Southern Pacific Route, Photographs, 1894
Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Photographs of the Southern Pacific Route
- Dates:
- 1894
- Creators:
- Tibbitts, H. C. (Howard C.)
- Abstract:
- Views of the "principle points of interest on the entire Southern Pacific system." Includes New Orleans; Louisiana Bayous and cane fields; the Alamo; Casa Grande and other Arizona scenes; the Salton Sea (including "plowing salt") and Indio, Calif. vicinity; Riverside, Calif.; Santa Barbara Mission; Yosemite and the Mariposa Grove of sequoia; numerous San Francisco views; the Hotel del Monte and Monterey vicinity; and numerous Sierra Nevada, Lake Tahoe, and Mt. Shasta area views. One view of hydraulic mining is present.
- Extent:
- Number of items: 2 albums (107 photographic prints) 1 digital objects (1 images)
- Language:
- Collection materials are in English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Photographs of the Southern Pacific Route, BANC PIC 1996.002--fALB, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Background
- Scope and content:
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(Taken from original inventory listing)
List and titles of a series of photographs sent to Mr. George H. Daniels, General Passenger Agent, New York Central & Hudson River R.R., New York City, New York. These views embrace, in a general way, the principal points of interest on the entire Southern Pacific System. They are numbered in consecutive order, commencing with No. 1, on the lower left-hand corner of each picture.
- Acquisition information:
- The 118 photographs were purchased from the California Book Auction.
- Processing information:
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Purchased through the Coulter Fund.
- Physical location:
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 1997
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid generated by GenX; markup validated by The Bancroft Library using CDL validation tools; Date of source: January 2016
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library 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 by the reader.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Photographs of the Southern Pacific Route, BANC PIC 1996.002--fALB, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft LibraryBerkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
- Contact:
- 510-642-6481