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T.S. (Theodore Sherman) Palmer Photograph Collection
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Alpine Lake. head of Owen River, Calif. 1891

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Alpine Lake. head of Owen River, Calif. 1891

Description: Collection of photographs taken mainly between December 1890 and September 1891 by naturalist Theodore S. Palmer and fellow United States Department of Agriculture scientists, collecting flora and fauna in California. Areas covered include the Antelope, Owens, and San Joaquin valleys and Death Valley. The Death Valley photographs are by Palmer, San Francisco chronicle reporter William C. Burnett, and New York correspondent John R. Spears (the latter, on a second expedition in December 1891).
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: December 1890-December 1891.
Call number: photCL 416
Provenance: Gift of Palmer's widow, Mrs. Theodore S. Palmer, 1956.
Dimensions: 21 x 19 cm or smaller.

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Palmer, T. S. (1868-1955,)

Burnett, William C., (active 1890-1891,)

Spears, John Randolph, (1850-1936,)

Palmer, T. S. (1868-1955,)

Palmer, Theodore S.,

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