Cartes-de-visite photographs created primarily by photographers in San Francisco and northern California, ca. 1855-1895. Images consist chiefly of portraits depicting children, women, and men, in single, couple, and group sittings. Individuals in the...
Description:
Digital version available;
Subject (Geographic):
California. and California
Subject (Name):
Abell, Frank George, Jr., 1844-1910., Bailey, A. P., Baldwin, John E. D., Bayley, Wilbur Fisk., Bluett, William H., Bradley, Henry William, 1813-1891., Brown, T. A., photographer., Bryan, John M., Chalmers, James Calder, Jr., Clayton, James Atkins, 1831-1896., Cobb, David., Coombs, Frederick, 1803-1874., Coughlan, Tom., Crawford, Ellison Lassell, 1833-1895., Currier, Amos., Denier, Tony, 1839?-1917., Dunham, Allen Murray, ca. 1834-ca. 1924., Dunham, Murry., Edouart, Alexander, 1818-1892., Fardon, George Robinson, 1807-1886., Flaglor, Amasa Plummer, 1848-1918., Foss, Oscar., Frye, H. H., Gaines, Flave H., Godeus, John D., Halsey, Henry H., Halsey, Isaac Sherwood, 1828-1895., Hamilton, Charles F., Houseworth, Thomas, 1829-1915., Jenkins, Clara., Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875., Johnston, Amasa Park, ca. 1837-1931., Kellogg, Andrew J., Kingsley, John Lucas, ca. 1939-1869., Kip, William Ingraham, 1811-1893., Kruse, Henry., Kusel, Edward Abraham., Lainer, Charles., Lathrop, Frank Henry., Lawrence, George S., Lichau, Henrietta., Lowe, Joseph P., Mains, James Riley., Marston, Charles Albert., Mautz, Carl., Morse, George Daniels., Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904., Noble, Skelton Sanford., Olanie, Eugenie., Prindle, Edward H., Rixford, Emmett H., Ross, George, 1832-1893., Rulofson, William Herman, 1826-1878., Sanders, Stephen Poole., Selleck, Silas Wright, ca. 1828-1885., Shew, Jacob, 1826-1879., Shew, William J., 1820-1903., Silva, Joseph Trinidad., Smith, James Girard, 1836-, Spooner, John Pitcher, 1845-1917., Stevens, B. F., Stinson, Lewis Jackson., Stone, George F., Taber, I. W. 1830-1912. (Isaiah West),, Todd, John A., 1827-1899., Valleau, George W., Vaughn, Hector William., Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916., Welsh, John Oliver, ca. 1840-ca. 1913., Winberg, John A., Winter, Daniel., Winter, Robert, ca. 1821-1893., Wise, James H., 1812-, Wolfe, Samuel Augustus., Yong, Lai., Abell & Welsh., Bayley & Winter., Bluett & Fardon., Bradley & Rulofson., Brown & Otto., City Mart Photographic Gallery., Currier & Winter., Dunham & Lathrop., Edouart & Cobb., Foss & Halsey., Freemasons, Hamilton & Kellogg., Hoebel & Luther., Houston's Excelsior Gallery., I. W. Taber & Company., Mains & Von Hasseln., Peoples Art Gallery., and Sanders & Stinson.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans, Asian Americans, Photographers, Circus performers, Dolls, Dwarfs (Persons), Giants (Folklore), Miners, Musicians, Sailors, Soldiers, and Tall people
Photographs of copper and gold mining activities, camps and miners in Nevada and California, and of a trail ride through the Grand Canyon in Arizona. In Nevada there are views of the Mohawk Mine in Goldfield, the J. R. Crawford Copper Mine and camp n...
Description:
Detailed manuscript captions are in the hand of J.R. Crawford. Several photographs and all of the postcards are views by commercial photographers in Nevada and California (Kennedy, Larson, Mitchell, Owens, Rieder, and Weidner).
