Four salted paper prints made during the Raynolds expedition of 1859-1860 depicting Laramie Hills with tipis in the foreground; a fort, possibly Fort Union; two sets of group portraits of Arapahos, one of them of Arapaho chiefs Eagle Head, Split-nose,...
Description:
James D. Hutton headed the photographic unit of the 1856-1860 expedition led by Captain William Franklin Raynolds to the Yellowstone and the Wind River Mountains.
Subject (Geographic):
Fort Union (N.D.), San Francisco (Calif.), Wind River Range (Wyo.), and Wyoming
Subject (Name):
Hutton, Wm. R. 1826-1901. (William Rich),, Ingle, R. W., artist., and Raynolds, W. F. 1820-1894. (William Franklin),
The papers consist chiefly of correspondence, 1884-1893, but also include a photograph album, Jesse Leonard's diary for 1883, and a few other papers. About half the letters are business correspondence between Jacob, Jesse, and Alden Leonard, their Hea...
Description:
Jesse H. Leonard was the son of Jacob Leonard of Albany, New York. He may have attended Columbia University. In the early 1880s, the Leonard family formed the Leonard Park Land and Cattle Company, with offices in Albany and Colorado. Its president w...
Subject (Geographic):
Colorado., Utah., Utah, Green River (Utah), Antelope Island (Utah), Colorado, Mesa County (Colo.), Grand Junction (Colo.), Monterey (Calif.), San Francisco (Calif.), Albany (N.Y.), and United States
Subject (Name):
Leonard, Alden., Leonard, Jacob., Leonard, Jesse H. (Jesse Hoyt)., Leonard Park Land and Cattle Company., Scott, S. W., and Young, Grace.
Subject (Topic):
Ranching, Ranch life, Cattle, Marking, Horses, Mines and mineral resources, Real property, Indians of North America, Ute Indians, Social life and customs, Courtship, History, and Love-letters
The papers consist chiefly of correspondence, 1884-1893, but also include a photograph album, Jesse Leonard's diary for 1883, and a few other papers. About half the letters are business correspondence between Jacob, Jesse, and Alden Leonard, their Hea...
Description:
Jesse H. Leonard was the son of Jacob Leonard of Albany, New York. He may have attended Columbia University. In the early 1880s, the Leonard family formed the Leonard Park Land and Cattle Company, with offices in Albany and Colorado. Its president w...
Subject (Geographic):
Colorado., Utah., Utah, Green River (Utah), Antelope Island (Utah), Colorado, Mesa County (Colo.), Grand Junction (Colo.), Monterey (Calif.), San Francisco (Calif.), Albany (N.Y.), and United States
Subject (Name):
Leonard, Alden., Leonard, Jacob., Leonard, Jesse H. (Jesse Hoyt)., Leonard Park Land and Cattle Company., Scott, S. W., and Young, Grace.
Subject (Topic):
Ranching, Ranch life, Cattle, Marking, Horses, Mines and mineral resources, Real property, Indians of North America, Ute Indians, Social life and customs, Courtship, History, and Love-letters
Mammoth-plate photographs of California, including views in Yosemite of Half Dome, North Dome, the Royal Arches, Washington Column, Cathedral Rock, the Cathedral Spires, Mount Broderick, Mount Starr King, Nevada Fall, the Bridal Veil, the Yosemite Fal...
Description:
Carleton E. Watkins was a San Francisco photographer who worked both with official surveys and independently to photograph California, Nevada and Utah. In 1867 he served with Clarence King as the official photographer to the California Geological Sur...
Subject (Geographic):
California, Yosemite Valley (Calif.), and San Francisco (Calif.)
Panoramic photograph of San Francisco created by R.J. Waters & Co. that depicts the city in the weeks preceding the earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906, probably taken from the roof of Shreve & Company at the intersection of Grant Street and Post St...
Description:
R. J. Waters & Company was a San Francisco photographic firm headed by Reaper James Waters and known for its aerial photographs and panoramas of San Francisco and other places in the American West.
Photographs of California, Oregon, and Arizona, including views in San Francisco of the Palace Hotel, the residence of Mrs. Mark Hopkins, Golden Gate Park, Cliff House, Sutro Heights, the Seal Rocks, and the New City Hall, and views of Lake Tahoe, San...
Description:
Accompanied by a box list.
Publisher:
Watkins
Subject (Geographic):
Yosemite National Park (Calif.), San Francisco (Calif.), California, and Columbia River
Photographs by chiefly unidentified photographers that document the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco, California, 1938-1940. Images include views of Brazil Building, Court of Pacifica, Court of Reflections, Japan Pavilion, Mission...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
California, San Francisco, and San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Heller, Alfred E., Hillers, Doris., Nutter, Zoe Dell Lantis., Poole, Aileen., Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945 (Franklin Delano),, Sheedy, Tatiana Widrin, 1920-2007., and Golden Gate International Exposition
Panoramic views of San Francisco after the earthquake of 1906, including views of the ruins of Nob Hill, City Hall, and the Post Office, and of relief efforts in the city
Description:
Numbers, captions, and copyright inscribed in prints.
Publisher:
Pillsbury Picture Co.
Subject (Geographic):
California, San Francisco, and San Francisco (Calif.)
Taber photographs mounted on pages of advertisements for San Francisco businesses. Most of the photographs depict the outside of the business building (including a view of Taber's studio). There are also four portraits: Taber, John P. Jackson (Preside...
Frontispiece for "San Francisco Album. Photographs of the Most Beautiful Views and Public Buildings of San Francisco. Photographed by G. R. Fardon. Published by Herre & Bauer, At the office of the San Francisco Journal, 66 Merchant Street."
Alternative Title:
San Francisco album
Description:
G.R. Fardon traveled from New York to San Francisco in 1849. There he experimented with daguerreotypes, and developed a process by which prints on paper could be made from collodion glass plate negatives. In 1856 Herre & Bauer printed his San Francisc...
