Photographic portraits of prominent Californians and vistors to San Francisco circa 1871-1876

Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902

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Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902) was a landscape painter from New York, N.Y. From the description of Albert Bierstadt letters, 1880-1893. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 233006971 Landscape painter; New York, N.Y. From the description of Albert Bierstadt letters, 1880-1893. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557002 German-American painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Hiram Powers, 1870 Apr. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat ...

Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873

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Swiss-American zoologist and geologist. Professor of zoology and geology at Harvard University. Louis Agassiz was born in Môtier-en-Vuly, Switzerland. He studied at the universities of Zürich, Erlangen (Ph.D., 1829), Heidelberg, and Munich (M.D., 1830). Agassiz studied medicine briefly but turned to zoology, with a special interest in fishes and fossils, while studying under the French naturalist Cuvier. In 1832 he became professor of natural history at the University of Neuchâtel, Sw...

Davidson, George, 1825-1911

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Biography George Davidson - geodesist, astronomer, geographer and engineer - was born in Nottingham, England, on May 9, 1825. In 1832 he came to the United States with his parents, who settled in Pennsylvania. Upon graduation from Central High School, Philadelphia, he was appointed magnetic observer at Girard College Observatory. In 1845 he began his career with the United States Coast Survey as clerk to Superintendent Alexander D...

Ralston, William Chapman, 1826-1875

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William Chapman Ralston, San Francisco businessman and financier, was born in Plymouth, Ohio, in 1826. He arrived in San Francisco in 1854, and ten years later, when he organized the Bank of California, he became one of the most important and powerful men in California. He died in San Francisco in 1875. From the description of Letter of William Chapman Ralston, 1865, Sep. 9. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122383437 William ...

Hallidie, Andrew Smith, 1836-1900

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Inventor, engineer, and civic leader. From the description of Andrew Smith Hallidie diary : ms, 1852 Jan.-May. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122368972 Hallidie was an inventor, engineer, and civic leader. From the description of Andrew Smith Hallidie papers and biographical material, 1848-1967. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 86128689 ...

Walker, James, 1819-1889

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Stebbins, Horatio, 1821-1902

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Unitarian minister; Regent, University of California. From the description of Horatio Stebbins papers, 1868-1902. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 84653414 ...

Iwakura, Tomomi, 1825-1883

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Brookes, Samuel Marsden 1816-1892

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Brookes was an artist, of San Francisco, Calif., and founder of San Francisco Art Association. From the description of Samuel Marsden Brookes papers, 1862-1915. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122563684 ...

Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916

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Watkins was a pioneer California photographer, most well known for his large-format photographs. From the description of Views of Thurlow Lodge by Carleton Watkins: photograph album, circa 1874. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510599 An American landscape photographer, Carleton E. Watkins was noted for his views of the Pacific Northwest and Yosemite. From the description of Carleton E. Watkins Collection. [1879]. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); ...

O'Brien, William Shoney, 1825 or 6-1878

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Mills, Darius O. (Darius Ogden)

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Bloomer, Hiram Reynolds, 1845-1911

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Civil war soldier; enlisted 20 August 1862 at Trumansburg, New York, to serve three years; mustered in 3 September 1862 as first sergeant, Company I, 137th New York Infantry Regiment; wounded in action, 29 October 1863 at Wauhatche, Tennessee; transferred to Company G of the 5th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, 16 January 1865; discharged on 5 July 1865 at Indianapolis. From the description of Letter, 1863 May 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145408493 ...