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Album with 46 Rare Original Albumen Photographs, Showing Monterey Chinatown, Monterey Bay, Hotel del Monte, First Adobe Buildings, Custom House, “The First Jail, ” “General Fremont’s Headquarters during the Mexican War, ” &c. Mark Hopkins and Gov. Stanford Mansions, ” “Court, Palace Hotel, ” “Bazaar in Chinatown, ” “The Entry – Chinese Theatre, ” “Chinese Grand Restaurant, ” “Mission Dolores”, Salt Lake City (“Brigham Young’s Grave, ” “The Eagle Gate near Brigham Young’s Residence, ” “Temple Block, ” “Beehive and Lion House), Chinatown in Los Angeles, &c. Oblong Quarto album ca. 18×28 cm (7×11 in). 23 card stock leaves. With 46 mounted albumen photos from ca. 12,5×20 cm (4 ¾ x 8 in) to ca. 9,5×19,5 cm (3 ¾ x 7 ½ in). Over thirty photos signed and/or captioned and/or numbered or dated in negative. About thirty photos with period ink captions in English on the mounts. Period ink noted on the inner side of the front board: April to September 1886. Period brown full sheep from the Isaiah Taber’s studio, expertly rebacked using the original boards. Gilt-lettered title Photographs, Taber Phot. On the front board; the inner sides of both boards with moire paper; all edges gilt. Several mounts with minor chipping on extremities, the first and the last leaves with minor losses of the outer layer of paper, not affecting the images, a couple of photos mildly faded, but overall a very good album of rare interesting photos. Attractive album with large early photos of California and Utah, taken by the prominent local studios of Isaiah Taber, Charles Wallace Johnson and Charles Savage, including rare images of Chinatowns in Monterey, San Francisco and Los Angeles, and portraits of Apache and Quechan Native Americans. The photos were apparently collected during an American family’s trip in April-September, 1886 (see the inscription on the inner side of the front board). The album opens with about a dozen photos of Monterey and its environs by Charles Wallace Johnson (three images are unsigned but attributed to him), showing a panorama of the Monterey Bay from Gen. Fremont’s old fort, ” the grounds of Hotel del Monte general view, tennis courts, a cactus in the “Arizona garden, ” “interior of Bathhouse, ” dated in negative “Sept. 6th & 5″, a street in Monterey Chinatown with the locals sitting at their doorsteps, “Old California State House in Monterey, used for a school house, Oldest Government Building in California, ” “Old Adobe building used for a time as Barracks, Monterey, ” adobe building of “the first jail, ” “Midway Point showing cypress trees, ” “exterior of Carmel Mission near Monterey, ” and “Old Custom House, Monterey. Nineteen photos by a prominent San Francisco photographer Isaiah Taber show: “Veranda, Hotel del Monte, ” “Lake and Ornamental Grounds, Hotel del Monte, ” “The oldest building in Monterey (Adobe), over 100 years old, ” Old Adobe building at Monterey, occupied by Gen. Fremont’s Soldiers during the Mexican War, ” “General Fremont’s Headquarters during the Mexican War, Monterey, ” “Cypress tree near Cypress Drive, ” “Midway Point, ” “Interior View of Carmel Mission, est. 1770, ” “Big Trees, Felton, Santa Cruz Co. ” “Beach Drive from Cliff House, ” “View of Cliff House from the Ocean. ” Six Taber’s photos of San Francisco include the views of “Mrs. Stanford Mansions, ” “Court, Palace Hotel, ” “Bazaar in Chinatown, ” “The Entry – Chinese Theatre, ” “Chinese Grand Restaurant, ” and “Mission Dolores, est. ” There are also interesting views of “Los Angeles, Cal. The Chinese Quarter” and “Horton House, W. Hadley, Proprietor, San Diego. Also included are five views of Salt Lake City by prominent Utah photographer Charles Roscoe Savage depict Brigham Young’s Grave, S. City, ” “The Eagle Gate near Brigham Young’s Residence, Salt Lake City, ” “Scene nr. Bronco, Truckee Canyon, Southern Pacific Railroad, ” “Temple Block, Salt Lake City, ” and “Beehive and Lion House, Salt Lake City. The album also contains two studio photos by A. There is also an unsigned but numbered studio portrait of a Yuma (Quechan) mother with two toddlers. The album closes with six unsigned albumen studio views of Niagara Falls taken from the American and Canadian sides. Overall a historically significant collection of rare early well-preserved albumen photos of Monterey, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Salt Lake City, housed in the special publishers binding of Isaiah Taber’s studio. Globus Books is an independent San Francisco-based bookshop and a member of the American Booksellers Association and the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and has been in business since 1971. Globus Rare Books and Archives is the department within Globus Books that specializes in rare travel and exploration related items from around the world with an emphasis on the Americas, the Pacific and Russian explorers and travellers. All items are guaranteed to be as described. We leave feedback for buyers once they have left feedback for us.

