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Photograph Collection of California Hotels, Missions, and Coastal Scenery
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Title: Photograph Collection of California Hotels, Missions, and Coastal Scenery
Dates: ca. 1890s
Collection Number: photCL 93
Creator/Collector:
Johnson, C. W. J. (Charles Wallace Jacob), 1833-1903;
Maude, F. H. (Frederic Hamer);
Waite, C. B. (Charles Betts), 1861-1927
Extent: 28 photographs, 2 maps, and 9 reproductions of photographs in 1 disbound album; photographs 13 x 20.5 cm. (5 x 8 in.) and
smaller. See itemized list under “Additional collection guides.”
Repository:
Huntington Library. Photo Archives
Abstract: This disbound album contains typical late 19th century commercial photographs focusing on hotels, missions, and scenery of
California, particularly California luxury hotels that catered to East Coast winter tourists. The most notable images include
the second Hotel Del Monte, rebuilt after an 1887 fire; Hotel Del Coronado shortly after its 1888 opening; and the Raymond
Hotel and Hotel Green in Pasadena. Also included are photographs of Missions Santa Barbara, San Gabriel, and San Juan Capistrano;
and the San Francisco landmarks of Cliff House and Fort Point.
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 Collection of California Hotels, Missions, and Coastal Scenery. Huntington Library. Photo Archives
Given by Ed Morrill on February 7, 1956.
Scope and Content of Collection
There are several views 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.
There are two small maps and a few reproduced photos pasted into the album that were published elsewhere.
California missions
Cliff House (San Francisco, Calif.)
Customhouses
Cypress
Fort Point (San Francisco, Calif.)
Hotel del Coronado (Coronado, Calif.)
Hotel Del Monte (Monterey, Calif.)
Hotel Green (Pasadena, Calif.)
Hotels--California--1870-1910
Lick Observatory
Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel, Calif.)
Mission San Juan Capistrano
Raymond Hotel (Pasadena, Calif.)
Santa Barbara Mission
Golden Gate (Calif. : Strait)
Monterey (Calif.)
Pasadena (Calif.)
Riverside (Calif.)
San Francisco (Calif.)
Cityscape photographs
Photographs
Reproductions
Seascape photographs