American Historical Ephemera & Photography

LAWRENCE & HOUSEWORTH, photographers. Friday’s Station, Lake Valley near Stateline, Nevada. San Francisco: ca 1865. Stereoview No. 220 (images torn from mount, loss to top and right/left edges of images, spotting; corner and edge wear to mount, surface loss to mount verso). The station, built for the Pony Express is near Stateline, NV. “California” with copyright information for Lawrence & Houseworth printed on the front margins. “Photographed And Published Lawrence & Houseworth, Opticians, Importers of Stereoscopic Goods, ETC., ETC., 317 & 319 Montgomery St., San Francisco” printed on the verso., Mautz pg. 111.

[With]: HOUSEWORTH, Thomas & Co. Polley’s Station Crystal Lake. San Francisco: ca 1867. Stereoview No. 829 (some surface soiling; edge and corner wear to mount). Image showing Polley’s station at Dutch Flat on the Donner Wagon Road. "Central Pacific Railroad. / Thomas Houseworth & Co. Photographers, 9 Montgomery Street, under Lick House, San Francisco, Cal.” printed on the front margins. Mautz pg. 111. 

[With]: HOUSEWORTH, Thomas. Snow Sheds Below Cisco – Exterior by Thomas Houseworth & Co. San Francisco: ca 1872. Stereoview No. 1298 (some toning, few spots; some corner and edge wear to mount). With "Thomas Houseworth & Co. No. 9 Montgomery Street, (under Lick House), S.F. Photographs made to order," printed on the front margins. Mautz pg. 111.

[With:] POND, C.L., photographer. Snow Sheds Summit Sierra Nevada Mts. C.P.R.R. Buffalo, NY: 1870. Stereoview No. 665 (toning, some spotting; some edge and corner wear to mount). “American Scenery Photographed By C.L. Pond, Buffalo, N.Y.” printed on the front margins. Mautz pg. 133.

[With:] REILLY, John James, photographer. Golden Gate, San Francisco, Cal. Marysville, CA: ca 1880. Stereoview No. 123 showing the view from Telegraph Hill (toning, soiling to view; corner and edge wear to mount, some staining to mount, light vertical crease through center of mount). “J.J. Reilly Marysville, Cal. Views Of American Scenery” printed on the margins. Mautz pg. 135.

[With:] [TABER, Isaiah West, photographer]. [Seal Rocks Near Cliff House, San Francisco]. Ca 1880 (some corner and edge wear to mount). Mautz pg. 147. --

[With:] Works and Son Sculpture Studio [also knows as Sun Sculpture Works Studio]. Busy Market Street of the City of the Golden Gate. San Francisco, California. New York: Underwood & Underwood, 1901. Curved Stereoview No. (49) 5949. Crowded San Francisco street with store names and advertising on buildings.  Studio and publisher information on the front margins. Detailed description of the view on the verso. Title of the photograph listed in five languages. Mautz pg. 262.

[With:] SINGLEY, B.L., photographer. Cliff House and Seal Rocks, San Francisco, Cal., U.S.A. St. Louis, MO: Keystone View Company, 1901. Stereoview No. 5048. Keystone View Company information printed on the front margins. Detailed description of the view on the verso. Title listed in six languages. 

[Also with:] CURTIS, George E., photographer. Bridge to Luna Island – Winter. Niagara Falls, NY: ca 1880. Stereoview No. 139 of the site near Niagara Fall, NY (image has lightened; light corner and edge wear to mount). “George E. Curtis Photographer, Niagara Falls, NY” printed on front margins.

 
Together, 9 stereoviews, 6 1/8 x 3 1/4 in. on cardstock mounts.