Johnson, C. W. J. (Charles Wallace Jacob), 1833-1903

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C. W. J. Johnson arrived in California during the Gold Rush. After living in Feather River, Grass Valley (1863), and Nevada (1868), he moved to Eureka where he opened a photographic business. In 1881, he settled in Monterey, becoming the Hotel del Monte's first official photographer, and operated a gallery on Alvarado Street.

From the description of Card Photographs ca. 1885-1900. (Monterey Public Library). WorldCat record id: 123081970

Johnson was the Hotel Del Monte's first official photographer, from the mid1880s to the late 1890s. He left an extensive record of the life in the Monterey Bay region.

From the description of Western Union Telegraph Company at Hotel Del Monte, Nov. 8, 1897 : mounted albumen print. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864223
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referencedIn Orrin Peck Collection of Photographs, 1878-1951, (bulk 1890-1915) The Huntington Library
referencedIn Johnson, Charles Wallace Jacob, 1833-1903. C. W. J. Johnson Collection, 1857-1898. California state library
creatorOf Johnson, C. W. J.,. Western Union Telegraph Company at Hotel Del Monte, Nov. 8, 1897 : mounted albumen print. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Johnson, C.W. J.. Johnson, C.W. J. : [photography bio file]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf Camp, Charles Lewis, 1893-1975. Charles L. Camp collection of stereographs [picture]. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. Western travel views [graphic]. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Johnson, C. W. J. (Charles Wallace Jacob), 1833-1903. Historic photographs of California and the Southwest from the Francis P. Farquhar collection [graphic]. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Fiske, George, 1835-1918. Miscellaneous California views from the collection of Joseph A. Baird [graphic] UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Johnson, C. W. J. (Charles Wallace Jacob), 1833-1903. Card Photographs ca. 1885-1900. Monterey Public Library
creatorOf Taber, I. W. (Isaiah West), 1830-1912. California views including Yosemite, San Francisco and Southern California [graphic]. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Monterey Public Library. California History Room. Biography clippings : "J" [surname] folder 1815-1994 Monterey Public Library
creatorOf Johnson, C. W. J. (Charles Wallace Jacob), 1833-1903. Stereographs, chiefly of the Monterey Peninsula and vicinity [graphic] / photographed by C.W.J. Johnson. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Barkle, Thomas J., 1878-1956,. Barkle collection 1874-1908. Monterey Public Library
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associatedWith Camp, Charles Lewis, 1893-1975. person
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associatedWith Hotel Del Monte (Monterey, Calif.) corporateBody
associatedWith Johnson, Charles Wallace Jacob, 1833-1903. person
associatedWith Mission San Carlos Borromeo (Carmel, Calif.) corporateBody
associatedWith Monterey Public Library. California History Room. corporateBody
associatedWith Peck, Orrin M., 1860-1921 person
associatedWith United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 1st. corporateBody
associatedWith Western Union Telegraph Company. corporateBody
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