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Lot 276
Sale 926 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Aug 20, 2021
10:00AM ET
Online / Cincinnati
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$200 -
400
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$188
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Lot Description
[CALIFORNIA]. A ca 1895-1900 album with images of California missions and tourist destinations, as well as images of central and northern California, comprising:
Photograph album, Obl. 6 x 8 in. Covers suede with burned outlines of “San Gabriel Mission.” 73 images include the Cawston Ostrich Farm, Pillsbury; Sacramento River; Willamette Falls; Castle Crags; Mount Shasta; Muir’s Buttes; Sea Lions on Seal Rocks near Cliff House, San Francisco, Cal.; Cliff House and Seal Rocks from Parapet, Sutro Heights; monument to Junipero Serra; Hotel del Monte; first brick house built in Calif.; more. Sizes range from 3.25 x 3.25 to 5 x 7 in.
Photo 5.25 x 7 in. Men on horses with pack mules. On verso “Tejon Ranch, 1896.”
Two 5 x 7 in. images. One with “Chinese Camp / Catholic Church” on verso. Second with “Old China Store - 1854” on verso.
Single page of Businesses in Columbia, Tolumne Co., Cal., 5 x 8 in.
Two stereoviews: Yosemite Falls, E. & H.T. Anthony, NY and Mirror Lake, Yosemite, Cal., Killurn Brothers, Littleton, N.H.
Redwood Forrest del Norte Co. 4.5 x 7.75 in., not mounted on card.
Group of five images, 7.5 x 17.75 in. Consignor’s note indicates “These are from original panoramic negatives by Forbes and Frachen (1905-1945). Bodie, Ca. Printed on Velox paper”
Another from the same group, Bodie, Calif. with stamp on back that the original photo form Death Valley Museum, Held in fireproof storage by Chalfant Press, Bishop, Ca.
Another single print on Velox from the same negatives, Bodie, Calif.
HUTH, Hans. Yosemite: The Story of an Idea. 1864-1964 Yosemite centennial. Reprinted from the Sierra Club Bulletin, March 1948. 8vo, printed wraps, 38 unnumb. Pp.
Photo on cardstock mount, noted on verso: “Young Brothers Resort Bijou. So. Lake Tahoe.” Several large 1930s vehicles in the parking lot.
Covered bridge, identified as being in Santa Cruz, CA.
Sheet with four images of California towns, “Courtesy Wells Fargo Bank Historical Collection.” Volcano, CA; Placerville, CA; Coloma, CA; and Auburn, CA – Chinese Section.
Two pages from photo album with about 17 smaller images affixed to pages.
Other images include vineyards, orange orchard, abandoned towns. 15 images plus two stereoviews: Citrus Fair, 1881 (Payne, Stanton & Co.), and Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley (U & U).
Album with 73 images plus 5 others.
Album with 73 images plus 5 others.








