Stereographs of the West from The Bancroft Library Pictorial Collection, ca. 1858-1906, ca. 1858-1906

[Professor Joseph Le Conte and his University Excursion Party in Yosemite Valley, summer 1870.], [1870]

Identifier:
BANC PIC 1985.107:15--STER
Dates:
[1870]
Creators:
Reilly, John James
Other descriptive data:

A version of this portrait is the frontispiece in LeConte's "Journal of Ramblings Through the High Sierras of California." On back of mount, in pencil: "LeConte. Old John Cecil LeConte in his Bloom, he went up the flume, in the days of 71" (or 11?; or 77?) [John Cecil LeConte, nephew of Joseph Leconte, died in 1874 at age 24.] "1870." "Prof. Joseph LeConte. 1-Philips. 2-Bolton. 3-Perkins. 4-LeConte. 5-Soule"; In another hand: "Barnhill." "Eunice Barnhill [scored out]. Euncie Pollhill".)

Access and use

Location of this collection:
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
Contact:
510-642-6481