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& Cathcart, Walter, & others. Album with Nineteen Early Original Albumen Photographs from the Collection of Samuel Parsons – a San Francisco Resident and Employee of a Local Wall Paper Dealer George W. Clark & Co, ” Including a Series of Parson’s Portraits, Views of His Residences and a Street of San Francisco, the Storefront of “George W. Clark & Co on Market Street with Staff Members, Most likely Including Parsons, Scenes from an Outing in the Redwood Forest, &c. With a Later Gelatin Silver Portrait of a Young Girl at the Rear. Oblong Folio album ca. 28,5×36 cm (11 ¼ x 14 ¼ in). 14 thick paper and card stock leaves. With nineteen mounted albumen photos, including six partly hand-coloured cabinet portrait photos ca. 12×19 cm (4 ¾ x 7 ½ in), first mounted on the original card ca. 13×21 cm (5 x 8 ¼ in); all card with printed photographer’s credentials on the lower margins. Seven photos from ca. 20×24 cm (7 ¾ x 9 ½ in) to ca. 12×17 cm (4 ¾ x 6 ¾ in) are mounted on the original card from ca. 25,5×30 cm (10 x 11 ¾ in) to ca. 13×19 cm (5 x 7 ½ in); two cards are with the photographers’ printed or embossed credentials on the lower margins. With six albumen photos ca. 18×23,5 cm (7 x 9 ¼ in). Period brown morocco album with gilt-lettered name “Samuel Parsons” on the front board and elaborate gilt-tooled decorative borders on both boards. Decorative endpapers; all edges gilt. Binding expertly repaired on hinges and extremities, but overall a very good album of strong interesting rare photos. Historically significant collection of rare early photos of San Francisco and its environs, originating from an affluent local family. As follows from the gilt-lettered name on the front board, the album was compiled by, for of in the memory of one Samuel Parsons. According to the U. Federal Censuses of 1870 and 1880, Samuel Parsons was born in ca. In 1880, Samuel Parsons, then twelve years old, lived with his family at 14 Hill Street. ” Parson’s residence is still indicated as “14 Hill Street Langley’s San Francisco Directory for the year commencing April 1886. The album opens with six partly hand-coloured cabinet portrait photos, evidently of Samuel Parsons, showing him from the baby age to his early twenties. Then follow two early photos of San Francisco private residences; the one on the right is Parson’s house at 14 Hill Street (see number “14” above the front door). The other residence with the number “405” above the front door was not identified. Another excellent early photo on the official card of “Tobey & McCullough” depicts a San Francisco street (possibly Hill Street looking from the crossing with Valencia Street). The photo features wooden pavements and a dirt central part, street lamps and a leaving passenger cart, as well as the crossing with a cobblestone street. The album also contains a large, well-preserved view of the storefront of Geo. ” featuring the company’s elaborate advertising posters (“Paper hangings and window shades”) and the house number – “645 (the shop was located at 645 Market Street). The shop’s staff is posing at the front, with Samuel Parsons most likely standing first from right. The photo is mounted on the official card with printed credentials of the photographers (“Baker & Cathcart”) and their address Room 21, St. Ann’s building, Cor. Powell & Eddy Sts. On the lower margin. Another early interesting photo depicts a scene of a public gathering in a rural locality (most likely in California), possibly during the foundation of a building. The other photos include portraits of the Parsons family and friends during leisure trips in the countryside. Five photos depict a party in a redwood forest and at a river, where they arrived by a small steam train. The other images portray Samuel, his father and two young women posing at a countryside cottage and a group hiking near a mountain stream. A large photo at the rear, with the credentials of the “Seely Studio” from Eureka, shows a young girl, possibly a relative. Overall, an interesting collection of rare early photos of San Francisco and its residents. Not much is known about the fate of Samuel Parsons. His father, Charles Allen Parsons, died under uncertain circumstances during a sea voyage to Tahiti in 1893. The newspaper articles dedicated to the incident mentioned as his remaining children only Samuel’s younger brother, James A. Parsons (1869 – after 1927) and half-sister Grace B. 12; See also: His Death at Sea. The Strange End of Charles Parsons. An Old Man’s Plunge from the Galilee// San Francisco Chronicle. Possibly, by the time of Charles Parsons’ death, his son Samuel had already passed away. Globus Books is an independent San Francisco-based bookshop and a member of the American Booksellers Association and the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and has been in business since 1971. Globus Rare Books and Archives is the department within Globus Books that specializes in rare travel and exploration related items from around the world with an emphasis on the Americas, the Pacific and Russian explorers and travellers. All items are guaranteed to be as described. We leave feedback for buyers once they have left feedback for us.

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