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Taber (Isaiah West) Miscellaneous Views of California

Owning Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

About this Collection

Eight of the twelve photographs in this collection by I. W. Taber are of the San Francisco area. Included are views of Golden Gate Park, Chinatown, Union Square, the Palace Hotel, and Telegraph Hill. The remaining photographs are of the State Capitol in Sacramento, the Hotel del Monte in Monterey, Santa Barbara Mission, and a Mexican-American family at Mission San Juan Capistrano. All but one of the photographs bear a printed caption and photographer's number. The photograph of the Hotel del Monte is dated 1895. The other photographs were presumably taken in the 1890s View collection guide.

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77 items found in this collection

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Alley in Chinatown, S. F., Cal. [San Francisco, California]
Arch Rock, Santa Monica
Arizona Garden on the grounds of Hotel Del Monte, April 20, 1895, …
Bark "Detroit"
Bath House, Del Monte
Beach near Santa Monica
"The Bivouac"--Glimpse of the peristyle and a bit of the grounds. [Wilshire …
"The Bivouac"--Southern exposure. [Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles.]
"The Bivouac." View looking through the porte cochere. [Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles.]
"The Bivouac." View of the upper central hall. [Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles.]
Cacti, San Gabriel Mission
The Cliff House and Seal Rocks, S.F. [San Francisco]
Club House, Del Monte
A Corner in my Dark Room
Corridor, Santa Barbara Mission
Court, Palace Hotel, San Francisco
[Del Monte]
Del Monte through the trees
A drink by the wayside. [Unidentified location.]
A Drink of Spring Water
Duck Shooting, Cordelia Slough
Echo Park. [Los Angeles.]
Flower Bed, Del Monte
Flower Bed, Del Monte
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