Album of photographic prints and drawings probably compiled by Harold St. John Loyd Winterbotham that documents his inspection tour of British colonial surveying departments in Africa for the Colonial Survey Committee, February 1929 to November 1929.
Description:
Brigadier Harold St. John Loyd Winterbotham (1878-1946) served in the South African War and World War I, and as Director-General of the General Ordinance Survey of Great Britain, 1930-1935.
Subject (Geographic):
Africa--Pictorial works, Egypt--Pictorial works, Ghana--Pictorial works, Kenya--Pictorial works, Malawi--Pictorial works, Nigeria--Pictorial works, Sierra Leone--Pictorial works, Sudan--Pictorial works, Tanzania--Pictorial works, Uganda--Pictorial works, Zanzibar--Pictorial works, and Zimbabwe--Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Eastman Kodak Company, Great Britain.--Colonial Survey Committee, and Winterbotham, Harold St. John Loyd,--1878-1946
Subject (Topic):
Blacks--Africa--Pictorial works, Surveying--Africa--Pictorial works, and Whites--Africa--Pictorial works
Photograph album with photographs taken by an unidentified photographer of mining town Ajo, Arizona, 1917-1918. Depicted are copper mining operations at the New Cornelia mine, as well as identified men and women. 9 photographs are attributed to Hadsel...
Description:
Captions in English.
Subject (Geographic):
Arizona, Arizona., and Ajo (Ariz.)
Subject (Name):
Hadsell Foto.
Subject (Topic):
Copper miners, Copper mines and mining, and Mines and mineral resources
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 carry...
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.
Publisher:
Houseworth & Co.
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.), and Calaveras County (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Vischer, Edward., Central Pacific Railroad Company, Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, Comanche (Ironclad), and Aquila (Ship)
Stereoscopic slides, lantern slides, and two photograph albums recording the Burgermeisters' treks through the national parks of California and Washington. Views are of Yosemite National Park, Kings Canyon National Park, Sequoia National Park, and Mou...
Description:
Emil Burgermeister, mountaineer, who with his wife Fanny trekked through the national parks and forests of California, Oregon, and Washington from the 1910s through the early 1930s.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.), Kings Canyon National Park (Calif.), Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.), Sequoia National Park (Calif.), Whitney, Mount, Region (Calif.), and Yosemite National Park (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Burgermeister, Emil, 1874-1957. and Burgermeister, Frances, 1881-1942.
Stereoscopic slides, lantern slides, and two photograph albums recording the Burgermeisters' treks through the national parks of California and Washington. Views are of Yosemite National Park, Kings Canyon National Park, Sequoia National Park, and Mou...
Description:
Emil Burgermeister, mountaineer, who with his wife Fanny trekked through the national parks and forests of California, Oregon, and Washington from the 1910s through the early 1930s.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.), Kings Canyon National Park (Calif.), Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.), Sequoia National Park (Calif.), Whitney, Mount, Region (Calif.), and Yosemite National Park (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Burgermeister, Emil, 1874-1957. and Burgermeister, Frances, 1881-1942.
Stereoscopic slides, lantern slides, and two photograph albums recording the Burgermeisters' treks through the national parks of California and Washington. Views are of Yosemite National Park, Kings Canyon National Park, Sequoia National Park, and Mou...
Description:
Emil Burgermeister, mountaineer, who with his wife Fanny trekked through the national parks and forests of California, Oregon, and Washington from the 1910s through the early 1930s.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.), Kings Canyon National Park (Calif.), Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.), Sequoia National Park (Calif.), Whitney, Mount, Region (Calif.), and Yosemite National Park (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Burgermeister, Emil, 1874-1957. and Burgermeister, Frances, 1881-1942.
Photograph album documenting George Esterly's Alaska gold rush experience, accompanied by related correspondence, writings, and clippings, and typescript biographies of his father and grandfather. The album contains 185 photographs taken on the way to...
Description:
George Max Esterly of Wisconsin was an entrepreneur who travelled to Alaska during the 1898 Alaska gold rush. His grandfather George Esterly, moved to Wisconsin in 1836 and was a farm machine inventor. His father George W. Esterly served as Deputy Aud...
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska--Description and travel, Alaska--Gold discoveries--Pictorial works, Dawson (Yukon)--Pictorial works, Skagway (Alaska)--Pictorial works, and Wrangell (Alaska)--Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Esterly, George Max, Esterly, George W., d. 1914, Esterly, George, b. 1809, Hegg, Eric A., 1867-1948, Smith, Jefferson Randolph, 1860-1898, and Whiting, F. B. (Fenton Blakemore), 1868-1936
Subject (Topic):
Agricultural machinery--Design and construction, Crime--Alaska, Criminals--Alaska, and Frontier and pioneer life--Wisconsin
Photographs created by F. Jay Haynes that document an excursion by President Chester A. Arthur through northwestern Wyoming to Yellowstone National Park in August 1883. Published dispatches distributed by the Associated Press about the journey are in...
Description:
Photographic prints 16 x 22 cm. and 10 x 7.5 cm. mounted on card stock.
Subject (Geographic):
Yellowstone National Park., Fort Washakie (Wyo.), Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (Wyo.), Gros Ventre Range (Wyo.), Gros Ventre River (Wyo.), Gros Ventre River Valley (Wyo.), Mammoth Hot Springs (Wyo.), Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.), Wind River Valley (Wyo.), Yellowstone Lake (Wyo.), Yellowstone National Park, and Wyoming
Subject (Name):
Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886, Clark, W. P. 1845?-1884. (William Philo),, Crosby, John Schuyler, 1839-1914., Forwood, William Henry, 1838-1915., Gregory, James F., Hayes, Edward M., Haynes, F. Jay 1853-1921. (Frank Jay),, Lincoln, Robert Todd, 1843-1926., Rollins, Daniel Gustavus, 1842-1897., Sheridan, Michael V. 1840-1918 (Michael Vincent),, Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888., Stager, Anson., Vest, George Graham, Jr., Vest, George Graham, 1830-1904., Waite, Henry De H., and Associated Press.
Subject (Topic):
Journeys, Indians of North America, Shoshoni Indians, and Description and travel
Three photograph albums documenting vacations and activities in Europe and southern California and Connecticut, loose photographic prints, and correspondence of Natalie Paley, circa 1930-1966
Description:
Natalie Pavlovna Paley (1905-1981) was a French-born fashion icon, socialite, and film actress, as well as a granddaughter of Russian tsar Alexander II and cousin of Russian tsar Nicholas II. In 1927, she became the second wife of French couturier Lu...
Subject (Geographic):
California, Biarritz (France), Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.), and Venice (Italy)
Three photograph albums documenting vacations and activities in Europe and southern California and Connecticut, loose photographic prints, and correspondence of Natalie Paley, circa 1930-1966
Description:
Natalie Pavlovna Paley (1905-1981) was a French-born fashion icon, socialite, and film actress, as well as a granddaughter of Russian tsar Alexander II and cousin of Russian tsar Nicholas II. In 1927, she became the second wife of French couturier Lu...
Subject (Geographic):
California, Biarritz (France), Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.), and Venice (Italy)
