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Views of San Diego

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Description: 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].
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1876.
Call number: photST ParkerJC
Creator: Parker, Joseph C (active 1862-1892)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Carr, 1931.

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 Southern California

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12 stereographic photographs of Southern California consisting of No. 3079, [View of the San Gabriel, San Diego and Orange exhibits]; no.3082, Cluster of Oranges weighing 12lbs.; no. 3096, Mission San Xavier, Arizona; no. 3115, Mission San Luis Rey, f'nd'd Aug. 25th 1781 (two copies); no. 3116, Cells of the Padres, Mission San Luis Rey; no. 3119, Mission San Juan Capistrano; no. 3121, Bell Chimes, Mission San Juan Capistrano; no. 3122, Corridor, Mission San Juan Capistrano; no. 3124, Corridor, Mission San Luis Rey; [no. 3125, Interior of court, Mission San Luis Rey]; and [no. 3126, Sierra Madre Villa].

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Stereographic views of Los Angeles, San Diego, and vicinity

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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.

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Mission San Diego

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Etching of San Diego Mission

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Views of Santa Barbara and vicinity

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9 stereographic photographs consisting chiefly of images of the California missions: No. 29, "View under the Archway of Mission Aqueduct"; no. 88, "San Gabriel Mission"; [no. 89, San Miguel Mission]; [no. 90, Santa Inez Mission]; [no. 91, Interior of Santa Barbara Mission]; [no. 92, Padres at mission]; [no. 93, Mission bells]; [no. 94, La Purisima Conception Mission]; [no. 95, view of a large house].

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Old stairway, Mission San Gabriel

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Image of a group of children standing next to an old stairway that leads to the choir loft at the Mission San Gabriel, in San Gabriel, California. An El Camino Real bell historical marker can be seen at right edge of image.

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