Manuscripts

Hazard-Dyson Photographs

Description

This series contains 121 photographs that depict a variety of views in Southern California and include both 9 x 9 cm (3 x 3") photographs presumably by George Hazard, ca. 1890-1914, as well as other late 19th and early 20th century photographs by commercial photographers.

Note: in 2016, these photographs were removed from the Huntington Library's Photographic Files (PF) and reunited with the rest of the collection. The photographs retain the "photPF" call number on the back of the image. A set of 16 images lacking photPF call numbers was also pulled in 2016 from the Photographic Files. These are housed in Box 7, Folder 3, and have been given consecutive item numbers (1-14).

Type

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Call number

mssHM 26404 and various photPF call numbers

Hazard-Dyson Collection

Manuscripts

This collection contains an unpublished typewritten manuscript, ca. 1962, with 326 photographs, entitled "California's Romantic Ranchos: The History, Stories and Legends of the Haciendas, with a Roll of the Rancheros, a Complete List of the Land Grants of California, and Biographies of Famous Personalities – Spanish, Mexican and American," by journalist and editor Verne Dyson (1879-1971). The photographs date from ca. 1868–1922 and include adobes, early homes and towns, missions and prominent pioneers of California. There are also 15 engravings and several printed illustrations and maps removed from other texts, as well as a 19th century abstract of title - a history of A. W. Timms' land transactions on Rancho Palos Verdes, California, ca. 1855-1878. In addition, Boxes 6 and 7 contain 121 photographs that depict a variety of views of Southern California with the "Hazard-Dyson Collection" stamp. These include photographs presumably by George Hazard, ca. 1890-1914, as well as other late 19th and early 20th century photographs by commercial photographers. In 2016, these photographs were removed from the Huntington Library's Photographic Files (PF) and reunited with the rest of the collection. The photographs retain the "photPF" call number on the back of the image.

mssHM 26404 and various photPF call numbers

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Hazard-Dyson Collection

Manuscripts

This collection contains an unpublished typewritten manuscript, ca. 1962, with 326 photographs, entitled "Californias Romantic Ranchos: The History, Stories and Legends of the Haciendas, with a Roll of the Rancheros, a Complete List of the Land Grants of California, and Biographies of Famous Personalities Spanish, Mexican and American," by journalist and editor Verne Dyson (1879-1971). The photographs date from ca. 18681922 and include adobes, early homes and towns, missions and prominent pioneers of California. There are also 15 engravings and several printed illustrations and maps removed from other texts, as well as a 19th century abstract of title - a history of A. W. Timms land transactions on Rancho Palos Verdes, California, ca. 1855-1878.In addition, Boxes 6 and 7 contain 121 photographs that depict a variety of views of Southern California with the "Hazard-Dyson Collection" stamp. These include photographs presumably by George Hazard, ca. 1890-1914, as well as other late 19th and early 20th century photographs by commercial photographers. In 2016, these photographs were removed from the Huntington Librarys Photographic Files (PF) and reunited with the rest of the collection. The photographs retain the "photPF" call number on the back of the image.

mssHM 26404

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Photographic views of California

Visual Materials

Consists of 33 copy prints with some duplicates. The back of each photograph has a title and a number to a corresponding lantern slide. photPF 190-193 are photographs of prospecting in California, depicting Yreka, Chinese prospectors, and a prospecting party, and appear to be copies of photographs by Eadweard Muybridge. photPF 194-196 photos are views of Ellwood Cooper's Ranch in Santa Barbara County. photPF 197-199 depict scenes of workers and lodgings in Yosemite Valley as well as the studio of artist Albert Bierstadt. photPF 200 depicts the construction of the Bear River Crossing C.P.R.R. photPF 201 depicts trout fishing in Sonoma County. photPF 202-209 focuses on early Los Angeles County, with snapshots of ranches, orchards, vineyards, Los Angeles High School, and the homes of Maria Sepulveda, F. D. Bacon, and F. P. F. Temple. photPF 210-217 depict various locations in early San Francisco, including Telegraph Hill, Alcatraz Island, Goat Island, Woodward's Gardens, and the Mercantile Library. photPF 218-219 feature the Keystone quartz mill and the first quartz mill in Amador City.

photPF 190-219

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Walter Scribner Schuyler photographs

Visual Materials

Consists of 68 print photographs, negatives, snapshots, postcards, cabinet cards, and portraits from the Walter Scribner Schuyler collection. Several call numbers are assigned to a group of photographs. photPF 1230 consists of 16 photographs of Schuyler, army officers, and indigenous peoples taken during his army service in the American Indian Wars, the Philippines, and the Russo-Japanese War. Some photographs have short captions inscribed on the verso. photPF 1231 contains nine photographs of Schuylers and others with first person inscriptions on the verso. Locations include Mission Carmel, Southern California, a ranch, and the Huachuca mountains. photPF 1240, in which 25 individual photographs are labeled 1240a-w, were taken during his service in the Philippines. Two items within this range are duplicates; locations include Corregidor, Silang, Manila (Escolta Street and the Ayuntamiento), Naic, and Bagac (Hotel De Oriente). Also included are photos of Filipino revolutionaries such as General Mariano Riego de Dios and everyday Filipinos. Other locations in this collection include Fort Riley, Kansas; Tucson, Arizona; Washington, D.C.; Fort Sill, Oklahoma; the Hawaiian Islands, Puerto Rico, and Hamburg, Germany. Photographs also include portraits of the United States' 5th Calvary, Kiowa peoples, Cheyenne peoples, Lieutenant Meat, and other unidentified indigeous peoples. One family photo of Walter Scribner Schuyler, his son Walter Schuyler Grant, and grandson Walter Schuyler Grant Jr. is also included. Two negatives are also included within this collection along with an envelope nothing that their prints can be found in Schuyler's diary.

photPF 1230-1249

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Photographs of San Francisco and Azusa

Visual Materials

Consists of twelve photographs, including one cyanotype print. photPF 340-344 are photographs of works by Maurice Sterne and Diego Rivera in the Albert M. Bender Collection at the San Francisco Museum of Art. photPF 345-345 depict the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. photPF 347 consists of three photographs depicting the effect of the 1868 San Francisco Earthquake by Eadweard Muybridge. photPF 348 is a cabinet card depicting California Street from Sansome Street in San Francisco, approximately 1880s by Taber. photPF 349 is a cyanotype of the H. Canoll & Co. dry good store, possibly in Asuza.

photPF 340-349

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Photographs of central and southern California

Visual Materials

Consists of six photographs. photPF 910, depicting a scene in San Luis Obispo, is a copy print from corresponding lantern slide number 113 in phoCL 352. photPF 911 shows the Arrowhead Hot Springs Hotel against the mountains. photPF 912, 914, 915 show various locations across Pasadena and includes one stereograph. photPF 917 presents a view of San Pedro Harbor.

photPF 910-919

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