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Photographs of early western life and California
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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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Photographs of the American Western Frontier and Baltimore
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Consists of nine photographs. photPF 930-931 contain two snapshots of Julia Weber's farmhouse and the site of the original Weber Point Home which was destroyed in a fire in 1917. photPF 932 is a photograph of Bull Run River, Oregon. photPF 933-935 are cyanotypes of a river flat ferry and sod houses located in Dakota (though unclear if one of either state or Dakota Territory). photPF 936-937 are photographs taken at Fort Federal Hill, Baltimore, Maryland. photPF 936 features Captain W. A. Speaight, 1st Lt. W. Seward Jr., and 2nd Lt. S O. Ryder and is taken by W. Suess. photPF 978 is of Virginia City from Carleton Watkins' New Cabinet Series.
photPF 930-939
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Luray Caverns stereoscopic photographs
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The fifteen stereoscopic photographs consist of images capturing William J. Rhees, his son William H. Rhees, and a party from the Smithsonian traveling to the Luray Caverns in Virgina. The team photographed the Heaton & Adams Hotel, the Shenendoah River, the stagecoach ride, interior views of the cavern, and New Market, Virginia. A few of the photograph cards are stamped William H. Rhees.
photPF 3550-3569
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Photographs of California Missions collection
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The collection of mounted albumen California Mission views include seventy various interior and exterior images of the Royal Presidio Chapel of San Carlos de Barromeo de Monterey, Mission Santa Barbara, Mission San Carlos de Barromeo de Carmelo, Mission San Diego de Alcalá, San Fernando Rey de España, San Gabriel Arcángel, Mission San Juan Bautista, Mission San Juan Capistrano, Mission San Luis Rey, Mission San Miguel Arcángel, Mission San Antonio Padua, and the Mission San Antonio de Pala. The majority of the collection's annotations note "Hardy, 1945" which may refer to the Grahame Hardy collection acquired in 1945. Several images credit Waite as the photographer.
photPF 3330-3401
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Photographs of early Pasadena, California
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Consist of 11 photographs, including one postcard. The majority of photos are mounted, with some double-sided. Included are: views of streets such as Colorado St. and Marengo Ave., Colorado St. and Raymond St., Colorado St. and Fair Oaks St.; snapshots of The Raymond, Universalist Church and Las Casitas View (with John Brown's sons and cabin), Sierra Madre Villa, Gold of Ophir Roses at Major Skillen's place, and the building of the Mount Lowe Railway. Several photographs are accompanied by handwritten annotations detailing changes in construction, significant buildings, or other notes. The postcard is dated 1913-1915 and addressed to Miss Maud Green. The caption reads, "At the Zoo in Eastlake Park, Los Angeles, Cal." which refers to the Selig Zoo, and the renamed Lincoln Park.
photPF 670-679
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Early Santa Monica and Whitaker Ranch photographs
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Nine photographs, of various dates and sizes, related to the Whitaker family and their ranch in Santa Monica, California, primarily from the late 1890s. Photographs include card portraits of Katherine Bergk Whitaker (photPF 297) and Alonzo Whitaker (photPF 298), three images of the exterior of the Whitaker Ranch House (reproductions) located on Centinela Avenue (photPF 299-301); two snapshots of a man and a woman driving a small horse-drawn carriage (photPF 302-303); a picture of the students of Santa Monica School, 1895 (photPF 304); and a 20th century photograph of women on the Venice Pier (photPF 305). The folder also contains a copy of the Whitakers' marriage certificate and deed of purchases.
photPF 297-305