Subject (Geographic):
Nevada., California., Goldfield (Nev.), Reno (Nev.), Ragtown (Nev.), Tonopah (Nev.), Nevada, Sierra Madre Mountains (Calif.), California, and Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
Subject (Name):
Crawford, Jack Randall, 1878- and Tarantula Mine (Calif.)
Subject (Topic):
Gold mines and mining, Copper mines and mining, and Mines and mineral resources
Photographs created from mammoth plate negatives primarily by photographers Carleton E. Watkins and William Henry Jackson of various locations in the American West, primarily in the states of California, Colorado, and Oregon, as well as Arizona, Monta...
Description:
A mammoth plate is a photographic negative plate, 18 by 21 inches (53.5 x 45.7 cm.) or larger, from which photographic prints are made through contact printing.
Subject (Geographic):
Wyoming, Montana, West (U.S.), Arizona, Arkansas River, Austin Bluffs (Colo.), Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.), Blue Lakes (Calif.), Bridal Veil Falls (Utah), California, Cathedral Rocks (Calif.), Cathedral Spires (El Paso County, Colo.), Cathedral Spires (Jefferson County, Colo.), Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.), Clear Creek County (Colo.), Cochise Stronghold (Ariz.), Colorado, Columbia River, Costilla County (Colo.), Curecanti Needle (Colo.), Dalles (Or.), Dragoon Mountains (Ariz.), Drumlummon Mine (Mont.), Eagle Creek (Or.), Echo (Utah), El Capitan (Calif.), El Paso County (Colo.), Fountain Creek (Colo.), Fremont County (Colo.), Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Garfield County (Colo.), Gate Rock (El Paso County, Colo.), Giant Geyser (Wyo.), Glenwood Springs (Colo.), Grotto Geyser (Wyo.), Gunnison County (Colo.), Gunnison River (Colo.), Half Dome (Calif.), Jefferson County (Colo.), Jerome County (Idaho), Lake Vineyard (San Gabriel, Calif.), Marysville (Lewis and Clark County, Mont.), Mokelumne River (Calif.), Monument Park (El Paso County, Colo.), Multnomah County (Or.), Multnomah Creek (Or.), Multnomah Falls (Or.), North Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.), North Cheyenne Creek (Colo.), North Fork American River (Calif.), Old Faithful Geyser (Wyo.), Oregon, Palisades Falls, Pikes Peak (Colo.), Platte Canyon (Colo.), Port Ludlow (Wash.), Port Madison (Bainbridge Island, Wash.), Provo Canyon (Utah), Provo River (Utah), Pulpit Rock (Utah), Pulpit Terrace (Wyo.), Rainbow Falls (Colo.), Rio Arriba County (N.M.), Rio de los Pinos (Colo. and N.M.), Round Top Mountain (Calif.), Royal Gorge (Colo.), San Gabriel (Calif.), Sentinel Rock (Calif.), Seven Falls (Colo.), Sierra Blanca (Colo.), Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.), Soda Springs (Calif.), South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.), South Cheyenne Creek (Colo.), South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.), Spokane (Wash.), Spokane River (Idaho and Wash.), Teller County (Colo.), Toltec Gorge (N.M.), Tombstone (Ariz.), Tombstone Region (Ariz.), Twin Creek (Colo.), Twin Falls (Idaho : Waterfalls), Utah, Ute Pass (Teller County, Colo.), Washington (State), Yampah Hot Springs (Colo.), Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park (Calif.), and Yosemite Valley (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Haynes, F. Jay 1853-1921. (Frank Jay),, Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942., Meeker, Ezra, 1830-1928., Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916., Colorado Central Railroad Company, Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company, Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company, Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel, Calif.), and Tough Nut Mine
Subject (Topic):
Geysers, Landscape photography, Mineral industries, and Railroads
Photographs created from mammoth plate negatives primarily by photographers Carleton E. Watkins and William Henry Jackson of various locations in the American West, primarily in the states of California, Colorado, and Oregon, as well as Arizona, Monta...
Description:
A mammoth plate is a photographic negative plate, 18 by 21 inches (53.5 x 45.7 cm.) or larger, from which photographic prints are made through contact printing.
