Visual Materials

California, Northern: Miscellaneous cities and towns

Description: Includes a woman in blackface wearing a long coat and a hat, possibly a theater performer.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1860-1910.
Call number: photCL 581
Creator: Mautz, Carl(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased for the Huntington from Carl Mautz by the Library Collectors' Council, January 2016.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.

California, Northern: Nelson Point, Nevada City, Oakland, Oroville, Red Bluff, Redding, Sacramento, Salinas

Visual Materials

One portrait of a woman holding a mask over her face (Nevada City); one man in military uniform wearing a button that says "Cal." (Oakland); a group portrait of five cowboys (Oroville); two portraits of men with bicycles (Oroville).

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California, Northern: San Francisco

Visual Materials

Includes portraits by prominent photographers Carleton Watkins, Isaiah W. Taber, and the Dore Gallery. There are two portraits of babies in the same large seashell; one has the imprint of Taber, the other of Watkins. Possibly Taber put his name on Watkins' photograph; Taber purchased Watkins' negatives following Watkins' bankruptcy. Other portraits of note are: men in traditional Scottish clothing with kilts; individual portraits of African American women; Chinese Americans; and a white woman posing in traditional Chinese clothing and hairstyle.

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Northern California, small towns and cities

Visual Materials

Contains portraits from Petaluma, Gilroy, Brooklyn, Hollister, Salinas City, Santa Cruz, Watsonville, Redwood City, Santa Clara, Suisun, Livermore, Davisville, Lakeport, Dixon, Woodland, Vallejo, Pacheco, Santa Rosa, San Rafael, Napa City, St. Helena, Healdsburg.

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California, Northern: Chico, Eureka, Grass Valley, Ione City, Jackson, La Porte, Marysville

Visual Materials

One portrait of a nun wearing a habit, holding a cross (Grass Valley); one postmortem photograph of a baby (Marysville).

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Oklahoma and Indian Territory; Oregon

Visual Materials

Oklahoma portraits include: soldiers; painters; two women looking at a photograph album. Oregon portraits include: a cowboy wearing a pony skin coat posing with his family; soldiers or officers; a Chinese man in traditional Chinese clothing.

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Kansas; Minnesota

Visual Materials

Portraits from Kansas include: an African American woman wearing a cross; a young African American man wearing a cap and riding clothes; and a portrait of two women with "Jayhawkers" written on the back.

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California, Northern: Miscellaneous cities and towns

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