Albums of European views

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  Portraits of notable European persons

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  Collection of 46 carte-de-visite portraits of notable Victorian-era figures, chiefly British magistrates and peers, which appear to have been published by the London Stereoscopic Company. Later additions to the album include portraits of Queen Victoria, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, Benjamin Disraeli, Alexander Dumas, Victor Hugo, and Otto von Bismark.

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  Photograph album

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  An album of photographs of monuments on Gettysburg Battlefield, Pennsylvania. The photographs date from approximately 1883 to 1890 and most have the imprint of photographers J. L. Rile & Co. or W. H. Tipton. The majority are detail views of the stone monuments, with a few showing surroundings. Six of the mounted photographs were removed from the album and are housed in a separate box (Box 2).

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  European & American Views

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  This is a collection primarily of negatives and photographic prints depicting the growth of Santa Monica and Los Angeles, California, from 1860s to 1980s. Many views are cityscapes or street views, showing buildings, storefronts, homes and roads, and documenting the use of railroads, trolleys, streetcars, and automobiles. There are many card photographs by early professional photographers, and also a number of snapshots made by amateurs, some in personal photo albums. The collection's scope also includes early views of many other communities in Southern California (and a few in other states); the beginnings of aviation in Santa Monica, including the first Douglas Aircraft Company buildings; a photo album of residents in Topanga Canyon, ca. 1913; automobile racing in Los Angeles and Santa Monica, 1920s; maritime views; a photo album of U.S. troops in France during World War I; a 1949 real estate development in Apple Valley, California, and others. Besides photographs, a portion of the collection consists of scarce publications and historical ephemera, primarily related to Santa Monica and Los Angeles, including brochures, advertising cards, menus, event programs and other materials. Highlights of the Santa Monica images are aerial views of the buildings along the coast and pier (1920s); several views of the Arcadia Hotel (1880s); the Long Wharf and adjoining railroad and train depot; the first bath houses on the beach; the beach club culture of the 1920s and 1930s; the amusement piers of Santa Monica, Ocean Park and Venice; and the beginnings of the Douglas Aircraft Company. There is a large set of promotional photographs made late 1920s-1930s by Powell Press Service depicting people enjoying Santa Monica's beaches, clubs and outdoor recreation. An important subset within the collection is 407 negatives made ca. 1890 - 1908 by Los Angeles historian and amateur photographer George W. Hazard (1842-1914). Hazard travelled around Los Angeles and vicinity photographing the adobes, houses, streets and storefronts that told the early history of the city. Many of Hazard's negatives have handwritten identifications, naming streets, former homeowners, ranchos, and other historical details. There are a large number of cabinet cards and other card-mounted prints and stereographs. There are 1,264 stereograph prints, highlighted by the works of photographic pioneers William M. Godfrey, Francis Parker, Hayward & Muzzall, and Carleton Watkins. Other formats represented are: glass and film negatives; panoramic prints; 7 photograph albums, photographic postcards, 20th-century color prints and transparencies; and a small number of tintypes, cyanotypes and a set of chromolithographs.

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  Collection of photographic portraits of Charles Dickens, Dickens's family and friends, and his residences

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  A collection of 201 photographs consisting primarily of photographic portraits of Charles Dickens and photographs of family members and residences associated with him and his works. The portraits (no. 1-95) are arranged chronologically and most are later reproductions. The group includes a signed portrait by Herbert Watkins (no. 15), as well as several portraits with the London Stereoscopic & Photographic Co. stamp (no. 30-33). Items 96 through 111 are photographic reproductions of painted, sketched, and lithographed portraits of Dickens. Photographs of Dickens and his family and friends include his children Kate Perugini, Mamie Dickens, Charles Dickens, Jr., Walter Savage Landor Dickens, Alfred Tennyson Dickens, Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens, Henry Fielding Dickens, and Edward Bulmer Lytton Dickens (known as "Plorn"). There are several photographs of Georgina Hogarth. Items 141 through 201 are photographs of residences that Dickens occupied, sometimes very briefly, throughout his lifetime. There is also a London Stereoscopic Company photograph of Dickens's stuffed raven "Grip," which that firm purchased at auction in 1870. Some of the photographers include Henri Claudet, C. Watkins, Herbert Watkins, J. & C. Watkins, John Watkins, Octavius Watkins, Alphonse Maze-Sencier, Mason & Co., and J. Gurney & Son.

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  Album of Western views

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  A collection of 45 photographs depicting the Western United States compiled by Samuel S. Durfee, showing both natural and man-made attractions in California, Oregon, Utah, Arizona, and Colorado. Photographs include Mt. Shasta in California, the Grand Canyon in Arizona, and Pike's Peak and Garden of the Gods in Colorado. City scenes include Chinatown and other areas in San Francisco and the interior of the Tabernacle and Joseph Smith's grave in Salt Lake City. Some of the photographers are identified, including I.W. Taber, C.R. Savage, and William Henry Jackson (W.H. Jackson & Co.).

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  Stereographic photographs of the moon and two observatories

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  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.

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