Describe his work as a printer on various newspapers, including the San Francisco Chronicle. Mentions shipwreck of the steamer North America off Acapulco in 1852, and information regarding mutual acquaintances in California.
Chiefly various California missions, with several views of Santa Catalina Island, and a few images along the highway, in the San Diego Zoo, of oil wells in Huntington Beach, and the environs of Ensenada and Tijuana, Mexico.
Includes two letters to E. Olan James, l922 and l93O; manuscripts of the Tall Fifth Monarchy Man and of General William Booth Enters Into Heaven; note, written on a postcard with picture of him and Stephen Graham; a notebook about...
Revised draft of memoirs covering life as an artist in Munich, his studies with Hans Hofmann, association with Worth Ryder, the development of American abstract art, etc., with related letters, including letter from Glenn A. Wessels commenting on the memoir;...
Includes letter to Angelo from A. Edward Newton, with copy of printed prospectus for his play, Doctor Johnson; Angelo's reply; and also letter from Angelo to London World Press News giving autobiographical information.
Snapshots, photographs, transparencies, etc., of Valenti Angelo, his birthplace, associates, home in Sausalito, Calif., his studio, his paintings and sculpture.
Relate to the sale of property in Marin County.
Album contains snapshots depicting Valerie Foote and various friends, family and associates, chiefly during horseback riding excursions, picnics and other outings in southern California. Includes photographs of the Palm Springs Desert Riders and possibly other horse riding clubs. Among the...
Primarily papers of Ygnacio del Valle, with some papers also of members of his family (his father, Antonio; his son, Reginaldo; his son-in-law, John F. Forster; his wife, Ysabel; and his wife's grandfather, Antonio Ygnacio Avila).
of customers and accounts paid, 1901-1945.
Microfilm copies of Vallejo family papers in the Bancroft Library and elsewhere. Originals of much of this material can be found in the Vallejo family papers (BANC MSS C-B 441). A small amount of the material on these reels, however,...
Photographs depict Mariano G. Vallejo outside his Sonoma home Lachryma Montis (a copy photograph) and standing with an unidentified woman noted as the oldest Indian woman at the time (an original albumen print). Other members of the Vallejo family pictured...
v.1 - Constitution and by-laws, names of enrolled members, and minutes of meetings, 1859-Aug. 1863; v.2 - ledger, 1863-1868; v.3 - minutes of meetings, Sept. 1863-July 1874.
Vol. 1: by-laws and articles of incorporation with meeting minutes, 1871 Dec.-1878 Jan. Vol. 2: meeting minutes, 1878 June -1911 Jan. Vol. 3: typed meeting minutes, 1911 Jan.-1921 Sept., 90% blank. Vol. 4: Conveyance of M.G. Vallejo and J. B....
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Includes commercial packet of mounted photographic postcards showing the city of Valparaíso, Chile in ruins after the earthquake of 1906. Featured are general views of the city, street views, buildings, etc.
Business correspondence, receipts and biographical information regarding Van Allen Scofield's land in Woodland, California, where there were agricultural and timber businesses.
Includes dictation, 1888, describing his overland emigration from Iowa, 1851; service with the California Volunteers during the Civil War; journalistic career in Utah, Nevada, and Oregon; Portland real estate and mining interests; and service as Portland mayor. Other items include...
Six contact sheets (comprising ca. 60 images) of aerial views of forests, logging, and lumber mills. Some include the following handwritten annotations: Big Lagoon Mill, Skunk Cabbage, Emerald Creek, Tom McDonald Creek, Dinsmores [Humboldt county, Calif. locations]. One oversize photograph...
Views of Alton Bridge, California State Highway 101 at Van Duzen River, Alton vicinity, Humboldt County, Calif. Collections includes 10 photographs of historic plans (1924) and 1 photocopy of historic photograph (1914)
Includes letters to Captain Henry Van Ness, his pilot licenses for the harbor of San Francisco, and accounts; correspondence of his wife, Mary Ann, including an 1850 letter describing her voyage from Boston to California on the Northern Light, with...
Letters and papers relating to affairs in San Salvador.
Letters and accounts, 1856-1861, of Henry Van Valkenburgh, relating chiefly to his agency for gold dust, San Francisco, and to a paper mill near Santa Cruz.
Includes individual and group portraits of Russell Varian and Sigurd Varian (including two by Ansel Adams) and other employees of Varian Associates. Also includes photgraphs depicting early versions of the klystron and other technologies, as well as Varian facilities and...
Includes José Varela's description of the islands of Fernando Po and Anabon in the Gulf of Guinea off the African Coast, 1777; instructions given to the commander in charge of expedition whose object was slave trade and establishment of ports...
File of correspondence of Lucas Alamán and Tomás de Suría re the granting of permission to foreign capitalists to exploit the pearl beds of the Gulf of California.
Collection of 9 Spanish manuscript documents, including several apparently unpublished works. Includes a contemporary copy of the Spanish version of Josef Nicolás de Azara's account of deliberation in the Vatican on the canonization of Juan de Palafox y Mendoza (1600-1659),...
Collection of 19 Spanish manuscript documents, featuring several apparently unpublished treatises by noted 18th cent. writers, as well as numerous anonymous works on interesting topics. Includes the ideas of Andres Marcos Burriel, who was archivist for the city of Toledo,...
Documents relating to the Hacienda in the vicinity of Mexico City.
Views include: parade and crowd captioned "California's 40th Birthday, Sept. 9th, 1890, cor. Market & 4th Sts, SF"--Crowd at beach facing water, camera shown facing toward water captioned "Lomen Bros" and "Nome, Alaska. Notice camera", gallows visible in foreground --...
Images depict: the Pacific Female College of Oakland, the Academy of Notre Dame (San Jose), moving a house in San Francisco, wagon teams on Placerville route, Lake Tahoe area views, scenes from Calaveras County, scenes from Yosemite.
Images depict: views of San Francisco; a tannery in Santa Cruz; Valley of Lake Tahoe; placer mining in Columbia, Calif.; views of the American River from the Central Pacific Railroad, Placer county, Calif. Arranged by photographer's number.
Photographs of Allen Ginsberg at Union Square (San Francisco) with members of the Julian Theater company, protesting against the arrest of Living Theatre company members in Brazil. In other images he is shown seated on stage with musicians. Ginsberg and...
Contains eight handwritten letters concerning Varley Bedford, a surveyor from Pennsylvania, who eventually relocated to California to search for gold. They include correspondence with his brother, Rev. R. [Richard] Bedford in Vermont, and to his mother. The letters are addressed...
Written from the California gold mining towns of Columbia (February 12 and May 7, 1854), Sandy Bar (July 8, 1855) and Horsetown (March 30, 1856).
Contains 14 letters from Armenian family in Fresno and San Francisco, California. Correspondents include Khosrov Antoyan and Karekin Ohannesian.
Photographs of J. Frank Mackey and actress Theresa Rollins (later Mrs. Mackey) in various costumes and roles. Of note are two snapshots of the front of an unidentified Canadian cinema which advertises "Uncle Tom's Cabin in talking pictures" and "Mackey's...
Images related to the Hila Morgan Stock Company, based in California, with a railroad car for touring across the country.
Materials related to the professional career of Vaughan F.R. Jones, 1990 Field Medal winner and Professor of Mathematics at University of California Berkeley. The collection includes correspondence, biographical material, notes, course materials, work by others and materials related to his...
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Materials related to a study commissioned by the Commonwealth Club of California, 1953-1956, and published in 1956 under the title: California social welfare : legislation, financing, services, statistics.
Reports, articles, and conference materials concerning population and economic planning, largely in California and the Bay Area. Includes some information on the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit planning.
Slides taken in northwest Mexico to document vegetation at sites sampled for modern pollen influx. Slides aided in interpretation of fossil pollen data from the National Science Foundation's Deep Sea Drilling Project, investigated by A. Roger Byrne of the Geography...
Photographs show delivery trucks and other specific types of vehicles in front of the businesses which own them (most with business name displayed on building and/or vehicle) in San Francisco , Calif. Businesses pictured include: Yuen Hing & Co. (grocer,...
Materials documenting the career of Patricia Laura Adams (aka Velvet Rhodes) between approximately 1970 and 1990. The bulk of the collection contains correspondence, organizational documents such as mission statements, membership forms, financials, and newspaper clippings for the Society for the...
Commercial, legal, military, religious, and personal letters or documents, including one specimen of Venezuelan paper money. Noteworthy items are a file, 1796, on settlement of the estate of Juan Álvarez de Ávila and his wife, Juana Francisco de León; a...
Documents relating to the sale of a house and property in Los Angeles to Lino Palacios. Include record of grants of land by Santiago Argüello to Martín Duarte, Aug. 20, 1842; deed of sale for this property to Lino Palacios,...
File of documents on the sale of a black female slave in Mexico.
Letter, Apr. 20, to Miguel E. Muñoz in Nogales, Arizona, thanks him for letter of condolence on the death of his brother, General Jesús Carranza; letter, Apr. 22, addressed to Sra. Dolores Montaño in Veracruz, acknowledges felicitations on success of...
