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Charles Francis Saunders and Mira Culin Saunders Collection of Photographs and Negatives
Photographs created and collected by Charles Saunders
Ventura County
Matilija River

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Description: The Charles Francis Saunders and Mira Culin Saunders Collection of Photographs and Negatives consists of 5826 black and white photographs, 68 glass plate negatives, 3832 film negatives, 10 photographs albums, 261 lantern slides, and related ephemera, ca. 1871-1965 (bulk 1910s-1920s), collected and created by Charles Francis Saunders, Elisabeth Hallowell Saunders, and Mira Culin Saunders. The collection provides a comprehensive overview of Charles Saunders' activities as a naturalist and travel writer.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: undated
Call number: photCL 276
Creator: Saunders, Charles Francis (1859-1941)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Donated by Mira Culin Saunders, 1952.; Donated by Mira Culin Saunders, 1956.; Donated by Mira Culin Saunders, 1958.

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Donated by Mira Culin Saunders, 1966.

Associated people

Arnold, A. E. (1840-1902.)

Autrey, Max Munn. (1863-1948.)

Barry, Guy. (1878-1930.)

Brooks, Ernest H., (-1910.)

Eddy, Lindley. (1878-1945.)

Gutenkunst, F.

Haskin, I. O.

Lamson, Joseph Harrison,

Morris, Marriott Canby,

Parker, Harold A.,

Phillips, H. C.

Pierce, Wright M.

Saunders, Elisabeth Hallowell,

Saunders, Mira B. Culin.

Slevin, L. S.

Wenderoth, F. A.

Willard, S. H.

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Frashers Inc.

Gilbert & Bacon.

Ward Wicart Studios.

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