Oscar Cooper Ranch Photograph Album
Content Description
Photograph album comprises 16 black and white photographs of the Oscar Cooper Ranch in Mendocino County, California taken in 1931. The ranch was a cattle ranch that had also been known as 4 Pines or Gilmore Ranch. Most photographs include type-written labels describing the image and the attributes of the land depicted. Photographs show the landscape of the ranch including spring range and winter range grazing areas; hay and alfalfa fields; and barns or residences identified as Bennett Place and Home Place. Photographs also show ranch hands and other inhabitants of the ranch. There are three photographs joined to make a panorama of the summer range on Bald Mountain. Photograph album has envelope adhered to first page containing a hand-drawn map of the Oscar Cooper Ranch land holdings. Type-written notes adhered to back page of photograph album describe the attributes of the cattle ranch and locate the ranch as being near the Henshaw Eden Valley Ranch Road. Also contains one loose envelope holding a one film negative; envelope is labeled: Winter Range - Marx Ranch, Feb. 25, 1931. Address label of W.W. Willliams adhered to inside front cover of photograph album.
Dates
- 1931
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The California Historical Society (CHS) has no information about copyright ownership for this collection and is not authorized to grant permission to publish or reproduce materials from it. Materials in this collection, which were created in 1931 are expected to enter the public domain in 2051.
Extent
0.75 linear feet
Abstract
Photograph album comprises 16 black and white photographs of the Oscar Cooper Ranch, a cattle ranch, in Mendocino County, California, taken in 1931. Photographs show the landscape and buildings located on the ranch. Most photographs include type-written descriptions. Photograph album also includes a hand-drawn map of the Oscar Cooper Ranch land holdings.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials found in collection; provenance unknown.
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Oscar Cooper Ranch Photograph Album
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jaime Henderson
- Date
- August 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the California Historical Society Repository