarks, including the Raymond
Hotel and the Hotel Green; the Hotel Del Monte in Monterey;
Seal Rock; the Pacific Ocean shore near Monterey; the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego; Riverside; Cliff House, Fort Point,
and the Golden Gate Strait in San Francisco; and Lick Observatory near Mount Hamilton.
Of the 33 photographs,
8 were taken by C.W.J. Johnson, 6 were taken by F.H. Maude, 4 were taken by J.E. Slocum, and 2 were taken by C.B. Waite. There
are two small maps and a few reproduced photos
pasted into the album that were published elsewhere.
The compiler of the album is unknown.
Indexing Terms
Subjects
California missions -- Photographs.
Cliff House (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Photographs.
Customhouses -- Photographs.
Cypress -- Photographs.
Fort Point National Historic Site (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Photographs.
Hotel del Coronado (Coronado, Calif.) -- Photographs.
Hotel Del Monte (Monterey, Calif.) -- Photographs.
Hotel Green (Pasadena, Calif.) -- Photographs.
Hotels--California--1870-1910 -- Photographs.
Lick Observatory -- Photographs.
Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel, Calif.) -- Photographs.
Mission San Juan Capistrano -- Photographs.
Raymond Hotel (Pasadena, Calif.) -- Photographs.
Santa Barbara Mission -- Photographs.
Golden Gate (Calif. : Strait) -- Photographs.
Monterey (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Pasadena (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Riverside (Calif.) -- Photographs.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Photographers
Johnson, C. W. J. (Charles Wallace Jacob), 1833-1903, photographer.
Maude, F. H. (Frederic Hamer), photographer.
Waite, C. B. (Charles Betts), 1861-192, photographer.
Forms/Genres
Cityscape photographs.
Photographs.
Reproductions.
Seascape photographs.
Box 1, Item 1
Old Mission Santa Barbara
Box 1, Item 2
Santa Barbara: Old Mission Church, Built 1786
Box 1, Item 3
Santa Barbara Mission. Corridor and Arches.
Box 1, Item 4
[Mission San Gabriel, exterior]
Box 1, Item 5
Mission Church [San Juan] Capistrano. Looking NW.
Photographer: possibly Slocum
Box 1, Item 6
Mission Church [San Juan] Capistrano. Looking SSE, showing arches.
Box 1, Item 7
Restored Portion of San Juan Capistrano Mission.
Box 1, Item 8
[Bird’s-eye view of Pasadena]
Box 1, Items 9-10
Riverside. Magnolia Avenue [Two views of road lined with trees and palms]
Box 1, Item 11
Field of Calla Lillies, Pasadena.
Box 1, Item 12
A Semitropical Home Sou. Calif. [Partial view of a mansion and garden]
Box 1, Item 13
Byways at Raymond Hotel [Garden path; hotel slightly visible in background]
Box 1, Items 14-16
Hotel Del Coronado [Exterior views]
Box 1, Items 17-23, 25
[Hotel Del Monte and grounds, Monterey, Ca. Exterior views.]
Box 1, Items 27, 29
[Ocean waves breaking against rocks]
Box 1, Item 32
Hotel Green, Pasadena. [Exterior view of hotel and street]
Reproductions of printed maps
Box 1, Item 16.1
“Guide to Monterey and Vicinity”
Box 1, Item 17.1
“San Francisco to Del Monte”
Reproductions of photographs (fair quality)
Box 1, Item 18.1
“Remnants of the Past” [Montage of five small views of the Junípero Serra monument at Monterey, a cannon, the Royal Presidio
Chapel, the Custom House at Monterey, and unidentified house.]
Box 1, Item 24
Laguna Del Rey [View of foliage and water]
Box 1, Item 26
Seal Rock and Lake Majella
Box 1, Item 30
[View of ocean and shoreline, unidentified location]
Box 1, Item 33
San Francisco: Cliff House and Seal Rocks. “Golden Gate” in the Distance
Box 1, Item 34
San Francisco: Entrance to “Golden Gate,” Looking Out From Fort Point
Box 1, Item 35
Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton [California]
Box 1, Item 36
Santa Cruz: On the Cliff Road [View of ocean and rocks]
