Visual Materials

Breaking surf—Lands End. San Francisco, California

Description: This personal album of photographs documents a trip from the South to the West Coast of the United States with photographs by various unidentified professional photographers. The book begins with images of New Orleans, Louisiana, and continues westward to California, with 36 of the 49 photographs depicting California landmarks. The photographs are printed onto the album pages and are accompanied by handwritten captions identifying the landmark or view. This album may have been owned by C.W. Hornick, whose name is engraved on the album's front cover.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1910s.
Call number: photCL 230
Dimensions: images 15 x 20 cm, pages 25 x 30 cm
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Breaking surf. Point Concepcion [Conception]. California

Visual Materials

This personal album of photographs documents a trip from the South to the West Coast of the United States with photographs by various unidentified professional photographers. The book begins with images of New Orleans, Louisiana, and continues westward to California, with 36 of the 49 photographs depicting California landmarks. The photographs are printed onto the album pages and are accompanied by handwritten captions identifying the landmark or view. This album may have been owned by C.W. Hornick, whose name is engraved on the album's front cover.

photCL 230

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