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Photograph Album of , San Francisco, and Other City Views: Finding Aid

Finding aid prepared by Michelle Sanchez. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Photo Archives 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2191 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org © 2013 The Huntington Library. All rights reserved.

Photograph Album of Salt Lake photCL 135 1 City, San Francisco, and Other City Views: Finding ... Overview of the Collection Title: Photograph Album of Salt Lake City, San Francisco, and Other City Views Dates (inclusive): approximately 1870s-1880s Collection Number: photCL 135 Extent: 59 photographs in 1 disbound album; album 34.5 x 43 cm. (14 x 17 in.) Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Photo Archives 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2191 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org Abstract: This disbound album contains 59 photographs consisting mostly of commercial views of cities and miscellaneous subjects, dating from circa 1870s-1880s, including images of Mormon figureheads, Salt Lake City, ; city scenes of San Francisco; and some views of Native Americans of the Southwest and Great Plains. Also included are posed photographs of Japanese women and men in traditional dress. Photographers who contributed to this collection include Alfred A. Hart, B.A. Hawkins, J. Notman, Charles Roscoe Savage, and Isaiah West Taber. Language: English. Note: Finding aid last updated on October 16, 2014. Access Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services. Publication Rights The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher. Preferred Citation Photograph Album of Salt Lake City, San Francisco, and Other City Views. The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Provenance Gift of David Magee on October 15, 1962. Scope and Content This disbound album contains 59 photographs consisting mostly of commercial views of cities and miscellaneous subjects, dating from circa 1870s-1880s, including images of Mormon figureheads, Salt Lake City, Utah; city scenes of San Francisco; and some views of Native Americans of the Southwest and Great Plains. Also included are posed photographs of Japanese women and men in traditional dress. Photographs of Utah depict Mormon leader ; third president of the Mormon Church John Taylor; Salt Lake City; Gardo House; the Mormon Tabernacle; and Paiute Indians being baptized into the Mormon faith by Mormon men. California photographs show Yosemite; the Sierra Nevadas; Oakland; city scenes of San Francisco; and the mansions of Mark Hopkins, George Crocker, Collis P. Huntington, and Leland Stanford. Other photographs are of Paiute Indians, Navajo Indians, Pueblo Indians, Bannock Indians, Niagara Falls, Union Square and Central Park in City, and the . Also included are hand-colored photographs of Japanese women and men in posed scenarios, some with musical instruments. It is unclear whether these photographs were taken in the United States or in Japan. Photographers who contributed to this collection include Alfred A. Hart, B.A. Hawkins, J. Notman, Charles Roscoe Savage, and Isaiah West Taber. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog. Subjects McDowell, Irvin, 1818-1885 -- Portraits. Taylor, John, 1808-1887 -- Portraits. Young, Brigham, 1801-1877 -- Portraits.

Photograph Album of Salt Lake photCL 135 2 City, San Francisco, and Other City Views: Finding ... Central Pacific Railroad Company -- Photographs. Gardo House (Utah) -- Photographs. Tabernacle (Salt Lake City, Utah) -- Photographs. Bannock Indians -- Photographs. Baptism -- Photographs. Eagle dance -- Photographs. Indians of North America-- -- Photographs. Indians of North America—Southwest, New -- Photographs. Japanese--Women--1800-1900 -- Photographs. Mansions—California -- Photographs. Navajo Indians -- Photographs. Paiute Indians -- Photographs. Pueblo Indians -- Photographs. Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) -- Photographs. New York (N.Y.) -- Photographs. Oakland (Calif.) -- Photographs. Salt Lake City (Utah) -- Photographs. San Francisco (Calif.) -- Photographs. Yosemite National Park (Calif.) -- Photographs. Forms/Genres Photograph Albums. Photographs. Portraits. Photographers Hart, Alfred A., 1816-1908, photographer. Savage, C. R. (Charles Roscoe), 1832-1909, photographer. Taber, I. W. (Isaiah West), 1830-1912, photographer.

