Title:

Burney Falls, Calif. photograph album

Creator/Contributor:

Williams, H. E., photographer.

Album includes snapshots and professional views taken in the vicinity of Burney Falls, Calif. and several other locations in northern California and throughout the United States. California views include Burney Falls, Burney Creek, Burney Mountain, Sacramento River, Fall River, Pit River, Lava Lake, and the towns of Cassel and Carbon. Also includes views taken in Columbus, Ohio; Little Falls, New Jersey; Chicago; New Mexico; the beach of San Diego, Calif.; Niagara Falls; and East Aurora, New York. Includes many studio portraits of native americans of northern California, some of them identified -- e.g. Old Chunk Brown, Dr. Round Mountain Charlie, Walker John, Lizzie Tow, Laura Tow, Short Charlie, Old Hausch, Dr. Burney Valley Pete. Captions describe two group portraits as "half and quarter breed Indians". Also includes studio and snapshot portraits of other individuals and groups, most unidentified. Also includes a few views of horse-drawn wagons carrying large loads of various goods. Other topics includes horses, native american baskets, houses, ranches, a salmon hatchery, and Decoration Day of 1900 in New York City. Several pastoral views and scenes of outdoor leisure appear throughout the album.

Date:

ca. 1895-ca. 1905 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca -- n-us---

Indians of North America -- California, Northern -- Portraits

Rivers -- California -- Photographs

Wagons -- California -- Photographs

Leisure -- United States -- Photographs

Horses -- California -- Photographs

Indian baskets -- California, Northern -- Photographs

California, Northern -- Pictorial works

Burney Falls (Calif.) -- Pictorial works

Burney Creek (Calif.) -- Pictorial works

Burney Mountain (Calif.) -- Pictorial works

Pit River (Calif.) -- Pictorial works

Compiler unknown. Only identified photographer is H.E. Williams (Cassel, Calif.).

Many leaves bear descriptive ms captions.

Title devised by cataloger.

Type:

graphic

Photograph albums.

graphic

photoprint

1 photograph album (ca. 160 photographic prints) : 27 x 32 cm

English

Origin:

Various places