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[Grabhorn collection of nineteenth century western photographic views].
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Title:
[Grabhorn collection of nineteenth century western photographic views]Creator/Contributor:
Wores, Theodore, 1858-1939Creator/Contributor:
Rosenthal, Toby Edward, approximately 1848-1917Abstract:
Includes seven Houseworth cabinet card photographs of paintings (three are Theodore Wores paintings of Chinese life, others
are by Toby Rosenthal, Hamon, and Tojetti); a flume called Dry Gulch Shoot; an unidentified large flume trestle; deer (or
similar) in a fenced area; two Utah railroad views (by Crockwell), two Alaskan views of Native Americans with canoe (by Partridge)
and tourists at Muir Glacier (by Ingersoll); view of the fallen redwood tree Andrew Jackson (by Fiske). Lantern slide is of
redwood at Big Trees.
Date:
1870 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- n-us-akChinese -- California -- Photographs
Chinois -- Californie -- Photographies
Chinese
Alaska -- Photographs
Muir Glacier (Alaska) -- Photographs
Alaska -- Photographies
Alaska
Alaska -- Muir Glacier
California
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Title supplied by cataloger.
Various photographers, including Thomas Houseworth (Calif.); James H. Crockwell, (Utah); Partridge (Or.); T.W. Ingersoll (Minn.);
George Fiske (Calif.).
Includes 1 lantern slide, shelved in LAN.
Majority of images are on card mounts.
Gift of Mrs. Edwin Grabhorn. Apparently collected by the Grabhorns from various sources.
The Grabhorn collection of nineteenth century photographic portraits and calling cards has been cataloged separately (BANC
PIC 1970.037)
Grabhorn collection of nineteenth century western photographic views, BANC PIC 1970.057, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
Type:
graphicPhotographs.
Cabinet photographs.
Lantern slides.
Physical Description:
photoprint
15 photographs in 2 folders : images 15 x 25 cm. or smaller.
Language:
English