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 carrying the Comanche, the Mendocino lumber region, geysers in Sonoma County, the Calaveras mammoth tree groves, scenes in the Sierra Nevada, including Lake Tahoe, and views of the Central Pacific Railroad
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., John Prince-Smith was a German political economist, the founder and leader of the German Free Trade Party., Edward Vischer was a pioneer merchant and artist in early California., Printed title page continues "This selection of Houseworth & Co.'s Photographic Views to John Prince Smith, Dedicated by Edward Vischer.", Manuscript captions on mounts, with manuscript numbers on the prints., and Gilt lettering on front cover: California John Prince-Smith.
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 Mount Rainier National Park. A few of the photographs are of campsites and the Burgermeisters themselves. Accompanied by a stereoscope slide viewer made in Dresden, Germany
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., Accompanied by a container list., Albums, slides, and viewer stored in 6 boxes., Some slides captioned, all views identified after the Burgermeister's death by Oliver Kehrlein, a mountaineer-photographer., and Photograph albums labeled "B" and "C". List for album "A" created by Oliver Kehrlein in 1957, but album not present at time of acquisition.
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 Mount Rainier National Park. A few of the photographs are of campsites and the Burgermeisters themselves. Accompanied by a stereoscope slide viewer made in Dresden, Germany
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., Accompanied by a container list., Albums, slides, and viewer stored in 6 boxes., Some slides captioned, all views identified after the Burgermeister's death by Oliver Kehrlein, a mountaineer-photographer., and Photograph albums labeled "B" and "C". List for album "A" created by Oliver Kehrlein in 1957, but album not present at time of acquisition.
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 Mount Rainier National Park. A few of the photographs are of campsites and the Burgermeisters themselves. Accompanied by a stereoscope slide viewer made in Dresden, Germany
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., Accompanied by a container list., Albums, slides, and viewer stored in 6 boxes., Some slides captioned, all views identified after the Burgermeister's death by Oliver Kehrlein, a mountaineer-photographer., and Photograph albums labeled "B" and "C". List for album "A" created by Oliver Kehrlein in 1957, but album not present at time of acquisition.
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.
Photographs of California, Oregon, and Arizona, including views in San Francisco of the Palace Hotel, the residence of Mrs. Mark Hopkins, Golden Gate Park, Cliff House, Sutro Heights, the Seal Rocks, and the New City Hall, and views of Lake Tahoe, Santa Monica, Monterey, and San Gabriel. In Yosemite, the Nevada Fall, the Cathedral Rocks and Spires, Half Dome, and the Upper Geyser Basin are all depicted. Views in Oregon and Arizona include Indian Block Houses on the Upper Cascades of the Columbia River, and a desert scene with a group of cacti
Description:
Accompanied by a box list. and Advertisement on verso of some mounts for Watkins' Portrait and Landscape Photography. Manuscript captions on verso of some mounts.
Publisher:
Watkins
Subject (Geographic):
Yosemite National Park (Calif.), San Francisco (Calif.), California, and Columbia River
