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Miscellaenous photographs in Oregon and California

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Description: Consists of five mounted photographs. Two are of Rogue River Falls in Oregon and one is of Mill Creek Falls in California, which were possibly taken for use for a hydro-electric project. There is also one photograph of a burnt out and unscrapped trolly car of an unidentified company in an unidentified location, and one portrait of Mrs. Mary Ramsey Lemons Wood, an Oregon pioneer. Her portrait is accompanied by a biography and family history on the verso.
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Production date: approximately 1880s-1930s.
Call number: photPF 2443-2447
Provenance: Acquired from Mrs. Collis H. Holladay, December 1978.; Acquired from Lockley, 1947.
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Miscellaenous photographs in Oregon and California

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Consists of eleven photographs, includuing copy prints, photoprints, and mounted photographs. Most have inscriptions on the verso. photPF 2431-2434 depicted construction and staff at Fort Dalles, Oregon. photPF 2435 is a portrait of Judge George Henry Williams, the United States Attorney General under President Ulysses S. Grant and third chief justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. photPF 2436 is a photogrpah of a minature portrait of Presley Neville O'Bannon of the United States Marine Corps, reknown for his participation in the First Barbary War and the Battle of Derna, Libya. photPF 2437 is a cabinet card of the Shorb family home which formerly sat the grounds of the Huntington estate in San Marino; notes on the verso indicate when the structure was built and remodeled. A second photograph labeled photPF 2437 is of Guajome Ranch (Coutt's Ranch) in San Diego County. photPF 2438 is a copy print of the Moneyan Institute of San Gabriel, designed by William Money who was widely regarded as Los Angeles' first cult leader. photPF 2439 is a portrait of Jules Simoneau, a close friend of Robert Louis Stevenson. photPF 2440 is a photograph of the first casting of the "Mildred and William Dean Howells" bronze relief which currently sits in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. (NPG.65.65). An inscription in Mildred's hand is written on the verso, and it is accompanied by a note from Mildred addressed to Mr. Schad.

photPF 2431-2440

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Miscellaenous portraits and other photographs

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Consists of 18 photographs of people, places, and drawings of places. Some contain annotations written on the verso. Portrait sitters include: Brigadier General Oscar F. Long, Oscar Sutro, Charles Horace Mayo (with autograph), William James Mayo (with autograph), George G. Spurr, Captain William Ransom Johnson Pegram, R. A. Brock, Jr., Thomas Wallace More, and Rosa D'Erina. Locations depicted in photographs are: a drawing of Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site, the National Lincoln Monument in Springfield, Illinois, Ford's Theater, Marietta Historical Museum in Ohio, the San Gabriel Valley, Pasadena, Sierra Madre, and Eaton, Pennsylvania. One image is also a film still from an early Hollywood film, possibly Louis Chaudet's "A Political Tramp."

photPF 2000-20019

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Photograph of Seid Back in front of his general store in Portland, Oregon

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A mounted photograph of Chinese American merchant Seid Back and three other men standing in front of Back's store at 146 Second Street in Portland, Oregon. A sign above the store reads "Seid Back & Co. / General Commission Merchants." The other men are unidentified; two are wearing traditional Chinese clothing. The photographer is also unidentified.

photPF 26009

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Photographs of Pasadena, California

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Consists of nine photographs. photPF 370 contains two cuttings from the Pasadena Star News depicting the intersection of Marengo and Colorado streets, in 1885(?) and 1925(?). These images are also accompanied by annotations and a short handwritten account of land pricing at this intersection in the 1880s. Other subjects include the former Villa Street Reservoir, various floats from the 1900(?) Rose Parade, a chariot race in Tournament Park, and a photo fo an unidentified man by the falls in Eaton Canyon.

photPF 370-379

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Photograph Album of California and the Pacific Coast

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This album contains typical commercial photographs of the towns and scenery of California, Oregon and Washington dating from the 1890s. Of note are early views of San Diego, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, San Francisco, Tacoma, and Seattle. There are also views of California missions and coastal landscapes. The Oregon photographs are of scenery only. Photographs of California include San Diego; Casa de Estudillo in Old Town San Diego; Mission San Luis Rey, San Juan Capistrano, and Santa Barbara; Santa Barbara; San Luis Obispo; Confederate general James Longstreet's Los Angeles home; the Bellevue Terrace Hotel; various Los Angeles homes; Pasadena; Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin's Santa Anita ranch; San Francisco city scenes; and wilderness en route to Oregon. Oregon photographs show images of the Columbia River; Mt. Hood; Latourell Falls; Multnomah Falls; and nature scenes. Photographs of Washington state include Tacoma; Green River; Native Americans from an unidentified tribe; Seattle; and a portrait of Angeline, daughter of Chief Seattle of the Suquamish tribe. Twenty-six of the pictures in this album were photographed by Isaiah West Taber and twenty-two were photographed by W.H.J. and Company. It may be that William H. Jeffers created those twenty-two photographs, as he was active in California during this time period. Other photographers who contributed to this album include Thomas H. Rutter, Charles B. Talbot, and Boyd & Braas (William F. Boyd and George H. Braas). The album spine is embossed with the title "California and Pacific Coast" and the photographs are mostly mounted double-sided. The initials of an unknown individual, "E.B.R.", and the year 1897 are also embossed on the album's spine.

photCL 94

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Photographs of California and North America

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A collection of 49 photographs chiefly of California, especially San Francisco, Santa Cruz, and Yosemite National Park. Items 1-38 and 46 depict California locales; items 39-49 consist of miscellaneous views including two images of New England; a group portrait at Niagara Falls; and two images in Montreal, Canada. Most of the photographs are signed by photographer Alfred J. Perkins (Items 1-36); one view of Santa Cruz is signed by Reese (Item 46); the other photographers are unidentified. Photographs were removed from cards (date unknown) and mounted on 20 x 26 cm-21 x 28 cm board.

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Miscellaenous photographs in Oregon and California

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