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Photographs of a Northern California rabbit drive, haying, and Yosemite stage coach
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Photographic views of California
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Consists of 33 copy prints with some duplicates. The back of each photograph has a title and a number to a corresponding lantern slide. photPF 190-193 are photographs of prospecting in California, depicting Yreka, Chinese prospectors, and a prospecting party, and appear to be copies of photographs by Eadweard Muybridge. photPF 194-196 photos are views of Ellwood Cooper's Ranch in Santa Barbara County. photPF 197-199 depict scenes of workers and lodgings in Yosemite Valley as well as the studio of artist Albert Bierstadt. photPF 200 depicts the construction of the Bear River Crossing C.P.R.R. photPF 201 depicts trout fishing in Sonoma County. photPF 202-209 focuses on early Los Angeles County, with snapshots of ranches, orchards, vineyards, Los Angeles High School, and the homes of Maria Sepulveda, F. D. Bacon, and F. P. F. Temple. photPF 210-217 depict various locations in early San Francisco, including Telegraph Hill, Alcatraz Island, Goat Island, Woodward's Gardens, and the Mercantile Library. photPF 218-219 feature the Keystone quartz mill and the first quartz mill in Amador City.
photPF 190-219
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Views of logging in Northern California
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2 views of loggers moving large redwood trunks in Northern California (photPF 24903-24904) and 1 view of loggers next to a train with giant redwood trunks in Eureka, California, with one trunk labeled "Excelsior Redwood Co. Eureka, Cal. Dia. 11ft. 9in. Length 18ft" (photPF 24905).
photPF 24903-24905
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Miscellaneous photographs of California and other places
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Consists of six items including photographs, cyanotypes, one postcard, and one packet of 12 small prints. photPF 740 is a photograph of the El Molino Viejo; photPF 741 is a photograph of Lake Memphremagog, Vermont; photPF 742 is a postcard of the birthplace of Nathan Hale; photPF 747 is a packet containing 12 small views of the damage caused by the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake; photPF 748-749 are two still-life cyanotypes taken at the laboratory of asphalt paving plant at Carpenteria, depicting a skull with a hat (labeled "the prof") and a pair of old miner shoes.
photPF 740-749
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Photographs of central and southern California
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Consists of six photographs. photPF 910, depicting a scene in San Luis Obispo, is a copy print from corresponding lantern slide number 113 in phoCL 352. photPF 911 shows the Arrowhead Hot Springs Hotel against the mountains. photPF 912, 914, 915 show various locations across Pasadena and includes one stereograph. photPF 917 presents a view of San Pedro Harbor.
photPF 910-919
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Photographs of the Southern California coast and Japanese commission to study American education
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Consists of fifteen photographs and cyanotype prints. photPF 360-363 are cyanotype prints of the Ojai Valley, Carpenteria, and other areas along the California coast. photPF 364-368 are carte de visite of various members of the first Japanese Commission to Study American Education and Commerce (possibly referring to the Iwakura Mission of 1871-1873). Named members include M. Yura, Iwao, Okubo, Hitotsbashi (Tokugawa Yoshinobu), and Sanjio. Photographers and studios include Watkins' Yosemite Art Gallery, Selleck & Fisher, Curtis Taylor, Edouarts J. Cobb, Kramer, and Rockwood & Co. photPF 369 is a group portrait of Mrs. Charles De Long, the wife of the U.S. minister to Japan (1869-1873) and a group of unidentified titled Japanese ladies.
photPF 360-369
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Photographs of Pasadena, California and environs related to the Heslop Family
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6 card photographs related to the Heslop Family of Pasadena, California, including an exterior view of the Heslop Building, built in 1904, with awnings labeled "Lamanda Store" and "J.M. Brown" in the Lamanda Park neighborhood of Pasadena and a stamp on verso for "W.H. Kindig, Photographer, Wilson Peak Park, Pasadena, California" (photPF 21175); the front exterior and garden, with palm trees and cacti, of the Heslop residence on East Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena (photPF 21176); a street view of an unidentified Pasadena residence, with a stamp for "J.C. Carr, Photographer, Pasadena, Cal." (photPF 21177); the chariot races at the Tournament of Roses (photPF 21178); and two views of Pismo Beach (El Pizmo) and the surrounding countryside signed by photographer McCurry (photPF 21179-21180).
photPF 21175-21180