Visual Materials

California: Central Valley

Description: Contains portraits from Visalia, Tulare County, Fresno County, Modesto, Stockton, Lodi, Merced City, Sacramento, San Jose.
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.

California: Central Valley and Central Coast

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Includes portraits from Modesto, Sonora, Stockton, San Luis Obispo, Santa Maria, Lompoc, Paso Robles, and various other towns.

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California: Sacramento

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Several portraits are from a Bauer family album, Sacramento.

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California: San Francisco; Oakland; San Jose

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There are four self-portraits of photographer James A. Clayton, who operated a gallery in San Jose from 1856 to 1870.

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California: Sierra Nevada towns (excluding Grass Valley and Nevada City)

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Many of the portraits were made in Placerville and Sonora. One image of three men sitting at a table, smoking cigars and drinking beer; one tintype of a soldier.

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California: Grass Valley; Nevada City

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Collector Carl Mautz acquired some photographs from the William S. May family album in Grass Valley, California around 1990. There are portraits of a young white couple, May and his wife Anna (Conaway) May, and four African Americans - a man, Boz Harrison; a woman, Hannah Harrison; and two girls, Minnie and Fannie Harrison. Anna's father, Carville Conaway, arrived in California from Baltimore in 1851, settling in Grass Valley with his family, who arrived later. The 1850 U.S. Federal Census shows that Carville Conaway had three enslaved people in his household in Baltimore. It is unclear if these are the same people. The tintype of Minnie Harrison has an imprint indicating it was taken in Baltimore. Research information regarding these photographs is in the collection information file. Please see Reader Services for more information. This binder also contains a street view of the Nevada City Courthouse; a group portrait of four men and two horses in Nevada City; and two men in military uniforms.

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California, Northern: San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, Tulare, Ukiah, Willows, Yreka

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One portrait of a Chinese man (San Jose).

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California: Central Valley

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