Gomez de la Cortina Family Stereograph Collection, ca. 1870-1906

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Summary

Creators:
Gomez de la Cortina family J. J. Reilly Carleton E. Watkins I. W. Taber Eadweard Muybridge
Extent:
32 photographic prints ; stereograph ; 9 x 18 cm. 32 digital objects
Language:
Collection materials are in English

Background

Scope and content:

The Gomez de la Cortina collection consists of 32 stereographs collected by the Gomez de la Cortina family, apparently on a tour of the United States. The stereographs date from 1870-1906. The stereographs are photographic prints, except number 24, which is a tissue stereograph. The collection contains work by various photographers: Underwood & Underwood, George W. Griffith, American Stereoscopic Co., Pan American Publishing Co., Keystone View Company, J. J. Reilly, I. W. Taber, Carleton E. Watkins, Strohmeyer & Wyman, E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., B. W. Kilburn, and Eadweard Muybridge. Includes images of President McKinley visiting California, and views of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Yosemite, Berkeley, San Jose, Oakland, and Alaska.

Some items have photographer's numbers, photographer's series, date published, name of publisher, or place published. The versos of the stereographs have manuscript notes in Spanish. A few stereographs have extensive printed captions in English on their versos. Printed captions which appear below the photographs are reprinted in the container listing. Handwritten captions are indicated with parentheses surrounding the text. Bracketed information was supplied for the container list.

Acquisition information:
The Gomez de la Cortina family photographs were purchased by The Bancroft Library in 1991. They were transferred from the Gomez de la Cortina and Alvarez Rul family papers (BANC MSS 92/91 m).
Rules or conventions:
Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Access and use

Location of this collection:
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
Contact:
510-642-6481
bancref-library@berkeley.edu
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