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Thursday, March 18, 1999
63. Jackson, William Henry. Upper Fire Hole, from Old Faithful. Albumen photograph. Captioned in the negative. 9x12-3/4, on original mount, with lithographed imprint "Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories, Prof. F.V. Hayden in Charge" in top margin, "W.H. Jackson, Photo." below left edge of image.
[Washington: c.1871]
Nice image of the bubbling terraced cauldron, with several geysers spewing in the distance. Just slight darkening to mount edges, image near fine with just minor fading to edges.
(300/500)
JACKSON PHOTOGRAPHS THE MISSIONS
64. Jackson, William Henry. Series of thirty-nine albumen photographs of California Missions. Images 7x9-1/2 on original black card mounts, captioned & with "W.H.J. & Co." in the neagatives. Denver: c.1885-90
Important series of photographs of California's crumbling missions, containing one or more images of following missions: San Antonio, San Miguel, Santa Ynez, Santa Barbara, San Diego, San Juan, Delorew, San Carlos, San Gabriel, San Juan Capistrano, San Luis Rey, and San Fernando. Jackson traveled far beyond his Denver base in the latter years of the nineteenth century. As he notes in his autobiography, Time Exposure, "As time went on, I found my pictures for the Denver & Rio Grande [Railroad] paying big dividends. Other roads asked me to photograph their routes, and I could now take my pick from year to year. Hotels were also beginning to understand the value of advertising their scenic attractions; and between 1885 and 1892 I carried my camera into every corner of the land, as well as through Canada. In the summers I covered such sections as the Gaspé, the Yellowstone, Colorado, upper New York, and the White Mountains. After cold weather set in I found myself busy in Mexico or California or Louisiana or Florida...." The images in the present set include both interior and exterior views (mostly the latter), with good detail of the architecture. A few with minor fading, generally fine, set in modern folding linen box.
(8000/12,000)
65. (Japanese) Album of 48 hand-colored albumen photographs mounted on both sides of 24 leaves of card stock, formerly accordian style, now disbound so all leaves are separate, with original gilt-pictorial laquered wooden boards with 2 ivory insets. Images approx. 3-1/2x5-1/4, leaves 6x7-1/2.
Japan: c.1880's
Nice selection of the landscape, architecture and people of Japan. Images generally in very good condition. (200/300)
66. (Logging) Four cabinet size photographs of logging scenes in Eureka: Three men standing by a large, cuttable trunk, with imprint of the Wunderlich Bros. on reverse; Railroad train with huge logs on the flatbed cars, people standing atop them and at the side, including women in dresses, with imprint of Freese & Fetrour in lower margin, legend "Redwood Views"; Seven men standing by a giant felled tree trunk, implements of destruction at hand, with imprint of Freese & Fetrour in lower margin, "Elk River" in the negative; A horsedrawn carriage, seat empty, parked in front of a giant tree trunk, with imprint of Freese & Fetrour in lower margin, "Redwood on Elk River" in the negative. * Large silver photograph of a grove of sequoias with a man on horseback, on verso is rubberstamp of Giant Forest Studio, Lindley Eddy, Photographer, Ranger, Tulare Co., Cal. 10-1/2x13-1/2. * Panoramic silver photograph of Eureka, imprint of J.A. Meiser in the negative, on original mount. 3x11. * Plus a halftone of a Kinsey print of a giant trunk partially cut; a photographic postcard of two men lying in an undercut tree trunk, tempting fates; and a photographic postcard of Eureka from the air. Together, 9 images.
Various places: various dates
Very good or better condition. (100/150)
67. (Logging) Nine silver photographs of logging scenes in northern California. Two signed in the negative by J[esse] A. Meiser. Images approx. 6x8 or reverse, on original mounts.