Subject (Geographic):
Wyoming, Montana, West (U.S.), Arizona, Arkansas River, Austin Bluffs (Colo.), Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.), Blue Lakes (Calif.), Bridal Veil Falls (Utah), California, Cathedral Rocks (Calif.), Cathedral Spires (El Paso County, Colo.), Cathedral Spires (Jefferson County, Colo.), Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.), Clear Creek County (Colo.), Cochise Stronghold (Ariz.), Colorado, Columbia River, Costilla County (Colo.), Curecanti Needle (Colo.), Dalles (Or.), Dragoon Mountains (Ariz.), Drumlummon Mine (Mont.), Eagle Creek (Or.), Echo (Utah), El Capitan (Calif.), El Paso County (Colo.), Fountain Creek (Colo.), Fremont County (Colo.), Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Garfield County (Colo.), Gate Rock (El Paso County, Colo.), Giant Geyser (Wyo.), Glenwood Springs (Colo.), Grotto Geyser (Wyo.), Gunnison County (Colo.), Gunnison River (Colo.), Half Dome (Calif.), Jefferson County (Colo.), Jerome County (Idaho), Lake Vineyard (San Gabriel, Calif.), Marysville (Lewis and Clark County, Mont.), Mokelumne River (Calif.), Monument Park (El Paso County, Colo.), Multnomah County (Or.), Multnomah Creek (Or.), Multnomah Falls (Or.), North Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.), North Cheyenne Creek (Colo.), North Fork American River (Calif.), Old Faithful Geyser (Wyo.), Oregon, Palisades Falls, Pikes Peak (Colo.), Platte Canyon (Colo.), Port Ludlow (Wash.), Port Madison (Bainbridge Island, Wash.), Provo Canyon (Utah), Provo River (Utah), Pulpit Rock (Utah), Pulpit Terrace (Wyo.), Rainbow Falls (Colo.), Rio Arriba County (N.M.), Rio de los Pinos (Colo. and N.M.), Round Top Mountain (Calif.), Royal Gorge (Colo.), San Gabriel (Calif.), Sentinel Rock (Calif.), Seven Falls (Colo.), Sierra Blanca (Colo.), Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.), Soda Springs (Calif.), South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.), South Cheyenne Creek (Colo.), South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.), Spokane (Wash.), Spokane River (Idaho and Wash.), Teller County (Colo.), Toltec Gorge (N.M.), Tombstone (Ariz.), Tombstone Region (Ariz.), Twin Creek (Colo.), Twin Falls (Idaho : Waterfalls), Utah, Ute Pass (Teller County, Colo.), Washington (State), Yampah Hot Springs (Colo.), Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park (Calif.), and Yosemite Valley (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Haynes, F. Jay 1853-1921. (Frank Jay),, Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942., Meeker, Ezra, 1830-1928., Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916., Colorado Central Railroad Company, Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company, Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company, Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel, Calif.), and Tough Nut Mine
Subject (Topic):
Geysers, Landscape photography, Mineral industries, and Railroads
Photographs created from mammoth plate negatives primarily by photographers Carleton E. Watkins and William Henry Jackson of various locations in the American West, primarily in the states of California, Colorado, and Oregon, as well as Arizona, Monta...
Description:
A mammoth plate is a photographic negative plate, 18 by 21 inches (53.5 x 45.7 cm.) or larger, from which photographic prints are made through contact printing.
