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C. W. J. Johnson Collection, 1857-1898.
02/28/91 T02/19/91 T
Collection Overview

Title:

C. W. J. Johnson Collection, 1857-1898

Creator/Contributor:

Johnson, Charles Wallace Jacob, 1833-1903, creator

Creator/Contributor:

Boynton, Morgiana

Creator/Contributor:

Foss, Oscar

Creator/Contributor:

Johnson, Fred T.

Creator/Contributor:

Johnson, Matilda R.

Creator/Contributor:

Photon, Jeney

Creator/Contributor:

Sullivan, Al T.

Abstract:

Accounts, business and personal correspondence, diaries, photographs

Date:

1857 (issued)

Subject:

Johnson, Charles Wallace Jacob
Photography -- History
Photography -- Business methods
Photography -- California
Dancing -- Study and teaching

Note:

Not restricted. Please credit California State Library.
Photographer. Came to California for gold; was on North Fork, Feather River in 1857; in Grass Valley 1863; Nevada, 1868. Worked as a one man band, taught dance. Moved to Eureka and Arcata when he went into photography business. Moved to San Francisco. Then settled in Monterey in 1881.
CSL Manuscript Summary Sheets

Physical Description:

print
10

Language:

English

Identifier:

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

Not restricted. Please credit California State Library.