[Eureka: c.1908]
Views of Big Trees standing and fallen, with on views of a man on horseback in a giant hole in the base of a felled trunk. All in fine condition. (150/250)
68. (Logging) Three albumen photographs of logging in northern California, 2 with the imprint of J.P. Wunderlich on the reverse, the other with rubberstamp of Peter Fassoli in the lower right margin. Images 4-1/2x7, on original mounts.
Eureka: c.1890
Strong men moving big logs, as the old growth forests are laid to ruin. Some fading to images; 1 with repair at top right corner, else very good. (80/120)
69. McDonald, A.J. Cliff House & Seal Rock, S.F. *Sea Lions, Seal Rock, Pacific Ocean, Near Cliff House, San Francisco, Cal.*Beach, Cliff House & Seal. Together, 3 albumen photographs. Images approx. 4-1/2x7-1/4, on original mounts.
San Francisco: c.1890
Very good to fine condition. (100/150)
70. McDonald, A.J. Fort Point & Golden Gate, S.F. (Slight foxing mostly in margins.) * Conservatory, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Cal. * Life in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Cal. * Golden Gate Park, Showing Garfield Monument, San Francisco, Cal. * Untitled photograph of a busy intersection on San Francisco's Market Street, with several cable cars and trolleys, the Chronicle building prominent, with its giant clock. Together, 5 albumen photographs. Images approx. 4-1/2x7-1/4, on original mounts. San Francisco: c.1890
Very good to fine condition. (150/250)
71. (Mendocino, Cal.) Albumen photograph of the small train station in Mendocino, a train at the side, 8 men standing on the porch and a 9th seated petting his dog. 4-3/4x8, on original mount with imprint of Ira C. Perry, Mendocino City, Cal., on the reverse. Mendocino: c.1885
Visible is the sign for the Western Union Telegraph Office and part of that of E.T. Eagar, Conveyancer. Just a little fading, very good. (100/150)
MUYBRIDGE MAMMOTH PLATES
OF YOSEMITE VALLEY
72. Muybridge, Eadweard. Cloud's Rest, - Valley of the Yosemite. From Panorama Rock. No. 40. Albumen photograph. 16-3/4x21-1/4, on original mount with title, photographer credit & publisher's imprint printed in lower margin.
San Francisco: Bradley & Rulofson, c.1872
Dramatic mammoth plate photogaph of the Yosemite Valley featuring Nevada Fall and Mt. Broderick. Muybridge's splendid photographs of Yosemite were considered by many, from an artistic viewpoint, to be superior to those of Carleton Watkins. Lower right corner of the mount chipped with paper repair; image with just a little fading in the distance, else near fine.
(2000/3000)
73. Muybridge, Eadweard. Sylvan Bar, - Valley of the Yosemite. No. 16. Albumen photograph. 16-3/4x21-1/4, on original mount with title, photographer credit & publisher's imprint printed in lower margin.
San Francisco: Bradley & Rulofson, c.1872
The Merced River winds its way through the trees of the Yosemite Valley floor. Lower right corner of the mount chipped with paper repair; image with just a little fading in the distance, else near fine. (1500/2500)
74. (Nevada) Albumen photograph of a small settlement consisting mostly of small ramshackle log cabins surrounded by fenced paddocks, a larger brick building at the center; barren hills on the reverse. 9x11-1/4, on apparently later mount.
No place: c.1900
Possibly an Indian reservation, with a man and two girls, apparently Native Americans, standing in fore-ground. Rubberstamp of Grahame Hardy, Oakland, California, on reverse. A little fading & rubbing to image, very good. (100/150)
75. Ord, Edward Otho Cresap. Albumen cabinet card photograph portrait of Ord in general's uniform. 7-1/2x4-3/4. No place: c.1860's
Ord came to California with Halleck and Sherman in 1847, helped maintain order in California during the period of the conquest, and in the 1850's participated in the U.S. Coast Survey's mapping of the California coast; ha later served with distinction in the Civil War. Written in ink at lower part of image, "Gen'l E.O.C. Ord U.S. Army," possibly a signature. Card clipped at top & bottom; some fading & soiling to image, else very good.
