Photographic Travel Album of the Southern and Western United States, approximately 1910s

Summary

Abstract:

This personal album features artistically-composed photographs of often-visited sights and scenery from Louisiana to the Western United States. The photographs were taken by an unknown photographer, and were beautifully printed and mounted, with hand-lettered ink captions. Thirty-six of the 49 photographs are of California cities, landmarks or landscapes, but there are also views of New Orleans, Texas, and Arizona.

Extent:

49 photographs in 1 album; album 26 x 30.5 cm. (10 x 12 in.).

Language:

Background

Scope and content:

This personal album features artistically-composed photographs of often-visited sights and scenery from Louisiana to the Western United States. The photographs were taken by an unknown photographer, and were beautifully printed and mounted, with hand-lettered ink captions. Thirty-six of the forty-nine photographs are of California cities, landmarks or landscapes, but there are also views of New Orleans, Texas, and Arizona.

This collection includes photographs of Missions San Gabriel, San Juan Capistrano; San Fernando, Santa Barbara, San Miguel, and Carmel; Chinatown in San Francisco; Golden Gate Park; Mt. Tamalpais; Hotel Potter in Santa Barbara; Los Angeles; Long Beach; Avalon Bay in Santa Catalina Island; Riverside, California; Ocean Park; and Rancho Camulos. Of note are two photos at the Santa Barbara Mission that include clergy posed in the scenes. Other California locations include Redlands, Riverside and city scenes in San Francisco. There are views of buildings in New Orleans; the Alamo (San Antonio, Texas); San Xavier Mission (Texas); the ruins of Casa Grande (Arizona); and landscapes of Texas and Arizona.

This album was probably owned by "C. W. Hornick," whose name is engraved on the album’s front cover; he may also be the photographer.

Item titles transcribed from written captions for each photograph.

Acquisition information:

Provenance unknown; in Library as of 2012

Rules or conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) -- Photographs.
Casa Grande (Ariz.) -- Photographs.
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Photographs.
Golden Gate Park (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Photographs.
MacArthur Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Photographs.
Mission San Carlos Borromeo (Carmel, Calif.) -- Photographs.
Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel, Calif.) -- Photographs.
Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo (San Antonio, Tex.) -- Photographs.
Mission San Juan Capistrano -- Photographs.
Mission San Miguel Arcangel (San Miguel, Calif.) -- Photographs.
Mission San Xavier del Bac (Tucson, Ariz.) -- Photographs.
San Fernando, Rey de España (Mission: San Fernando, Calif.) -- Photographs.
Santa Barbara Mission -- Photographs.
Photograph Albums.
Photographs.

Places:

Arizona -- Photographs.
Avalon (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Long Beach (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Photographs.
New Orleans (La.) -- Photographs.
Riverside (Calif.) -- Photographs.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Santa Barbara (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Texas -- Photographs.

Restrictions:

Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.

Location of this collection:

Huntington Library, Photo Archives Collections

1151 Oxford Road

San Marino, CA 91108, US

Contact:

(626) 405-2129

reference@huntington.org

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