Title:
[Vérascope stereographic glass slides and negatives associated with the Hearst family]
Abstract:
Chiefly glass slides taken in California, Europe, Mexico, Bali, South America and elsewhere. Material was in SF Examiner offices
and is apparently amateur photography taken by Hearst family members or close associates during international travels and
nearer home. Subjects noted include the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915), the Golden Gate International Exposition
(1939), "the ranch" (unknown), Monterey (1919), Death Valley, Glacier Park, Hawaii (1926), New Mexico (1928), "Loyola", Chicago
(1937), Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Panama Canal (1935), South America (Chile, La Paz), Europe and the UK (in 1909 and later
trips), Hong Kong and China, New Zealand and Australia, India, and Ceylon.
Date:
1909 (issued)
Subject:
Travel -- Photographs
Hearst, William Randolph -- 1863-1951 -- Family -- Photographs
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Believed to be photographed by or collected by the Hearst family.
Also includes 2 Vérascope Richard viewers, numerous slide and negative manufacturer's boxes, and a wooden cabinet of drawers
to hold the stereograph plates.
UNPROCESSED. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Inquiries regarding these materials should be submitted to The Bancroft Library via a Special
Collections Request link.
Gift of Gregory Baccari; 2022.
[title], BANC PIC 2023.005, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
graphic
Lantern slides.
Glass transparencies.
Glass negatives.
Stereographs.
Physical Description:
photonegative
photoprint
approximately 2,500 photographs : glass stereograph transparencies, glass stereograph negatives ; slides 4.5 x 10.8 cm
Language:
English
Origin:
California
Copyright Note:
UNPROCESSED. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Inquiries regarding these materials should be submitted to The Bancroft Library via a Special
Collections Request link.