(100/150)
OROTONE OF NATIVE
AMERICAN FAMILY
76. (Orotone) Glass orotone of a family of Indians in front of their tepee, consisting of three women or girls and two young men standing, and an older man on horseback. Signed Phillip Gibbs in the negative. 11x13-3/4, unframed.
No place: c.1920's
Splendid view of an Indian family, dressed to the hilt in both traditional and non-traditional clothing, the tepee seems to be made of striped cloth. The orotone process, in which a photograph is printed on glass coated with a silver solution and then backed with gold, was made popular by Edward S. Curtis and other artists in the early part of the twentieth century, with Native Americans being among the most prevelant subjects. A few tiny scratches, else fine. (2500/4000)
77. (Overland by Wheelbarrow) Albumen photograph of a man and a laden wheelbarrow, on the side of which is lettered "From San Francisco, Cal., to New York City"; an American flag flies from the from the front of the barrow, a faithful dog lies beside it. In studio setting. On original card mount with imprint of Ehmann, 111 Fourth Street, near Mission, San Francisco. Image 4x5-3/4.
San Francisco: c.1895
There is no record as to whether the trip was ever completed, or even seriously attempted. A little fading, near fine. (50/80)
78. (Rialto, California) Orange Grove "One Year" Rialto Calif.*Rialto Vineyard Calif. Together, 2 albumen photographs, on original card mounts with imprint of J. Best & W. Leach, World's Fair Photographers. No place: c.1890
First with a little fading, both very good.
(80/120)
F.A. RINEHART INDIAN PORTRAITS
79. Rinehart, F[rank] A. Chief Goes to War (Sioux). Silver [or platinum?] photograph, titled, signed, dated & numbered 762 in the negative. 9-1/4x7-1/4. Omaha: 1898
Near fine. (300/500)
80. Rinehart, F[rank] A. Gov. Diego Narango, Pueblo [Santa Clara]. Silver [or platinum?] photograph, titled, signed, dated & numbered 1123 in the negative. 9-1/4x7-1/4. Omaha: 1898
Small nick at upper right corner, else very good or better. (300/500)
81. Rinehart, F[rank] A. Poor Dog (Sioux). Silver [or platinum?] photograph, titled, signed, dated & numbered 714 in the negative. 9-1/4x7-1/4.
Omaha: 1898
Crease to lower left corner, else near fine. (300/500)
82. (San Bernardino) Albumen photograph of a lone house surrounded by trees and bushes. 4-1/2x7-1/2, on original card mount with imprint on the reverse of I.W. Wilson, Photographer, 573 Third Street, San Bernardino, Calif.
San Bernardino: 1883
Lightly penciled in the top margin: "3 years from the sage brush - by a London fool, June, 1883." Some fading, else very good. (80/120)
83. (San Francisco - Seal Rocks) Three albumen photographs of Seal Rock alongside the Cliff House, covered with the pesky amphibians, one a close-up view. With imprints of Runnels & Stateler, H.F. Rile, and A.J. McDonald.
San Francisco: c.1880-90
The close up image (by Rile) is a little soiled, else all very good or better. (100/150)
PHOTOGRAPHS OF THAI ARTIFACTS
84. (Siamese Artifacts) Album with approx. 122 albumen photographs of artfacts which seem to have originated in what is now Thailand, or perhaps Burma. Images approx. 4-1/2x6 or reverse, laid on heavy leaves in an album which is 11-3/4x9-1/2, red cloth dec. in gilt & colors.
No place: c.1880?