Includes telegrams and other communications on behalf of Carranza during his time as Governor of Coahuila through his time as President of Mexico. Includes 1 folder of clippings about Carranza.
Documents Vera B. Cornell's research on the Donner Party. Includes transcripts of letters from the Charles Fayette McGlashan papers and correspondence, ephemera, clippings, and miscellaneous materials relating to the Donner Party.
Contains military communiqués regarding orders, daily operations, personnel, and functions with civilian officials. A reflection of military operations post-United States occupation.
The collection contains clippings and correspondence, as well as citations and award plaques about Vera Greenfeld from various institutions, including the Jewish National Fund and the Hadassah Medical Center. The collection also contains photographs, portrait cards of various Russian individuals,...
Collected by a volunteer historian, the collection includes background and general reference articles, bylaws, organizational documents, and nine (9) issues of KPFA Folio (radio station program guide).
The bulk of this collection contains correspondence and subject files related to Schultz's career on the Marin County Board of Supervisors from 1952-1960 and her subsequent political activity in Marin County. Prominent subjects include the design of the Marin County...
Includes materials relating to Stadtman's Centennial History of the University of California, 1868-1968, and other publications to commemorate the centennial, as well as project files, an oral history, and biographical materials.
Contains clippings and publications, and one small book (1894 May 25), to Vernille DeWitt from her teacher as a prize for winning a spelling competition, and a photograph of Harry Warr. Three publications housed in the back, "Western Field" (1912...
Includes notes on historical preservation of Monterey and papers written by Neasham concerning the project of historical reconstruction of Columbia, with related photocopies of blueprints of buildings and maps. Notes on Monterey are taken largely from Thomas O. Larkin accounts.
Transcript of an October 9, 2000 interview with Suzanne Riess about DeMars' campaign to create a partnership for the lead design hand in the redesign of the Embarcadero and Ferry Plaza in San Francisco. Also includes correspondence and background material...
Correspondence, subject file, course notes, notes, photographs, minutes, agendas, and reports concerning his interest and activity in law and the University of California Berkeley School of Law.
Include letters (some in photocopy) from A. E. Anderson, Witter Bynner, Theodore Dreiser, David Greenhood, Robert N. Hart, W. W. Lyman, Stephen C. Pepper and Henry von Sabern, and a photocopy of his article "Study in Futility," on a Tom...
Contains correspondence, news clippings, newsletters and greeting cards. Business correspondence and news clippings relate to the California Academy of Sciences and California Centennials Commission. Most of the materials include requests for interviews or information on William McDevitt. Also includes materials...
Includes photographs depcting Sierra peaks, mountain climbing, Sierra Nevada history, and activities of Sierra Club members. Many views are copy photographs and historical files assembled for Versteeg's research and publication projects.
Album of views of a facility which appears to the the Veteran's Home of California in Yountville, captioned: Air view of Veterans Home by Merritt R. Nickerson, State Division of Highways, Spring 1950 -- Hospital from north-east, New wing in...
Chiefly snapshots of members of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade and other participants in the Spanish Civil War. Also pictures veterans of the Brigade and their families at subsequent social occasions and demonstrations. Among the many individuals pictured is Langston Hughes.
Chiefly snapshot photographs depicting members of the XV International Brigade (aka Abraham Lincoln Brigade) taken during and after the Spanish Civil War. Among the identified persons are Lowell Duncan, Armand Kirin and Jack Lucid. A few photographs show locations of...
Report on his voyage on the frigate San Gregorio from Acapulco, Mexico to Peru, the shipwreck of the vessel, and his subsequent travels in Peru. Copies of correspondence with the viceroy of Peru included.
Transcript of material on the Spanish exploration of the Northwest Coast, supplied to H.H. Bancroft by George Davidson (copied from documents then in the Deposito Hidrografico, Madrid).
Vice President of Republic of China (Taiwan).
Records of legal and documentary services in civil and criminal cases rendered by Licentiate Garviso, one-time Administrative Director of the Mexico City Hostel for the Poor, to individuals, governmental and religious bodies, business firms, and other organizations in Mexico or,...
Collection of papers, originals and copies, relating to the career of Vicente Ortigosa. Deals primarily with his posts in Maximilian's empire as Councilor of State; as Inspector of Roads and Bridges, and of the Mexico City-Chalco and other railways; as...
Four guest registers for the Vichy Springs Resort in Ukiah, California. Each register consists of resort guest signatures.
The collection contains photographs of Ries' work, including some of his sculptures that are housed in California synagogues. The collection also contains biographical materials, newspaper clippings, and exhibit announcements and brochures.
Contains material from von Hagen's career as a writer, historian, and explorer. The majority of the collection consists of drafts in varying levels of completeness, as well as notes and correspondence, for von Hagen's writing projects, some of which were...
Typewritten draft of Quetzal Quest (New York, Harcourt, Brace, ca. 1939) and corrected galley proofs of Ecuador the Unknown (ca. 1940) from printers William Brendon & Son, Ltd., Plymouth, England.
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Contains the letters of a young girl growing up in Guerneville, Calif. to her cousin in Vermont. Describes activities going on around Guerneville and California, within her family, the Bohemian Club, and the various groups of people she came into...
Comments on his careers in journalism and in politics, as member of California Assembly; his role in California water legislation and the evolution of the Central Valley Project; his role in the Earl Warren gubernatorial campaign, 1942; service on Highway...
View depicts the city of Downieville shortly after it was founded in 1849 showing diversion structures and water wheels along river.
Right-reading landscape view looking over town with hills in distance. White clapboard house in foreground. In middleground, right of center, buildings bear signs reading "Foundry" and "American Hotel". Sign left of center reads "Washington / Stable / P.E. Weeks." Other...
One photo shows the Kennett Hotel and guests in Kennett, Calif. Other views (unidentified and uncaptioned) show a train wreck and a crane.
Facing pages from the illustrated ed. of the Marin County journal for October 1887.
Describes his family background, education, and career in Point Richmond, California. Topics include employmnet with Richmond-San Rafael Ferry Co., Standard Oil, and Kaiser shipyards. War housing and post-war redevelopment are also discussed.
View reels with copyrights by Sawyer's Inc. (Portland, Oregon) and by GAF View-Master Stereo Pictures (New York).
Album contains views from the Monterey Peninsula area including the Carmel Mission, Hotel del Monte, waves and shoreline, trees, an adobe, and the 17-mile drive.
Contains a view of the Sausalito wharf (also called Sea Point) showing boats, businesses and a street; a view of the Richardson Bay showing the North Pacific Coast Railroad Company terminus and anchored ships; and a view of the city...
Views show the passage of The Dalles, an Indian block home, and the cascades. Both Oregon and Washington sides of the river are pictured.
Views show Fort Hope, Fort Yale, Hill's Bar, and a settlement on the Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada.
Oregon views show a railroad bridge in Portland, mines, waterfalls, and the town of Huntington. Idaho views show scenery, waterfalls, hydraulic mining, and a hotel at Soda Springs. A railway is shown in Montana. California views show Yosemite, a group...
Photographs show the Yukon River and views along it including people, houses, scenery, towns, miners, mining, native populations, etc. Views of Dawson and Nome are also included.
Contains several views of children and adults carrying loads on their backs and heads; a view of a horse hitched to a stone-grinding machine; coffee processing in the village (decortication); rural guards in uniforms; Chapultepec's castle; and a street scene...
Pencil drawings used as plates and pen and ink drawings used as chapter heads in Charles Caldwell Dobie's book: San Francisco, a pageant. Images show San Francisco streets, buildings, and scenes.
Photos depict various activities in Golden Gate Park, and street views in Chinatown, Union Square, Cliff House and Market Street areas. Pedestrians (and their fashions), cable cars, wagons, and vehicles are of particular interest. Interior views of the Palace Hotel...
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Contains views of: the Spanish establishment of San Francisco in New California, which is possibly the earliest visual record of the present site of San Francisco -- a dance of the Indians at the Mission of San Jose, California --...
Views show an old person against a wall dispalying pottery and chilies (caption: Eulalia Perez), and a group of men relaxing indoors wearing californio costumes (caption: Revolution).
Views taken in the Banff area including men bathing in a sulphur spring, the Banff Hotel and vicinity, scenery, geisers, a bridge on the Ottertail, Devil's Head Lake and C.P.R. in the Rocky Mountains.
Includes: a gold miner, California quail, flying fish, a Mexican vaquero, a woman on horseback, a portrait of an unidentified woman (in Spanish style dress?), and a seemingly unrelated portrait of Ninon de L'Enclos. One copy photograph of a portrait...
Views show churches, people, street scenes, and scenery in Mexico.
Contains views of wilderness, reindeer, Eskimos, totem poles, and the Cathedral of St. Michael in Sitka, Alaska.
Views of Monitor [now Loope] and Silver Mountain locales; the Hot Spring Hotel in Markleeville; the Alpine Chronicle Building; and a wood jam on a river.
Views from Guatemala (Antiqua, Guatemala City), Colombia (Cartagina), Cuba (Havana), Mexico (Mazatlán), El Salvador, and other locations. Subjects include: street scenes and street markets (nice views of people, street vendors, marimba band); buildings (hotels, churches, residences); cars; monuments (many of...
