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Souvenir of Colorado: Black Cañon of the Gunnison Series

Description: A ribbon-tied booklet containing six photographs mounted on card stock, published in 1886 by Herbert S. Stone & Company of Denver. The photographs are scenic views of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison River, Colorado, as seen along the route of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, including rock formations and waterfalls. The photographer is not credited, however photographs in similar booklets by the same publisher have been identified as the work of Denver photographer Alex Martin (1841-1929).
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1886.
Call number: photCL 198
Creator: Herbert S. Stone & Company(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of 1996.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people: Martin, Alex (1841-1929,)
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Souvenir of Colorado: Black Cañon of the Gunnison Series

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A ribbon-tied booklet containing six photographs mounted on card stock, published in 1886 by Herbert S. Stone & Company of Denver. The photographs are scenic views of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison River, Colorado, as seen along the route of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, including rock formations and waterfalls. The photographer is not credited, however photographs in similar booklets by the same publisher have been identified as the work of Denver photographer Alex Martin (1841-1929).

photCL 198

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Travel diary and photographs of a trip to Colorado

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A photographically-illustrated travel narrative describing a summer trip from Omaha, Nebraska to Aspen, Colorado in 1926 taken by three women. Traveling by rail on the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad and then by car, the three women stay in a cabin near Aspen and engage in a wide variety of activities, including socializing with local residents, meeting miners, attending local theater performances, hiking, camping, fishing, and sightseeing. The diarist comments frequently on the outstanding scenic wonders of the Colorado mountains and her impressions of the surrounding nature. Interspersed in the album are 77 black-and-white snapshot photographs and two postcards. The three women, identified only as "Mother, Nellie, and I," are later joined by "Mother Foote and Aunt Hazel."

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California Missions Souvenir Album

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This souvenir album contains photographs and a few illustrations of California Missions, as well as smaller Catholic churches throughout California. The photographs are typical commercial views, with printed captions, taken by unknown photographer(s). The album was published by Pacific Novelty Co., and may have been created in the 1900s. The cover of the album has a small photograph of a mission bell and an embossed title: "Twenty-four Beautiful Views of the California Missions." It also has paper covers, tied with a cord binding. The back cover is embossed "Published by Pacific Novelty Company, San Francisco" and "Made in Germany." All of the images are photographs, except for the following, which are reproductions of illustrations or paintings: Santa Clara Mission; San Francisco de Asís Mission, Mission Santa Cruz and Mission San Rafael Arcángel (asistencia). Asistencias and Catholic churches included are: San Antonio de Pala Asistencia, Church of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels (Plaza Church), and the Royal Presidio Chapel.

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[Falls, Eaton's Cañon]

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Two albums containing ninety-seven photographs, chiefly by amateur photographer S. L. Walkley, of buildings and landscapes in Los Angeles County and San Diego County, California, in 1888. These professional-quality views by Walkley depict newly constructed buildings, street scenes, and the natural landscape, including the flora. These volumes may have been Walkley's own albums as they contain photographs of the construction and finished exterior of his residence on St. John Street in Pasadena, California. The albums include photographs of houses, hotels, streets, and buildings in Pasadena, California and the surrounding towns of Alhambra, San Gabriel, Whittier, and others as well as views of the Arroyo Seco, Little Santa Anita Canyon, Eaton Canyon, and the path to Mount Wilson in the San Gabriel Mountain area. There are photographs of downtown Los Angeles; Hotel del Coronado and Old Town San Diego in San Diego County; and Avalon and Avalon Harbor on Santa Catalina Island. Several photographs show African American trainers with camels and elephants as well as an open circus wagon containing lions (volume 1, items 37-40) These scenes may be associated with the Sells Brothers Circus, which visited Los Angeles in October 1888 (See also volume 2, item 31). There is one photograph of a train labeled "Tia Juana & N.C. & O. Rwy. Train" (volume 1, item 30), presumably referring to the National City & Otay Railroad, a subsidiary of the Santa Fe Railroad, formed in 1886, which connected downtown San Diego with the Sweetwater Dam (San Diego County), La Presa (San Diego County), and Tijuana (Mexico). Two photographs bear the imprint of C.W. Herr and depict street scenes in Provo, Utah and Ogden, Utah (volume 1, items 35 and 36).

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[Upper Falls, Rubio Cañon]

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[Lower Falls, Rubio Cañon, Pasadena]

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