Splendid variety of items are shown, including small buddhas, decorative fans, brass pots, tea kettles, wall hangings, knives, statues of elephants, model boats, baskets, masks, etc. etc. Rubbing to the album covers; some images lifting from the leaves, a few with chips or tears, but most very good and unfaded, a fascinating selection. (300/500)
85. Soule, John P. Six stereo views of Yosemite Valley and the surrounding scenic viewpoints: Yosemite Fall (2634 feet high) from near Sentinel House, Boston Excursion Party; Mirror Lake and Mt. Watkins; So. Dome, Mt. Watkins, Cloud's Rest and Cathedral Peak, from Glacier Point; Vernal and Nevada Falls, from Glacier Point, Mt. Hoffman in distance; The Bridal Veil Fall, 940 feet high - Yo Semite Valley; and Ribbon Fall (1800 feet high) from the Valley. On yellow printed mounts. Boston: c.1870
Massachusetts photographer John P. Soule is most noted in California photographic history as providing the original photographs used to illustrate Samuel Kneeland's The Wonders of Yosemite Valley and California. It has long been questioned whether he took the photographs himself or merely purchased others' negatives; the presence of the Boston Excursion Party lends credence to the probability that he took the photographs himself. A few with minor spotting or fading, else in very good or better condition. (150/250)
LARGE COLLECTION OF STEREO VIEWS
86. (Stereo View - Alfred A. Hart) Views on the Central Pacific R.R. in California. No. 19. Trestle, opposite Auburn. Stereo view, on yellow mount, caption & imprint label on revers, along with a 2-cent revenue stamp.
New York: Whitney & Paradise, c.1865
Hart recorded the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad from California across the Sierra Nevada to Utah, where it joined the Union Pacific at Promontory. Fine condition.
(50/80)
87. (Stereo View - Eadweard Muybridge) State University Berkeley, College of Agriculture, West Front. Stereo view, on yellow mount, with imprint and caption on recto, additional imprint on verso.
San Francisco: Bradley & Rulofson, c.1875
A little toning to the image, stains to verso, else very good. (50/80)
88. (Stereo View - J.M. Hutchings) Stereo view portrait of Yosemite innkeeper and guide-book author J.M. Hutchings.
San Francisco: Thomas Houseworth, c.1880
Portrait of the distinguished looking Yosemite hotelier, bearded and balding, wearing a suit. Near fine. (100/150)
89. (Stereo View - M.M. Hazeltine) Grizzly Giant Cir. 101 ft. Stereo view, on red mount, with imprint and caption on recto.
[Yosemite: c.1876]
The gnarled base of the giant Sequoia, with two men standing. Some wear to mount edges, else very good. (50/80)
WATKINS PHOTOGRAPHS
THE PACIFIC COAST
90. (Stereo Views - Carleton E. Watkins) Seven stereo views: Sea Lions, West End, Farallone Islands, Pacific Ocean. (Small circular mar in the negative.) * Sea Lions, West End, Farallone Islands, P.O. (Closer view than preceding.) *At Woodward's Gardens, San Francisco. (showing several sea lions.) *The Fountain Under the Dome, Woodward's Gardens.*At the Cliff House, San Farncisco. *The Geyser Cañon, from near the Hotel, Sonoma Co., Cal. *Australian Fern. (at the Conservatory in Golden Gate Park?) The first 5 are from Watkins' Pacific Coast series, with his address at 26 or 22 & 26 Montgomery Street; the 6th is from the same series, with address at 429 Montgomery Street; the last is from Watkins' New Series, address at 427 Montgomery.
San Francisco: c.1875
Very good to fine condition. (150/250)
91. (Stereo Views - Carleton E. Watkins) Seven stereo views: Tutocanula Pass. Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, Cal. *Tutocanula, or El Capitan, 3600 feet, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, Cal.*Tutocanula, or El Capitan, 3600 feet, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, Cal. (Different view than preceding.) * Railroad below Cisco and Crystal Lake. (Some mildew staining to sky portion.) *Cathedral Spires, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, Cal. *Yosemite Falls, 2630 feet, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, Cal.*Pompompasos, or the Three Brothers, 4480 feet, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, Cal. All from Watkins' Pacific Coast series, with his address at 26 or 22 & 26 Montgomery Street, San Francisco.
