Manuscripts

Stereographic photographs of the moon and two observatories

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Description: A group of 12 stereoscopic photographs of the moon, and two stereoscopic photographs of observatories. The stereographs are on card mounts containing two images, which, when viewed through a stereoscope, produce a 3D image. The stereographs were produced by various photographers and publishers, including: "Anthony's Stereoscopic Views," made by E. & H. T. Anthony and Co.; John P. Soule; Joseph Ward; C. Bierstadt (from negatives taken by Prof. H. Draper); Bierstadt Bros. (from negatives by L. M. Rutherford. Taken 1864.); Joseph L. Bates; and H. C. Smith. There is an image of an observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and another showing two men with telescopes outside an observatory in Northfield, Minnesota.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1860s.
Call number: mssHM 84497
Provenance: Burndy Library Collection, Gift of Dibner Family, November 2006.

Philip D. Nathanson collection of Southern California stereographs

Visual Materials

Primarily a collection of early stereographs depicting the development of Southern California landmarks, cities, activities, buildings, and landscapes; plus a small group of stereographs from the London Stereoscopic Series of North America. One stereograph features a curio store in Santa Fe related to Philip Nathanson's family; another stereograph is an advertisement for a special sweetheart stereoviewer. The collection also includes an album of postcard views of the California missions.

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Philip D. Nathanson collection of London Stereoscopic Company stereographs

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This collection consists of stereographs from the London Stereoscopic Company's North America series. Stereographs illustrate landscapes and cityscapes of United States and Canada such as Montreal, Boston, and Philadelphia; a bulk of the collection depicts Niagara Falls from Canada and United States sides. Many stereographs are hand colored.

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Two photograph albums: California and Lick Observatory

Manuscripts

The addenda contains correspondence, business papers, estate material, diaries, account books, scrapbooks, photographs, and other material related to the work and family of James D. Hague. Other Hague family members represented in the addenda include Marian Hague, his son William Hague, and Mary Hallock Foote. Subjects included in the collection: Clarence King, mining, engineering, Guano Island, South Seas (Oceania), Japan, and the Lick Observatory. Also found in the addenda is a small group of papers of Horace F. Cutter of San Francisco, a friend of Clarence King; and a small group of papers of Edward Singleton Holden, who was an astronomer and Hague family friend. Holden was director of the Lick Observatory, president of the University of California, and librarian of West Point. The addenda also contains unprocessed folders and boxes of ephemera and realia including a chemical set, ore specimens, and printed material; photographs in Boxes 57-63 were transferred to the Photo Archive.

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Stereo photographs of Mr. and Mrs. William Mead in the garden of their Los Angeles home, Dreamwold

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Views of Mr. and Mrs. William and Nella Mead walking through the grounds and gardens of their residence, Dreamwold, located at Los Feliz and Vermont Avenues in Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California. The residence, designed by architects Hudson and Munsell in 1912, is seen in the background. The same seven photographs are in two formats: (gelatin silver) stereographs and (color) stereoscopic autochromes.

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Langenheim Brothers glass stereograph and lantern slide collection

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The collection consists of 167 photographs produced by the Langenheim brothers between 1850 and 1874. These include: 161 stereographs (including variants and copies of the same image), 3 lantern slides, 2 salt prints in glass stereograph format, and 1 microphotograph, along with 5 stereograph image mats. The bulk of the collection contains depictions of natural landscapes, landmarks, and architecture of Niagara Falls, Kaaterskill Falls, New York City, the Minehill Gap, Philadelphia, and New Hampshire; and various railroads, bridges, statues and monuments throughout the Northeast region of the United States. There are a few portraits of prominent figures from the region, including Washington Irving (1783-1859). There are also a few stereographs from France and Italy; these photographs were most likely not taken by the Langenheim Brothers but were offered and sold under their name. Additionally, there are two salt prints of Niagara Falls in glass stereograph format. The three lantern slides are mounted in wooden frames and depict Niagara Falls, Girard College, and the Jas Dundas Mansion in Philadelphia. There is one microphotograph of the printed text of the Ten Commandments verse from the Bible. A few of the stereographs and the three lantern slides are hand colored. Photographs are glass stereographs unless otherwise noted. Titles are transcribed from image mats; titles enclosed in square brackets were devised by the archivist.

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Stereograph collection

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A collection of over 1,000 stereograph photographs, compiled by the Huntington Library from various sources. The photographs are chiefly by American photographers or publishing companies, and feature a variety of subjects, mostly in the United States. Photographers or publishers include: E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., Philip Brigandi, William H. Fletcher, William M. Godfrey, Hayward & Muzzall, Thomas Houseworth & Co., Benjamin West Kilburn, T. G. Norton, Joseph C. Parker, Henry T. Payne, Payne, Stanton & Co., Edward W. Pierce, M. Reider, A. B. Post, F. H. Rogers & Co., O. E. Tyler, Underwood & Underwood, A. C. Varela, and many others. Stereographs by Carleton Watkins are in a separate collection: photST Watkins.

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