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C012177
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Title: Beau, Charles William, Travel Album
Identifier/Call Number: C012177
Contributing Institution:
Society of California Pioneers
Language of Material:
English
Container: B001467
Container: P-4g
Physical Description:
1.0 volume
1 album (48 photos)
Date: 1907
Abstract: This collection of photographs documents Charles Beau and his wife’s travels from Utah to California.
creator:
Beau, Charles William
A note kept within the album gives details about Mr. Beau and the origin of the album: "This book was made by Charles William
Beau who took most of the pictures - Mr. Beau was the Depot Ticket Agent for the San Pedro, L.A., S.L. R.R. I presume the
passes for this trip came as a gift from John Sebastian, Vice Pres. Rock Islan [sic] - a friend of Mrs. Beau's."
Charles William Beau Travel Album. Society of California Pioneers.
Existence and Location of Originals note
Society of California Pioneers, 300 Fourth Street, San Francisco, CA, 94107.
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Collection open for research.
This collection of photographs documents Charles Beau and his wife's travels. The images are mostly views from a train. The
album contains mainly landscapes, some with Mr. and Mrs. Beau present. Places/landmarks included amongst the landscapes are:
a Mormon temple in Salt Lake City, Utah; Castle Gate, Utah; the Arkansas River; Royal Gorge; Denver, Colorado; Cheyenne Canyon
(near Colorado Springs); Boulder Park; The Moffatt Road; Yankee Doodle Lake; Garden of the Gods; Pikes Peak; San Francisco
Bay; Santa Cruz; the Lick Observatory (includes one view of Trifid Nebula); Robert Louis Stevenson's house, Governor Juan
Bautista Alvarado's house, General Fremont's Headquarters, San Carlos Mission, and the first theater built in California (all
in Monterrey). The album is bound in black coated cloth. Lightly abraded into binding of spine is "BEAN-STEWART." The photos,
mostly taken by Beau himself, are mounted on black paper, and captioned in white ink.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Arkansas River
California missions
Colorado
Landscape Photography
Photograph albums
Salt Lake City (Utah)
San Francisco (Calif.)
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)--History
Santa Cruz (Calif.)
Travel Photography