San Francisco: c.1875
Very good to fine condition. (150/250)
92. (Stereo Views - Carleton E. Watkins) Seven stereo views: The Geyser Cañon, from near the Hotel, Sonoma Co., Cal. *Steamboat Geyser, Devil's Cañon, Geysers. *Shasta Peak and Glacier, Siskiyou Co., Cal. *Prospect Hill from Camp 21, 75 miles from Sacramento. *Crossing the Creek from the Geysers, Sonoma Co., Cal. *Cascades at Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe. * Natural Bridge from the Cliff, Santa Cruz, Cal. San Francisco: c.1875
Very good to fine condition. (150/250)
ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCENERY
93. (Stereo Views - Colorado) Group of 22 stereo views of Colorado and Rocky Mountain scenery, all with imprint of Joseph M. Collier on recto or verso, printed description on paper mounted on verso.
Central City, CO: c.1871-78
Born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in 1836, Joseph M. Collier arrived in Central City, Colorado in 1871, operating a studio there until 1878. Included in the lot are excellent views of Royal Gorge, camping grounds near Boulder, the Clear Creek region, Estes Park, etc. Very good or better condition.
(400/600)
94. (Stereo Views - Colorado) Group of 23 stereo views of Colorado and Rocky Mountain scenery, all with imprint of Joseph M. Collier on recto or verso, printed description on paper mounted on verso.
Central City, CO: c.1871-78
Includes six from the Cache-la-Poudre series, four from the Boulder series, five from the Manitou series, plus Clear Lake, Lions Leap, Glen Doe, the Grand River, etc. Very good or better condition. (400/600)
95. (Stereo Views - E. & H.T. Anthony) Three stereo views: Yosemite Falls, 2634 ft. high, from the Meadows. * Yosemite Falls, 2634 ft. high. Instantenous View. * Father of the Forest, 450 ft. long, 112 ft. in circumference, 37-1/2 feet in diameter.
New York: c.1870
Very good or better condition. (60/90)
96. (Stereo Views - Gustav Fagersteen) Three stereo views: Sentinal Rock. * Bridal Veil Fall. *Yosemite Falls; height, 2,634 feet. On mounts with Fagersteen's imprint and caption.
Yosemite Valley: c.1875
Some wear to mount corners, 1st with faded portion to right-hand image, else very good or better. (100/150)
97. (Stereo Views - Hydraulic Mining) Nine stereo views of hydraulic gold mining in California. With imprints of Thomas Houseworth, San Francisco (3); M.M. Hazeltine (4); and C.L. Pond (1); 1 with no imprint (this with wear & soiling). Various places: c.1870-80
As the easily gathered placer gold disappeared from California's streams, the hillsides were blasted away by the force of water and the gold gathered up from the drain off. The process, which caused irrevocable damage to the ecology of the hills and floods down in the lowlands, was banned in 1884. Last good, others in near fine to fine condition. (150/250)
98. (Stereo Views - Isaiah Taber) Six stereo views: Coast View, Mendocino County, California. * At the Cliff House, San Francisco. * At the Cliff House, Seal Rocks, San Francisco. * Mt. Shasta, view from the North-east, Siskiyou Co., Cal. * Cape Horn, near Celilo, Columbia River. * Mount Hood, from the Head of the Dalles. All part of the Pacific Coast Views series, on red mounts, with Taber's imprint and caption in margins. San Francisco: c.1885
Very good or better condition. (100/150)
99. (Stereo Views - Kilburn Bros.) Five stereo views. Cliff House, San Francisco. (Chips in lower margin.) * Golden Gate Park in it Glory, Happy is little Humanity, San Francisco, California.*Home in Menlo Park, California. *The Golden Gate, San Francisco. * Cliff House, San Francisco, Cal.
