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[Charles M. Weber photograph and postcard albums].
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[Charles M. Weber photograph and postcard albums]Creator/Contributor:
Weber, Charles Martin, 1893-1987, creator, creator.Abstract:
A variety of albums compiled during the youth and early adulthood of Charles M. Weber. Volume 1: postcards sent to Weber from
1905-1907 while he attended St. Joseph's Academy in Berkeley. Volume 2: snapshots taken shortly before and after First World
War, 1913-1914 and 1918-1919, depicting many of Weber's activities and associates, including family members, family residences,
scenes of Cornell University and Ithaca, N.Y.; the Sierra Nevada; a richly-annotated cross-country automobile trip; aviators,
including Weber, and aerial views of various unidentified locations; and miscellaneous scenes of San Francisco and other Bay
Area locations. Volume 3: snapshot album inscribed to Weber's aunt Julia Helen Weber, documenting Charles's 1919 summer trip
through California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. Volume 4: snapshot album documenting a July 1922 trip to Hetch
Hetchy Valley and Yosemite Valley, including many views of the mountain wilderness and scenes of Hetch Hetchy reservoir and
O'Shaughnessy Dam. Volumes 5-8: snapshots, postcards and ephemera pertaining to Weber's Grand Tour-style trip of Europe taken
in 1923, depicting numerous locations in England, France, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Belgium and
the Netherlands. PIC box 1 contains material found laid into the various volumes, a set of commercial photographic views of
California redwoods, and miscellaneous photographs. Nitrate negatives depict snapshot scenes of Yosemite Valley. Glass negatives
depict camping scenes at an unidentified location.
Date:
1905 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- e------ -- n-us---Automobile travel -- United States -- Photographs
Aeronautics -- United States -- Photographs
Air pilots -- United States -- Photographs
Voyages en automobile -- États-Unis -- Photographies
Aéronautique -- États-Unis -- Photographies
Pilotes d'aéronef -- États-Unis -- Photographies
Aeronautics
Air pilots
Automobile travel
Travel
California -- Photographs
United States -- Photographs
Europe -- Description and travel
Europe -- Photographs
Europe -- Pictorial works
Hetch Hetchy Valley (Calif.) -- Photographs
Yosemite Valley (Calif.) -- Photographs
Californie -- Photographies
Europe -- Descriptions et voyages
Europe -- Photographies
Europe -- Ouvrages illustrés
Hetch Hetchy, Vallée d' (Calif.) -- Photographies
Yosemite, Vallée de (Calif.) -- Photographies
California
California -- Hetch Hetchy Valley
California -- Yosemite Valley
Europe
United States
Weber, Charles Martin -- 1893-1987 -- Archives
Weber, Charles Martin -- 1893-1987 -- Pictorial works
Webber family -- Pictorial works
Webber family
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Collected and compiled by Charles M. Weber.
Includes 6 nitrate negatives (NNEG) and 1 box of 5 glass plate negatives (NEG(gl)).
Most albums contain descriptive captioning throughout.
COLLECTION STORED,IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
NEGATIVES: RESTRICTED. Available for use by appointment only. Inquiries should be submitted to Bancroft Reference via the
Reference Inquiry form.
NITRATE NEGATIVES: CLOSED TO RESEARCH DUE TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESTRICTIONS.
Gift ; Of Charles M. Weber IV ; 2015.
File of correspondence and other papers pertaining to the estate of Julia Helen Weber transferred to the Manuscript Collections
of The Bancroft Library.
Charles Maria Weber III (1893-1987, also known as Charles Martin Weber) was a civil engineer and represented San Joaquin County
in the California State Assembly (1927-1943); brother of Helen Weber Kennedy (1889-1983), son of Charles Maria Weber (1851-1912),
nephew of Julia Helen Weber (1853-1935), grandson of California pioneer and Stockton founder Charles David Maria Weber (1814-1881).
Charles M. Weber photograph and postcard albums, BANC PIC 2017.019, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
graphicArchives.
Photographs.
Pictorial works.
Photograph albums.
Postcards.
Aerial photographs.
Ephemera-Europe-20th century.
Physical Description:
photoprint
print
approximately 2,800 photographs and 1,365 postcards in 8 volumes and 1 box : chiefly gelatin silver prints and color lithographs
; albums 39 x 25 cm or smaller.
Language:
English
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Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED,IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
NEGATIVES: RESTRICTED. Available for use by appointment only. Inquiries should be submitted to Bancroft Reference via the
Reference Inquiry form.
NITRATE NEGATIVES: CLOSED TO RESEARCH DUE TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESTRICTIONS.