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Title
Vischer's Pictorial of California
Creator
Vischer, Edward
Date Created and/or Issued
1870
Publication Information
Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Contributing Institution
Claremont Colleges Library
Collection
Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
Rights Information
For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Honnold/Mudd Library Special Collections at https://library.claremont.edu/scl//
Description
The text portion of the book contains three sections, each giving essays and descriptions about the landscape photographs, the trees and forests of California, and its geology, respectively. The next three sections contain individual photographs of Vischer's and other artists' artwork grouped as landscape, trees and forest scenes respectively. The albumen photographs are mounted on paper and pasted onto individual pages.
Type
text
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
vdp00145
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/vdp/id/1332
Language
English
Subject
California Description and travel
California History
California, Northern
California Pictorial works
California, Southern
Canyons California
Cedar
Church property
Coast Ranges
Coast redwood
Cypress
Frontier and pioneer life
Farm life
Indians of North America California
Landscapes
Livestock
Manuscripts
Missions
Missions History
Missionary settlements
Missions, Spanish
Oak
Pacific Ocean
Pastoral art
Ranch life
Sailboats
Sequoia (Genus)
Ships
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
Spanish mission buildings United States
Sycamores
Trees California
Valleys
Voyages and travels
Whaling
Yellow pines
Place
California
Source
Book, 10 7/8 x 12 3/8 inches; Edward Vischer writings and drawings; Honnold/Mudd Library Special Collections
Relation
Edward Vischer drawings, photographs and other material - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/vdp

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