Letters to Wilson Hart Clark chiefly from his older brother, Warren Vester Clark, and his younger brother, Rodney Clark that include information about their experiences in northeastern California, 1850-1868, as well as related enclosures of promissory...
Description:
The sons of William Clark (1795-1862) and Minerva Higgins Clark (1799-1875) born in Woodbridge, Connecticut, included Warren Vester Clark (1821-1898), Wilson Hart Clark (1824-1887), and Rodney Clark (1829-1887). Warren Vester Clark emigrated to Califo...
Subject (Geographic):
California, Calaveras County., California., and Calaveras County (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Candes, Charles A., Clark family., Clark, Rodney, 1824-1887., Clark, Warren Vester, 1821-1898., Clark, Wilson Hart, 1824-1887., Higgins, Burr., and Higgins, Sylvester Noyes.
Subject (Topic):
Canals, Frontier and pioneer life, Gold mines and mining, Voyages to the Pacific coast, Water-supply, and Social life and customs
The journal records an 1849 trip from Missouri, beginning on the ship Highland Mary to old Fort Kearney, overland by the Platte and Sweetwater, Fort Bridger, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, the southern trail, Virgin River, Cajon Pass, and Sacramento. H...
Description:
Hamelin had been in the Southwest as early as 1842 and in Santa Fé as an employee of James Aull.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.), California, Fort Laramie (Wyo.), Los Angeles (Calif.), and Salt Lake City (Utah)
Subject (Name):
Hamelin, Joseph P., Jr., 1823-, Highland Mary (Ship), and Russell, Majors and Waddell.
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life, Overland journeys to the Pacific, and Description and travel
Two journals describe trips in 1849 and 1854 from Rushville to California, and a return journey in 1856 by way of the Isthmus of Panama. Doyle describes the routes and his experiences from 1849 to 1851 at Long's Bar, Oregon Bar, Union Bar, in the Fea...
Description:
Doyle, son of Edward Doyle of Rushville, Illinois, served in the Mexican War as 2d Lt. in Dunlap's Company of Illinois Cavalry. He traveled to California with his brother James and a company of Rushville friends in 1849, returned home, and traveled a ...
Subject (Geographic):
California., California, Feather River Valley (Calif.), Panama, Isthmus of (Panama), and West (U.S.)
Mammoth-plate photographs of California, including views in Yosemite of Half Dome, North Dome, the Royal Arches, Washington Column, Cathedral Rock, the Cathedral Spires, Mount Broderick, Mount Starr King, Nevada Fall, the Bridal Veil, the Yosemite Fal...
Description:
Carleton E. Watkins was a San Francisco photographer who worked both with official surveys and independently to photograph California, Nevada and Utah. In 1867 he served with Clarence King as the official photographer to the California Geological Sur...
Subject (Geographic):
California, Yosemite Valley (Calif.), and San Francisco (Calif.)
The journal records the trip by Fort Smith, the Arkansas, Gregg's road, Little River, the Canadian, Albuquerque, Rio Grande, Rio Membres, Chihuahua road, Tucson, the Gila, the Colorado, the desert, Warner's ranch, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Monterey, a...
Description:
Goulding joined the Knickerbocker Exploring Company which traveled from New York to California in 1849. He was engaged in the manufacture of surgical instruments in New York and he was appointed by the Surgeon General to McClennon Hospital near Phila...
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.) and California
Subject (Name):
Goulding, William R., Hoyt, John P., and Knickerbocker Exploring Company (New York, N.Y.)
Subject (Topic):
Overland journeys to the Pacific, Description and travel, and Gold discoveries
This collection includes more than 6,500 examples of stereoscopic photography, chiefly stereographs, that represent sites in California, as well as the work of Californian photographers and publishers, circa 1844-1986, which Peter E. Palmquist collect...
Description:
Peter Eric Palmquist (1931-2003) of Arcata, California, was a prolific historian of photography who collected historical and contemporary photographs and research materials about photographers.
Subject (Geographic):
California and California.
Subject (Name):
Bierstadt, Charles, 1819-1903., Hazeltine, M. M. 1827-1903. (Martin Mason),, Ingersoll, T. W. 1862-1922. (Truman Ward),, Palmquist, Peter E., Pond, C. L. 1832-1891. (Charles L.),, Reilly, John James, 1838-1894., Soule, John P., Spooner, John Pitcher., Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916., Continent Stereoscopic Company., E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm), E. P. Best & Company., Keystone View Company., Thomas Houseworth & Co., and Underwood & Underwood.
