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Eadweard Muybridge Photograph Collection http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3w1036p7 Online items available Guide to the Eadweard Muybridge Photograph Collection Stanford University. Libraries.Department of Special Collections and University ArchivesStanford University. Libraries.Department of Special Collections and University Archives Stanford, California October 2010 Copyright © 2015 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved. Note This encoded finding aid is compliant with Stanford EAD Best Practice Guidelines, Version 1.0. Guide to the Eadweard Muybridge PC0006 1 Photograph Collection Overview Call Number: PC0006 Creator: Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904 Title: Eadweard Muybridge photograph collection Dates: 1868-1929 Physical Description: 8.25 Linear feet Summary: This collection includes original Muybridge glass plate negatives and prints, as well as modern day copy prints of his photographs. Original materials, 1872-1880, include images of the Stanfords' residences in Sacramento and San Francisco, other unidentified estates, and two printed cards from his horse in motion series, 1878. Images represented by copy prints include Canadian Pacific Railway, Indians, San Francisco, Oakland, and several Central America photographs. Also included in the collection is a set of glass slides, primarily of images included in this collection, probably assembled by Harry C. Peterson, former curator of the Stanford Museum. Language(s): The materials are inEnglish. Repository: Department of Special Collections and University Archives Green Library 557 Escondido Mall Stanford, CA 94305-6064 Email: [email protected] Phone: (650) 725-1022 URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc Biographical/Historical Sketch Eadweard Muybridge was born in Kingston-upon-Thames, England, in April 1830 as Edward James Muggeridge. He came to the United States in 1851 and worked for two publishing companies on the east coast until 1855, when he moved to California and established a book store in San Francisco. In 1860 he set off on an extensive journey east through the United States and on to Europe, but was injured in a stagecoach accident in Texas. He spent some time in England recuperating and back in the States suing the stage coach company, but not all of his activities between 1860 and 1866 are known. In 1867 he returned to California and commenced his photography career, focusing for the next six years on California and the Far West. He traveled in Central America and Panama during 1875 to 1876; and in 1876 and 1877 he completed his panorama of San Francisco. Muybridge worked closely with Senator Leland Stanford on experiments to record horses in motion, trying first to answer the question of whether or not all four feet are off the ground during the trot. In 1873 he successfully captured that event in Sacramento, using Leland Stanford's horse Occident as his subject. He made further photographs of Occident in 1877 and then in 1878-1879 he set up a studio at Stanford's Palo Alto Stock Farm and conducted many photographic experiments of horses in motion. Description of the Collection This collection includes original Muybridge glass plate negatives and prints, as well as modern day copy prints of his photographs. Original materials, 1872-1880, include images of the Stanfords' residences in Sacramento and San Francisco, other unidentified estates, and two printed cards from his horse in motion series, 1878. Images represented by copy prints include Canadian Pacific Railway, Indians, San Francisco, Oakland, and several Central America photographs. Also included in the collection is a set of glass slides, primarily of images included in this collection, probably assembled by Harry C. Peterson, former curator of the Stanford Museum. Access Terms Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904 Palo Alto Stock Farm (Stanford, Calif.) Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893. Albumen prints. Glass plate negatives. Palo Alto (Calif.) Stock Farm Photonegatives Photoprints. Stanford residences--Sacramento. Guide to the Eadweard Muybridge PC0006 2 Photograph Collection Stanford residences--San Francisco. Yosemite National Park (Calif.) --Photographs. Stanfords' Sacramento residence, glass plate negatives Box 1, Folder 1 8749, 8759 Exterior, #13601 rear view Box 1, Folder 2 8752, 8756 Exterior, #13602 front and west end view Box 1, Folder 3 8751, 8758 Exterior, #13604 west side view - 8th Street Box 1, Folder 4 8757 Exterior, #13603 north and east side view, N Street, carriage in front Box 1, Folder 5 8725, 8750 Exterior, #13599 front entrance - N Street Box 1, Folder 6 8707, 8727 Interior, #13512 hall, main stairs Box 1, Folder 7 8709, 8696, 8715 Interior, #13523 sitting room looking into music room Box 1, Folder 