Holograph diary kept by Porcher while commander of the HMS Sparrowhawk during its voyage from England to British Columbia by way of South America, through the Straits of Magellan, from Callao to the Hawaiian Islands, and from Honolulu to Esquimalt Har...
Description:
British naval officer who entered the service in 1837, was appointed captain in 1868, retired in 1872, and died in Germany in 1878. Porcher served on various ships on voyages to Australia, the Orient, and the Middle East, where he prepared drawings fo...
Subject (Geographic):
British Columbia., British Columbia, Vancouver Island (B.C.), Esquimalt (B.C.), and Northwest Coast of North America
Subject (Name):
Porcher, Edwin Augustus., Seymour, Frederick, 1820-1869., Great Britain. Royal Navy., and Sparrowhawk (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Voyages and travels, Voyages to the Pacific coast, Mines and mineral resources, Coal mines and mining, Gold mines and mining, Lumber trade, Indians of North America, Commerce, Description and travel, Politics and government, Social life and customs, Missionaries, and Fur trade
Holograph diary kept by Porcher while commander of the HMS Sparrowhawk during its voyage from England to British Columbia by way of South America, through the Straits of Magellan, from Callao to the Hawaiian Islands, and from Honolulu to Esquimalt Har...
Description:
British naval officer who entered the service in 1837, was appointed captain in 1868, retired in 1872, and died in Germany in 1878. Porcher served on various ships on voyages to Australia, the Orient, and the Middle East, where he prepared drawings fo...
Subject (Geographic):
British Columbia., British Columbia, Vancouver Island (B.C.), Esquimalt (B.C.), and Northwest Coast of North America
Subject (Name):
Porcher, Edwin Augustus., Seymour, Frederick, 1820-1869., Great Britain. Royal Navy., and Sparrowhawk (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Voyages and travels, Voyages to the Pacific coast, Mines and mineral resources, Coal mines and mining, Gold mines and mining, Lumber trade, Indians of North America, Commerce, Description and travel, Politics and government, Social life and customs, Missionaries, and Fur trade
Holograph diary kept by Porcher while commander of the HMS Sparrowhawk during its voyage from England to British Columbia by way of South America, through the Straits of Magellan, from Callao to the Hawaiian Islands, and from Honolulu to Esquimalt Har...
Description:
British naval officer who entered the service in 1837, was appointed captain in 1868, retired in 1872, and died in Germany in 1878. Porcher served on various ships on voyages to Australia, the Orient, and the Middle East, where he prepared drawings fo...
Subject (Geographic):
British Columbia., British Columbia, Vancouver Island (B.C.), Esquimalt (B.C.), and Northwest Coast of North America
Subject (Name):
Porcher, Edwin Augustus., Seymour, Frederick, 1820-1869., Great Britain. Royal Navy., and Sparrowhawk (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Voyages and travels, Voyages to the Pacific coast, Mines and mineral resources, Coal mines and mining, Gold mines and mining, Lumber trade, Indians of North America, Commerce, Description and travel, Politics and government, Social life and customs, Missionaries, and Fur trade
Book of cyanotype photographs of New Orleans businesses created by photographer Edward T. Adams and compiled by publisher Albert D. Hofeline, 1887. The majority of the photographic prints appear facing a page with a printed advertisement for the busi...
Description:
Title from title page.
Publisher:
Hofeline & Adams
Subject (Geographic):
Louisiana, New Orleans, Bayou Saint John (La.), Jackson Square (New Orleans, La.), New Orleans (La.), and United States
Subject (Name):
Adams, Edward T., Arlaud, Leon., Bassich, John, Jr., Bastian, John, b. 1851., Bordenave, Paul., Cushing, William L., Fenner, E. C. (Edward C.), Hofeline, Albert. D., Hyatt, A. W. (Arthur W.), Keehn, Frank., Lemley, David., Louque, Charles., Miller, C. H. (Christopher H.), Morris, J. C. (Joseph C.), Richardson, John P., Schwartz, Joseph, b. 1828., Tebault, W. G. (William G.), A. Brousseau's Son (New Orleans, La.), A. Geiger & Company (New Orleans, La.), Adolph G. Ricks & Co. (New Orleans, La.), Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association, Avenue Theatre (New Orleans, La.), Church of the Immaculate Conception (New Orleans, La.), Clark & Meader (New Orleans, La.), College of the Immaculate Conception (New Orleans, La.), Comptoir Industriel Belge (New Orleans, La.), Confederate States of America. Army. Washington Artillery Battalion (New Orleans, La.), Crescent City Book Bindery (New Orleans, La.), Times-picayune, Daily states (New Orleans, La.), Diehl & Johnson Fireworks., Factors' and Traders' Insurance Company (New Orleans, La.), French Market Tea Depot (New Orleans, La.), Garden District Bakery (New Orleans, La.), Greenwood Cemetery (New Orleans, La.), Hotel et Restaurant de la Louisiane (New Orleans, La.), Hotel Victor (New Orleans, La.), Hotel Vonderbank (New Orleans, La.), Hunter and Genslinger (New Orleans, La.), John Gauche's Sons (New Orleans, La.), John Schmitt Restaurant and Saloon (New Orleans, La.), John T. Moore, Jr. & Co. (New Orleans, La.), Lhote & Co. (New Orleans, La.), New Orleans Insurance Company, New Orleans (La.). Cabildo, New Orleans National Bank, Nonotuck Silk Company, Parker and Hart (New Orleans, La.), Presbytère (New Orleans, La.), Ramon Allones Havana Cigarette Manufacturing Company., Real Fábrica La Honradez, Schmidt & Ziegler (New Orleans, La.), Soulé Commercial College and Literary Institute (New Orleans, La.), St. Louis Cathedral (New Orleans, La.), Steam Candy Manufactory (New Orleans, La.), Thomas Fawcett & Sons., Times-democrat (New Orleans, La.), and Victor's Restaurant (New Orleans, La.)
Subject (Topic):
Monuments, American newspapers, Commerce, Engines, Factories, Grocery trade, Industries, Insurance companies, Monuments & memorials, Newspaper presses, Newspapers, Retail trade, Tobacco industry, Description and travel, Views, and History
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...
