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Charles Victor Hall Lantern Slide Collection of California Views
Lantern slides 66-130
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Description: These lantern slides depict urban, agricultural, and nature scenes of California in the 1870s. The slides acted as a visual accompaniment to real estate developer Charles Victor Hall's traveling lecture promoting California's resources and benefits, aimed to encourage New Englanders and Europeans to relocate to California. This collection is significant in its images of Native Americans in California, mainly in the Yosemite area, and views of prospecting and mining. The majority of the lantern slides depict scenes from northern California, including Yosemite National Park and San Francisco. Some southern California views are also shown, including San Diego and Los Angeles County. Other slides of interest are views of the California ranches of F.P.F. Temple, Ellwood Cooper, F.D. Bacon, Maria Sepulveda, L.J. Rose (and family), and H.H. Moore. Portraits of General John C. Fremont and actress Maude Granger are also featured in the collection. In addition to the lantern slides, three copy negatives depicting the logging industry are also included. The originals are not in this collection. A printing plate with Hall's portrait is also included in this collection. The images were most likely taken by several different photographers, including Carleton Watkins, Eadweard Muybridge, and Bradley & Rulofson.
Type: Visual Materials

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Production date

approximately 1875.

Call number

photCL 521

Creator

Hall, Charles Victor (1854-1933)(Opens in new tab)

Provenance

Gift of Mrs. Charles V. Hall, January 24, 1935.

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Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

RESTRICTED: Box 5 (3 copy negatives) housed in cold storage; extended retrieval and delivery time required.

Dimensions

8 x 8 cm (3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.) + 3 copy negatives

Associated people

Muybridge, Eadweard, (1830-1904,)

Watkins, Carleton E., (1829-1916,)

Associated organization

Bradley & Rulofson,

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