Turrill, Charles B. (Charles Beebe), 1854-1927

The Preliminary World's Fair Exhibit was shown in connection with the Mechanics Institute's 27th Industrial Exposition in San Francisco, Jan. 10-Feb. 18, 1893.

From the description of Charles B. Turrill papers as manager, Preliminary World's Fair Exhibit of California, 1892. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 215028756

Calif. photographer.

From the description of Charles B. Turrill correspondence : TLS, 1900-1901. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122508937

Charles B. Turrill (1854-1927) was a professional San Francisco photographer who rode the Southern Pacific Railroad's Sunset Route from El Paso to the mouth of the Pecos River and photographed what he saw there.

From the description of Southern Pacific Sunset Route photographs, ca. 1890. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 663975184

Charles B. Turrill (1854-1927) was a professional San Francisco photographer who rode the Southern Pacific Railroad’s Sunset Route from El Paso to the mouth of the Pecos River and photographed what he saw there.

From the guide to the Southern Pacific Sunset Route Photographs, ca. 1890, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)

American author and photographer.

From the description of A trip to Lower California, 1887. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 29764033

Biography

Charles Beebe Turrill was born March 6, 1854, and died in 1927. He began his work as an amateur photographer in 1886, and started a professional business around 1900 in San Francisco. His work at Santa Clara College, later Santa Clara University, reflect his interest in photography as a form of historical documentation. As quoted in the San Francisco Call and Post, Sept. 17, 1921, Turrill explained, "I am fighting to preservethe history of California - for the accuracy of historic records." He spent time at Santa Clara restoring photographs damaged in a fire in the Fathers' residence hall, 1909, and took other photographs himself "to show present conditions, the building of a new residence and senior hall and the class pictures."

(Correspondence from Turrill to J. Perkins Tracy, April 8, 1914, Society of California Pioneers)

From the guide to the Inventory of Turrill-Miller Photograph Collection, 1905-1920, (Santa Clara University Archives)