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Description: Two albums of photographs of family and places related to the family of California mining engineer Mark L. Requa and his parents, California pioneer, developer, and railroad president Isaac L. Requa and Sarah Requa. The albums depicts Requa family members as well as a variety of locales in the American West related to the Requa family including Piedmont and the San Francisco Bay area, California; Lake Tahoe, California; Saline Valley in Inyo County, California; Virginia City, Nevada; and Ogden, Utah.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1880s-approximately 1910
Call number: photCL 319
Provenance: Gift of Mark L. Requa, 1936.
Dimensions: images chiefly about 15 x 19 cm, volumes 26 x 33 cm

Isaac L. Requa Family photograph album

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An album with 44 card mounted studio portraits of California railroad and banking executive, Isaac L. Requa and his family and associates. There are several photographs of both Isaac and his wife, Sarah, a few photographs of their children, Mark L. Requa and Amy Requa Long; photographs of A. N. Towne, general manager of the Southern Pacific Railroad; two photographs of Oscar Fitzalan Long, a United States military officer and Amy Requa's husband; Mrs. William Shaw; Laura Requa de Russey and husband; Granville Abbott; Will Cullen; Will S. Bliss; Will Herrick; Annie Herrick; Eva Towne Shaw and Nelson Towne Shaw; Alice Herrick Stanford; Harry East Miller; Clinton E. Worden; "Bud Bliss"; and Harvey Goodman. Most of the photographs are from San Francisco studios, but a few have New York imprints and there is one each from Virginia City, Nevada, and Berlin, Germany. Among the identified photographers are: Hurd of Virginia City; Howland & Lonergan's Imperial Studio (San Francisco); I. W. Taber (San Francisco); Dames & Hayes (San Francisco); Eddowes Brothers (New York); Morse (San Francisco); and Bradley & Rulofson.

photCL 169

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The Banning Family Collection of Photographs, Part II, 1814-1979, consists of 1204 photographs and 23 photographs albums. The three most substantial categories of images in this collection are views of Santa Catalina Island; Banning family properties and residences in southern California; and portraits of family members and relatives. Of special significance are the Catalina photographs documenting the development of the island from a natural enclave with a few inhabitants to a thriving tourist resort. Volume 7 in the Family Album section contains images of the devastating effects of the Catalina fire of 1915. Also of particular interest are photographs of the George S. Patton family.

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