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[Raymond, Yosemite and Mojave photograph album].
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[Raymond, Yosemite and Mojave photograph album]Abstract:
Snapshot photograph album documenting a family stage coach excursion from Raymond to Yosemite Valley via Wawona. Points of
interest depicted include Mariposa Big Tree Grove, Wawona Tree, Colorado Tree, Inspiration Point and Camp Yosemite. Also includes
a few snapshots of a gold mining operation in Mojave, Cailf. owned by Frank Tindall, an uncle of the album's compiler. Mining
views include the complex from a distance as well as ore extraction and acid leaching facilities, and Frank's nearby home
"Tindall Heights". Identified individuals include the unnamed female compiler, coach driver Whitersey, Nellie, Lotta, Aunt
Jennie and Uncle Frank Tindall. Associated papers include a brief hand-written history of the town of Raymond, Calif., and
a check issued by the Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. of Randsburg, Calif. made payable to Henry Gianderie (?).
Date:
1904 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caStagecoaches -- California -- Photographs
Stagecoach lines -- California
Gold mines and mining -- California -- Mojave -- Photographs
Yosemite National Park (Calif.) -- Photographs
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Photographer/compiler unknown.
Descriptive captions, some dated 1904 or 1905, written on leaves for all photographs.
Embossed on leather front cover: "Kodak Book".
Also includes papers filed in a second folder.
Raymond, Yosemite and Mojave photograph album, BANC PIC 2020.004, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
graphicPhotograph albums.
Physical Description:
photoprint
14 photographs in 1 album : gelatin silver prints ; sheets various sizes, album 16 x 23 cm
Language:
English