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San Francisco album : photographs of the most beautiful views and public buildings of San Francisco

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    Photograph Album of Salt Lake City, San Francisco, and Other City Views

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    This disbound album contains 59 photographs consisting mostly of commercial views of cities and miscellaneous subjects, dating from circa 1870s-1880s, including images of Mormon figureheads, Salt Lake City, Utah; city scenes of San Francisco; and some views of Native Americans of the Southwest and Great Plains. Also included are posed photographs of Japanese women and men in traditional dress. Photographs of Utah depict Mormon leader Brigham Young; third president of the Mormon Church John Taylor; Salt Lake City; Gardo House; the Mormon Tabernacle; and Paiute Indians being baptized into the Mormon faith by Mormon men. California photographs show Yosemite; the Sierra Nevadas; Oakland; city scenes of San Francisco; and the mansions of Mark Hopkins, George Crocker, Collis P. Huntington, and Leland Stanford. Other photographs are of Paiute Indians, Navajo Indians, Pueblo Indians, Bannock Indians, Niagara Falls, Union Square and Central Park in New York City, and the Central Pacific Railroad. Also included are hand-colored photographs of Japanese women and men in posed scenarios, some with musical instruments. It is unclear whether these photographs were taken in the United States or in Japan. Photographers who contributed to this collection include Alfred A. Hart, B.A. Hawkins, J. Notman, Charles Roscoe Savage, and Isaiah West Taber.

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    Photographs of San Francisco buildings and residences

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    A collection of 53 photographs of recently constructed buildings and residences in San Francisco, California, in 1886. Most of the images show exterior views of the buildings, with a few views of the interiors as well. The houses are generally large, multi-story buildings. Some of the non-residential buildings include the San Francisco Hall of Records, the Union Club building, and three churches. Some of the represented architects include Clinton Day, J.C. Mathews & Son, Samuel Newsom and Joseph Cather Newsom, and Wright & Sanders.

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    Photograph albums -- Broadway Tunnel, San Francisco, California

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    Photographs: Aerial views of buildings and factories

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    The Olindo R. Angelillo papers are organized into three series: 1) Correspondence. 2) Documents and ephemera. 3) Oversize items.

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