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Photographs of San Francisco and Azusa

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Description: Consists of twelve photographs, including one cyanotype print. photPF 340-344 are photographs of works by Maurice Sterne and Diego Rivera in the Albert M. Bender Collection at the San Francisco Museum of Art. photPF 345-345 depict the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. photPF 347 consists of three photographs depicting the effect of the 1868 San Francisco Earthquake by Eadweard Muybridge. photPF 348 is a cabinet card depicting California Street from Sansome Street in San Francisco, approximately 1880s by Taber. photPF 349 is a cyanotype of the H. Canoll & Co. dry good store, possibly in Asuza.
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Production date: approximately 1860s-1940s.
Call number: photPF 340-349
Provenance: Acquired from various sources, 1934-1940.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Photographs related to Henry Mayo Newhall

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Eight photographs related to Henry Mayo Newhall and his family, including three cabinet cards: a portrait of Newhall at age 50 by Bradley & Rulofson (photPF 20142); a portrait of Newhall with his family by Rieman & Co. (photPF 20143); and a horse-drawn carriage in front of the Newhall residence, San Francisco (photPF 20144). There are also copy prints of the exteriors of the Newhall residence at 1299 Van Ness Street, San Francisco (photPF 20145) and the Newhall Building at California and Battery Streets, San Francisco in 1914 (photPF 20146), and two color slides and a copy print depicting an oil painting of Henry Mayo Newhall, artist unknown, circa 1850 (photPF 20147). There is an additional folder of photocopied printed material related to Newhall and the images.

photPF 20142-20147

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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 San Francisco

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A collection of 311 copy photographs and photographs of illustrations of San Francisco showing the city from 1846 up until the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906, the majority dating to between 1856 and 1890. Images show city streets, especially Market Street; schools, including the Denman School and Lincoln School; neighborhoods, including Nob Hill, Russian Hill, and Telegraph Hill; churches; the Congregation Emanu-El synagogue; a Masonic temple; an Odd Fellows hall; Mission Dolores; hotels, including the old and new Cliff Houses; banks; waterfront views including ferry boats and steamboats; cable cars from various years; tourist attractions, especially Woodward's Gardens and Warner's Cobweb Palace; July 4th celebrations; photographs of snow from 1882; and views of the destruction caused by the 1868 Hayward Earthquake.

photCL 114

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Views of Southern California including the San Gabriel Mountains and San Diego County

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5 snapshots taken by Mary Augusta Nailen in 1925 of the Pacific Electric Railroad at Mount Lowe and Echo Mountain and the chapel at Switzer's Falls in the San Gabriel Mountains, and 4 photographic postcards depicting various tourist sites in the San Gabriel Mountains, Pasadena, and San Diego County, California. Includes one photographic postcard depicting East Green Street, Pasadena, looking East from Los Robles, 1930 (photPF 20066); one photograph of an automobile stage on road to Mount Wilson (photPF 20067); two photographic postcards by Frashers Foto, Pomona of the Old Spanish Light House, Point Loma, Calif., ca. 1931 (photPF 20068-20069); and one photographic postcard shows the highway in Encinitas, California, ca. 1929 (photPF 20070).

photPF 20061-20070

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Photograph of San Francisco Earthquake

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25 photographs. Also: pass to cross the lines during the period after the San Francisco fire. San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906—Photographs

HM 48770

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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.

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Photographs of San Francisco and Azusa

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