Subject (Geographic):
Wyoming, Montana, West (U.S.), Arizona, Arkansas River, Austin Bluffs (Colo.), Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.), Blue Lakes (Calif.), Bridal Veil Falls (Utah), California, Cathedral Rocks (Calif.), Cathedral Spires (El Paso County, Colo.), Cathedral Spires (Jefferson County, Colo.), Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.), Clear Creek County (Colo.), Cochise Stronghold (Ariz.), Colorado, Columbia River, Costilla County (Colo.), Curecanti Needle (Colo.), Dalles (Or.), Dragoon Mountains (Ariz.), Drumlummon Mine (Mont.), Eagle Creek (Or.), Echo (Utah), El Capitan (Calif.), El Paso County (Colo.), Fountain Creek (Colo.), Fremont County (Colo.), Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Garfield County (Colo.), Gate Rock (El Paso County, Colo.), Giant Geyser (Wyo.), Glenwood Springs (Colo.), Grotto Geyser (Wyo.), Gunnison County (Colo.), Gunnison River (Colo.), Half Dome (Calif.), Jefferson County (Colo.), Jerome County (Idaho), Lake Vineyard (San Gabriel, Calif.), Marysville (Lewis and Clark County, Mont.), Mokelumne River (Calif.), Monument Park (El Paso County, Colo.), Multnomah County (Or.), Multnomah Creek (Or.), Multnomah Falls (Or.), North Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.), North Cheyenne Creek (Colo.), North Fork American River (Calif.), Old Faithful Geyser (Wyo.), Oregon, Palisades Falls, Pikes Peak (Colo.), Platte Canyon (Colo.), Port Ludlow (Wash.), Port Madison (Bainbridge Island, Wash.), Provo Canyon (Utah), Provo River (Utah), Pulpit Rock (Utah), Pulpit Terrace (Wyo.), Rainbow Falls (Colo.), Rio Arriba County (N.M.), Rio de los Pinos (Colo. and N.M.), Round Top Mountain (Calif.), Royal Gorge (Colo.), San Gabriel (Calif.), Sentinel Rock (Calif.), Seven Falls (Colo.), Sierra Blanca (Colo.), Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.), Soda Springs (Calif.), South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.), South Cheyenne Creek (Colo.), South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.), Spokane (Wash.), Spokane River (Idaho and Wash.), Teller County (Colo.), Toltec Gorge (N.M.), Tombstone (Ariz.), Tombstone Region (Ariz.), Twin Creek (Colo.), Twin Falls (Idaho : Waterfalls), Utah, Ute Pass (Teller County, Colo.), Washington (State), Yampah Hot Springs (Colo.), Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park (Calif.), and Yosemite Valley (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Haynes, F. Jay 1853-1921. (Frank Jay),, Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942., Meeker, Ezra, 1830-1928., Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916., Colorado Central Railroad Company, Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company, Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company, Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel, Calif.), and Tough Nut Mine
Subject (Topic):
Geysers, Landscape photography, Mineral industries, and Railroads
Photographs created from mammoth plate negatives primarily by photographers Carleton E. Watkins and William Henry Jackson of various locations in the American West, primarily in the states of California, Colorado, and Oregon, as well as Arizona, Monta...
Description:
A mammoth plate is a photographic negative plate, 18 by 21 inches (53.5 x 45.7 cm.) or larger, from which photographic prints are made through contact printing.
Subject (Geographic):
Wyoming, Montana, West (U.S.), Arizona, Arkansas River, Austin Bluffs (Colo.), Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.), Blue Lakes (Calif.), Bridal Veil Falls (Utah), California, Cathedral Rocks (Calif.), Cathedral Spires (El Paso County, Colo.), Cathedral Spires (Jefferson County, Colo.), Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.), Clear Creek County (Colo.), Cochise Stronghold (Ariz.), Colorado, Columbia River, Costilla County (Colo.), Curecanti Needle (Colo.), Dalles (Or.), Dragoon Mountains (Ariz.), Drumlummon Mine (Mont.), Eagle Creek (Or.), Echo (Utah), El Capitan (Calif.), El Paso County (Colo.), Fountain Creek (Colo.), Fremont County (Colo.), Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Garfield County (Colo.), Gate Rock (El Paso County, Colo.), Giant Geyser (Wyo.), Glenwood Springs (Colo.), Grotto Geyser (Wyo.), Gunnison County (Colo.), Gunnison River (Colo.), Half Dome (Calif.), Jefferson County (Colo.), Jerome County (Idaho), Lake Vineyard (San Gabriel, Calif.), Marysville (Lewis and Clark