See the Sierras from a Saddle: Robinson Pack Train, Allie W. Robinson, Prop., ca. 1930

Summary

Creators:

Frashers Foto (Pomona, California)

Extent:

71 photographic prints in an album; black and white; album is 19 x 29 cm. 68 digital objects

Language:

Collection materials are in English

Background

Scope and content:

The See the Sierras album contains 71 black and white photographs on 68 pages taken by Frashers Foto Company of Pomona California, probably in the 1930s. The album was prepared as a promotional tool for the Robinson Pack Train in Independence, California. According to handwritten information opposite the title page in the album, the pack train, established in 1901, was the oldest in Eastern California. Allie W. Robinson, its proprietor, offered to pack deer hunters and trout fishermen to the 200 lakes and 150 miles of streams in the eastern Sierras.

The album includes views of many of these lakes and streams, including Gilbert Lake, Kearsage Lakes, Bull Frog Lake, Bubbs Creek, South Fork Kings River, Rae Lake, the "Sixty Lake Basin," Baxter Lake, Bench Lake, Whitney Creek, and Tulainyo Lake. Also included are a few views of Mt. Whitney and views of many peaks, trails, and other landmarks in the area including Onion Valley, University Peak, Kearsage Trail, Mt. Brewer, Glenn Pass, Dragon Peak, Fin Dome, and others. The album emphasizes the excellent trout fishing in the area with several photographs of fishermen and their catches. The captions in the container listing are the handwritten captions that appear on the album pages or photographs.

Acquisition information:

Gift of H. Stewart Kimball, ca. 1992

Rules or conventions:

Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Location of this collection:

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library

Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US

Contact:

510-642-6481

bancref-library@berkeley.edu

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