Alaska to Mexico, ca. 1859-1902 - Stereoviews, ca. 1859-1902

Summary

Title:

Stereo Views from Alaska to Mexico

Dates:

ca. 1859-1902

Creators:

American Stereoscopic Co., W. B. Ingersoll, C. W. Woodward, Continent Stereoscopic Co., W. G. Chamberlain, Charles Weitfle, Strohmeyer & Wyman, Kilburn Brothers, Blosser Scenic Art Co., Underwood & Underwood, J. Carbutt, Keystone View Company, Liberty Brand, Edward De Groff, La Roche Photo, E. Dossetter, B. H. Gurnsey, W. E. Hook, A. S. Hood, F. Jay Haynes, Percy Cox, Waite Photo (C. B. Waite), Scott (Mexico), and A. Briquet.

Extent:

46 photographic prints (23 are stereographs) ; some albumen ; various sizes 23 digital objects

Language:

Collection materials are in English

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Stereo Views from Alaska to Mexico, ca. 1859-1902, BANC PIC 1987.011--STER, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of 46 photographic prints (23 stereographs, 21 "PIC" size, and 2 "A" size) of views from Alaska to Mexico, circa 1859-1902. Includes work by various photographers: American Stereoscopic Co., W. B. Ingersoll, C. W. Woodward, Continent Stereoscopic Co., W. G. Chamberlain, Charles Weitfle, Strohmeyer & Wyman, Kilburn Brothers, Blosser Scenic Art Co., Underwood & Underwood, J. Carbutt, Keystone View Company, Liberty Brand, Edward De Groff, La Roche Photo, E. Dossetter, [B. H.?] Gurnsey, W. E. Hook, A. S. Hood (Hawaii), F. Jay Haynes, Percy Cox, Waite Photo (C. B. Waite), Scott (Mexico), and A. Briquet. Includes scenes of Alaska (Sitka, glaciers, and scenes), a coal mine in British Columbia (Canada), views of the Rocky Mountains and Colorado scenery, Grand Canyon, Donner Lake, Los Angeles, Oakland, Yosemite, and other California views, Cuba, Hawaii, Mexico, Oregon, Washington, and miscellaneous agricultural scenes. Includes a photograph of an 1859 drawing of Bandak [?] Point, Neah Bay, Washington Territory (drawing by James G. Swan).

Some items have photographer's numbers, photographer's series, date of publication, name of publisher, or place of publication. Printed or handwritten captions below the photographs are reprinted in the container listing. Handwritten captions are reprinted with parentheses surrounding the caption. Some items have additional text printed on the verso.

Acquisition information:

Gift of Joseph A. Baird in 1987

Rules or conventions:

Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Related resources

Alternative form available:

Digital representations of selected original pictorial materials are available in the list of materials below. Digital image files were prepared from selected Library originals by the Library Photographic Service. Library originals were copied onto 35mm color transparency film; the film was scanned and transferred to Kodak Photo CD (by Custom Process); and the Photo CD files were color-corrected and saved in JFIF (JPEG) format for use as viewing files.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

Processed by Katherine Ruiz.

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: September 2013

Restrictions:

Collection is available for use.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Stereo Views from Alaska to Mexico, ca. 1859-1902, BANC PIC 1987.011--STER, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

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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