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Strohmaier, Erwin Photographs of California subjects.
BANC PIC 1993.001--PIClocal
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Title:

Photographs of California subjects

Creator/Contributor:

Strohmaier, Erwin, 1911-, creator

Creator/Contributor:

Hohl, Leonard L.

Abstract:

Photographs in albums show a variety of California subjects, including: views relating to the creation of Garin and Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Parks; Locke, Calif. including Chinese, homes, daily life; Bodie, Calif. including details of buildings and wagons; Strohmaier's home workshop (showing tools and workbench); U.C. Davis arboretum scenes; Mission La Purisima and Mission San Miguel Archangel; East Brothers light station; historic buildings of Benicia lost in the 1982 fire; views from an Oakland Museum History Guild outings to Mendocino, Fort Ross, Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park, Southern Alameda Co. (historic buildings), Ardenwood historic farm, Eureka and Humboldt County, Mother Lode district; views of California Garden Clubs events, and the San Francisco Landscape Garden show. Other photographs show the San Francisco Bay Area, and other California scenes.

Date:

approximately1950-1982 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Chinese -- California -- Locke -- Photographs
Ghost towns -- California -- Photographs
Tools -- Photographs
Lighthouses -- California -- Photographs
Historic buildings -- California -- Photographs
Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park -- Photographs
Chinois -- Californie -- Locke -- Photographies
Villes fantômes -- Californie -- Photographies
Chinese
Ghost towns
Historic buildings
Lighthouses
Tools
Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Garin Regional Park (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Locke (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Bodie (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Benicia (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Mendocino (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Ardenwood Regional Preserve (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Humboldt County (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Oakland (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
California
California -- Benicia
California -- Bodie
California -- Humboldt County
California -- Locke
California -- Mendocino
California -- Oakland
California -- San Francisco Bay Area
University of California, Davis. -- Arboretum -- Pictorial works
Mission La Purísima Concepción (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Mission San Miguel Arcangel (San Miguel, Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Oakland Museum.
California Garden Clubs, Inc. -- Pictorial works
California Garden Clubs, Inc.
Mission La Purísima Concepción (Calif.)
Mission San Miguel Arcangel (San Miguel, Calif.)
Oakland Museum.
University of California, Davis. -- Arboretum.

Note:

Title devised by cataloger.
Photographs chiefly by Erwin Strohmaier. Film negatives photographed by San Francisco and Sausalito engineer Leonard L. Hohl, circa 1912-1915, and apparently acquired by Strohmaier.
PARTIALLY ARRANGED COLLECTION. PORTIONS ARE UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Only PIC boxes 1-3, B boxes 1-8, and AX box 1 are available for research. The remainder is unprocessed. Inquiries regarding these materials should be submitted to The Bancroft Library via the Notice of Interest in Unprocessed Collections form: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/libraries/bancroft-library/unprocessed-collections-form
Partial list of contents available in the library.

Type:

graphic
Photographs.
Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

photoprint
3 boxes and 9 oversize boxes (ca. 1000 photographic prints, some in albums): b&w ; various sizes.
3 boxes (ca. 470 negatives) : &w ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller.
approximately 15 linear feet (photographic prints and negatives)

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC PIC 1993.001--PIClocal

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

PARTIALLY ARRANGED COLLECTION. PORTIONS ARE UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Only PIC boxes 1-3, B boxes 1-8, and AX box 1 are available for research. The remainder is unprocessed. Inquiries regarding these materials should be submitted to The Bancroft Library via the Notice of Interest in Unprocessed Collections form: