Heller, Louis Herman, 1839-1928 Watkins' Yosemite Art Gallery Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
Published / Created:
1864-1900.
Call Number:
WA Photos 335
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 20
Image Count:
30
Abstract:
Heller operated a photography studio in Yreka, California, 1864-1869, and in Fort Jones, California, 1869-1900. Images from both studios consist primarily of studio portraits of children, women, and men. Identified portraits from the studio in Yreka, include Henry M. Reid, and probably sisters Catherine E. Moore and Emily B. Moore. Identified portraits from the studio in Fort Jones, include Edward J. Baxter, Daniel Davis, Cora Kist, Naomi Swan, and Henry E. Witherspoon., Other photographs related to the Modoc Indian War include single and group portraits created by Heller and distributed by Watkins' Yosemite Art Gallery documenting Modoc prisoners taken into custody and their captors. Portraits include Black Jim, Buckskin Doctor, Curley Headed Jack, John A. Fairchild, Hooka Jim, Donald McKay, One-Eyed Dixie, One-Eyed Mose, Scarface Charlie, Shacknasty Jim, Schonchin, Steamboat Frank, Wheum, in addition to Captain Jack and a portrait of his family., Stereograph cards include images related to the Modoc Indian War, including exterior group portraits of the United States military and allied Indians pursuing the Modoc force, views of the lava bed landscape, and the military headquarters of Tule Lake. Some stereograph cards also bear the imprint of the Watkins' Yosemite Art Gallery, San Francisco, California, which also distributed them., and Studio portrait photographs and incidental images primarily in Siskiyou County, California, created by Louis Herman Heller, 1864-1900, in addition to images related to the Modoc Indian War, the only major Indian war fought by the federal government in California, November 1872 - June 1873.
Subject (Geographic):
Etna (Calif.), Fort Jones (Calif.), Siskiyou County (Calif.), Tulelake (Calif.)--Pictorial works, and Yreka (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Baxter, Edward J, Curley Headed Jack, Davis, Daniel.--1880-1885, Fairchild, John A, Heller, Louis Herman,--1839-1928, Hooka Jim, Jack,--Captain, Modoc Chief,--d. 1873, Kist, Cora, and McKay, Donald
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Pictorial works, Indians of North America--Portraits, Modoc Indians--Pictorial works, Modoc Indians--Portraits, Modoc Indians--Wars, 1873--Pictorial works, Prisoners--Portraits, and Soldiers--Pictorial works
Glass stereographs of Col. John C. Fremonts Mariposa estate
Container / Volume:
Folder 17
Image Count:
1
Description:
The first major series of outdoor photographs by Carleton Watkins. Col. John C. Fremont hired Watkins to produce a series of photographs depicting Fremonts Mariposa estate and its assets.
Subject (Geographic):
California
Subject (Name):
Fremont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902--Pictorial works. and Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890
Subject (Topic):
Hills., Landscape photography --California., and Railroad bridges
Glass stereographs of Col. John C. Fremonts Mariposa estate
Container / Volume:
Folder 18
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Two figures on horseback look towards the camera from the gate of the Fremont Residence.
Description:
The first major series of outdoor photographs by Carleton Watkins. Col. John C. Fremont hired Watkins to produce a series of photographs depicting Fremonts Mariposa estate and its assets.
Subject (Geographic):
California
Subject (Name):
Fremont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902--Pictorial works. and Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890
Subject (Topic):
Dwellings --California., Hills., Horses --California, Landscape photography --California., and Trees.
