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Photograph Album of California and the Pacific Coast
photCL 94
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Title: Photograph Album of California and the Pacific Coast
Dates: ca. 1890s
Collection Number: photCL 94
Creator/Collector:
Boyd, William F., b. 1848;
Braas, George H.;
Rutter, Thomas H., 1837-1925;
Taber, I. W. (Isaiah West), 1830-1912
Extent: 102 photographs in 1 album; album 28 x 35 cm. (11 x 14 in.). See itemized list under "Additional collection guides."
Repository:
Huntington Library. Photo Archives
Abstract: This album contains typical commercial photographs of the towns and scenery of California, Oregon and Washington. Of note
are early views of San Diego, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, San Francisco, Tacoma and Seattle. There are also views of California
missions and coastal landscapes. The Oregon photographs are of scenery only.
Language of Material: English
Access is granted to qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact the Curator of Photographs at the Huntington
Library.
All requests for permission to publish photographs must be submitted in writing to the Curator of Photographs. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of the Huntington as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or
imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Photograph Album of California and the Pacific Coast. Huntington Library. Photo Archives
Gift of Ed Morrill on February 7, 1956
Scope and Content of Collection
Photographs of California include San Diego; Casa de Estudillo in Old Town San Diego; Mission San Luis Rey, San Juan Capistrano,
and Santa Barbara; Santa Barbara; San Luis Obispo; Confederate general James Longstreet’s Los Angeles home; the Bellevue Terrace
Hotel; various Los Angeles homes; Pasadena; Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin’s Santa Anita ranch; San Francisco city scenes;
and wilderness en route to Oregon.
Oregon photographs show images of the Columbia River; Mt. Hood; Latourell Falls; Multnomah Falls; and nature scenes.
Photographs of Washington state include Tacoma; Green River; Native Americans from an unidentified tribe; Seattle; and a portrait
of Angeline, daughter of Chief Seattle of the Suquamish tribe.
Twenty-six of the pictures in this album were photographed by Isaiah West Taber and twenty-two were photographed by W.H.J.
and Company. It may be that William H. Jeffers created those twenty-two photographs, as he was active in California during
this time period. Other photographers who contributed to this album include Thomas H. Rutter, Charles B. Talbot, and Boyd
& Braas (William F. Boyd and George H. Braas).
The album spine is embossed with the title "California and Pacific Coast" and the photographs are mostly mounted double-sided.
The initials “E.B.R.” and the year 1897 are also embossed on the photo album’s spine. It is unknown who is "E.B.R."
Adobe houses
Blockhouses
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.)
Cinchona
Forests & fields
Golden Gate Park (San Francisco, Calif.)
Hollister Ranch (Calif.)
Hotel Del Monte (Monterey, Calif.)
Hotels—California—Los Angeles
Houses—California—Los Angeles
Indians of North America--Northwest, Canadian
Lick Observatory
Lumber camps
Mission San Juan Capistrano
Orange trees
Palms
Railroad trains
Ravenna Park (Seattle, Wash.)
Salmon fishing
San Luis Rey Mission (Calif.)
Santa Barbara Mission
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Temples, Chinese
Angeline, Suquamish Indian, d. 1896
Avalon (Calif.)
Columbia River
Dana Point (Calif.)
Golden Gate (Calif. : Strait)
Hood, Mount (Or.)
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Monterey (Calif.)
Mount Shasta (Calif.)
Multnomah Falls (Or.)
Pasadena (Calif.)
Rainer, Mount (Wash.)
San Diego (Calif.)
San Francisco (Calif.)
San Luis Obispo (Calif.)
Santa Barbara (Calif.)
Santa Monica (Calif.)
Seattle (Wash.)
Snoqualmie Falls (Wash.)
Tacoma (Wash.)
Wilson, Mount (Calif. : Mountain)
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