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Stereographic views of Los Angeles, San Diego, and vicinity

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Description: Views of Southern California including downtown Los Angeles and San Diego; native plants; residences; businesses; missions; mining operations. Numbered captions with printed titles appear on many of the mounts. Godfrey numbers 8, 11, 19, 21, 29, 30 (and variant), 37, 40 (and variant), 43, 46, 48, 63, 66, 67, 68, 69, 71, 74, 76, 115, 120 and 122 depict the same subject, 131, 159, and four unnumbered cards. A few of the images exist in duplicate.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1865-approximately 1872.
Call number: photST Godfrey
Creator: Godfrey, W. M (1825-1900)(Opens in new tab)
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Views of Los Angeles and vicinity

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30 stereographic views of Los Angeles, California, and vicinity, with images depicting the Cathedral of Los Angeles [nos. 52, 56] and views of Los Angeles [no. 233, 234, 235]; Santa Monica Bay and coastline [nos. 70, 214, 215, 219, 221, 222]; San Gabriel Mission and surrounding landscape [no. 91, 284, 285]; views of San Gabriel, the San Gabriel Mountains, the San Pascual Canyon and San Pascual Ranch [nos. 110, 117, 119, 131, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 174]; views of Sierra Madre Villa [nos. 207, 208]; and two private residences [nos. 286, 287]. Varela numbers 52, 56, 70, 91, 110, 117, 119, 131, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 174, 207, 208, 214, 215, 219, 221, 222, 233, 234, 235, 284, 285, and two unnumbered images. Some images exist in duplicate.

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Views of Los Angeles and Vicinity, (bulk 1876)

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78 stereographic photographs depicting plant life in and around Los Angeles, California; birds-eye views of various parts of Los Angeles, San Diego and San Bernardino; Wilmington Harbor; various missions (including Mission San Gabriel [nos. 65, 135], San Juan Capistrano [nos. 154, 155, 156], Mission San Luis Rey [nos. 50, 158, 159, 162, 164], and Mission San Diego [nos. 165, 166, 167]); landscapes; and sections of Payne's panorama of Los Angeles [nos. 211-216 and 218-220]. Payne numbers 3, 10, 51, 53 (two images with the same number), 57, 58, 59, 62, 65, 68, 70, 75, 76, 77, 79, 87, 93, 95, 113, 134, 135, 141, 146, 149, 150, 154, 155, 156, 158, 159, 162, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168 (6 images with the same number, sections 1-5 of the panorama of San Diego), 173, 175, 178, 179, 180, 187, 188, 193, 194, 198, 200, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 218, 219, 220, and nine unnumbered images. Some images exist in duplicate. The mounts are stamped with three titles: Payne's Semi-Tropical California, Semi-Tropical California Scenery, and Southern California Scenery. The former two make up the bulk of the collection.

photST Payne

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Views of Los Angeles and vicinity

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Views of downtown Los Angeles (no. 304), Los Angeles residences and residential areas (nos. 306, 307, 313, 314, 315), Mt. Lowe (nos. 321, 322), San Pedro harbor (no. 330), Avalon and Santa Catalina Island (nos. 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343), San Gabriel Mission (no. 344, 345), hotels in Santa Barbara and Riverside (nos. 352, 359, 360), the Riverside County court house (no. 363), Redlands public library (no. 369), and cacti (no. 366). Reider numbers 304, 306, 307, 313, 314, 315, 321, 322, 330, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 352, 359, 360, 363, 366, 369. Some images exist in duplicate.

photST Reider

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Views of San Diego

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Stereographic photographs of views in San Diego, California. Numbered captions with printed titles appear on many of the mounts, and the titles consist of [No. 90, Boundary marker between U.S. and Mexico]; No. 92, Adobe Church, Old San Diego; No. 116, Mission Valley, Old Church in distance; No. 117, Palm Trees, San Diego Mission; No. 120, San Diego Mission Gardens; and [No. 121, General "Ena" of San Isabel].

photST ParkerJC

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Views of Los Angeles and vicinity

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23 stereographic photographs of Los Angeles and Southern California consisting of views of downtown Los Angeles [no. 6] (Broadway and 2nd Street [no. 1, 1a], 1st Street and Broadway [no. 2], Main Street [no. 3], Sonoratown [no. 8]), Los Angeles residences [nos. 4, 5], churches [nos. 7, 11, 12, 13, 20], adobes [nos. 9, 10], Santa Monica beach [no. 14], gardens and fruit groves [nos. 17, 18, 19], the full moon through a telescope [nos. 15, 16], and "Cotton cushion scale" (title on verso) [no. 21].

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Views of Los Angeles and vicinity

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Views of the Plaza from Fort Hill [no. 2]; downtown Los Angeles from Fort Hill [no. 1]; "Hyena House, Calico, Cal."[no. 3]; and Mission Indians at San Gabriel Mission [no. 4].

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Stereographic views of Los Angeles, San Diego, and vicinity

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