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Ericson Photograph Collection

Owning Institution: Cal Poly Humboldt, Library Special Collections and Archives

About this Collection

The Ericson Collection depicts a wide variety of everyday northwest California scenes and activities from the 1880s through the 1920s. Lumber industry, Native Americans, city and village street scenes (primarily Arcata ), Schools, portraits, and scenic views are the featured subjects of this collection. The primary photographer represented is A.W. Ericson with some by his son and business partner, Edgar. More information about this collection can be found at View collection guide.

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497 items found in this collection

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[Auto on a country road approaching a wood sidewalk]
[Auto on dirt road passing barns and a farm house]
[A.W. and Ella Ericson and three adult children]
[Bank of Arcata ]
[Bank ofArcata and parts of next door buildings]
[Baseball game at Hoopa]
[Beach and crashing surf]
[Bendixsen Ship yard - "Jane Stanford" just launched/unknown]
Bendixsen's Ship Yard,Eureka [Bendixsen Shipyard about 1900 - Ship the "Jane Stanford"/unknown]
[Bicycle showroom and workers in front area, auto showroom in rear area]
[Big Stump at Fieldbook - A.W. Ericson - Photographer by stump/unknown]
[Big Willis/unknown]
"Bill" Lord's Mine Weitchpec
[Bird's eye view looking northwest over Arcata Plaza and beyond]
Bird's eye view of Arcata [Southwest view from H and 12th Streets]
Bird's eye view of Blue Lake
[Bird's eye view of Hoopa Valley]
[Bird's eye view ofArcata looking west from 12th and H Streets]
Birdseye View of Orleans/Scene in Humboldt. Co
Birdseye View of Weitchpec
Birdseye View ofFerndale
[Breaking up large boulders in a quarry]
[Bridge over railroad tracks]
[Brizard Basket Collection/unknown]
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