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Guide to the Stereographs from the Helios Pacific Coast series, ca. 1867-1870s
PC-RM-Stereos: Box 03
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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.
Eadweard
Muybridge
under the name Helios.
Physical location: Please consult repository.
Language:
English.
Collection is open for research.
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Stereographs from the Helios Pacific Coast series. PC-RM-Stereos: Box 03, California Historical Society, North Baker Research
Library, Photography Collection.
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
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
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.
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