Photographs depict modern architecture of the city, hospitals, hotels, market scenes, projects for the poor, the Sosua colony for refugees from Europe, old monastaries and churches, etc.
Photographs show young trees in orchards, and houses in the Pasadena area.
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Contains views from Panama (the cathedral, street views, homes for workers of the Panama Canal Co. in Colón, etc.); Jamaica; Mexico (Veracruz; Orizaba; Puebla; Celaya; the cathedral in Mexico City and surrounding areas; Chapultepec castle and park; the cathedral in...
Colored postcard views of Panama City, Colon, natives, etc.
Three views of a building identified as "Home of Charles D. Allen, Durant Ave., Berkeley, ca. 1890 later known as the Searle House. This location was occupied by the Berkeley Woman's City Club." Other views show the Armstrong Home in...
Prints captioned: The Japanese tea garden -- Interior of Southern California Building --The Court illumination -- Electrical fountain and the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building.
Contains San Francisco views such as: Telegraph Hill, the San Francisco skyline, the Golden Gate Bridge, Golden Gate Park; as well as photos depicting the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. Also included are the Vallejo wharf,...
Contains general views of Camp Day, Colorado, and Fort Umpgua, Oregon. Also included are views of officers quarters, a hospital billiard room, a photo of an unidentified officer, and a group portrait of Klamath Indians from California.
Items relating to the Washoe mining region include: a large format textual description of Vischer's "Panorama from the summit of Mount Davidson, Washoe Range"; and four photographs (c.1862 by Vischer, possibly from an album or catalog) which reproduce "Vicher's vignettes...
Includes a view of an outdoor blacksmith shop with two workers and many tools visible, and two views of a horse-drawn fire truck in Oakland.
Various California locations and views, including: the town of Shasta and its buildings; Sonoma town view and a mission; San Luis Obispo; El Dorado; Folsom; Rancho San Pablo; Happy Valley (Calaveras County); site of the 1846 battle of San Pasqual;...
Photographic prints include family groups and a trip to the Sierra Nevada mountains. Negatives include University of California, Berkeley; San Francisco; the Bohemian Grove; travels to Germany, India, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Samoa, Polynesia, Yellowstone National Park, Italy, and...
Contains views of towns, camps, forts, countryside, views along Missouri River and many other rivers, Indians, pioneer life, etc.
Photos from Tonga include a view of the Wesleyan Church and village scenes depicting native people in Western dress in Neiafu, Vavau; "dusky charmers" of Tongatabu depicting women in native dress; group of villagers in Nukualofa, Tongatabu; and several portraits...
Contains views illustrating events from the conquest of Mexico depicting Indians and conquistadors; battle scenes (showing weaponry); human sacrifices, Mexican gods, personalities, and priests; various rites and celebrations; Aztec themes; etc. Hernan Cortés is depicted in some illustrations.
Pictures, in postcard format, mainly in resort areas, showing lodges, motor hotels, etc. Some views of towns as far south as Santa Rosa, Calif. Many scenes along the Redwood Highway, in the coastal counties of northern California and southern Oregon....
Includes views of geysers, rock formations, river gorges and waterfalls, etc. One photo captioned "U.S. Geological Survey en route."
Photos show general views of San Francisco burning and after the destruction. One view includes onlookers.
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Mainly interior views including a swimming pool, bowling alley, library and theater; two postcards of the unveiling of a statue of T.J. Grier; and one view of Lead, South Dakota.
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Exterior and interior views of an unidentified sanatorium (possibly located in the San Francisco Bay Area), showing grounds, wards, beds, patients, and nurses.
Photos show the Hopland Depot in 1901 (with stage coaches visible), a train decorated for President McKinley's visit at Port Costa, and a view of the ship "Grant".
Interior and exterior views of a large Victorian style home. Pictured are parlors, library, gallery, dining room, billiard room, a washroom, and several bedrooms. Some of the art visible is believed to have been in the Hearst family collection, so...
Unidentified San Francisco residence (address over door: 2676). Mostly Victorian interiors, also shows neo-classical exterior. Detailed views of interior decor, including bathroom, lavish common rooms, simple bedrooms. Electric lights and gas brackets visible.
Views of Amalik, Oil, and Chignik Bays; Chilkat village; Cordova; Sitka; Seaward and Valdez. Also depicted are glaciers, coal mines, salmon cannery, nature views, camps, and work crews. Also some views of Navy yards in Washington state.
Alaska views show a "Russian castle," an Indian woman selling curios in Sitka, and Muir Glacier. Views from Seattle show the waterfront area (industrial zone), the steamer "City of Puebla, " and the battleship "Baltimore" near Port Townsend, Washington.
Includes general views of Haines Mission, Juneau, Ketchikan, Sitka, Skagway, White Horse (Yukon Territory), totem poles, rapids, and glaciers.
Views of Alaska focus on the Russian community there, including photographs of the Imperial Russian coat of arms, religious processions, Orthodox church activities, other church views, a wedding scene, a Christmas tree, the Russian orphanage, school children, etc. Other views...
Items not dated or identified, but appear to be the Pheobe Hearst's Haceinda del Pozo de Verona in Pleasanton, Calif.
Includes one oversize photograph of the Sierra Club at Army Pass, one photograph of the Middle Fork King's River, and one unidentified nature scene. All signed in negative "A.A. Forbes."
Mines pictured include: Valley View, Crosby, Pike Bell, Belmont, Al[g]al?, Last Chance, Iron Mt., Marguerite, Lone Pine, Spencer, Almont, Trent, Spence, Central, Pine Hill, and French. Many, if not all, are California copper and gold mines located in various counties....
Includes a view across the San Francisco Bay with Mt. Tamalpais in the background; a view of an intersection of two dirt roads, farms and hills in background; and a view (No.44) captioned "San Francisco Bay in Sunset Light from...
Views of Berkeley hills, Lake Temescal, J. Ross Browne's residence on Chabot Road in Oakland, and other Oakland residences and general views.
Captioned: Grizzly Peak from Hast street, below College Avenue -- Monument Hill [Views of empty, rolling hills with few houses in front of them]
Views of Berkeley show various institutions: the University Library and Art Gallery, Dwight Way School, First Congregational Church, California Deaf and Blind Institution, Commercial Bank, Berkeley Bank of Savings, First Presbyterian Church, and the Berkeley Public Library (interior views).
Contains views of businesses on corner of Center and Shattuck Streets; and residential streets such as Allston Way, east of Shattuck; as well as east side of Hearst Street; and a view of O.V. Lange's home near Vine and Shattuck...
Mainly views of construction of dam and power plant, laying pipes, etc., on Big Creek, Fresno County, Calif., and some views of surrounding country. This project was carried out by the Pacific Light and Power Corporation. Later additions to the...
Primarily photos of plays, stagesettings, posters, leisure activities, banquets, etc. One group portrait of people who had been members of the Bohemian Club for over 40 years (1947). One of the photos includes photographer Arnold Genthe; many photographs of Porter...
Pictured are general views including totem poles, Indians, water scenes, etc. Prints captioned: Discovery Passage B.C.: Between Vancouver and Valdez Is. going north -- Port Simpson B.C.: Houses, carved pillars and rafters of Chim-choe-an Indians -- Port Simpson B.C. Lat....
Views of ruins of the Jewish Synagogue, Telegraph Hill, Powell Street, City Hall, the Fairmont Hotel, Merchants' Restaurant, Church of the Advent, lodge in Golden Gate Park, and the Church of St. Ignatius.
Photographs of interiors and exteriors of buildings designed by Applegarth, chiefly in San Francisco. Also includes photographs of architectural drawings. San Francisco buildings include many business buildings, residences of J.A. Buck, Jr; M. Fredericks ; A.B. Spreckels; E.R. Sudden; Palace...
Views of the former mining town of Columbia, Calif.
Views of historic buildings in Monterey. Also includes several views of the Western Pacific Terminus and ferry dock (on San Francisco Bay?).
Captioned: East side of Salt Lake City ... Wahsatch Range of Mountains in the distance -- Exterior of Parent Co-operative store, Salt Lake City -- East side of East Temple street, looking south, Salt Lake City -- Mormon temple, at...
Views of Byron Hot Springs Hotel including numerous copy views taken from historic postcards and photographs of the hotel's heyday. Modern images show the hotel's dilapidated condition.
Views depict general scenery of Calaveras County, including the Calaveras Cave.
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Depict exteriors of the following missions: San Luis Rey, San Juan Capistrano, San Gabriel, San Fernando, San Bonaventura, Santa Barbara, Santa Ines, La Purisima, San Luis Obispo, and others.
Views of Berkeley, including the University of California campus, Santa Cruz, and Santa Barbara.
Includes views of streets, buildings and other popular tourist attractions in California (Los Angeles, San Jose, San Francisco, Sacramento), Mexico (Tijuana), Utah (Salt Lake City, Ogden) and Arizona (Grand Canyon).
Photographs show Pala Mission, Santa Barbara Mission, and San Diego Mission.
