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Description
The photographs contained in this leather bound album were taken mostly by San Francisco and Sacramento photographers: Dickmen, Shew, Todd, and Watkins. Some European photographs are also included. The album itself is a Harding's Flexible Chain-Back Album and includes a description of how it was created on the fifth page. The cover is engraved with a symetric design. The album contains portraits of men and women, both young and old. 1- Title page, "Photograph Album". 2- "Harding's Flexible Chain-Back Album". 3- Index page, 4- Index page cont., 5- "Harding's Flexible Chain-Back Album" description. 6- blank page. 7- two portraits of infant girls. 8- one male portrait, one female portrait, two portraits of young girls. 9- portrait of a young boy in military uniform. 10- portrait of a young women. 11- one male portrait, one portrait of a young girl, portrait of a young man in military uniform. 12- portrait of an infant boy, one female portrait. 13- blank page [backside of next photo]. 14- portrait of a young girl. 15- two male portraits, two female portraits. 16- two portraits of infant girls, one female portrait, 17- portrait of an infant girl. 18- blank page [backside of previous photo]. 19- one male portrait, two female portraits. 20- three male portraits, one photo of a house. 21- one male portrait, two female portraits. 22- four male portraits, 23- one female portrait, one male portrait, portrait of two young girls [twins?]. 24- two female portraits, one male portrait, portrait of three women. 25- two male portraits, two female portraits. 26- three female portraits. 27- three male portraits, portrait of two men. 28- one female portrait, three male portraits. 29- one male portrait, portrait of two women, portrait of one man and one woman, portrait of an infant girl. 30- three female portraits, one male portrait with two dogs. 31- one female portrait, one male portrait, two portraits of newborn babies. 32- three male portraits, one portrait of a young girl. 33- two male portraits, two female portraits, 34- two female portraits, two male portraits. 35- two female portraits, two male portraits. 36- one male portrait, one portrait of a young girl, one portrait of a young boy and girl. 37- two male portraits, two female portraits. 38- two male portraits, one female portrait, 39- two male portraits, two female portraits. 40- two male portraits, one female portrait, one portrait of a young girl, 41- one male portrait, three female portraits, 42- two male portraits, one portrait of an infant girl. 43- one male portrait, one portrait of a young boy, one portrait of a young girl, 44- one female portrait, one male portrait, one portrait of a young boy, one portrait of an infant girl, 45- one male portrait, two female portraits, one portrait of a young boy. 46- two female portraits, one male portrait, one portrait of an infant boy. 47- three female portraits, one portrait of an infant girl. 48- one female portrait, two portraits of infant children. 49- one male portrait. 50- blank page, 51- blank page, 52- blank page. 53- blank page. 54- blank page. 55- blank page. 56- blank page. 57- blank page. 58- blank page. 59- blank page. 60- blank page. 61- blank page. 62- one male portrait, two dog portraits.
Type
text
Format
Original Photograph Album
Extent
8 5/8 x 10 3/8 in. 66 Pages of 66
Identifier
csfcp_000031 C012171 ark:/13960/t7tn7cb0d
Language
English
Subject
Portrait photography Watkins, Carleton E. 1829-1916 Shew, William J., 1820-1903 Dickmen, William, 1824 - Todd, John A., 1827-1899
Time Period
187X/1900~
Place
San Francisco (Calif.) Sacramento (Calif.) Europe
Provenance
Society of California Pioneers California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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