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N.W. Palmer album of California views [graphic]
BANC PIC 19xx.207--fALBLOCAL
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Title:

N.W. Palmer album of California views

Creator/Contributor:

Palmer, N. W.

Abstract:

Amateur photographs of homes, landscapes, and people in the vicinties of Coloma, Oakland, Menlo Park, Monterey, Highland and Clear Lake (Lake County) and "Ainsworth's, Pagoda Hill" (probably the residence of Capt. John C. Ainsworth in Oakland - formerly the J. Ross Browne estate, or a subdivision thereof.) Includes some mining related views, leisure outings, the Unitarian Church in Oakland, Stanford University, the Hopkins and Felton estate grounds in Menlo Park, and a few Indian reservation views (near Highland or Clear Lake?)

Date:

ca. 1892 (issued)

Subject:

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Ainsworth family -- Homes and haunts -- California -- Oakland -- Pictorial works
Pagoda Hill (Oakland, Calif. : Residence) -- Pictorial works
Church buildings -- California -- Oakland -- Photographs
Leisure -- California -- Photographs
Indians of North America -- California -- Lake County -- Photographs
Mining districts -- California -- El Dorado County -- Photographs
Dwellings -- California -- Oakland -- Photographs
Unitarian church buildings -- California -- Oakland -- Photographs
Oakland (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Coloma (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Highland (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Monterey (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Lake County (Calif.) -- Pictorial works

Note:

Title supplied by cataloger.
Name of N.W. Palmer written inside from cover. [Possibly Nellie W. Palmer of Oakland?] Photographer(s) unknown.
Some items captioned "July 4, 1892."
Includes photomechanical prints cut out of a souvenir view book of California and other western locations.
Map mounted inside back cover: Utah, New Mexico and California. Manuscript caption indicates it was published in 1851 by Phelps and Fanning.

Type:

graphic

Physical Description:

graphic
photoprint
1 album (196 photographic prints) : albumen? ; 35 x 28 cm.

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC PIC 19xx.207--fALBLOCAL

Origin:

California