Views include San Juan Capistrano, San Gabriel, San Luis Rey, Asistencia de Antonio de Pala, Mission San Diego de Alcal#a, Santa Ysabel, Santa Ynez, San Ferdinando Rey, and La Purísima Concepción. Subjects include interiors, exteriors, chapel ruins, and several views...
One large vintage print of last day of Southern Pacific narrow gauge (early 20th cent.); 2 smaller copy prints of railroad cars at Sonoma, Calif. (ca. 1870).
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Collection contains a number of items not clearly related. Includes a view of an unidentified log cabin; a tower on Telegraph Hill; dignitaries at a parade (or parades?), possibly in San Francisco; an unidentified building (school or hotel?); a view...
The following schools and colleges are pictured: The College of California (Oakland), Santa Clara College, Public Schoolhouse (Stockton), San Francisco Industrial School, Washington Schoolhouse, Denman Schoolhouse, The Golden Gate Academy, Lincoln Schoolhouse, and Heald's Business College.
Includes 1790's depictions of California missions showing building exteriors and scenes depicting people at work, monks, and Indians.
Depict exteriors of California missions with scenes showing working people, monks, and Indians.
Primarily California views taken in the Los Angeles area (Santa Monica, Catalina Island, Pomona, etc.), Monterey, Carmel, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Some views of Utah and Colorado are also present. Subjects include general views, street views, people, specific...
Photographs are show the Solomons family camping in a number of California locations: Big Meadows, Mt. Lassen, Steven's Creek (Santa Clara County), Feather River, Bidwell Bridge, etc. Views show swimming and other leisure activities, as well as detailed views of...
Snapshots of Canada were taken "via the Canadian Pacific [Railway]" and show natural features such as glaciers, mountains, streams, and scenery. Photos from the trip also include pictures of a little boy, and other family members. Floats in a parade...
Photos include visitors' center, tours, nature, and surrounding views.
Includes two views from Chihuahua, Mexico: one showing exterior of Casa de Moneda and the other depicting an exterior of a market building with people, donkeys and a cart.
Views captioned: Searching Chinese immigrants for opium, at San Francisco ... -- The anti-Chinese riot at Seattle, Washington Territory ... -- A haunt of the highbinders in Chinatown (including portraits and "Highbinder's favorite weapons", San Francisco) -- Chinese life in...
The New First Presbyterian Church, North Berkeley Congregational Church, and the 1895 Stanford football team (members identified)
Collection focuses on a "cold deck" redwood log storage site of the Holmes Eureka Lumber Company in Humbold County, Calif. Detailed notes on verso of many photographs describe equipment and storage techniques pictured, and other characteristics of the logs visible...
Photographs of Colorado Springs, Manitou Springs, and the Garden of the Gods.
Exterior and interior views of county courthouses in various cities.
Photographs show site of a proposed dam - probably the Fourmile Reservoir in Modoc County, Calif. Most are captioned in manuscript, and one includes location as "Damsite for 4 mile Island[?]", but otherwise the location is unidentified.
Views of a street scene in Dawson; a Yukon Gold Co. gold dredge; gold mining equipment; and people in an open car ("locomobile").
Snapshots of rubble and ruined homes after the Oakland-Berkeley hills fire of September 1991.
Portraits include Cephas Bard, Abe Ruef & J.N. Gillett.
Includes general views and a street scene of the mining town of Downieville.
Views of dredges, interior and exterior. Some labelled "Indiana #3...Western Engineering & Construction Co." Others labelled "Pacific #2 in Feather River". Also 2 images of "Yukon No.5 dredge...March 1910". Some dated 1909.
Views of Berkeley show a woman with her car in the hills, a woman on horseback in the hills, and various scenes at Dressler's Pioneer Place. Other views show Mission San Luis Obispo, Al Dressler and Evan Thomas in Forest...
Primarily views of damaged streets, buildings, a church (St. Dominics: interior and exterior) and houses following the 1906 quake. Includes a group photo of women near a temporary shelter and a later view of the Ferry Building in 1925.
Views of the Edman Mine buildings and Plumas County area. One photo of a court house is also included.
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Photos show ranch activities, an aerial view, irrigation, dairy cows, field crops, turkeys, workers, and similar views at the El Solyo Ranch in Vernalis, Calif. (San Joaquin County)
Panorama of Ensenada town and bay, Baja; general views of Juárez depicting street scenes and public buildings (jail, among others); and views of street scenes from Nogales.
Two views of the same side of a frame Episcopal church (possibly Holy Trinity) in Covina, Calif., taken at different dates.
Views of Fallon show streets, residences, public buildings, a light and power dam, a Piute Indian village, and the spillway of the Truckee irrigation project.
Views include the Bear River flume and dam (Provo, Utah), the Colorado flume and dam, and the Abner Doble Iron works after the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906.
A 20th century copy of an 1860s photographic view of a street in Forbestown, showing buildings, townspeople, and buggies. Sonora view is a copy photograph of the central image of the Kuchel and Dresel lithograph "Sonora, Tuolumne County, Southern Mines,...
Views of the fort, church, hotel and vicinity.
Views include groups of soldiers wearing uniforms during various activities (posing with a canon, eating, sitting on the ground, etc.), a dining room decorated for Christmas, horses and buildings, and a large brick building with men on the porch.
Contains views of barracks, a blockhouse, and a hospital at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Camp Floyd (many); Fort Bridger; "House and harem of Brigham Young"; Salt Lake City's old tabernacle, Utah; Fort Laramie and surroundings, Wyoming; Devil's Gate, Sweetwater (Wyoming?); and...
Primarily exterior and interior views of Schwabacher's residence at Jackson and Gough Streets. Additional photos depict the Sierra Nevada and a vehicle bearing a sign inscribed "The Columbia Marble Co."
Mostly views of lakes and rivers, as well as other outdoor scenes. Golden Gate Park is identified as the primary location. Also includes five scences of UC Berkeley campus.
Photographs show scenes of various parts of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Calif.
Photographs captioned: Conservatory, Golden Gate Park -- Life in Golden Gate Park -- Music stand, Golden Gate Park -- Golden Gate Park from terrace.
Promotional album of commercial views taken on island of Oahu, likely marketed to U.S. Army personnel stationed in Hawaii. Includes Waikiki and other beach scenes, Honolulu, hula dancing, recreation, Hawaiian flowers and other plants, pineapple industry, indigenous peoples and customs,...
Material pertaining to multiple generations of the Faye family of Norway, Hawaii, and Berkeley, Calif. Vol. 1 contains views of various Hawaiian Islands, including buildings and scenes around Honolulu, boats, a grass hut, hula dancers in western dress, the leper...
Photographs of the Hawaiian royal family, beach and bathing scenes, scenery including volcanoes, together with clippings and other ephemera.
Photographs of aeronautical hardware (late 1940), Hetch Hetchy dam and turbines, oil fields in Southern California, Lick Observatory, and radio stations of the 1920's.
Photographs show a private property used or intended to be used as a recreational area, located just east of Berkeley/Oakland in Contra Costa County, Calif.
Includes exterior views of historic buildings in Columbia, Calif., including banks, stores, hotels, street views, etc. Photos depict state of buildings in 1930's, while drawings (many based on earlier photos) show an earlier era. Some views focus on architectural details...
Photographs show trees at the Mariposa Grove, street scenes in Los Angeles, San Francisco views, Yosemite, and exteriors (one interior) of various Victorian homes and other buildings, probably in San Francisco. Also includes photographs of various identified sailing ships.
Contains views of Honolulu featuring Nuuanu Avenue, Royal Palm Avenue, Dr. John S. McGrew's residence, and a view of a volcano from Kau Bluffs.
Contains views of Kings Street, Kings Palace and other buildings in Honolulu, some decorated with flags; also included is a view of Pearl Harbor.
Photos show a home called Hunter's Lodge, designed by Lilian Bridgman. The lodge, belonging to Dr. Wills, was located in the hills of the East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area), facing Mount Diablo.
From the collection of Frank D. Shearer.
Includes views of farms (some experimental), farming (hemp harvesting, etc.), and farm buildings. Photos of flooded areas and destruction by cyclon include views of the Colorado River flood of 1906. Also depicted are many views of the Delhi land settlement,...
Photographs show interiors, exteriors, grounds (at a private palazzo), family members; postcard views of Florence, Fiesole, and Rome; and other Italian sights. Album presumed to be of the family of author Frederick Faust (Max Brand), in their Italian villa.
Views show Oak Hill Cemetery in San Jose, and the grave of J.J. Vioget. Also includes a photo of the first health center in San Francisco, taken by Bowman. Portrait of an unidentified older man taken in 1880 also included.
Views of an excursion party which included Joseph LeConte.
Captioned: Cathedral Falls -- Emerald Bay from island, Lake Tahoe -- Mount Tallo, Lake Tahoe -- Emerald Bay and island, Lake Tahoe, Calif.
General views of land owned by Doctor J.W. Robertson, including Cresta Blanca [Winery] showing hills and surrounding areas, and Arroyo del Valle.