8 8710, 8716 Interior, #13503 sitting room looking into music room Box 1, Folder 9 8721, 8740 Interior, #13523 dining room looking west Box 1, Folder 10 8706, 8720 Interior, #13582 sitting room and dining room looking east Box 1, Folder 11 8712, 8734 Interior, #13558 sitting room looking west Box 1, Folder 12 8714, 8724 Interior, #13570 parlor looking south Box 1, Folder 13 8711, 8733 Interior, #13573 parlor looking north Box 1, Folder 14 8732, 8736 Interior, #13586 sun porch looking west Scope and Content Note left to right: Jane Anne Shields Lathrop, Elizabeth Stanford, Anna Maria Lathrop, Jane Lathrop Stanford, Leland Dewitt Stanford Box 1, Folder 15 8731, 8735 Interior, #13583 sun porch looking west Scope and Content Note left to right: Jane Anne Shields Lathrop, Elizabeth Stanford, Anna Maria Lathrop, Jane Lathrop Stanford, Leland Dewitt Stanford Box 1, Folder 16 8730 Interior, #13571 ballroom looking east Box 1, Folder 17 8708, 8728 Interior, #13573 ballroom looking west Box 1, Folder 18 8697, 8723, 8738 Interior, #17153 billiard room Box 1 (left to right: Leland Dewitt Stanford, Jane Lathrop Stanford, Anna Maria Lathrop) Box 1, Folder 19 8713, 8729 Interior, #135?? billiard room looking north Box 1, Folder 20 8701, 8726, 8737 Interior, #13584 billiard room looking south Scope and Content Note left to right: Anna Maria Lathrop, Jane Lathrop Stanford, Leland Dewitt Stanford Box 2, Folder 1 8704, 8717 Interior, #13553 bedroom Box 2, Folder 2 8718, 8719 Interior, #13522 bedroom Box 2, Folder 3 8703, 8705 Interior, #13521 bedroom Box 2, Folder 4 8702, 8722 Interior, #13565 bedroom "Bertha Berner's room" Stanfords' San Franciso House, glass plate negatives Box 2, Folder 5 Construction of house [possibly not a Muybridge photo] Box 2, Folder 6 Exterior, also showing Hopkins house under construction [Jane Stanford in front?] Box 2, Folder 7 Exterior, also showing Hopkins house under construction [possibly not a Muybridge photo] Box 2, Folder 8 13605 Exterior, also showing Hopkins house under construction [possibly not a Muybridge photo] circa 1876 Prints, original and copies Box 3, Folder 1 6425 Atherton estate, original Muybridge print pre 1872 Box 3, Folder 2 6431 Bierstadt, Albert, painting in Yosemite, modern copy print Canadian Pacific Railway, modern copy prints Guide to the Eadweard Muybridge PC0006 3 Photograph Collection Prints, original and copies Box 3, Folder 3 6446 Bridge with workers Box 3, Folder 3 6447 Bridge and trestle with one man standing on tracks Box 3, Folder 3 6448 Bridge and trestle with one man, different view Box 3, Folder 3 6449 Rock formation along bend in tracks Horse in Motion Box 3, Folder 4 6413 Mahomet cantering, 6 images on card with text on reverse circa 1878 Box 3, Folder 4 6414 Sally Gardner running, 12 images on card with text on reverse circa 1879 Box 3, Folder 4 6450 Setting up Muybridge's studio on Stanford campus, modern copy print Indians, modern copy prints Box 3, Folder 5 6432 A summer campsite Box 3, Folder 5 6433 A morning concert Box 3, Folder 5 6435 Making bread Box 3, Folder 5 6442 Modoc Indian brave Box 3, Folder 6 6430 Menlo Park, boating in (3 men in a canoe), modern copy print Miscellaneous images, modern copy prints Box 3, Folder 7 6417 Emperor Norton (character on bicycle) Box 3, Folder 7 6445 General Jefferson Davis, posed with other soldiers Miscellaneous images, modern copy prints Box 3, Folder 8 6438 Woodward's Garden, [San Francisco,] view of the pond Box 3, Folder 8 6416 "Heartsease" from glass plate negative, b/w and sepia toned prints Oakland, CA, modern copy prints Box 3, Folder 9 6426 Large oak in field Box 3, Folder 9 6427 Man with ax under trees, 12th Street bridge across Lake Merritt can be seen Box 3, Folder 9 6428 Boy and girl sitting under a tree Box 3, Folder 9 6429 Two women and two girls walking under trees San Francisco, CA, modern copy prints Box 3, Folder 10 6418 Montgomery St. at Market St. Box 3, Folder 10 6419 Geary St. from Market St. Box 3, Folder 10 6420 Ship in dry dock at Hunter's Point Box 3, Folder 10 6421 Damage from the earthquake of 1868 1868 Box 3, Folder 10 6422 View of San Francisco harbor 1860s Box 3, Folder 11 Stanfords' San Francisco residence 1877 Scope and Content Note mounted albumen print; caption is "Panorama of San Franciso from California Street Hill" Stanfords' San Francisco residence, copy prints 1985 Box 3, Folder 12 12839 Vestibule Box 3, Folder 12 13539 Library Box 3, Folder 12 Blue and gold guest chamber Box 3, Folder 12 View of house [copy print of original in folder 11] Box 3, Folder 12 13681 Dining room Box 3, Folder 12 View of S.F. from the house Copy prints from images in the Bancroft Library collection: Miscellaneous Box 3, Folder 13 6423 S.S. Costa Rica on the rocks outside the Golden Gate Box 3, Folder 13 6434 Yosemite Indians Box 3, Folder 13 6439
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