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Texas and Utah views

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Description: The albumen photographs consist of three Stereoscopic Views depicting the Alamo, Espada Mission, and Mission San Jose in San Antonio, Texas photographed by F. Hardesty. The cabinet cards capture Ensign Peak, Garfield Landing, and the "Saltair Pavilion" in Salt Lake, Utah; one of the photograph cards is attributed to C.R. Savage. The final photograph is of an unidentified army post. Handwritten notes cite "Hardy, 1945" which may refer to the original Grahame Hardy collection acquired in 1945.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1870-1890.
Call number: photPF 3480-3489
Provenance: Acquired from various sources.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Collection of miscellaneous Northern California photographs and portraits

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The collection of images include a botanical specimen photograph card (sarcodes sanguniea torrey or snow plant of the Sierra), a U.S. Army encampment scene (Sacramento), portraits, and buildings. Among the photographs are roof tops (San Jose), the Santa Barbara Mission capturing priests in the corridor, Auburn Poultry Producer (store facade), William Chapman Ralston (1826-1875) San Francisco Banker, Miss Adams (Mormon actress), Mary Anderson's farm (Oakland), and a postcard photograph of First Bank in Northern California at Coloma. The Auburn Poultry photograph is noted as being a gift of Collis Halladay (1893) and a majority of the photographs cite "Hardy, 1945" which may refer to the original Grahame Hardy collection acquired in 1945.

photPF 3520-3549

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Alaska views and Tlingit crest poles

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Contents: Post Office (Sitka, Alaska); Kaasx'agweidi Chief Kadashan (Leader of the Tlingit Raven Clan) home depicting the Kootéeya (totem or crest pole); Tlingit village of Ḵaachx̱ana.áakʼw Sun House with Kootéeya (totem or crest pole):Sheldon Jackson Museum & Library (wooden building); The SS City of Puebla at dock in Victoria, Canada); "Steamer Queen at Wharf, Juneau, Alaska"; "Log Cabin Presbyterian Church Juneau, Alaska"; "Totem Pole at Honoo Alaska," Tlingit Kootéeya at Xunaa or Hoonah; Steamer Queen in ice Takou Inlet Alaska. The photographs cite "Hardy, 1945" which may refer to the original Grahame Hardy collection acquired in 1945.

photPF 3861-3869

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Bay Area and Southern California views

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The photographs consist of views within the counties of Los Angeles, Monterey, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Ventura, and San Francisco. Specific locations along the coast capture images of Angel Island, Coronado Beach, Lake Tahoe, Monterey Bay, Point Loma, Port Harford (Port San Luis), San Francisco Bay, and Sausalito Bay. Also included are images of what appear to be an early Chinese community of fisherman mending fishing nets and drying squid along the coast of Monterey Bay, San Francisco's Warner's CobWeb Palace, Don Antonio de Coronel's rancho, Gaviota Pass, and the Stanford University Gates in Palo Alto. Several images are credited to I.N. Cook, the Rhea Bros., E.W. Turner, R.J. Waters, and W.H.J & Co. The majority of the images are albumen but also include gelatin silver prints and carte de visite photographs. Handwritten notes cite "Hardy, 1945" which may refer to the original Grahame Hardy collection acquired in 1945.

photPF 3402-3459

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Camp Douglas (Salt Lake Valley, Utah) stereograph

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The photograph depicts a large enclosed courtyard with a circular fountain. The location indicates that the photograph may have been taken from the commanding officer's residence, looking south, similar to an image taken by C.R. Savage (1832-1909). The view includes lamp posts and buildings. The annotation on the verso notes, "Hardy 1945."

photPF 3846

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Battleship USS Oregon and "Old Abe," the war eagle

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The two photographs depicting the Battleship USS Oregon are dated 1895, one is a bow view cyanotype and the second depicts a side view that has been retouched for a newspaper cut. Each image is mounted on cardstock and handwritten notes cite "Hardy, 1945" which may refer to the original Grahame Hardy collection acquired in 1945. The third image is an albumen trading card depicting "Old Abe," a captured eagle adopted by Captain Perkins of the Eau Clair Eagles (Co. C), 8th Wisconsin Volunteers, the bird traveled with the regiment during the Civil War between the years 1861-1864. This item's note references "Blanchard 1945."

photPF 3460-3462

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Smithsonian Institution and New England stereoscopic views

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The photographs attributed to the Smithsonian Institute depict images from President Garfield's Inaguaration and various collection items; a coral reef specimen, Joseph Henry (1797-1878) studio and bedroom, and a Syrian sarcophagus (published and photographed by Bell & Bro.). Other stereoscopic cards include views of Florida, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, a three-story stone building in New England, and the Wisconsin meteorite. Handwritten annotations "Rhees 1945" may refer to the William Jones Rhees papers (mssRH).

photPF 3490-3512

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