Subject (Topic):
Cities and towns, Photographers, Photography, History, and Photography, Stereoscopic
This collection includes more than 6,500 examples of stereoscopic photography, chiefly stereographs, that represent sites in California, as well as the work of Californian photographers and publishers, circa 1844-1986, which Peter E. Palmquist collect...
Description:
Peter Eric Palmquist (1931-2003) of Arcata, California, was a prolific historian of photography who collected historical and contemporary photographs and research materials about photographers.
Subject (Geographic):
California and California.
Subject (Name):
Bierstadt, Charles, 1819-1903., Hazeltine, M. M. 1827-1903. (Martin Mason),, Ingersoll, T. W. 1862-1922. (Truman Ward),, Palmquist, Peter E., Pond, C. L. 1832-1891. (Charles L.),, Reilly, John James, 1838-1894., Soule, John P., Spooner, John Pitcher., Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916., Continent Stereoscopic Company., E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm), E. P. Best & Company., Keystone View Company., Thomas Houseworth & Co., and Underwood & Underwood.
Subject (Topic):
Cities and towns, Photographers, Photography, History, and Photography, Stereoscopic
This collection includes more than 6,500 examples of stereoscopic photography, chiefly stereographs, that represent sites in California, as well as the work of Californian photographers and publishers, circa 1844-1986, which Peter E. Palmquist collect...
Description:
Peter Eric Palmquist (1931-2003) of Arcata, California, was a prolific historian of photography who collected historical and contemporary photographs and research materials about photographers.
Subject (Geographic):
California and California.
Subject (Name):
Bierstadt, Charles, 1819-1903., Hazeltine, M. M. 1827-1903. (Martin Mason),, Ingersoll, T. W. 1862-1922. (Truman Ward),, Palmquist, Peter E., Pond, C. L. 1832-1891. (Charles L.),, Reilly, John James, 1838-1894., Soule, John P., Spooner, John Pitcher., Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916., Continent Stereoscopic Company., E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm), E. P. Best & Company., Keystone View Company., Thomas Houseworth & Co., and Underwood & Underwood.
Subject (Topic):
Cities and towns, Photographers, Photography, History, and Photography, Stereoscopic
This collection includes more than 6,500 examples of stereoscopic photography, chiefly stereographs, that represent sites in California, as well as the work of Californian photographers and publishers, circa 1844-1986, which Peter E. Palmquist collect...
Description:
Peter Eric Palmquist (1931-2003) of Arcata, California, was a prolific historian of photography who collected historical and contemporary photographs and research materials about photographers.
Subject (Geographic):
California and California.
Subject (Name):
Bierstadt, Charles, 1819-1903., Hazeltine, M. M. 1827-1903. (Martin Mason),, Ingersoll, T. W. 1862-1922. (Truman Ward),, Palmquist, Peter E., Pond, C. L. 1832-1891. (Charles L.),, Reilly, John James, 1838-1894., Soule, John P., Spooner, John Pitcher., Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916., Continent Stereoscopic Company., E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm), E. P. Best & Company., Keystone View Company., Thomas Houseworth & Co., and Underwood & Underwood.
Subject (Topic):
Cities and towns, Photographers, Photography, History, and Photography, Stereoscopic
This collection includes more than 6,500 examples of stereoscopic photography, chiefly stereographs, that represent sites in California, as well as the work of Californian photographers and publishers, circa 1844-1986, which Peter E. Palmquist collect...
Description:
Peter Eric Palmquist (1931-2003) of Arcata, California, was a prolific historian of photography who collected historical and contemporary photographs and research materials about photographers.
Subject (Geographic):
California and California.
Subject (Name):
Bierstadt, Charles, 1819-1903., Hazeltine, M. M. 1827-1903. (Martin Mason),, Ingersoll, T. W. 1862-1922. (Truman Ward),, Palmquist, Peter E., Pond, C. L. 1832-1891. (Charles L.),, Reilly, John James, 1838-1894., Soule, John P., Spooner, John Pitcher., Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916., Continent Stereoscopic Company., E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm), E. P. Best & Company., Keystone View Company., Thomas Houseworth & Co., and Underwood & Underwood.
Subject (Topic):
Cities and towns, Photographers, Photography, History, and Photography, Stereoscopic