Photographic Study Collection

Spanning the history of photography, this collection brings together examples of ambrotypes, daguerreotypes, tintypes, cased photographs, stereographs, photographic postcards, silver gelatin prints, and more. The topics covered in the collection primarily focus on the general history of the American West.

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: 570. First Cabin in Yosemite, La Mon's; In June, 1859, James Chenowith Lamon arrived in Yosemite Valley, located and preempted 160 acres, in three detached portions, in the upper end of the Valley* [*In 1898 Robert Bruce Lamon, after a lapse of forty years, revisited Yosemite. Of his brother's orchard he says : "Some of the trees I find still standing and also part of the post-and-rail fence he enclosed them with." (Report of Commission to Governor H. H. Haight, 1869), and remained there the rest of his life. He built the first log cabin in Yosemite, locating on the south side of the Valley. The Sacramento Record-Union, May 24, 1875, says: "The cabin is of rough logs, dirt floor and no windows, and contains a granite fire-place, a cot, table, cupboard, bearskins etc." Mr. Lamon cultivated a garden of vegetables and small fruits and planted two large orchards.

: 79. Palmer's Ranch; Back of card reads: "Cache a la Poudre Series.--Palmer's Ranch. It is situated about two miles north of the river. There is now a good hotel near this spot and good accomodation for tourists and sportsmen."

: 7914 - Montana mountains, home of the mountain sheep - most difficult to capture of all American game.; Man holding rifle & sitting with dead sheep overlooking landscape vista

: 7917 - Back to camp through the snow-ladened spruce - mountain-sheep hunting in Montana.; Man toting dead sheep and rifle through the snow

: 7931 - A night camp by the trail - through Western Montana with a pack train; Three men preparing to smoke as dog looks on in front of tents with horses in background

: 8th Cavalry Troopers at Rest in Camp; 13 Troopers, all standing or lounging in front of a single tent, with three saddled horses, most with their Springfield trapdoor carbines at hand, one with his bugle. From the collection of Sergeant William J. McDermott who at the age of 22 enlisted as a private on December 24, 1890 and discharged as a sergeant on March 23, 1894, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

: 9120- Troop K, 10th U.S. Cavalry, Camp Chickamanga, GA, U.S.A.

: 9315 - A Chance of a Lifetime; On back of card: "Deer hunting in the wilds of Oregon affords rare pleasure to the lover of the chase. There is freedom and health in the very air he breathes, as he climbs the rugged mountains in search of the wary game. The weary toil of the city and its dust and din are left behind and forgotten for the time. Our hero in this view, eager for sport, has set out from camp without companions or guide. He has just discovered within easy range a prize worthy of this skill - a startled deer, which seems to have taken alarm either from scent or sound unusual, and is pausing to locate its pursuer. As it raises and turns its head, exposing its breast to full view, it becomes an unwary target for the hidden huntsman."