Photograph album of a railroad journey from New York to California [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Photograph album of a railroad journey from New York to California [graphic].
- Creator
- Barrett, Frank N.
- Contributor
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Haynes, F. Jay 1853-1921.
Waite, C. B.
Whitcomb, H. L.
Miller, C. R. (Charles Richard), 1875-1958.
Pollack, Charles.
Parker Photo.
Judd.
Taber, I. W. 1830-1912.
Britton & Rey.
Tyler & Shepard.
American Grocer. - Published / Created
- 1889.
- Abstract
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Photograph album relating to Frank N. Barrett's cross-country trip from New York to California in 1889, titled "From Ocean to Ocean." The album contains newspaper clippings and other emphemera in addition to commercial photographs of scenery and sites in Chicago, Philadelphia, Kansas City, various parts of New Mexico, Arizona, and Oregon, and scenery in Yellowstone National Park, New York and California
Views in California include Coronado, San Diego, Point Loma, San Gabriel Valley in Pomona, San Jose Valley, Santa Barbara, Monterey, Del Monte, San Rafael, Sacramento, Fresno, Los Angeles, San Francisco, the Sierra Madre Mountains, Mt. Tamalpais, and Mt. Shasta
- Description
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Frank N. Barrett was secretary of the New York Mercantile Exchange and the editor of American Grocer when he travelled from New York to California in order to study that state's "contribution to the world food supply." The newspaper clippings represent the letters he sent back to the American Grocer, published under the heading "From Ocean to Ocean: Notes by the Way" in 1889.
Accompanied by two folders, one containing a 26-page typescript with manuscript annotations describing the cross-country trip illustrated in the album, and the other containing clippings and miscellaneous commercial photographs of scenery along the route of the trip.
Album pages are extremely fragile. - Provenance
- Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1990.
- Extent
- 1 album (105 photographic prints) : 36.8 x 27.8 cm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been partially digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- WA Photos 17
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Pictorial works
Photograph albums
Card photographs (photographs)
Photographic prints - Material
- b & w ;
- Subject (Geographic)
- West (U.S.)
- Subject (Name)
- Barrett, Frank N.
- Subject (Topic)
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Railroad travel
Description and travel - Subjects
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Barrett, Frank N.
Railroad travel > West (U.S.) > Pictorial works
West (U.S.) > Pictorial works
West (U.S.) > Description and travel
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 3782396
- Object ID (OID)
- 2001460
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