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California Geological Survey photographs
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Photographs from the McDowell expedition of Arizona territory
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Consists of eighteen photographs of the Arizona landscape and indigenous people taken by Charles H. Brinley. Subjects include Santa Maria, Prescott, Sierra Prieta, Granite Mountain, Mojave peoples, Fort Mojave, Tonto Spring, and various expedition lodgings.
photPF 160-177
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Hayden Geological Survey photograph album
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A photographic album with 78 "Albertype" prints of photographs taken by William Henry Jackson in the American West during the Hayden Geological Surveys in 1871 and 1872. Photographs show landscapes of rivers, Yellowstone Lake, mountains, and hot springs, mostly in Yellowstone National Park, in what is now Wyoming. The last 20 plates are labeled "Hot Spring Series", and show springs, fissures, craters, and cones in the Yellowstone area. The images are Albertype or collotype prints (a photomechanical printing process) produced from Jackson's photographs by Edward Bierstadt.
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John Southworth photographs of Jayhawker Spring, Death Valley
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A group of 10 photographs of sites in Jayhawker Spring, Death Valley, California, taken by John Southworth in 1976. The snapshots show markings on Inscription Rock from many angles, including petroglyphs and the initials of Jayhawker party member William Rood, dated 1849. There are also views of spring water sources and the surrounding canyon. The photographs have detailed captions on the back by Southworth.
photPF 26020
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Album of photographs of a trip in the American West and Lake Mohonk, New York
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An album with 58 commercial photographs of various scenic locations in the American West and New York, chiefly containing 1-2 images per page. Locations consist of: Colorado (pages 1-8); Utah (pages 9-11); California including Lake Tahoe (page 12), San Francisco including Chinatown (page 13); Oakland (page 14), Berkeley (page 15), the Hotel Del Monte in Monterey, California (page 16); Geyser Canyon in Sonoma County (page 17), Yosemite (pages 19-27), and Mariposa Grove (pages 28-29); the mountains of Mount Shasta and Mount Tacoma (page 30) and Mount Hood (page 31); Yellowstone (pages 32-40); and Mohonk Lake, New York (pages 41-46). Views of Yosemite show El Capitan, Cathedral Spires, Royal Arches, Mirror Lake, Bridal Veil Falls, Vernal Falls, Nevada Falls, and Glacier Point. Views of Yellowstone show Mammoth Springs Hotel, Minerva Terrace, Golden Gate Canyon, Obsidian Cliffs, Hell's Half Acre, Morning Glory Spring, Old Faithful, Splendid Geyser, Sulphur Mountain, Lower Falls, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, and the Grand Canyon Hotel. Views in Colorado include Manitou Springs, the Garden of the Gods, Denver, Georgetown, Curecanti Needle, and the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas. Most of the Utah photographs are the work of C. R. Savage, some of the Colorado photographs are by William Henry Jackson, some of the Yellowstone photographs are by F. Jay Haynes, the Oregon photographs are by Isaac Grundy Davidson, the Tahoe Photographs are by R. J. Waters, and most of the rest are by I. W. Taber.
photCL 158
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Photographs of Pasadena, California
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Consists of nine photographs. photPF 370 contains two cuttings from the Pasadena Star News depicting the intersection of Marengo and Colorado streets, in 1885(?) and 1925(?). These images are also accompanied by annotations and a short handwritten account of land pricing at this intersection in the 1880s. Other subjects include the former Villa Street Reservoir, various floats from the 1900(?) Rose Parade, a chariot race in Tournament Park, and a photo fo an unidentified man by the falls in Eaton Canyon.
photPF 370-379
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Meteorological observations in the field
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Inside front cover reads, Geographical explorations and surveys west of the 100th meridian. Volume includes meteorological survey data from camps in the Southern California area, including Cucamonga, Lytle Creek, Mohave River, Cave Mountain, Soda Lake, France Springs, Crossmans Spring, Cottonwood Island,and Colorado River.
mssHM 84400