Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Stereographs from the Helios Pacific Coast series,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1867-1870s
Collection number: PC-RM-Stereos: Box
03
Creator:
Muybridge,
Eadweard
Extent:
51 photographic prints (mounted), 8.5 x 17.5 cm.
Repository:
California Historical Society, North Baker Library
San Francisco, California 94105-4014
Abstract: Stereographs of San Francisco, Atherton, Mammoth Tree Grove,
Yosemite, and Alaska taken by
Eadweard
Muybridge
under the name Helios.
Physical location: Please consult repository.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Publication Rights
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permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the
Director of Research Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the
California Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to
include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the
reader.
Preferred Citation
Stereographs from the Helios Pacific Coast series. PC-RM-Stereos: Box 03, California
Historical Society, North Baker Research Library, Photography Collection.
Acquisition Information
Consult repository.
Scope and Content of Collection
Contains views of San Francisco; Valparaiso Park in Atherton (identified by handwritten
notes on verso); Mammoth Tree Grove; Yosemite; and Sitka and Fort Wrangle, Alaska. The
majority of the images are of San Francisco, especially of Woodward's Gardens, and include a
few of Japanese performers. There are also a couple of views of the damage from the 1868 San
Francisco earthquake. Stereo mounts bear the name Helios, which was Muybridge's professional
name at the time.
Organized by series subtitles and subject designations: no subtitle; San Francisco; San
Francisco (numbered); Mammoth Tree Grove; Alaska and California
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Woodward's Gardens (San Francisco,
Calif.)--Pictorial works.
Earthquakes--California--San
Francisco--1868--Photographs.
Japanese--California--San Francisco--Pictorial
works.
Giant sequoias--Photographs.
San Francisco (Calif.)--Pictorial works.
Atherton (Calif.)--Pictorial works.
Mammoth Tree Grove (Calif.)--Pictorial
works.
Yosemite Valley (Calif.)--Pictorial works.
Other Index Terms Related to this Collection
Helios Flying Studio.