Album of photographs depicting the town of Las Vegas, New Mexico and the nearby Hermit's Peak wildlife and recreation area (including El Porvenir Hotel and Hermit Lodge). Appearing throughout photographs is an unidentified party depicted at cabins, fishing, hiking, riding...
Photographs show various vaults and other views at Laurel Hill Cemetery in San Francisco, apparently just prior to their destruction.
Views of a lookout or scientific station on top of a hill, identified as Lawson's Station. Location unidentified, but is related to U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Camp scenes and broad views of foothills (probably Coast Ranges in Calif.) also...
Views include: photographic birdseye view of Leadville, mining, outdoor scenes, group portraits, and buildings (some captioned).
Mainly views of Sacramento River levee construction; five photos of Nome, Alaska, are also included.
Photographic views of Live Oak (railroad approach, Union Hotel), Marysville (Northern California Citrus Fair exhibitions) and Devil's Kitchen and possibly other features in what is now Lassen Volcanic National Park. Also includes a few views of wheat harvesting with large...
Photos show logging and lumbering in Vernonia, Columbia Co., Oregon. One photo shows a display of wood types and uses. Others show an aerial view of a lumber mill, forests before and after logging, log transportation (by train and by...
Includes a view of the Towle Brothers Lumber Company's Little Bear Valley sawmill and pond, and two views of logs being transported via a team of ten oxen and the company's private narrow-gauge railroad.
Contains views of the Mt. Wilson Observatory (founded 1904) under construction; Mt. Lowe; Catalina Island; the Riverside area; and views of cars, businesses and people on Broadway Street in Los Angeles. Also included are views of residences, hotels, parks, and...
Views of logging and lumbering show tree toppers high up in trees, topping a pine with powder, views of log pond and mill, sugar pine logs on a train, a tree shattered by lightning at La Moine, logging at La...
Photos show Monte de las Piedras and the town of Macharavialla, birthplace of José de Gálvez. One photograph shows the house where Gálvez was born. The many views of the church (built by Gálvez) include interiors of the church and...
Views of cattle ranch lands, personnel, and environs about 60 miles from Durango, Mexico. Captions indicate that the land was owned by Durango Estate Co., and managed by Captain John W. Somerville, of San Francisco, Calif. Somerville is pictured in...
One view depicts town of Manitou (as Manitou Springs was then referred to by railroad companies) and surrounding valley; numbered and titled "2000. Manitou, Colorado" with photographer's name "Wheeler" printed in negative. Other view depicts railroad depot (which is also...
Captioned: Home of Captain Sherman, San Diego -- The Governor's Mansion, Sacramento -- Home of Ex-governor Geo. C. Perkins -- James Flood Residence at Menlo Park -- Carson Residence, Eureka -- George Grey Residence -- Sandy Bowers Mansion, Washoe Valle,...
Photographs show the shipyard, ship construction, workers, executives, housing, Richardson Bay, the lumber yard, etc.
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Portraits of Mexican Indians (some taken in Mexico City) illustrating various occupations, such as: street vendors of various products, fishermen, policemen, loundresses, basket makers, etc. Also included is a view of Nicaraguan children.
Contains views from Zacatecas; Querétaro (Church de la Cruz, city views, people collecting water from a city fountain, etc.); Puebla (panoramic view of the city and the Cathedral); "Villa de Guadelupe, Posito" and surrounding area; Hercules (Cayetano Rubio, Central Mexico);...
Views of Mexico, including buildings, people (some portraits) and animals in Mexico City; portraits of priests and friers; and views from Guadelupe.
View of Mexico City captioned in negative: 155. Calle de Cinco de Mayo from the Cathedral, City of Mexico. Waite Photo. The other photograph shows a leaning cypress tree atop a cliff at the water's edge, possibly in the Monterey...
Mainly views of Mexico.
Photos showing tents, vehicles, common building, etc.
Photographs show various views in and around Georgetown, including the Woodside Eureka Mine (interior and exterior of hoist building), mining machinery, hoist bell signal chart, other mine buildings, the Parson Mine at Georgia Slide, the Ford Mine, countryside, general views...
Views of California and Virginia City, Nevada mining sites and towns as they looked in the 1940's-1950's. Many comparison views with copies of 19th century photographs. Remains of mining equipment pictured.
Interiors and exteriors of the Mission Inn.
Photographs show the mission buildings of San Antonio de Pala, San Diego, San Juan Capistrano, San Luis Rey, and Santa Barbara. Also shown are the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego, the Southern Pacific Co. wharf at the port of...
Captioned: Mission of San Jose, Texas -- Fronteras, Sonora -- Church and plaza, El Paso -- Mission of Conception, Texas.
Views of many different missions, mainly in California.
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Primarily views of the Mt. Tamalpais railway and tavern, views from "Mt. Tam", sightseers, and nearby Muir Woods redwood grove.
Wine cellars and casks are pictured.
Photographs captioned: Mt. Shasta from Edgewood -- Shasta from Sessions [showing railroad tracks, houses, and mountain] -- Shasta Springs [resort along railroad tracks] -- Mossbrae Falls, Shasta Springs [view of a wide waterfall.]
Images captioned: Pimos and Coco Maricopas Indians -- Utah Indian prisoners under the Common Platform in Fort Utah -- Mode of crossing rivers by the Flathead and other Indians -- [Illustrations of various tribal Indians] -- An American Indian --...
Views of the town of New Almaden, Calif., schools, houses, mine buildings, and miners at work in the shafts of the quicksilver (i.e., mercury) mines, including reproduction of a sketch by J. Ross Browne, "Hoisting works, 1870." At the end...
Photos document various aspects of life in New Almaden, Calif. Soda Spring Hacienda and other residences are shown, one with a horse and buggy team and a bicycle in front. Others show a teahouse, "English camp", a bridge, and many...
Photographs show the residence of Mr. Day in New Almaden, smelting works at the New Almaden Quicksilver Mines, and a few views of men and women inside a pavillion, location unidentified.
Photographs show views of life in Nome and Sitka, Alaska. Family groups, children, dogs, dog sleds, Indians, an Indian village, and scenes of boating and the water are included. Also includes a photo of an Indian family selling baskets at...
Photos depict storm destruction in an Alaska town, walrus hunting, mining, portraits of Eskimos, etc.
Photos show various buildings and scenes in Nortonville: a department store, the grammar school, the village choir in front of Granny Norton's house, the Black Diamond Exchange hotel and boarding house, a mine hoist, Main Street showing shops, a May...
Views show Joaquin Miller's cabin, St. George's Hall, Tubbs Hotel, street cars, downtown Oakland views, city hall, post office, Southern Pacific depot, Congregational Church on Broadway, residential areas, Broadway Street, Brayton Hall, College Hall, a brass band, etc.
Captioned: Panorama general de la Ciudad de Mexico -- Paseo de Guadalupe -- Un angelo del Panteon general -- Un angelo del Panteon general [different angle] -- Avenida Independencia -- Capilla en construccion del Panteon general.
Views of oil wells, derrecks and oil fires. Also a view of an office and power plant of the West Shore Oil Co.
Oregon Cascade Range views.
Photographs of Palo Alto show street scenes, downtown views, the University Book Store, and other buildings. Other views include some of the former Mayfield (now part of Palo Alto) and show the I.O.O.F. Hall and the Mayfield brass band. Many...
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Includes primarily exterior views.
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Photos captioned: Calla lily arch in honor of Pres. T. Roosevelt on his visit to Pasadena, 1903 -- Pasadena and Hotel Raymond -- Tournament of Roses Parade [two views].
Includes views of individual buildings (churches, schools, hotels, the Hill Opera House, the City Hall, the Women's Club, etc.), businesses (the Lachman & Jacobi Wine Cellars, the Carlson-Currier Mills, and multiple views of pultry farms and hatcheries), and private residences....
Petroglyphs near Tule Lake; lava flows, rock formations, caves, and natural bridges at Lava Beds National Monument; Klamath River salt springs; views of Mount Shasta; a few views of animal tracks, apparently from Siskiyou County area.
Includes exterior and interior views of the house.
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General views include the railway station and some businesses in Preston, Calif. (Sonoma County)
Contains exterior views of courthouses, banks, Methodist and Episcopal churches, school buildings, street views, the El Capitan and Planada Hotels, the Pythian Hall, the Shaffer Building, and a freight station yard. Also included are views of private residences (locations and...
Photos related to the following railroads: Carson & Colorado Railroad, Lake Tahoe Railroad and Trans[portation] Company, Lake Tahoe Narrow Gauge Railroad, Southern Pacific Railroads, and Virginia and Truckee Railroads. Photos depict locomotives, trains (some transporting ore), depots, etc. Locations include...
Primarily views of Rancho Chico, featuring the John Bidwell home, general views, creeks and rivers, almond trees, fruit drying, etc. A view of a Rancho Chico Indian mission school classroom decorated for Christmas during a performance is also included, as...
Views show Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico, and La Bahia mission in Golead, Texas.
Collection includes 11 photographic prints (stored as --AX) from a series by C.C. Curtis of the General Noble tree (Fresno Co., Calif.) felled for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago of 1893 and known as the "World's Fair Big Tree."...
