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[Wyland Stanley pictorial collection of San Francisco Bay Area views.]
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Title:

[Wyland Stanley pictorial collection of San Francisco Bay Area views.]
[San Francisco from 1850 to 1906.]

Creator/Contributor:

Stanley, Wyland., creator

Creator/Contributor:

Fardon, G. R. (George R.), 1806-1886

Creator/Contributor:

Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904

Creator/Contributor:

Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916

Creator/Contributor:

Houseworth, Thomas, 1829-1915

Creator/Contributor:

Taber, I. W. (Isaiah West), 1830-1912

Creator/Contributor:

Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942

Creator/Contributor:

San Francisco Chronicle (Firm)

Creator/Contributor:

Western Photo Co. (San Francisco, Calif.)

Abstract:

Exhibition-sized copy photographs of San Francisco and Oakland views, including street scenes, churches, commercial buildings, theaters, hotels, Chinatown, residences, and the earthquake and fire of 1906. These views were produced as a set of exhibition prints of uniform size, copied from originals in various collections by Wyland Stanley, as an employee of the San Francisco Chronicle. A set of 300 of these or similar exhibition prints was displayed at the Palace of the Legion of Honor museum in San Francisco, sponsored by the Chronicle. Titled "San Francisco from 1850 to 1906," the exhibit was part of the larger "Exhibition Celebrating the State Centennial." Original photographs and prints were copied from various institutions and public collections, and enlarged and re-touched copies were printed by Wyland Stanley. Source collections include the California State Library, the San Francisco Public Library, the Bancroft Library, the California Historical Society, the Society of California Pioneers, Wells Fargo's History Room, the de Young Museum, and collectors including F.P. Farquhar, Edwin Grabhorn, George Pope, Jr., and Roger D. Lapham. (See San Francisco Chronicle, Sept. 5, 1950, pg 3 and Sept. 10, 1950, pg 90.)

Date:

[approximately 1850-1910, copied and printed 1948-1950.] (issued)

Subject:

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Buildings -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Buildings -- California -- Oakland -- Photographs
Earthquakes -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Fires -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Church buildings -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Schools -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Transportation -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Photographs
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 -- Photographs
Constructions -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Photographies
Constructions -- Californie -- Oakland -- Photographies
Tremblements de terre -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Photographies
Incendies -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Photographies
Écoles -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Photographies
Tremblement de terre de San Francisco, Calif., 1906 -- Photographies
Buildings
Church buildings
Earthquakes
Fires
Schools
Transportation
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc -- Pictorial works
Oakland (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc -- Pictorial works
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Pictorial works
San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- Pictorial works
California
California -- Oakland
California -- San Francisco
California -- San Francisco Bay Area
California -- San Francisco -- Chinatown

Note:

Title devised by cataloger.
Includes copies of photographs by G.R. Fardon, E. Muybridge, C.E. Watkins, T. Houseworth, I.W. Taber, Western Photo Co., A. Genthe, and other photographers.
Typed caption on each image.
Possibly one of multiple sets produced and sold to institutions.
Exhibition-sized photographic prints RESTRICTED. USE VIEWING PRINTS ONLY: Viewing prints shelved as BANC PIC 1905.05278--PIC. Requests for use of exhibition prints must be approved by the appropriate curator.
Library also holds copy photonegatives and 8 x 10 inch viewing prints (:1-:300) of unknown generation.
List of contents available in the library.
Purchase from Wyland Stanley; 1952-1953

Type:

graphic
Photographs.
History.
Pictorial works.
Cityscapes-California-Oakland.
Cityscapes-California-San Francisco.

Physical Description:

photoprint
328 photographic copy prints : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller.

Language:

English

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

Exhibition-sized photographic prints RESTRICTED. USE VIEWING PRINTS ONLY: Viewing prints shelved as BANC PIC 1905.05278--PIC. Requests for use of exhibition prints must be approved by the appropriate curator.