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1. A typical Japanese feudal castle has been erected on Treasure island at the cost of 500,000 yen by the Japanese government
- Published / Created:
- [1939]
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS 734
- Collection Title:
- Golden Gate international exposition
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Description:
- Caption in English and Japanese.
- Subject (Geographic):
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- Subject (Name):
- Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.)
- Subject (Topic):
- Worlds fairs--California--San Francisco--1939-1940
- Collection Created:
- San Francisco : Japanese Committee for the Golden Gate International Expositionate, 1939]
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A typical Japanese feudal castle has been erected on Treasure island at the cost of 500,000 yen by the Japanese government
2. Mammoth-plate photographs of California [graphic].
- Creator:
- Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
- Published / Created:
- 1861-1868.
- Call Number:
- WA Photos Folio 19
- Image Count:
- 5
- Abstract:
- 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 Falls, and panoramic views of the entire Yosemite Valley, from both Glacier Point and Inspiration Point. There are also views of San Francisco showing the harbour, of the New Almaden Mine, and one view of Mt. Shasta in Siskiyou County
- 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 Survey, and in 1870 was the official photographer for King's Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel., Manuscript or letterpress captions on mounts, some with numbers. Additional titles supplied, when necessary, in brackets on mount versos., and Accompanied by a box list.
- Subject (Geographic):
- California, Yosemite Valley (Calif.), and San Francisco (Calif.)
- Subject (Name):
- New Almaden Quicksilver Mines (Calif.)
- Subject (Topic):
- Mineral industries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Mammoth-plate photographs of California [graphic].
3. Photographs of the Golden Gate International Exposition
- Creator:
- Heller, Alfred E., collector
- Published / Created:
- 1938-1940.
- Call Number:
- WA Photos 482
- Image Count:
- 20
- Abstract:
- Photographs by chiefly unidentified photographers that document the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco, California, 1938-1940. Images include views of Brazil Building, Court of Pacifica, Court of Reflections, Japan Pavilion, Mission Trails Building, Pacific House, Peru Building, Rainbow Fountain in the Court of Flowers, San Francisco Building, Temple Compound, Tower of the Sun, and Triumphal Arch. A few snapshots document activities at the fair by an unidentified tourist, August 26-September 1, 1940. The collection also includes copy photographs of preparatory drawings and models for some of the exhibition buildings. Photographers identified in the collection include images of the Westinghouse Exhibit by Gabriel Moulin and a view of the Tower of the Sun by Fred Meyer and Identified portraits include Zoe Dell Lantis, a mascot for the exhibition, as well as her colleagues, including Doris Hillers, Aileen Poole, and Tanya Widrin. There is also a view of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his entourage riding in an automobile and passing Golden Gate International Exposition construction workers in July 1938
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Subject (Geographic):
- California, San Francisco, and San Francisco (Calif.)
- Subject (Name):
- Heller, Alfred E., Hillers, Doris., Nutter, Zoe Dell Lantis., Poole, Aileen., Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945 (Franklin Delano),, Sheedy, Tatiana Widrin, 1920-2007., and Golden Gate International Exposition
- Subject (Topic):
- Exhibitions and Fairs
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Photographs of the Golden Gate International Exposition
4. Photographs of the San Francisco earthquake [graphic].
- Creator:
- Pillsbury Picture Company
- Published / Created:
- 1906.
- Call Number:
- WA Photos 146
- Image Count:
- 3
- Abstract:
- Panoramic views of San Francisco after the earthquake of 1906, including views of the ruins of Nob Hill, City Hall, and the Post Office, and of relief efforts in the city
- Description:
- Numbers, captions, and copyright inscribed in prints.
- Publisher:
- Pillsbury Picture Co.
- Subject (Geographic):
- California, San Francisco, and San Francisco (Calif.)
- Subject (Topic):
- Earthquakes and Earthquake and fire, 1906
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Photographs of the San Francisco earthquake [graphic].
5. The Panama-Pacific International Exposition illustrated in color : official publication
- Creator:
- Panama-Pacific International Exposition Company
- Published / Created:
- 1915.
- Call Number:
- Zc72 915pa 19
- Image Count:
- 2
- Description:
- BEIN Zc72 915pa 18: Original illustrated wrappers. From the library of Alfred Heller. and BEIN Zc72 915pa 19: Original illustrated wrappers. From the library of Peter E. Palmquist.
- Publisher:
- Robert A. Reid
- Subject (Geographic):
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- Subject (Name):
- Panama-Pacific International Exposition
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Panama-Pacific International Exposition illustrated in color : official publication
6. The Taber photographic album of principal business houses, residences & persons
- Creator:
- Taber, I. W. (Isaiah West), 1830-1912
- Published / Created:
- 1880.
- Call Number:
- WA Photos 266
- Image Count:
- 3
- Abstract:
- Taber photographs mounted on pages of advertisements for San Francisco businesses. Most of the photographs depict the outside of the business building (including a view of Taber's studio). There are also four portraits: Taber, John P. Jackson (President of the Post Publishing Company), A. Andrews (jeweller), and Emelie Melville. Three proprietors pose with their products or coworkers: Robert Samisch with his porcelain decorations, Mrs. W. P. Rutherford with her custom made corsets, and Robert F. Bunker with his butchers; in addition, there are two interior views: Bunker's pork packing counter, and Louis Dampf & Co.'s frame shop. There are also photographs of several illustrated lithographs for a winery and two breweries, a view of the bridge over Russian River at Healdsburg constructed by the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad, and part of an exhibit of Pacific Saw Manufacturing Co. at the Fourteenth Industrial Exhibition
- Description:
- I. W. Taber, San Francisco photographer., Photographs on 40 leaves, with 12 stubs of leaves present, presumably for 12 additional leaves no longer present. Album also has one preliminary page., Title stamped in gilt on front and back cover., and Bound in half leather.
- Publisher:
- I. W. Taber
- Subject (Geographic):
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- Subject (Name):
- Taber, I. West
- Subject (Topic):
- Commerce and Buildings, structures, etc
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Taber photographic album of principal business houses, residences & persons
