Viewbook of mounted photographic prints compiled by the George W. Williams & Company, fertilizer merchants, ca. 1869. A photographic print appears on the recto of each mount that depicts an advertisement for Carolina Fertilizer with a letterpress testimonial below it. The verso of each mount carries a photographic print of an image created by Andrew J. Russell. The exception is the last mount, which carries a photographic advertisement for BD Sea Fowl Guano on the recto of the mount and no photographic print on the verso. The images by Russell document landscape views and buildings along the Union Pacific Railroad in Nebraska, Wyoming, and Utah, ca. 1867-1869. Many images of landscapes include men and women posited in the terrain to provide scale, An image shows a view of Echo, Utah, as well as rock outcroppings in its vicinity, including Hanging Rock, Monument Rock, and Sphinx Rock, Images of locations in the Weber River Valley, Utah, include views of Coalville city, Devil's Gate, Tunnel No. 4, Bridge No. 32, and of the Mormon Turnpike Bridge at the mouth of the canyon, Images of Wyoming include views of a large windmill at Laramie; Granite Canyon from a water tank; High Bluffs in the Black Buttes area; and an overview of the Laramie River Valley, as well as railroad cuts consisting of the Burning Rock Cut and Hall's Cut (identified in a caption as the Great Mountain Pass)., An image of Omaha, Nebraska, shows a street leading to the Missouri River, An image shows a group of people during the laying of the last rail connecting the Union Pacific Railroad and Central Pacific Railroad on May 10, 1869, near Promontory, Utah, and Sixteen plates without mounted photographic prints in the volume contain graphical advertisements for the products of the George W. Williams Company including BD Sea Fowl Guano, Bradley's Super Phosphate of Lime, C. C. Coe's Ammoniated Super Phosphate of Lime, Carolina Fertilizer, and Palmetto Soluble Acid Phosphate, as well as powdered raw bones and dissolved unburnt bones
Description:
Title from cover., Autograph on front board of Frank E. Taylor., Twenty photographs of the west are reduced images from Andrew J. Russell's, The Great West illustrated . . . New York, 1869., and Photographic prints measure 13 x 7 cm.
Publisher:
s.n.
Subject (Geographic):
United States., West (U.S.), Coalville (Utah), Echo (Utah), Laramie (Wyo.), Missouri River, Nebraska, Omaha (Neb.), Salt Lake City (Utah), Utah, Weber River Valley (Utah), and Wyoming
Subject (Name):
Russell, Andrew J., Williams, George Walton, 1820-1903., Young, Brigham, 1801-1877, Beehive House (Salt Lake City, Utah), Central Pacific Railroad Company, Lion House (Salt Lake City, Utah), Tabernacle (Salt Lake City, Utah), and Union Pacific Railroad Company
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Advertising, Agriculture, Fertilizer industry, and Railroads
Album of photographs distributed by Wigan, Richardson and Company, hop merchants headquartered in London, Great Britain, with photographs created by the Parker Studio, Salem, Oregon, documenting the activities of the Wigrich Ranche (sic.), a hops farm in the locality of Wigrich in the vicinity of Independence, Oregon, ca. 1910. The images consist primarily of exterior and interior views of structures, the fields, and surrounding area, in addition to images that depict pickers, Identified portraits include a studio portrait of Major W. Lewis Rose, manager of the farm, and informal portraits of Rose with his wife and daughter in front of the main residence, Exterior views of structures include drying kilns, storage sheds, the office of the yard boss, bakery, restaurant, grocery store, dance hall, and blacksmith shop, and usually include individuals involved with their operation, Additional exterior views of the farm include a newly planted orchard, plants during harvest, plants damaged by heavy windstorms, a pile of baskets used in harvesting, bales of hops en route to warehouse storage, loading bales on a train at the Wigrich railroad stop, a load of harvested hops in canvas sacks on a horse drawn wagon, trains loaded with hops for transport, a group of horses used in operating the farm, a loganberry patch, the removal of tree stumps using explosives, and images of livestock on the farm consisting of Jersey and Durham cows, and Poland Chinese and Duroc Jersey boars. Other exterior views show the Willamette River and the boundary of the ranch, Interior views of structures include a furnace room of a drying kiln, a tram car loaded with hops entering a kiln, men examining the hops harvest, hops stored in a warehouse, and men preparing bread in the bakery, and Images of workers involved in the hops harvest include group portraits of workers in the fields, a view of a tent camp, workers waiting for mail delivery at the post office in the grocery store, and workers leaving the ranch after harvest via automobile and train. An image shows Armenian workers of the Arslanian Brothers Contracting Company training newly established vines in a field
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Imprinted text on cover, "The Wigrich Ranche, Indpendence, Ore., U.S.A.", and "Messers. Wigan, Richardson, & Co., Hop Merchants, [London]"., and Typescript captions on mounts below each photographic print.
Subject (Geographic):
Oregon, Oregon., Independence (Or.), Wigrich (Or.), and Willamette River Valley (Or.)
Subject (Name):
Rose, W. Lewis., Arslanian Brothers Contracting Company., Parker Studio (Salem. Or.), and Wigan, Richardson and Company.
Subject (Topic):
Agriculture, Agricultural laborers, Armenians, and Hops
Photographic postcards of farm buildings, stock, the Murphey family, and farming scenes, apparently gathered and captioned for promotional purposes
Description:
The Murphey farm was owned by Mary P. Murphey of Houston, Texas, located 3/4 of a mile north of Stafford, Fort Bend County, Texas. Crops included corn, alfalfa, cotton, and hay. and Manuscript captions on verso and/or at bottom of image.