Littleton, N.H.: Kilburn Bros., c.1880's
Some soiling, very good or better condition.
(80/120)
100. (Stereo Views - Portland, OR) 4 stereo views of Portland, incl. a factory, a steamboat, children in front of their school house, and buildings on the far side of a railroad line. On yellow mounts, 1st 3 with imprints of Oliver Dennie on versos. Portland, OR: c.1870's
Soiled, good condition. (100/150)
101. (Stereo Views - Thomas Houseworth & Co.) Five stereo views: The Valley - 1,400 feet below Cape Horn. *C.P.R.R. Train Rounding Cape Horn. * Black Butte, from the Crystal Lake House, Placer County. (Fading to image.) *Witches' Cauldron and Devil's Pulpit, Sonoma County, Cal. *Looking Up the Cañon, above the Hotel, Sonoma County, Cal.*National Guard Armory - Union Squarte, Post Street. The first 3 are from the Central Pacific Railroad series; the next 2 from the Great Geyser Springs series; the last from the San Francisco series. San Francisco: c.1880
All in very good or better condition. (100/150)
102. (Stereo Views - Thomas Houseworth & Co.) Five stereo views: Big Tree Starr King; 326 feet high, 50 feet circumference, Calaveras County.*The Pioneer's Cabin, 32 feet in diameter; and Pluto's Chimney, Big Tree Grove, Calaveras County. *Nevada Fall, 700 Feet High, near view. * Yosemite Falls, 2,634 Feet High, from Glacier Point. *Section of the Big Tree, 30 feet in diameter, and House over the Stump... (Card soiled, caption & imprint somewhat difficult to read; image still nice.) The first 2 are from the Calaveras Big Trees series; the next 2 from Yosemite Valley series; the last San Francisco series.
San Francisco: c.1880
All in very good or better condition. (100/150)
103. (Stereo Views) 13 stereo views of San Francisco and the Bay Area, 4 of them from Keystone View Co.; 6 from Underwood & Underwood; 1 each from Griffith & Griffith, B.W. Berry, and H.C. White.
Various places: c.1890-1906
Includes several of the Cliff House, plus a ferry on the bay, crowded Market Street scene, Union Square, Chinatown, post-earthquake devastation, and one of a downed Big Tree with the 16th U.S. Cavalry atop it. Very good to fine condition. (100/150)
104. (Stereo Views) Eight stereo views of California scenes by various photographers: Andrew Price, Geyser Springs, Cal. Devil's Laboratory.* C. Bierstadt, Niagara Falls. Cliff House and Seal Rocks. * W.A. Bell, Santa Cruz. Untitled view of covered bridge across a stream, railroad tracks in foreground. * Anon. State Normal School, San Jose, Cal. * J. Pitcher Schooner, Stockton. At S. Dunham's, Farmington, Cal.* Nesemann, Marysville, Cal. Bank of California, San Francisco, Cal.* Warren, San Jose. Bird's Eye View of San Jose, Cal. Looking South from Dome of Court House.* Continent Stereoscopic Co., N.Y. "J" Street, Sacramento, California.
Various places: c.1865-1885
Generally very good condition, a few better.
(100/150)
105. (Stereo Views) Five stereo views from various publishers: Gold Bearing Pyramid, Gold Run, C.P.R.R. * Muir Rock, Farrallone Islands, California. From American Scenery. *Residence of Jo. Bailey Esq., O.R.R. Cascades, California. From Artistic Stereoscopic Views. * On the Tuolumne River, No. 2. No imprint. *Snow Sheds near Blue Canyon, C.P.R.R. From American Scenery.
Various places: c.1870-80
Very good or better condition. (100/150)
106. (Stereo Views) Seven stereo views: Palace Hotel, San Francisco. *San Francisco: Montgomery Street. *San Francisco - U.S. Branch Mint. * San Francisco. *The Cliff House & Environs, San Francisco. *Birds-eye View of San Francisco towards Nob H. * Untitled view of the Cliffhouse.
