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Pictorial works from the William Nauns Ricks papers.
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Title:
Pictorial works from the William Nauns Ricks papersCreator/Contributor:
Ricks, William Nauns., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Bardell, J. C.Abstract:
Includes individual and group portraits and snapshots of Ricks, his family, friends and associates, including his wife Elizabeth
Ricks, Dane Coolidge and Mary Coolidge. Includes portraits of Ricks in costume as an actor. Group portraits depict a school
class, choirs, veterans of the Spanish-American War, a picnic of the California Packing Corp. Also includes landscape photographs
of Yosemite National Park taken by Ricks; photographs and photomechanical prints of views of Asilomar, Calif., San Francisco
and other locations; scenes taken in an unidentified office (perhaps that of the California Packing Corp.?); and a photograph
of the transport ship S.S. Sheridan, on which Ricks returned to the U.S.A. from Japan after his service in the Spanish-American
War. Also includes views of Ricks' residence on Stanton Street in Berkeley, Calif.
Date:
ca. 1885-ca. 1950 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caLeisure -- California -- Photographs
Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Veterans -- Pictorial works
African Americans -- California -- Photographs
African American poets -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Photographs
Poets, American -- 20th century -- Pictorial works
Loisir -- Californie -- Photographies
Guerre hispano-américaine, 1898 -- Anciens combattants -- Ouvrages illustrés
Noirs américains -- Californie -- Photographies
Poètes noirs américains -- Californie -- San Francisco, Région de la baie de -- Photographies
Poètes américains -- 20e siècle -- Ouvrages illustrés
African American poets
African Americans
Leisure
Poets, American
Veterans
Yosemite National Park (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Asilomar (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Yosemite National Park (Calif.) -- Ouvrages illustrés
California
California -- Asilomar
California -- San Francisco Bay Area
California -- Yosemite National Park
California Packing Corporation -- Pictorial works
Sheridan (steamship) -- Pictorial works
California Packing Corporation.
Ricks, William Nauns -- Pictorial works
Ricks, Elizabeth -- Pictorial works
Coolidge, Dane -- 1873-1940 -- Pictorial works
Coolidge, Mary Roberts -- 1860-1945 -- Pictorial works
Coolidge, Dane -- 1873-1940
Coolidge, Mary Roberts -- 1860-1945
Note:
Collected by William Nauns Ricks.
Title devised by cataloger.
Photographers include Far West Foto [sic], Maurice Photo, Ford E. Samuels, Turney, William Nauns Ricks and a "viewbook" of
photomechanical reproductions published by J.C. Bardell.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
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Transferred from the William Nauns Ricks papers (BANC MSS C-H 137).
California poet; author of "The Whistle Maker and Other Poems". Born in Wytheville, VA, 6 Sept. 1876. From 1899, resided in
San Francisco, Los Angeles, Pasadena, and finally, Berkeley, Calif. Worked for the California Packing Corporation, San Francisco,
Calif.
Type:
graphicPhotographs.
Pictorial works.
Viewbooks.
Group portraits.
Panoramic photographs.
Physical Description:
photonegative
photoprint
print
1 box (approximately 50 photographic prints, 15 photomechanical reproductions, 1 tintype and 1 printing plate), 37 negatives,
1 oversize folder (4 photographic prints) and 2 oversize photographic prints : various sizes.
Language:
English
Origin:
Various placesCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
NITRATE NEGATIVES CLOSED TO RESEARCH DUE TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESTRICTIONS.