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Pictorial materials from the Charles Melville Scammon collection.
BANC PIC 1950.003-.004--PICBANC PIC 1950.003-.004--PICLOCAL
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Title:
Pictorial materials from the Charles Melville Scammon collectionCreator/Contributor:
Scammon, Charles Melville, 1825-1911, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Whymper, Frederick.Creator/Contributor:
Ryder, Charles H.Creator/Contributor:
Scammon, L. N. (Lawrence N.)Creator/Contributor:
Bradley & RulofsonAbstract:
Predominantly pencil sketches and watercolors of: Oregon, Washington Territory, Alaska, and some of the southern coast of
Florida. Includes paintings by Frederick Whymper from the Western Union Telegraph Expedition to Alaska, and and album of "The
flags of all nations", by Quartermaster Milan of the steamer Shubrick, 1864. Sketches are by C.M. Scammon and Lawrence N.
Scammon.
Items related to the Western Union Telegraph Expedition of 1865-. Includes photographic portraits and some drawings, watercolors,
engravings, and postcards. Scenes in California, Washington Territory, Alaska, and Utah are present, with numerous ship-board
scenes, portraits of North American Indians, and some whaling scenes.
Date:
approximately 1865-1885 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ak -- n-usp--Indians of North America -- Pictorial works
Whaling -- Pictorial works
Baleines -- Chasse -- Ouvrages illustrés
Discoveries in geography
Indians of North America
Whaling
Alaska -- Pictorial works
Washington (State) -- Pictorial works
Oregon -- Pictorial works
Utah -- Pictorial works
Northwest, Pacific -- Discovery and exploration -- Pictorial works
Alaska -- Ouvrages illustrés
Washington (État) -- Ouvrages illustrés
Oregon -- Ouvrages illustrés
Utah -- Ouvrages illustrés
Alaska
Oregon
Pacific Northwest
Utah
Washington (State)
Shubrick (U.S. Revenue Steamer) -- Pictorial works
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Title supplied by cataloger.
Photographs by various photographers. Most noteworthy are 1866 Alaska and Siberia views by Charles H. Ryder of the Western
Union Telegraph Expedition, perhaps the earliest taken in the territory. Other photographers (chiefly of studio portraits)
include many by Bradley & Rulofson and one or more by C.P. Fessenden, S.M. Fassetts, Jacob Shew, D.H. Wood, Silas Selleck,
Henry Ulke, Vance's Gallery, Thwaites, R.W. Addis, Nahl Bros & Dickman, Edouart's Gallery, C.E. Watkins, Eadweard Muybridge,
Taylor & Brown, Bayley & Cramer's, William Shew, C.L. Weed, J.T. Silva's Gallery, George W. Butler, J.U.P. Burnham, Giles
Bishop, and W. Dyer, among others. A few views by George H. Johnson and by C.R. Savage are also present.
Transferred from the Charles Melville Scammon papers (BANC MSS P-K 206 and P-K 207).
Partial finding aid available.
Type:
graphicPictorial works.
Marines (Visual works)
Drawings.
Cartes de visite.
Physical Description:
picture
314 items (photographic prints, drawings, watercolors and postcards) ; various sizes
99 items (drawings, watercolors, and photographic prints) and 1 album. ; various sizes
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1950.003-.004--PIC
BANC PIC 1950.003-.004--PICLOCAL