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Photographs of the effects of hydraulic mining in Nevada, Sutter, and Yuba counties
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: PC-RM -Todd
Abstract
Consists of seventeen photographs documenting the destructive effects of hydraulic mining. Includes images of washed-over roads, ruined orchards, broken dams, riverbank gravel deposits, and working hydraulic hoses. Photos were taken in Nevada, Sutter, and Yuba counties and feature the Yuba and Feather Rivers. Two other photographs depict waterfront and shipping scenes in unidentified location, probably San Francisco. One photograph shows a dredge docked near an unidentified waterfront.
J.A....
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1882 - 1883
Found in:
California Historical Society
Trade cards ephemera collection
Collection
Identifier: TC EPH
Abstract
Consists of trade cards advertising a variety of trades, goods, and services. The bulk of the materials are color lithographs dating from 1880-1900. Some of the trades, goods and services advertised include food and beverages, household goods, furniture, clothing, shoes, pharmacies, medicines and tonics.
Dates:
circa 1880-1900
Found in:
California Historical Society
Maria Paula Rosalia Vallejo del Leese daguerreotype
Item — Box: 04
Identifier: DAG-8H
Content Description
Portrait of Maria Paula Rosalia Vallejo Leese seated, arm resting on book, holding an embroidered purse in her lap. Leese's cheeks, purse, jewelry, and the book are tinted. Daguerreotype is housed in a double-hinged, triptych-style case; brown embossed leather exterior with shield shaped closure; red embossed velvet interior. Quarter plate daguerreotype measuring 9 x 7 cm.
Dates:
1840-1860
Found in:
California Historical Society
Jordan Vilchez photographs of Peoples Temple
Collection — Box: P007
Identifier: PC-032
Content Description
Six color photographs of Peoples Temple members including Jordan Vilchez, Philip George, Marthea Hicks, and Jim Jones. Bulk of photographs were taken between 1973 and 1978. Some photographs taken in Jonestown, Guyana other photograph locations are unidentified.
Dates:
circa 1973-1978
Found in:
California Historical Society
W. P. Fuller Co. (San Francisco, Calif.) Records,
Collection
Identifier: MS 3356
Dates:
1896-1921
Found in:
California Historical Society
Patti J. Walters photographs of San Francisco, 1971-1974
Collection
Identifier: PC -031
Abstract
Comprises 81 digital image files (76 JPEGs and 5 TIFFs) of San Francisco street photography, digitized by the photographer from 35mm negatives. A majority of the photographs were taken in downtown San Francisco: Market Street, Union Square, and Portsmouth Square. Other photos were taken at Golden Gate Park, Ocean Beach, and one at Playland.
Dates:
1971-1974
Found in:
California Historical Society
R. W. Waterman papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 4128
Dates:
1886-1924, undated
Found in:
California Historical Society
Carleton E. Watkins photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: PC-RM-Watkins
Abstract
Carleton E. Watkins was a 19th century photographer based in San Francisco who made his name documenting the rapid growth of the American West, and whose name is frequently associated with the birth of the photographic medium – particularly with early landscape photography. This collection contains albumen prints taken throughout his career, between the years of 1856 and 1885. The bulk of photographs taken depict the Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove, and were taken at various points...
Dates:
1856-1885
Found in:
California Historical Society
Minor White photographs
Collection
Identifier: PC-RM-White
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 479 black and white gelatin silver prints and 423 gelatin silver print negatives of urban and rural postwar Bay Area and greater Northern California taken by photographer Minor White while he resided in San Francisco from 1946 to 1953. The bulk of the photographs document San Francisco county neighborhoods, including the downtown financial and produce districts; the Embarcadero and waterfront; and the Potrero, Mission, Glen Park, Bayshore, Nob Hill, Chinatown,...
Dates:
1946-1953
Found in:
California Historical Society
William Chalmers Hendricks papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 1217C
Dates:
1849-1921
Found in:
California Historical Society
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