Photograph Album

Item 1a [Advertisement for I.W. Taber (Isaiah West Taber) & Co. Yosemite views, with photos of people and scenery] Item 1b [Portrait of Irvin McDowell, major general. Photographer: J. Notman] Item 1c “Utah’s Best Crop” [Collage of babies and young children, presumably Utah citizens. Photographer: possibly Charles Roscoe Savage] Item 2a Honble. [Honorable] John Taylor [Mistakenly labeled as Brigham Young] Item 2b Prest. [President] Brigham Young [Mistakenly labeled as John Taylor] [Photographer: Charles Roscoe Savage] Item 3 Salt Lake City Item 4 Temple Block (interior) [1880] Item 5 Salt Lake City Item 6 The Tabernacle. Organ 50 feet high Item 7 Baptism of Indians by Mormons. St. George, Utah [Photographer: Charles Roscoe Savage. Shirwit Indians (a band of the Southern Paiute) being baptized by Mormons in southern Utah, 1875. Man performing baptism is Daniel P. McArthur, President of the St. George, Utah, Stake of the Mormon church. At right with hand on lapel is Sheriff Augustus P. Hardy.) [Source: Alfred L. Bush and Lee Clark Mitchell. The Photograph and the American Indian. p. 55] Item 8 Black Rock, Salt Lake. in the distance Item 9 San Francisco from House Road Item 10 Oakland from McClure’s military academy

Photograph Album of Salt Lake photCL 135 3 City, San Francisco, and Other City Views: Finding ... Photograph Album

Item 11a Seal Rock, San Francisco Item 11b Seal Rock, San Francisco Item 12 [Union Square, New York] Item 13a [Yosemite and Sierra Nevada Mountains] Item 13b [Yosemite and Sierra Nevada Mountains] Item 13c Central Pacific RR [Railroad] Item 13d The Grand Crater [Yosemite] Item 13e [Yosemite and Sierra Nevada Mountains] Item 14 San Francisco Item 15a Hopkins Mansion, San Francisco [Site of Mark Hopkins Hotel. Leland Stanford Mansion stands behind Hopkins Mansion] Item 15b Crocker Mansion, San Francisco [Site of Grace Cathedral. Collis P. Huntington’s mansion can be seen at right of photograph] Item 16 S an Francisco looking west from Telegraph Hill Item 17 [Central Park, New York?] Item 18 [Central Park, New York] Item 19 [New York] Item 20a [San Francisco cable car barn] Item 20b [San Francisco] Item 21a [Niagara Falls] Item 21b [Niagara Falls] Item 22a [Niagara Falls] Item 22b [Niagara Falls] Item 23a [Niagara Falls] Item 23b [Niagara Falls] Item 24 [Niagara Falls] Item 25 [Niagara Falls] Item 26a “Venus and Adonis” [Indian couple from unidentified tribe] Item 26b Bannack [Bannock] Indians [Two men seated] 26c [Caucasian family outside a log cabin] Item 27a The Eagle Dance—Pueblo Indians Item 27b [Caucasian and Indian men sitting in yard] Item 27c [Indian man standing on rocks] Item 27d [J.P. Lower in center of group of Indians. Back row: Buckskin Tim, Ne-gaf, AIt-set-sah, Passoon, Nalaratz, Smoke. Middle row: Chavano, J.P. Lower, Pi-ah. Front of group: Emma, Kop-e-sit] [Photographer: B.A. Hawkins] Item 28a Residence of Prest. [President] B. [Brigham] Young. [The Gardo House] Item 28b [Indian pottery and ceramic figures] Item 28c Navajoe [sic] [Navajo] Indian & hut Item 28d Pueblo Indian chief Item 29a [Caucasian man and Navajo man with cart of hay] Item 29b [Paiute squaws and children. Stereo half attributed to A.A. Hart] Item 29c [Navajo woman at loom] Item 29d [Navajo hut] Item [30-35] [Blank] Item 36 [Two Japanese women with possibly a koto and gottan. Hand-colored] Item 37 [Japanese woman in high shoes. Hand-colored] Item 38 [Two Japanese women embracing. Hand-colored] Item 39 [Three Japanese women with fans and musical instruments. Hand-colored] Item 40 [Japanese. Man pulling woman in rickshaw. Two women talking to woman in rickshaw. Hand-colored] Item 41 [Five Japanese women in traditional dress. Hand-colored]

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