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Ansel Adams photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: PC-RM-Adams
Abstract
Contains 26 black and white photographic prints taken by Ansel Easton Adams. Date of creation of photographs is unknown, although notations on back of some photographs indicate they were taken prior to 1936. Photographs include nature and landscape scenes; portraits; and city scenes of San Francisco. There are two sets of photographs showing murals by Diego Rivera and Gottardo Piazzoni. Also includes two photographs Adams took for the American Trust Company.
Dates:
circa 1936
Found in:
California Historical Society
Samuel Adams Journal and Papers,
Collection
Identifier: MS 1 (Vault)
Dates:
1849-1901
Found in:
California Historical Society
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California records
Collection
Identifier: MS -3580
Abstract
The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California (ACLU-NC) records cover the years 1900 to 2000, with the bulk dating from 1934. Comprising correspondence, minutes, policy statements, annual reports, legal documents, attorneys’ working notes, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and other printed material created or collected by the ACLU-NC, these records document the establishment and activities of the northern California branch, including and especially its efforts to...
Dates:
1900-2000; Majority of material found in 1934-2000
Found in:
California Historical Society
Architectural drawings collection
Collection
Identifier: ARCH DR 01
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1900-1950; 1862-1983
Found in:
California Historical Society
Laura Adams Armer photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: PC-RM-Armer
Abstract
Collection consists of one photograph album and 57 photographic prints taken by photographer Laura Adams Armer in the San Francisco Bay Area between 1899 and 1939. The photograph album includes portraits of family and community members, political candidates, artists, photographers, sculptors and writers. The mounted photographic prints depict various locations in San Francisco, including Chinatown, the waterfront, Telegraph Hill, downtown, and general views of the city. Most photographs...
Dates:
circa 1899-1939
Found in:
California Historical Society
Burr-Allyne family papers and photographs
Collection
Identifier: MS 717
Abstract
Comprises correspondence, genealogies, personal papers, ephemera, business records, legal records, property records, photographs, motion picture films, and artifacts documenting the personal and professional activities of the Burr-Allyne family in San Francisco and California from 1839 to the early 2000s. Papers include significant holdings of correspondence by John Winslow Allyne, Mary Newell Burr Allyne, Lucy Helen Allyne, Edith Winslow Allyne, Ephraim Willard Burr, Edmund Coffin Burr,...
Dates:
1839-2012
Found in:
California Historical Society
California lettersheet collection
Collection
Identifier: Kemble Spec Col 09
Abstract
Consists of California lettersheets, mostly pictorial, created approximately between the years 1850 and 1870, with the bulk dating from the 1850s. Pictorial lettersheets are illustrated with lithographs or wood engravings depicting California and Western themes. Intended to be used as stationery during and after the California Gold Rush, these lettersheets served as a kind of reportage, depicting important events and popular stories of the day. Common illustrated topics and scenes include:...
Dates:
circa 1850-1870
Found in:
California Historical Society
California stereoviews,
Collection
Identifier: PC-RM-Stereos: Box 06
Dates:
ca. 1870
Found in:
California Historical Society
Campaign Data Service, Inc. records
Collection
Identifier: MS 3574
Dates:
1964-1979
Found in:
California Historical Society
James B. Case slides of highway construction in California
Collection — Box: P007
Identifier: PC -039
Abstract
Collection comprises 102 35 mm color Kodachrome transparency slides documenting construction of highways in Los Angeles, Orick, and San Francisco, California; training at Fort Ord army base; and a Case family vacation and recreation in Orick, California taken by James B. Case between 1949 and 1953. Case worked for the California Department of Transportation when taking many of these photographs.
Dates:
1949 - 1953
Found in:
California Historical Society
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