California Description and travel; California History; California, Northern; California Pictorial works; California, Southern; Canyons California; Church property; Coast Ranges; Frontier and pioneer life; Farm life; Franciscans; Indians of North...
Individual photographs of Vischer's drawings and related materials grouped into four sections and dedicated to the Society of California Pioneers. Contains historical perspectives about the Californian Missions, including lists of missions and...
Landscape drawing; Missions; Spanish mission buildings United States; Views; Mission San Francisco Solano (Sonoma, Calif.); Pencil drawing; Missionary settlements
Original pencil drawing on lined paper of an aerial view of the mission and its nearby surroundings in 1832. Particular areas of the mission have been labeled in Spanish: the rooms of the fathers, the bell tower, the church, the cemetery, the...
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;...
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...
Leather bound portfolio embossed with gold and decorative etching. Contains Vischer's introductory remarks and description of plates. Portfolio includes a title page replicated on the inside book cover and twelve unbound plates.
Artists' books; Landscape; California--Pictorial works; Yosemite Valley (Calif.); Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.)
A portfolio containing photographs of Thomas Hill's paintings -- predominately images of Yosemite Valley and Lake Tahoe. The portfolio is leather bound and embossed with gold leaf.
Two depictions of California Rancho buildings in ruin. The bottom image includes a description transcribed from Alfred Robinson's "Life in California," page 82. Bottom view is a drawn image pasted on watercolor background and depicts Mexican...
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.
California--Pictorial works; Davidson, Mount (Nev.); Mines and mineral resources; Silver mines and mining
Book contains drawings photographed by Edward Vischer documenting the Washoe mining region. Images include depictions of landscapes, buildings and rural life. The book also includes exterior and interior views of the Could & Curry Silver Mining...