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Horace Whitaker photographs [graphic].
BANC PIC 2000.083--PIC
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Title:
Horace Whitaker photographsAbstract:
Includes portraits of Horace Whitaker and his mother Mary Colegrove Whitaker. Portraits are early 20th century copies of
19th century originals. Also includes photographs of Whitaker's property in Tulare County, Calif. depicting a carrot field,
a cabin among trees, and Whitaker in a horse cart.
Date:
1850-ca. 1905 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caWhitaker, Horace -- Portraits
Whitaker, Mary Colegrove -- Portraits
Agriculture -- California -- Tulare County -- Photographs
Tulare County (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Note:
Photographers unknown.
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Horace Whitaker was born in Hampton, Connecticut, 1830 and died in Orsi, California, 1910. He moved to California in 1850
and became a rancher in Tulare County. Before his death he donated 320 acres of a sequoia and conifer forest, adjacent to
Sequoia National Park, to the University of California. This stand has become known as Whitaker's Forest.
Type:
graphicPhysical Description:
graphic
photoprint
6 photographic prints : b&w and albumen ; 26 x 19 cm or smaller.
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC PIC 2000.083--PIC