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Family photograph album with many portraits of women, (bulk 1902-1910)

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Description: A disbound album with suede covers containing several studio portraits of women and some snapshots of children and family groups, mostly unidentified. The majority of photographs date from the early 1900s, with a few photographs at the back dating to the 1940s or 1950s (two are dated 1954). The unidentified compiler of the album most likely attended Girls' High School, San Francisco, as there are two portraits of women with captions: "Alice Marchebout, Latin teacher, G.H.S. 1902" and one unnamed female "Greek teacher. G.H.S." (Marchebout is listed as a teacher at Girls' High School in the 1900 San Francisco City Directory.) There are two portraits by professional photographers based in San Francisco: William E. Dassonville and George F. Kelly.
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Production date: approximately 1902-1954.
Call number: photCL 226
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Photograph album of California with soldiers at training camp

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A photograph album compiled by an unidentified person containing snapshots of San Francisco, San Diego, and mountain scenery (presumably the High Sierras). Views show soldiers in group portraits and in formation at a training camp (possibly the Presidio in San Francisco?); camping in the wilderness; a large dam; Chutes Zoological Promenade and Cliff House in San Francisco; and one view of people riding a sightseeing trolley in San Diego. A young man and woman are in several views. One loose photograph shows a lighted night street scene by San Francisco photographer W. E. Worden. There are no identifications in the album.

photCL 345

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Photograph albums of the Rix and Maurer Families

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The collection consists of six photograph albums of the Rix and Maurer families depicting life in Northern California and the San Francisco Bay area. Volume 1 (disbound) contains 48 cartes-de-visite portraits of classmates of Annie Rix in San Francisco, ca. 1874; Volume 2: disbound album of 26 cartes-de-visite portraits related to the Rix family, ca. 1860s-1880s; Volume 3: Yosemite snapshots, June 1905 (58 photographs; prints various sizes in album 19 x 27 cm); Volume 4: Snapshots, 1870s-1915 of family, friends, social gatherings, residences, and pets in San Francisco and Berkeley, including views of the buildings at the Panama Pacific International Exposition in 1915 (approx. 290 photographs; prints various sizes, album 18 x 28 cm); Volume 5: photograph album of Mildred Maurer, 1912-1916 with photographs of Lake Chabot in Piedmont Park, Diamond Canyon, and Yosemite (approximately 122 photographs; prints various sizes, album 19 x 27 cm); Volume 6: images taken in France in 1919 during World War I and in California in 1920 (approx. 300 photographs; prints various sizes, album 18.5 x 29 cm).

photCL 453

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Album of studio portraits from Sacramento and San Francisco

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A commercial album with 21 studio portraits of unidentified men, women, and children by photographers in Sacramento and San Francisco, California, consisting of 19 cartes-de-visite and 2 tintypes. There is one group portrait with two adults and a child. One sitter is identified on the verso as "Mr. Silver Tegarian."

photCL 168

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Boudinot family photograph album, (bulk 1890-1926)

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A photograph album of the Boudinot family who were a pioneering ranching family in Escondido, California. The album was compiled by Lovenia ("Vinnie") Boudinot, and contains many images of her school friends, family, and scenes around their farm. The album has some newspaper clippings and other ephemera related to the Boudinot family and Lovenia's involvement in Christian Endeavor. Her parents and others are seen in agricultural work on the ranch, such as plowing fields, feeding chickens, and growing vegetables. A display of produce has a sign "from the ranch of F. E. Boudinot." The album begins with images of relatives in Iowa and their houses there, then to the Escondido ranch years, then to the canyons of Pacific Palisades and the Chatauqua religious camp. Ephemera includes local theater programs (1916); a pamphlet about preaching Christianity to the Chinese, along with one photograph of two Chinese children at their church; graduation programs from Escondido High School (1902) and a list of students' names; and a program for a religious convention in San Diego, 1910s.

photCL 631

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Kawakami family photograph album

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A photograph album depicting a Japanese American family in California in the pre-internment period, along with portraits of Japanese family members. There isn't any writing in the album, but one photograph is inscribed "To Mr. S. Kawakami," who may be the compiler. The album begins with formal portraits of family groups in traditional Japanese dress that were most likely taken in Japan. A photograph of a young child laid into the album has Japanese printing on it, and there are a few pressed flowers in the album. Other images show Japanese Americans in California, including the University of California, Berkeley campus; a large group in front of the Berkeley Buddhist Temple on Channing Way, Berkeley; Ocean Park Pier in Santa Monica; downtown Los Angeles; Santa Barbara Mission; and San Francisco. Three images depict a sumo wrestling match that may have taken place in California.

photCL 648

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Beecher Family photograph album

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An album of 45 carte-de-visite photographs dating from the 1850s-1870s, containing portraits of the Beecher family of New England, as well as abolitionists Lucretia Mott, Robert Collyer and unidentified men, women and children. Subjects include: Charles Beecher (1815-1900), page 3, and Lyman Beecher (1775-1863), page 29, the brother and father, respectively, of noted author and abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe (who does not appear). Two portraits of anti-slavery and women's rights activist Lucretia Mott (1793-1880) are on pages 19 and 20, one a familiar seated view and another more unusual view of her sitting behind a table with her hand on an open book. A portrait of a young Robert Collyer (1823-1912), the clergyman and abolitionist, appears on page 37, with his name written in ink on the mount (the only photograph that appears to have writing on it). The album itself has no writing except for some flower sketches; identifications have been made largely through research, and there may be other Beecher family or friends represented. Other views include three portraits of men in military uniforms, and two portraits of a little girl with a doll.

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Family photograph album with many portraits of women, (bulk 1902-1910)

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