Various places: c.1870-80
Most with imprint "American Scenery." Generally very good condition.
(100/150)
107. (Stereo Views) Seven stereo views: Powell St. from Market, San Francisco. (Mount chipped to image edge at top.) *Road to the Cliff House, San Francisco. * Kallock's Temple. * Oakland Wharf, San Francisco.*Palace Hotel, San Francisco. *Palace Hotel, San Francisco. (interior view). *Woodward's Gardens, San Francisco. First 3 with imprint of Continent Stereoscope Co., N.Y., last 4 on yellow cards without imprints, but listing all the cities of the world of which views were published.
Various places: c.1880
Very good or better condition. (80/120)
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
IN THE SOUTH SEAS
108. (Stevenson, Robert Louis) Robert Louis Stevenson: Fifteen Photographs Taken in Hawaii and Samoa. 15 silver photographs, most apparently from copy negatives, loose in cloth & boards folder along with contents leaf signed by the publisher. Limited to 50 sets.
New York: Kenneth Alexander, n.d. [c.1890's]
Interesting selection of photographs of R.L.S. during his final years spent in the South Seas. Includes the famous author with Queen Liliuokalani and King Kalakaua, both individually and together and at a luau with them; with friends in Honolulu; painting a native in Samoa, etc. Plus photographs of a bust of Stevenson done in Hawaii, a letter written from him in Honolulu, a letter to him from Mataafa, King of Samoa, and a letter written in the Samoan language. 11 of the photographs have been trimmed to within between one half an inch and an inch of the image, several mounted on card stock; some wear to folder, lacking cloth tie, else very good, rare. (300/500)
109. (Sutro Baths) Swimmers in the Sutro Baths. Photograph on cabinet-card size mount, captioned in the negative. 4-1/2x7-1/2.
San Francisco: c.1900
Not only are a number of swimmers ready to take the plunge into the famed salt water baths, but the galleries are filled with onlookers. Small mar (in the negative?) at lower right, else very good. (50/80)
110. Taber, Isaiah. "Wawona" 27 feet diameter. 7-1/4x4-1/4, unmounted, with some adhesion residue to verso, edges trimmed a bit. *Court, Palace Hotel, S.F., Cal. 8x4-3/4, on original mount. Together, 2 albumen photographs.
San Francisco: c.1880's
"Wawona" shows a horse-drawn carriage from the rear going through a tunnel cut in the base of the giant Sequoia. That image is very good, the other is fine. (80/120)
SUPERB ALBUM OF CALIFORNIA
PHOTOGRAPHS FROM I.W. TABER
111. Taber, Isaiah. California Scenery Published by Taber, Photographer, San Francisco, Cal. (cover title). Album with 50 albumen photographs mounted on both sides of 25 heavy album leaves. Images approx. 4-3/4x8; album 10-1/4x13-3/4, full leather lettered in gilt. San Francisco: c.1880's
Superb album of photographs issued by Isaiah Taber, the San Francisco photographer who published photographs by other photographers, most notably Carleton E. Watkins, as well as those taken by himself. Nineteen of the photographs are of San Francisco or sights on the Bay, including Chinatown, Woodward's Gardens, the Conservatory in Golden Gate Park, fine building and mansions including the U.S. Mint, the new City Hall, the Palace Hotel, the lavish residences of Stanford and Hopkins. Fifteen are of the Yosemite Valley and surrounding views and two are of Big Trees, with a number of dramatic views. Others include Santa Barbara, Monterey, Carmel, etc. Binding scuffed & worn, joints cracked; images generally fine, with only instances of minor fading, overally in splendid condition. (3000/5000)
WATKINS PHOTOGRAPHS
YOSEMITE & THE BIG TREES
112. Watkins, Carleton E. The Grizzly Giant, Mariposa Grove, 33 ft diam. No. A 61. Albumen photograph. 12x8, on original mount with Watkins' printed copyright notice at the lower edge. [San Francisco]: 1867
Caption penciled at lower edge, as is notation "H.G. Ward sole agent 138 Montgomery Street." The gnarled giant sequoia, with two men at the base, barely visible. Some soiling to the mount, mild fading to image, else very good. (400/700)
113. Watkins, Carleton E. The Lyall Group from the Sentinal Dome, Yosemite. No. A 56. Albumen photograph. 8x12, on original mount with Watkins' printed copyright notice at the lower edge. [San Francisco]: 1867
Caption penciled at lower edge, as is notation "H.G. Ward sole agent 138 Montgomery Street." Panoramic view encompassing Half Dome, Nevada Fall, Mt. Broderick, etc. Stain to top right corner of mount, well away from image, some fading to image, else very good.