Snapshots relating to shipping and to towns in the Sacramento Delta region and Northern California, including Rio Vista. Views show deck hands of the S.S. Apache "coaling" at Black Diamond Mines; Egbert Dredge in operation at Rio Vista; Fairfield High...
Possibly part of the Nolan Northern Pacific Railroad Collection, compiled by Edward W. Nolan.
Items titled "Sacramento City in Californien" and "Die Goldwaschen am Mokelumne River," accompanied by descriptive text in German.
Views captioned: City Hall and Water Works, Front St. -- [Fire station] -- First Congregational Church, Sixth St.[...] -- Post Office, Literary Depot Gardner & Kirk, Thirt St.[...] -- Second St. between J & K [view of Adams Express Building]...
Snapshots including views of the Mormon Temple, the Salt Lake City and County Building, Main Street, workers (boatmen and loggers) on the Lake, and the Promontory (a paddle-wheel steamer).
Includes exterior and interior views of the Mormon Tabernacle, views of the Amelia Palace, tithing office, "Salt Palace," and others. A photo of bathers at Garfiled Beach is also included.
Salt Lake City views include: Main Street ("4804"), Tithing House ("4821"), Brigham Young's grave ("4830"), and President Taylor residence ("4823?"); Denver photos include: a view towards mountains and the Tabor Opera House ("231").
Captioned: Salt Lake City from Prospect Hill -- Mormon Tabernacle, 250 feet long, Salt Lake [photo of Tabernacle shows newly constructed building, with blocks of stone laid out in foreground]
Images include a copy print of a view of Nevada City from 1853; San Francisco views of the Cliff House and Fisherman's Wharf; a logging camp in Mendocino; many ships (probably in San Francisco); Multnomah Falls, Oregon; etc. Stereoviews of...
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Miscellaneous photos including views of the Cliff House and Sutro Heights parapet in San Francisco; Los Angeles cable cars; a University public school; and several views of a train wreck (location unknown).
View east across the city toward Yerba Buena Island and the East Bay -- View across the city, east from Nob Hill.
Collection contains photographs of an illuminated San Francisco at night. One of these is a view of Union Square and the St. Francis Hotel taken during the Portola Festival in 1909. Views taken immediately after the 1906 earthquake and fire...
Photographs show the first Cliff House, the Hopkins residence, the Leland Stanford residence, the Palace Hotel, and similar views of San Francisco.
Exterior views of San Francisco residences of Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, Charles Crocker and David D. Colton. One photo of Powell street with the Baldwin Hotel visible in the distance is also included.
Views of buildings and nature scenes primarily from the San Francisco Bay area and Yosemite.
Snapshots of San Francisco scenes, including Ocean Beach, Golden Gate Park, street scenes, buildings, etc.
Views include California Palace of the Legion of Honor -- Spreckels residence (Washington and Octavia Streets) -- C. Sudden residence 3730 Washington Street) -- G.A. Applegarth residence (2775 Vallejo Street) -- Lewis Whittaker Allen residence (Geary and Taylor Streets) --...
Professionally produced views of San Francisco (from Telegraph Hill, looking over North Beach district toward Golden Gate), Salt Lake City (cityscape against backdrop of snow-covered mountains), Denver (Sherman Ave., with photographer's number 3824) and Niagara Falls.
Collection contains individual plates from various San Francisco panoramas, views of streets, cable cars, trains, buildings, and views following the 1906 earthquake and fire. One photo shows C.E. Watkins' wagon with "Landscape Photographer" painted on the side.
Contains various photographs of San Francisco (Chinatown, street vendors, Golden Gate Park, Cliff House, sailing ships in harbor, etc.), Yosemite (general views), Lick Observatory on Mt. Hamilton (exterior and interior, including telescopes), Mariposa Grove, and Magnolia Avenue in Riverside.
Views include Missions of California at San Juan Capistrano, Santa Ynez, San Luis Rey. Also one view of San Jose Mission of San Antonio, Texas.
Includes photos of the American Colonial Bank, the Federal Building, the Haunted Sentry Box, the Governor's Palace, and San Augustin Cape.
Includes 2 copy photographs of paintings or drawings of the plaza and cathedral, and 1 photographic view of the cathedral, ca. 1930.
Contains general views of Santa Barbara, street views, aerial views of the wharf, views of earthquake damaged buildings, beach views, public buildings, churches, hotels, businesses, adobes, residences, etc. Also included are group portraits of businessmen, politicians, office clerks and school...
Postcards show views of Santa Barbara, including the Mission and surroundings (some with friars performing various tasks), the courthouse, Hotel Potter, residences around Miramar, waterfront scenes, and other city views.
Photographs include a panoramic view of Santa Cruz, and a view of a beach scene. Carriages on the beach, a boardwalk, carousel, and advertising signs are visible. Versos of mounts bear advertising text.
Primarily views of the Santa Cruz coastline, beach scenes and boardwalk (featuring well dressed women carrying big parasols). Views of the San Lorenzo River and Santa Cruz Mountains are also included.
Street views: down a main street with many visible businesses: buildings are decorated and a parade is taking place (4th of July celebration, or a Native Sons of the Golden West event?) The other view depicts the "Headquarters, Bay City...
Tent city (military camp) -- Giant redwood.
Gift of Lulu Dorothea Rubke Landweer.
Includes views of street scenes, the Chinese Joss House, and Scott's Ranch Resort near Trinity Center in Weaverville; a view of a hydraulic mining operation in Trinity County; and views of Main Street and a stage coach and horses in...
Photographs show the Defiant sunk at wharf, the Vigilant under way, Crowley (tug) No. 19 under way in San Francisco Bay, and a ship aground in high waves, possibly on the southern California coast.
Photographs show ships and shorelines, probably in the San Francisco Bay, California, and possibly in the Mare Island and Vallejo vicinity.
Views of ships in San Francisco Bay.
Includes views of area, town, mining works, Wildman's store, hotel, school, and home interiors.
Photographs from Sitka, Alaska show schools, buildings, native Alaskans, and general town scenes. Various water transportation photographs including canoes and ferries are also present. Photographs of glaciers depict the Muir and Taku Glaciers. Many photos of totem poles, one photo...
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Includes primarily exterior views of California missions.
Photographs show students inside Stockton Business College, and an exterior view of J.P. Spooner's home in Stockton, Calif.
Includes view of a hotel with people and a carriage.
Views show machinery and workers, apparently at Tarrazas Press after a forced closure. This is presumably El Correo de Chihuahua, or another newspaper of Silvestre Terrazas. One photo shows a printed illustration.
Collection contains views taken in San Francisco during and after the disaster of 1906. Views show earthquake and fire damage, fires burning, soldiers, refugees and refugee camps, and reconstruction efforts. Among the locations and buildings pictured are Golden Gate Park,...
Collection contains views taken in San Francisco following the earthquake and fire of 1906. Among the buildings and locations pictured are City Hall, Hall of Justice, Fairmont Hotel, Union St., Golden Gate Park, Howard St., Emporium, U.S. Post Office, St....
Panoramic views of the fire burning after the earthquake, street scenes (including street kitchens), refugees, men standing in lines, etc.
Photos show lumber and a lumber mill covered in snow, workers posing for the photographer, the hotel of the Alaska Mining Co., bullion on the way to the express company (including armed guards), and a general view of Pike City.
View east from University Ave. and Oxford, with firetruck in foreground and U.C. Berkeley in background, and view north east from Le Conte Hill of ruins after the fire.
Views of the aftermath of the Berkeley fire of 1923, an unidentified portrait, and a photograph of the Hoover damsite sent as a New Year's card from Sybil (Mrs. J. Perry) Yates.
Primarily group portraits (mostly unidentified); photos #6 and #10 include Haig Patigian, an American sculptor. One photo from 1921 and two from 1925 depict a theatrical performance at the Grove; some views of unpopulated areas of the Grove are also...
Views of the exposition buildings, attractions, and visitors.
Contains exterior and interior views of the Castle residence, including dining and drawing rooms, library, and the staircase. Interior decoration, furnishings, and architectural details are well depicted. Two studio portraits of Mrs. Castle and Judge Hartwell are included.
Detailed views of the Castro Adobe (orignally part of Rancho San Pablo) showing a corner and wall. One view shows three men examining a corner, identified as Louis Stein, Leo Armstrong, and J. Boroneau. The adobe apparently burned on April...
Photos include: bunkers on the Yukon River at Coal Creek; portion of Camp #3 of company railroad; "Building the last mile" of the railroad.
Views show the area where the Donner Party camped while trying to cross the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Views of the interior, exterior, and garden of the Hurlbut house at 956 S. Orange Grove Blvd. in Pasadena, Calif. Also, one view of a small bronze foundry.
Includes group portraits, views of events, banquets, men in carriages, boat trips, outings in cars, etc. Photos of John McNaught addressing the people of San Pedro on board the ship "Warrior," and Rufus P. Jennings are also included. Locations include...
Photos show the interior and exterior (including overhead views) of the Fairmont Hotel.
Depicted are scenery, birds, and other animals of the Farallon Islands.
Photographs show the Felix Oil Company, oil wells, a refinery, equipment, and vehicles. Some show A.F. Nunes and his daughter Wilhelmina Bossana at the Felix Oil Company.
