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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
California stereoviews,
Collection
Identifier: PC-RM-Stereos: Box 06
Dates:
ca. 1870
Found in:
California Historical Society
Lawrence and Houseworth photograph collection
Collection — Box: P011
Identifier: PC-RM-Lawrence-Houseworth
Abstract
Lawrence and Houseworth were one of the main publishers of stereoviews on the West coast around the 1860s. They sold views primarily of California and Nevada, and the majority of their photographs are of nature scenes, and the wonders of California's redwoods, geysers, lakes and mountains. The collection contains commercial formats - stereographs and cartes de visites. They were taken by photographer Charles Leander Weed and published by Lawrence and Houseworth, who did a brisk business...
Dates:
1860-1870
Found in:
California Historical Society
Stereographs of Yosemite Valley,
Collection
Identifier: PC-RM-Stereos: Box 03_Myosem
Dates:
ca. 1867-1872
Found in:
California Historical Society
Stereographs from the Helios Pacific Coast series,
Collection
Identifier: PC-RM-Stereos: Box 03_Helios
Dates:
ca. 1867-1870s
Found in:
California Historical Society
Stereographs of California and Nevada,
Collection
Identifier: PC-RM-Stereos: Box 06_Canev
Dates:
ca. 1864-1866
Found in:
California Historical Society
Stereographs of the Sierra Nevada and other California views,
Collection
Identifier: PC-RM-Stereos: Box 7
Dates:
ca. 1868-1880
Found in:
California Historical Society
Stereographs of Yosemite, San Francisco, and other California locations,
Collection
Identifier: PC-RM-Stereos: Box 06_Reilly
Dates:
ca. 1873-1883
Found in:
California Historical Society
Stereographs of Yosemite Valley,
Collection
Identifier: PC-RM-Stereos: Box 06_Yosemite
Dates:
ca. 1868-1870s
Found in:
California Historical Society
Thomas Houseworth and Co. stereograph collection
Collection — Box: P011
Identifier: PC-RM-Houseworth
Abstract
Thomas Houseworth and Co. is the company continued by Thomas Houseworth after his partner George Lawrence retired in 1869. Houseworth was an optometrist and stereograph merchant located in San Francisco, Calif. The images in this collection contain reprints of Lawrence and Houseworth images, as well as newly created images. Houseworth was a major player in the stereograph market until the early 1870s, and he took numerous measures to make sure his work remained viable, including introducing...
Dates:
1868-1869
Found in:
California Historical Society
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