(600/900)
114. Watkins, Carleton E. Glimpse of Lake Pend d'Oreille, N.P.R.R., Idaho. Albumen photograph. 4-3/4x8, on original card mount, titled in lower margin. San Francisco: c.1885
With imprint in lower margin, "Watkins' New Boudoir Series, Yo Semite, Pacific Coast, Yellowstone Par, &c., 427 Montgomery St., S.F." Slight fading at edges, near fine.
(80/120)
115. Watkins, Carleton E. Seven albumen photographs in Watkins' New Boudoir Series: An October Day on the Columbia, Oregon. *Oneonta Gorge, Columbia River Scenery, O. *Bridal Veil Bluffs, Columbia River Scenery, O. *The Rapids, Upper Cascades, Columbia River Scenery, Oregon. *West Portal Tunnel No. 3, Columbia River Scenery, O. *Rock Bluff from over Tunnel No. 3, Columbia River Scenery, O. *Minerva Terraces and Residence of Sup't, Mammoth Hot Springs, National Park. On original printed mounts with titles and imprints. Images 4-3/4x8 or reverse.
San Francisco: c.1883-4
Photographs taken by Watkins on his 1883 and 1884 trips to Oregon, Idaho and the Yellowstone. Some minor fading, near fine to fine condition. (250/350)
116. Weitfle, Charles. The Royal Gorge, Grand Canon. No. A-25. *The Iron Spring, at Manitou. No. 117-A. *The Manitou Mansion, at Manitou. No. A-153. Together, 3 albumen photographs. Captioned and numbered in the negative. Images 4x6-1/2, on original card mounts with photographer's imprint and advertisement on versos. Central City, CO: c.1880
Some minor soiling, else very good.
(100/150)
117. Williams, Gordon. Untitled silver photograph of a deserted barn. 7-1/2x9-1/2, on mount, signed & dated in pencil beneath image.
No place: 1958
Fine. (200/300)
ADDENDA
118. (Chinese Executions) Before Capitation. Five criminal types kneeling on the ground, soldiers at the ready behind them. Execution of the Namoa Pirates which took place on teh 11th May 1891 at Howloon City China. Bodies and severed heads lying on the ground, a half-dozen Westerners standing over them rather jauntily. Together, 2 hand-colored albumen photographs. Approx. 8x10-3/4, on modern mounts & mats.
China: c.1891
Rather grizzly. A little creasing which occurred buring mounting, some minor fading, very good. (200/300)
119. (Japan) Judidial Hara-Kiri. A kneeling man apparently about to be decapitated by a sword, robed judges look on. View of Kobe. Birds eye view of the city. Untitled portrait of Japanese woman from waist up, arms behind her head. Untitled view of two women in a garden. Together, 4 hand-colored albumen photographs. First 3 approx. 8x10-3/4, last 5-1/4x3-3/4, on modern mounts & mats. Japan: c.1880-90
A little creasing which occurred buring mounting, some minor fading, very good.
(200/300)
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