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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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.
Published / Created: ca. 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: Thomas Houseworth (1829-1915) established his San Francisco photographic studio in the mid-1860s. Photographers who worked for Houseworth include George Fiske, Charles L. Weed, and Martin M. Hazeltine.
John Prince-Smith was a German political economist, the founder and leader of the German Free Trade Party.
Edward Vischer was a pioneer merchant and artist in early California.
Printed title page continues "This selection of Houseworth & Co.'s Photographic Views to John Prince Smith, Dedicated by Edward Vischer."
Manuscript captions on mounts, with manuscript numbers on the prints.
Gilt lettering on front cover: California John Prince-Smith.
Provenance: Ex libris John Prince Smith. Gift of the Beinecke Foundation, 1999.
Extent: 1 album (183 photographic prints) : 9.5 x 11 cm. and smaller.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Digitization Note: Blanks not digitized.
Language: English

Collection Information

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

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre: Pictorial works
Albumen prints
Photograph albums
Photographic prints
Material: albumen, b & w ;
Subject (Geographic): San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)
Sacramento (Calif.)
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.)
Yosemite National Park (Calif.)
California
Sonoma County
Stockton (Calif.)
Calaveras County (Calif.)
Subject (Name): Vischer, Edward.
Central Pacific Railroad Company
Hunters Point Naval Shipyard
Comanche (Ironclad)
Aquila (Ship)
Subject (Topic): Giant sequoia
Geysers
Lumber trade
Subjects: Prince-Smith, John, 1809-1874 > Ownership
Vischer, Edward
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) > Pictorial works
Central Pacific Railroad Company > Pictorial works
Hunters Point Naval Shipyard > Pictorial works
Sacramento (Calif.) > Pictorial works
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) > Pictorial works
Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) > Pictorial works
Giant sequoia > Pictorial works
Yosemite National Park (Calif.) > Pictorial works
Geysers > California > Sonoma County > Pictorial works
Stockton (Calif.) > Pictorial works
Comanche (Ironclad) > Pictorial works
Aquila (Ship) > Pictorial works
Lumber trade > California > Pictorial works
Calaveras County (Calif.) > Pictorial works

Access And Usage Rights

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: Thomas Houseworth & Co. California. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Identifiers

Orbis Record: 4370272
Object ID (OID): 2066726