California : San Francisco views, dry dock at Hunters’ Point, wharves and monitor, landscape views, coast range, valley lands and foothills, and Sierra Nevada

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2066726

Description

Title
California : San Francisco views, dry dock at Hunters’ Point, wharves and monitor, landscape views, coast range, valley lands and foothills, and Sierra Nevada
Creator
Thomas Houseworth & Co
Contributor
Aquila (Ship) --Pictorial works
Central Pacific Railroad Company --Pictorial works
Comanche (Ironclad) --Pictorial works
Hunters Point Naval Shipyard --Pictorial works
Vischer, Edward
Published / Created
[1870]
Publication Place
[San Francisco]
Publisher
[Houseworth & Co.]
Abstract

Album of Houseworth photographs of California presented by Edward Vischer to John Prince-Smith. Photographs depict San Francisco, Sacramento, and Stockton, Yosemite, dry dock at Hunter’s Point, the Monitor Comanche, and the sinking of the Aquila carrying the Comanche, the Mendocino lumber region, geysers in Sonoma County, the Calaveras mammoth tree groves, scenes in the Sierra Nevada, including Lake Tahoe, and views of the Central Pacific Railroad.

Description
Blanks not scanned.
Extent
1 album (183 photographic prints)
36 cm.
albumen, b & w
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
WA Photos 245

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
still image
Genre
Photograph albums
Photographic prints
Photographs
Subject (Geographic)
Calaveras County (Calif.) --Pictorial works
Sacramento (Calif.) --Pictorial works
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) --Pictorial works
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) --Pictorial works
Stockton (Calif.) --Pictorial works
Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) --Pictorial works
Yosemite National Park (Calif.) --Pictorial works
Subject (Name)
Aquila (Ship) --Pictorial works
Central Pacific Railroad Company --Pictorial works
Comanche (Ironclad) --Pictorial works
Hunters Point Naval Shipyard --Pictorial works
Vischer, Edward
Subject (Topic)
Geysers --California --Sonoma County --Pictorial works
Giant sequoia --Pictorial works
Lumber trade --California --Pictorial works

Access And Usage Rights

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Rights
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Identifiers

Orbis Record
4370272
Object ID (OID)
2066726

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