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Cliff House (San Francisco, California) photographs

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Description: Contents: Cliff House & Seal Rock, S.F. cabinet photograph (published by A.J. McDonald) annotation on verso,"(was there in 1893)" [Olive Percival handwriting]; "San Francisco 1st Cliff House and Seal Rocks" (Hardy 1945); "The Second Cliff House, after 1893" on verso, "C.J. Colley-architect";"San Francisco 2nd Cliff House from the land, after 1893" (Hardy 1945); San Francisco (reproduction of chromolithograph) original credit to Frank Marryat (1826-1855) published in London later titled "Eager Gold Hunters Arriving in the City Early in 1851."
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1850-approximately 1907.
Call number: photPF 3883-3887
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.

The Cliff House on the shoreline at San Francisco

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The Cliff House on the shoreline at San Francisco, showing two women in the foreground.

photCL SCE 01 - 00193

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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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Santa Clara County and San Francisco views

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Contents: San Jose (Santa Clara County) general view; Dr. J. Adams residence (San Jose); Mr. Tompkin residence (San Jose), Georgia Street (Vallejo); Dry Dock and Cantilever Crane, Mare Island Navy Yard (Vallejo); Masonic Temple and Post Street (San Francisco) cabinet card; Presidio Reservation East Cantonment (San Francsico); Parapet, Sutro Heights (San Francisco). Annotations on the photographs note "Hardy 1945." The San Francisco cabinet card of the Masonic Temple has an annotation "Lockley 1945."

photPF 3810-3819

Cliff House and Golden Gate, San Francisco, Cal

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Image of an unidentified man on the beach with the Cliff House restaurant and Golden Gate park in the distance in San Francisco, California.

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San Francisco: Cliff House and Seal Rocks. "Golden Gate" in the Distance

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This disbound photo album holds photographs of Missions Santa Barbara, San Gabriel, and San Juan Capistrano; Pasadena and its landmarks, including the Raymond Hotel and the Hotel Green; the Hotel Del Monte in Monterey; Seal Rock; the Pacific Ocean shore near Monterey; the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego; Riverside; Cliff House, Fort Point, and the Golden Gate Strait in San Francisco; and Lick Observatory near Mount Hamilton. Of the 33 photographs, 8 were taken by C.W.J. Johnson, 6 were taken by F.H. Maude, 4 were taken by J.E. Slocum, and 2 were taken by C.B. Waite.

photCL 93

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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

Cliff House (San Francisco, California) photographs

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