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  • Vischer's Pictorial of California
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    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;...
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    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...
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
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  • Vignettes of the Californian Missions
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    Art portfolios; Missions
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    Scrap book #2 compiled for William Hilton. Images incorporate Vischer's mission sketches with vignettes of life in California (mid-1800s).
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
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  • Missions of Upper California
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    Art portfolios; Missions
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    Book compiled for William Hilton. It is comprised of photographic views of various Franciscan missions either restored or in ruin.
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
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  • Mountain Traffic. Encampment of Mexican Arrieros in the Sierra Nevada
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    Cattle herding; Carriers
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    Albumen print of an original drawing by Vischer depicting a temporary camp of Mexican carriers and a herd of horses.
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
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  • Arch in the Rock, Near Seal Rock Point
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    Coasts -- California; Seals (Animals); Boats and boating
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    Albumen print of an original drawing by Vischer. On the coast near Santa Cruz.
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
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  • Oak Knoll
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    Farms; Architecture, Domestic; Land use, Rural; Country life; Napa Valley (Calif.)
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    Albumen print of an original work by Vischer.
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
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  • Church's Farm, May 1861. Sierra Valley
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    Farms; Country life; Pack transportation; Architecture, Domestic
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    Albumen print of an original drawing by Vischer. Downieville, Virginia Pack, Passenger's Train.
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
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  • Santa Cruz Wharves. View from the Foot of Gharkey's Wharf
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    Wharves--California; Warehouses; Livestock
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    Albumen print of an original drawing by Vischer.
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
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  • Within the Golden Gate. Presidio, Fort San Jose, Lime Point and Lighthouse
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    Golden Gate (Calif. : Strait); Boats and boating
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    Albumen print of an original painting by Vischer. Presidio, Fort San Jose, Lime Point and Lighthouse, from Black Point. Original for Professor Silliman's collection.
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
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  • Seal Rocks, near Santa Cruz
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    Seals (Animals); Coasts -- California
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    Albumen print of an original drawing by Vischer. Image includes both seals and humans.
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
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  • Carcass of a Whale Cast Adrift by Whalers
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    Whaling
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    Albumen print of an original drawing by Vischer. Whale floated ashore after being stripped of blubber.
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
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  • Pencilings on a Californian Farm: Oak Knoll Park Scenes
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    Trees; White oak; Farms
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    Two albumen prints of original drawings by Vischer. Groups of the California White Oak.
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
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  • Whaling Expeditions to the North Pacific and Arctic Seas
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    Whaling; Whaling ships
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    Albumen print of an original of an engraving made for a New Bedford, Connecticut firm. Caption gives credit to Messrs. McRuer and Merrill.
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
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  • Santa Cruz Wharves
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    Wharves -- California; Shipping
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    Albumen print of an original drawing by Vischer. Includes livestock on land, warehouses and boats in the harbor. Scene described below title.
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
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  • Pencilings on a California Farm: Oak Knoll. Vistas from the Orchard Lanes
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    Farms; Orchards; Architecture, Domestic; Land use, Rural; Country life; Napa Valley (Calif.)
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    Two albumen prints of original drawings by Vischer.
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
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  • California II: Trees and Forest Scenes
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    California -- Pictorial works; California, Northern; Landscape; Calaveras North Grove Trail (Calif.); Trees; Sequoia (Genus); Coast redwood; Yellow pines; Silver fir; Cypress; Cedar; Oak; Sycamores
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    The second of three books depicting California through art. Here, Vischer's photographed drawings feature native Californian trees. Roughly three-quarters of the images here may also be found in Visher's Pictorial of California. The book consists...
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
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  • Within the Golden Gate. Pesidio, Fort San Jose, Lime Point and Lighthouse from Black-Pt.
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    Bays; Boats and boating
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    Albumen print of a pencil drawing mounted on card stock. Inscription above title states, "original for Prof. Silliman's Collection".
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
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  • California III: Miscellaneous
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    California--Pictorial works; Landscape; Gold mines and mining; Frontier and pioneer life; Ranch life; Farm life; Livestock; Missions; Missionary settlements; Indians of North America--California; Coast Ranges; Pacific Ocean; Whaling; Ships; Voyages...
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    The third of three books depicting Northern and Central California through art. Included are photographed drawings by Vischer and others of miscellaneous subjects. The book consists of albumen photographs mounted on paper and pasted onto individual...
  • Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material

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