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San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
The Indians. : Account of Gen'l Howard's mission to the Apaches and Navajos
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Rare Books
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Visual Materials
This collection consists of photographs taken by Charles O. Farciot of Edward Schieffelin's gold prospecting trip through Alaska via the Yukon River. Views include portraits of Alaskan natives and their families; the towns of St. Michael, Nuklukayet, and Anvik; trading stations; and a missionary preaching and interacting with Alaskan natives.
photCL 264
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97312
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Consists of six photographs of Apache peoples by A. F. Randall. Some portraits were taken in the photographer's studio and some where taken in an outdoor location (Loco's Camp). Catalog cards note that some sitters were participants in the Chiricahua campaign. Catalog cards also named subjects including Nal-Tzuc-Ei-Eh, Bonito, Rutchi (?), and Nalta; and bands including the Chiricahua, White Mountain, and Mescalero Apaches. A copy of photPF 178 and 179 exists in photCL 101 (13 and 61), and a copy of photPF 182 also resides in the Photo File as photPF 9866.
photPF 178-183
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photCL 215
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96831
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The Peabody Collection consists of 672 glass plate negatives in various sizes, 1054 film negatives in various sizes, 24 photograph albums, 887 loose photographs in a variety of formats, published works, and manuscript material, created and collected by Henry G. Peabody, 1859-1993 (bulk 1890s-1900s). The materials collectively describe Peabody's long career as a commercial landscape photographer working on both the east and west coasts of the United States. The photographs and negatives depict Peabody and his family; landscape views in New England, Canada, the western United States, California, and Mexico; Native Americans; city and landscape views in Great Britain, France, and Switzerland; portraits; architectural renderings; plants and animals; unidentified landscapes; and miscellaneous images. Additional photographers and photographic firms represented in the collection include Alexander Hesler, Charles F. Lummis, and Spence Air Photos. The published works contain photographs by Peabody. The manuscript material provides information about Peabody's negatives; contains catalogs of Peabody's works for sale; describes Peabody's commercial dealings as both a photographer and seller of photographic equipment; and contains ephemeral material collected by Peabody throughout his life.
photCL 478