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California view book.
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Title:
California view bookAbstract:
Album of small-format commercial views of San Francisco area points of interest. Subjects of photographs, as described by
captions: Seal Rocks and Cliff House; Fort Point; Ocean Beach; life in Golden Gate Park; Golden Gate; Golden Gate Park from
terrace; Fort Point and Golden Gate; Lake Alvord, Golden Gate Park; seals on rocks.
Date:
1900 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caSan Francisco (Calif.) -- Photographs
Golden Gate Park (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Photographs
Golden Gate (Calif. : Strait) -- Photographs
California -- San Francisco
California -- San Francisco -- Golden Gate Park
Pacific Ocean -- Golden Gate Strait (San Francisco Bay)
Note:
Title hand-written in glue or gesso, and gilded, on front cover.
Photographer, compiler/producer unknown.
Album leaves disbound, as received, and housed in 9 folders.
Most images include descriptive captions written in negative.
Most leaves decorated with glue or gesso, covered with glitter, that frames a mounted photograph. One leaf decorated with
sections of dried and pressed plant.
Purchase from Tavistock Books ; 2022.
California view book, BANC PIC 2022.112, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
graphicPhotographs.
Photograph albums.
Physical Description:
photoprint
9 photographs in 1 album : collodion prints? ; prints various sizes, album 14 x 19 cm
Language:
English