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Photos show interior and exterior views of the mansion, as well as the surrounding grounds.
Photographs show Edna and Porter Garnett at Rancho Mallacomez in Sonoma County, Calif. Original prints by Hildegarde Flanner also included.
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Exterior and interior views of the Griffiths and Howlett Co. in San Francisco, Calif. showing the machine shop with machinists and hydraulic equipment.
Views of exterior and interior of a dilapidated adobe; interior view shows a fireplace. Subject may be the W.E.P. Hartnell home, or the school he founded for his children.
Photos show interior and exterior views of the hotel, including the dining room, various bedrooms (the "bridal chamber" and others), etc. Photos are mounted on cards which contain advertising information.
Views of the Hotel Florence in San Diego, Calif. include the driveway, entrance, and court. Interior views of the hotel show the dining room, parlor and office. Also included is a view of San Diego from the northeast, with Coronado...
Views of the residence located at 2900 Buena Vista Way which was built in 1928 by John Hudson Thomas for Samuel J. and Portia Bell Hume and based on the plans of an Augustinian monastery in Toulouse, France. Depicted are...
Primarily ranching scenes, including harvesting and cattle. One photo of a locomotive and two cars of the Sumpter Valley Railway.
Exteriors of the Kelley residence and the Baptist Church (built by William Kelley in 1894) in Mendocino, Calif.
1: Shakespeare Cliff near Glenbrook, Cal. [Shakespeare Rock] [Watkins' no. 4064] -- 2: Cave Rock, Lake Tahoe Cal. [Watkins' no. 4056] -- 3: Yanks Lake Tahoe Cal. (Tallac Hotel) [Watkins' no. 4049] -- 4: Emerald Bay Lake Tahoe Cal (from...
General and close up views of the Lick Observatory in San Jose, Calif. including interior scenes (equipment, etc.).
Both views show people posed on Mt. Lowe railway car at the bottom of the incline. Ladies are shown wearing large and various hats. Photographic print has extensive promotional and descriptive information printed on verso.
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Negatives show views of the Philippines and China circa 1900-1920. Photographic prints comprise portraits of various family members, family homes, and simliar views, all taken in the United States. Of note is one carte de visite view by Lawrence and...
Photos captioned: Sacramento River from Middle Creek (Taber number B2098) -- Big Trees, Felton, Santa Cruz County (Taber number B1719).
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Primarily views of the aftermath of the earthquake and fire of 1906 and of Chinese residents.
Mainly snapshots of Golden Gate International Exposition buildings, statues, people, etc., some at night; also includes post 1906 earthquake scenes of buildings, ruins, and streets.
Includes exterior and interior views of the residence located at northeast corner of Broderick and Jackson Streets, San Francisco, Calif.
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Mainly views of Yosemite scenery, one photo shows men with pack horses.
Photos probably depict the Stockton flood of 1907. Views show Weber Ave. looking east, railroad bridge crossing Mormon Slough at Center Street, looking south from Bridge at Stockton Woolen Mills, and the Stockton Channel looking west from a barge opposite...
Photographs show Villa Miravalle, residence of Mr. and Mrs. Tiburcio Parrott in St. Helena, Calif. Some views show the entrance to and interior of a large underground wine cellar, barrels of wine visible. Exterior views of the mansion as well...
Views of helicopters (close up views and in flight), workers on assembly line, crowds in front of the company building watching flights, etc.
Photographs show exterior and interior views of Wyntoon in Siskiyou County, California, home of Phoebe Apperson Hearst, as designed by Bernard Maybeck, some showing walls decorated with murals. Other scenes show snow covered cabins with Mt. Shasta in the background.
Photographs show construction of the Wyntoon estate of Phoebe Apperson Hearst, designed by Bernard Maybeck, including a group photo of the workmen. One photographs show a view of Mt. Shasta.
Photographs show Phoebe Apperson Hearst's Wyntoon estate as rebuilt by Julia Morgan to resemble a Bavarian village. Murals by Willy and John W. Pogány decorate the walls with fairy tale themes. One view shows a 1940 flood at the estate.
Views of Trinidad Head, including the harbor, coastline, a coal-oil burning lighthouse and a historic landmark.
Photographs include general views of Truckee, showing railroad tracks, houses, horses, inhabitants, wagons, snowsheds, and a Central Pacific Railroad bridge near Truckee.
Photos captioned: Tulare Co., Big Trees, General Grant, circ. 106 feet -- Quadrille of two set on one redwood stump ... -- Tulare Co, Big Trees -- 126 people on top of one redwood stump ... -- Combined Harvester ......
Finding aid available (Historic American Buildings Survey no. CA-2279, filed in portfolio with photographs).
Mostly views of mining-related buildings at the University of Nevada, University of Arizona, and Washington State University. Also included are general views of Virginia City, Gold Hill, and Steamboat Springs, Nevada.
Views of U.C. Berkeley campus and social events such as graduation ceremonies, theatrical performances, sporting events, and games, all possibly relating to the class of 1912.
Captioned: Ophir mine and mill, stateline, Utah -- Stateline, Utah from East -- Big H mine, Stateline, Utah -- Margaret mine, Stateline, Utah -- Johnson mine and mill, Stateline, Utah -- Chloride point mine Lyon Hill, Tooele Co., Utah.
Stereos show Vallejo residences, businesses, and a park. One view shows the ship "Vanderbuilt."
General views of Vallejo showing buildings, residences, streets and a dry dock.
Desert scenes and views of Joshua Trees predominate, with some views of mountains and California missions. Additional locations include Yosemite, Fort Ross, Monterey, and San Francisco.
Views depict two men and a child, Caro Marshall, fruit picking in an orchard near the large ranch house, two broad landscapes from cultivated hillsides across arid flatlands, and Caro Marshall on a driveway lined by young evergreen trees.
Views of Virginia City including C Street (showing businesses and vehicles), Piper's Opera House, a Presbyterian church, the old Nevada Brewery building, school building, Gold & Curry's mining office, the interior of a store, etc. Also included is a panoramic...
Primarily views of Virginia City, Nevada, the Hearst Castle at San Simeon, Calif, and Yosemite.
Includes general street views and views of individual buildings such as Presbyterian and Catholic churches (exteriors), St. Mary's Church (interior) and Piper's Opera House.
Two views of volcanoes in Mexico: Colima and Manzanillo.
Aerial views of vacant United States War Relocation Authority camps in Topaz, Utah, and Heart Mountain, Wyoming.
Views relate to Grunsky's interest in water engineering and show the San Joaquin Delta, Colorado River, Salton Sea, Gatun, etc. Also includes one watercolor of Telegraph Hill, San Francisco in 1931.
Includes: "San Diego from the Old Fort" (1846), Fort Walla-Walla (1841), Fort Humboldt, and two views of Fort Vancouver (1833 and before 1863).
Photographs show Yosemite National Park, and views of San Francisco, including the Crocker Mansion, Stanford Mansion, Seal Rocks, Cliff House, etc.
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Collection includes views of Yosemite National Park (including people with horses), other unidentified mountain scenes, an early automobile with sightseers on a dirt road, a 1915 calendar with photographs of the Grand Canyon mounted on its pages, a group portrait...
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Yosemite Valley and vicinity. Among the notable views are Yosemite Falls with ice (in August), Bridal Veil Fall views with rubble on the valley floor from prior floods evident, a view near Nevada Falls with evidence of a recent rock...
Views show Salamanca, conquistadors, Indians, European camps and Europeans at sea, battles, weapons, portraits, and the presidio at Monterey.
Photos show tents in Hamilton Square, businesses, homes, a playground, kitchens set up on Geary St., the Girl's High School, etc.
Views of the battlefield, the National Battlefield Cemetery, monuments and other relevant places; as well as portraits of Gen. G.A. Custer and other men slain in the battle.
Primarily views of the site where the railway was to be constructed, showing scenery, hills, river, etc. Also includes views of crews and the U.S. Fish Hatchery at Baird, Calif.
Contains views of mine buildings, miners, sheds, mine train, flumes, blower plant and locomotive, interior view of a saw mill, etc. Also included are photos of a hotel in Centerville and a blacksmith shop.
Views show rebel camps, confiscated weapons, state troop headquarters, damaged buildings, trenches, and the dead and wounded in Naco, Sonora, Mexico.
Contains views of Southern Pacific Railroad Co. activities in California and other locations, including photos of tracking, railroad schedules, steamship travels, a map of S.P.R.R., and advertising postcards. Also includes views of railroads, locomotives and interiors of locomotive building shops,...
Views of Fort Bridger, Wyoming, family gravestones, views of Carter family homes, etc. Includes one cartes de visite view of the fort, dated 1866. Also, one view of "Apache Scouts Tepees" of the White Moutain Reservation, Arizona, by [D.A.?] Markey.
Portrait of Henry Schutt, a portrait of Mrs. Julie W. Schutt, family homes in San Francisco, and recreation on Lake Merritt, Oakland.
Photographs show trains in front of buildings, people posing, stacks of lumber, and two photos of Southern Pacific train wrecks (carrying load of boards to or from Hobart Mills?) in Nevada Co., Calif.
