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California, Northern: Miscellaneous cities and towns
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California, Northern: Nelson Point, Nevada City, Oakland, Oroville, Red Bluff, Redding, Sacramento, Salinas
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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