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Finding Aid to the Photographs of Yosemite, San Francisco, Oregon, Peru, and Other Locations circa 1867-1868
BANC PIC 1905.17137--PIC  
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  • Collection Summary

    Collection Title: Photographs of Yosemite, San Francisco, Oregon, Peru, and other locations
    Date (inclusive): circa 1867-1868
    Collection Number: BANC PIC 1905.17137--PIC
    Creator: Muybridge, Eadweard
    Extent: 6 digital objects (6 images) 153 photographic prints (formerly bound in 2 albums): albumen.
    Repository: The Bancroft Library
    University of California, Berkeley
    Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
    Phone: (510) 642-6481
    Fax: (510) 642-7589
    Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
    Abstract: Photographs show many scenes in and around Yosemite Valley; some views of San Francisco (including Watkins' 9-plate stereograph-sized panorama, ca. 1867, and a view of the wreck of the ship Viscata, 1868) ; views along the Columbia River; a panorama of Portland (Oregon); and a few views of Idaho, Sitka (Alaska), and Lima (Peru).
    Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
    Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

    Information for Researchers

    Access

    RESTRICTED ORIGINALS. Use only by permission of the appropriate curator. Inquiries regarding these materials should be directed, in writing, to the Curator of Pictorial Collections, The Bancroft Library.

    Publication Rights

    Materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
    All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Photographs of Yosemite, San Francisco, Oregon, Peru, and other locations, BANC PIC 1905.17137--PIC, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

    Alternate Forms Available

    Digital reproductions of selected images are available.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Viscata (Ship) -- Pictorial works.
    Yosemite National Park (Calif.) -- Pictorial works.
    San Francisco (Calif.) -- Pictorial works.
    Columbia River Gorge (Or. and Wash.) -- Pictorial works.
    Portland (Or.) -- Pictorial works.
    Sitka (Alaska) -- Pictorial works.
    Lima (Peru) -- Pictorial works.
    Idaho -- Pictorial works.
    Yuma (Ariz.) -- Pictorial works.
    Panoramic views -- California -- San Francisco.
    Panoramic views -- Oregon -- Portland.
    Albumen prints.
    Stereographs.
    Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916.
    Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904.
    Helios Flying Studio.

    Scope and Content

    Photographs show many scenes in and around Yosemite Valley; some views of San Francisco (including Watkins' 9-plate stereograph-sized panorama, ca. 1867, and a view of the wreck of the ship Viscata, 1868); views along the Columbia River; a panorama of Portland (Oregon); and a few views of Idaho, Sitka (Alaska), and Lima (Peru).

    Note

    Most photographs taken by Eadweard Muybridge. Also includes many half stereographs taken by Carleton E. Watkins, particularly from his 1867 trip to Oregon and the Columbia River Gorge. Some by other photographers may be present.
    Many views are from half-stereograph negatives, some of which have more image area printed than do copies on stereograph cards. When the stereographs could be located in Bancroft Library collections, the Watkins stereo number was noted, and caption information was provided from the stereograph mounts.