Views of Virginia City, Nevada, including general and street views, and individual buildings such as churches, mine buildings, the court house, schools, etc. Also depicted are Silver City, Gold Hill and the Comstock Lode region, Nevada, and Lindon Towers, the...
Mining views show: flumes, Yuba Mining dredge #1, mining camps, mining sites, miners with hand tools, and women and a child visiting mining sites. Other views include: scenery, lakes, a dam, two men posing in front of a sign "Big...
Primarily photos of labor camps and views relating to the cotton strike; such as: the strikers' camp in Corcoran (also showing migrant Mexican laborers); strikers at Pixley; the Farm Labor Union in Tulare; scenes after shooting showing a wounded striker;...
Includes general views of Columbus and Pancho Villa State Park in New Mexico; as well as views from Chihuahua, Mexico, including photos of: a cathedral, a church with burial places of various figures, homes, a monument, and the Mausoleum for...
Contains two leaflets for the Vigilant Society for the Investigation of Public and Private Institutions, Prevention of Cruelty to Women and Children, Suppression of Vice and Enforcement of Law and Order, asking people to bring to their attention any wrong...
Photocopy (negative).
Part of a collection of papers of prominent members of the Sierra Club, acquired from individual members.
Holograph and typed manuscripts, copies of published works, and correspondence, mostly with Carey McWilliams. Also includes correspondence, 1928-1973, between Carey McWilliams and various individuals about Vincent O'Sullivan.
Correspondence of G.W. Vincent and A.P. Dennison concerning their life and activity at sea (Vincent) or on the Pacific West coast (Dennison). Included in the Dennison papers is a photograph of an unidentified girl taken by Morse's Palace of Art...
Background and early interest in wine in France; experiences in vineyard development: Diamond Mountain Ranch, Mr. Veeder Vineyard, Silverado Vineyard, Foss Valley Ranch; importance of climate and terroir in winemaking; William Hill Winery vineyard properties; California Cabernets, industry trends, consumer...
Title supplied by cataloger.
Scrapbook containing chiefly snapshot photographs and newspaper clippings documenting damage from the earthquake that struck near Long Beach, California at 5:54 PM on March 10, 1933.
Contains paper presented at the 5th annual conference of the Association for Asian-American Studies and expanded into an affidavit researched and written by de Cristoforo (formerly Kazue Matsuda) to challenge inaccurate and misleading references made by Rosalie Hankey Wax in...
Felix Khuner, a native of Vienna and member of the Vienna Opera Orchestra and Kolisch Quartet, remembers Alban Berg and Arnold Schoenberg; after diiscussing Nazism, he turns to settling in the San Francisco Bay Area, teaching at the University of...
Copies of his articles and speeches, 1920-1936, re guidance and counseling programs in the Berkeley and Oakland schools, juvenile delinquency, behavior difficulties in children, education for exceptional student, etc. (v. 1-3); scrapbooks of clippings re Oakland and Berkeley schools, 1939-1945...
Documentation of Victorian architecture in Los Angeles, chiefly in the Bunker Hill area of downtown. Photographs depict exterior and interior views of residential houses and other structures, many of which were later demolished. Some views show structures being relocated, or...
Contains what appears to be an index of water customers sorted by name, including address and water no. for Virginia City, Gold Hill, and an unknown area.
Locomotives of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad. One photo shows locomotive at water tank in Carson City, Nevada. Both prints were holiday greeting cards.
Title devised by cataloger.
Views include businesses along the main street, a Presbyterian church, Piper's Opera House, a school building, and exteriors of John McKay's home.
Virginia Reed's letter to her cousin, recounting her experiences as a member of the Donner Party, and other family letters, including letters to and from her husband.
This collection contains materials about members of the Hoppe, Neumann, Ladensohn, and Greenberg families. It includes photographs of Virginia Hoppe Ladensohn and her husband, Burton Ladensohn, her parents, Bertha Neumann and Herbert Hoppe, and her grandparents, Rosa Keller Neumann and...
Two drawings depict ballet dancer Anna Pavlova in her role in Die Puppenfee; the other drawing depicts Pavlova in an unidentified dance.
Include letters of commendation from General Telford Taylor and Judge Walter B. Beals and clippings and other material relating to her experiences as a WAC during the Nuremberg Trials.
Johnson discusses his childhood; life as a medical student, intern and resident; yellow fever laboratory, Rockefeller Institute and subsequent positions; California State Dept. of Public Health; research on rabies, malaria, arboviruses, Salk polio vaccine field trial; ecological approach to viral...
Forms part of the History of Science and Technology collection.
Announcements for photography exhibitions held at Vision Gallery (San Francisco). Most announcements are illustrated with reproductions of works by featured photographers.
Photographs relating to silver mining near the village of Batopilas, Chihuahua State, Mexico. Included are views of Batopilas, the haciendas of San Miquel and Camuchin, various named mines, an ore yard, mine railcars, mill and retorting furnaces, a tunnel, an...
Miscellaneous collection including portraits of literary and political figures (Mary Austin, Jack London, Edwin Markham, Charles Warren Stoddard, George Sterling, J.D. Phelan, et al.); prince and princess Lazarovich; and Charles Herrold (an "inventor of a successful wireless telephone"), among others....
Reel 1, 1855-1862; reel 2, 1863-1867; reel 3, 1867-1872; reel 4, 1872-1874.
Carpy discusses family background, a century in Napa Valley; Carpy Ranch, 1961-present: grape varieties, first frost protection sprinkler system; Freemark Abbey: forming the partnership owner in 1966; restoring the old building, equipment, marketing; Rutherford Hill winery; California Wine Commission.
Enlargements of mountaineering photographs of the Himalayas, Alps, Mt. St. Elias (Alaska), 1 of Ruwenzori (Africa), and the Caucasus.
The Klatskanai (Tlatskanai) vocabulary is a fragmentary copy. A note by Anderson, 1876, says he gathered the words in 1854 or 1855 from the last survivor of his tribe. To it are added words and numerals of another tribe of...
Copy of a manuscript (Add. 17631) in the British Museum. The vocabulary includes sections with Castilian, Nutkeño, and Mexican equivalents; with Castilian, Hawaiian, and Mexican; a list of Patagonian words; and others.
Vocabularies, theological dialogues, and catechisms in Portuguese and native Brazilian languages, especially the Manao language. Copy of Ms. 223, King George IV Library, British Museum, made in 1874 by Charles Clarke. With transcriber's note dated August 31, 1874 indicating that...
Includes 8 picket signs screenprinted on muslin fabric; 32 prints (some showing evidence of use as signs in demonstrations); 1 pennant; 3 photographs by Joe Brusky; various pieces of printed ephemera; and a catalog documenting the history of Voces de...
Includes 16 screen-printed fabric picket signs; 6 screen-printed prints; 2 pennants and 1 butterfly pennant; 1 poster and 2 handbills; 30 photographs by Joe Brusky; various pieces of printed ephemera; a catalog documenting the history of Voces de la Frontera...
Family background; Irish childhood; nursing training in London during World War II; relocation to United States in 1947; student at Kaiser Permanente Nursing School, 1948-1951; recollections on Dorothea Daniels, Director of Nursing and Kaiser's first female administrator; origin of the...
The records contain correspondence, book reviews, book manuscripts, photographs, and financial records.
Growing up in Berkeley; UC Berkeley, 1944-1947: Blue and Gold, Panile and Prytanean honor societies, Mortar Board, WWII; marriage, children, volunteer activities through the 1950s: Prytanean Alumnae, UC alumni class secretary; Save San Francisco Bay Association: growth and evolution of...
Florence Jurs discusses her family background; founding the Oakland School Volunteers and Resource Program; beginning Oakland Potluck; developing A Central Place. She touches on volunteerism, child welfare, and the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Forms part of: Sierra Club Oral History Project; and, Sierra Club History Committee oral history series.
Contains letter from Colonel Walter Duncan, regimental commander of the Pacific Coast Regiment appealing for funds for many projects in San Francisco. Also includes booklet with names of donors and their contributions.
Poem written by a member of the New York 1st Volunteer Regiment. Presented by J.H. Adams to Messrs. Barry & Patten, San Francisco, March 1863. Facsimile and note by T.W. Norris also included.
Contains correspondence, logbooks, accounts, legal documents and biographical material. Correspondence to Edward von Schmidt is from his father Alexis von Schmidt offering advice and discussing business, his brother Alfred von Schmidt describing life on his vineyard near Fresno and from...
Includes portraits of Alexis von Schmidt, Edward von Schmidt, Alfred von Schmidt, Samuel von Schmidt and other family members. Also includes photographs depicting Edward's sailboat, Whirlwind, as well as boating scenes on San Francisco Bay; carte-de-visite and other portraits of...
Account of travels in northern Italy and in Switzerland by a young student. Some poems written by him at the end of the volume.
Chiefly glass slides taken in California, Europe, Mexico, Bali, South America and elsewhere. Material was in SF Examiner offices and is apparently amateur photography taken by Hearst family members or close associates during international travels and nearer home. Subjects noted...