California -- Pictorial works; Landscape; Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.); Lake Tahoe (Calif. and Nev.); Mountain passes--Coast Ranges; Aqueducts; Frontier and pioneer life; Ranch life; Voyages and travels; Cattle
One of three books depicting California through art. This collection is comprised primarily of items also located in Visher's Views of California. The book consists of photographed drawings and paintings pasted onto individual pages.
Recto: photograph of a portrait by Henrique Medina inscribed, "With the cordial greetings of Robert E. Cowan Aug. 18/33." Verso inscribed by Robert E. Cowan: "Photographed from the portrait in oil, painted by Henrique Medina, of Portugal, November,...
