Emil Burgermeister mountaineering views of California and Washington
Container / Volume:
Box 3
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
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.
Description:
Geographic views identified after the Burgermeister's death by Oliver Kehrlein, a mountaineer-photographer.
Subject (Geographic):
California--Pictorial works, United States--West (U.S.), Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--Pictorial works, and Yosemite Valley (Calif.)--Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Burgermeister, Frances, 1881-1942
Subject (Topic):
Landscape photography--United States, Mountaineering--West (U.S.)--Pictorial works, Mountains, and National parks and reserves--United States--Pictorial works
Bound photograph album kept by an unidentified amateur photographer depicting a trip made to Texas and California via railroad from January to March 1893. The album opens with views of Washington, D.C., West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, and Mississippi and includes 23 photographs of sites in New Orleans. In Texas there are views of a limestone quarry in Kerrville; buildings in San Antonio, including the Alamo; and Missions San José and San Juan. In California there are views of public buildings in Los Angeles and Pasadena; Missions San Gabriel, San Fernando and Santa Barbara; agriculture in Covina and Riverside; and wharves at Redondo and San Pedro.
Description:
Manuscript captions on mounts. and Purchased from Charles B. Wood III on the Thomas W. Streeter Fund, 1998.
Subject (Geographic):
Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)--Pictorial works, California--Pictorial works, Covina (Calif.)--Pictorial works, Kerrville (Tex.)--Pictorial works, Los Angeles (Calif.)--Pictorial works, New Orleans (La.)--Pictorial works, Pasadena (Calif.)--Pictorial works, Redondo Beach (Calif.)--Pictorial works, Riverside (Calif.)--Pictorial works, San Antonio (Tex.)--Pictorial works, San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Pictorial works, and Texas--Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel, Calif.), Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo (San Antonio, Tex.)--Pictorial works, San Fernando Mission (Calif.)--Pictorial works, and Santa Barbara Mission--Pictorial works