County, Mont.), Mokelumne River (Calif.), Monument Park (El Paso County, Colo.), Multnomah County (Or.), Multnomah Creek (Or.), Multnomah Falls (Or.), North Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.), North Cheyenne Creek (Colo.), North Fork American River (Calif.), Old Faithful Geyser (Wyo.), Oregon, Palisades Falls, Pikes Peak (Colo.), Platte Canyon (Colo.), Port Ludlow (Wash.), Port Madison (Bainbridge Island, Wash.), Provo Canyon (Utah), Provo River (Utah), Pulpit Rock (Utah), Pulpit Terrace (Wyo.), Rainbow Falls (Colo.), Rio Arriba County (N.M.), Rio de los Pinos (Colo. and N.M.), Round Top Mountain (Calif.), Royal Gorge (Colo.), San Gabriel (Calif.), Sentinel Rock (Calif.), Seven Falls (Colo.), Sierra Blanca (Colo.), Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.), Soda Springs (Calif.), South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.), South Cheyenne Creek (Colo.), South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.), Spokane (Wash.), Spokane River (Idaho and Wash.), Teller County (Colo.), Toltec Gorge (N.M.), Tombstone (Ariz.), Tombstone Region (Ariz.), Twin Creek (Colo.), Twin Falls (Idaho : Waterfalls), Utah, Ute Pass (Teller County, Colo.), Washington (State), Yampah Hot Springs (Colo.), Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park (Calif.), and Yosemite Valley (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Haynes, F. Jay 1853-1921. (Frank Jay),, Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942., Meeker, Ezra, 1830-1928., Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916., Colorado Central Railroad Company, Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company, Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company, Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel, Calif.), and Tough Nut Mine
Subject (Topic):
Geysers, Landscape photography, Mineral industries, and Railroads
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.)
On the right side of the sheet are scenes of California's Gold Rush past, including migration, prospecting, and men disembarking from a sailing ship; on the left are scenes of the state's increasingly settled present, including a stagecoach, agricultu...
This collection includes more than 6,500 examples of stereoscopic photography, chiefly stereographs, that represent sites in California, as well as the work of Californian photographers and publishers, circa 1844-1986, which Peter E. Palmquist collect...
Description:
Peter Eric Palmquist (1931-2003) of Arcata, California, was a prolific historian of photography who collected historical and contemporary photographs and research materials about photographers.
Subject (Geographic):
California and California.
Subject (Name):
Bierstadt, Charles, 1819-1903., Hazeltine, M. M. 1827-1903. (Martin Mason),, Ingersoll, T. W. 1862-1922. (Truman Ward),, Palmquist, Peter E., Pond, C. L. 1832-1891. (Charles L.),, Reilly, John James, 1838-1894., Soule, John P., Spooner, John Pitcher., Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916., Continent Stereoscopic Company., E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm), E. P. Best & Company., Keystone View Company., Thomas Houseworth & Co., and Underwood & Underwood.
Subject (Topic):
Cities and towns, Photographers, Photography, History, and Photography, Stereoscopic
This collection includes more than 6,500 examples of stereoscopic photography, chiefly stereographs, that represent sites in California, as well as the work of Californian photographers and publishers, circa 1844-1986, which Peter E. Palmquist collect...
Description:
Peter Eric Palmquist (1931-2003) of Arcata, California, was a prolific historian of photography who collected historical and contemporary photographs and research materials about photographers.
Subject (Geographic):
California and California.
Subject (Name):
Bierstadt, Charles, 1819-1903., Hazeltine, M. M. 1827-1903. (Martin Mason),, Ingersoll, T. W. 1862-1922. (Truman Ward),, Palmquist, Peter E., Pond, C. L. 1832-1891. (Charles L.),, Reilly, John James, 1838-1894., Soule, John P., Spooner, John Pitcher., Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916., Continent Stereoscopic Company., E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm), E. P. Best & Company., Keystone View Company., Thomas Houseworth & Co., and Underwood & Underwood.
Subject (Topic):
Cities and towns, Photographers, Photography, History, and Photography, Stereoscopic
