Ericson Photograph Collection, ca 1885-1930

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Ericson Photograph Collection, ca 1885-1930

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The Ericson Collection depicts a wide variety of everyday northwest California scenes and activities from the 1880s through the 1920s. Lumber industry, Native Americans, city and village street scenes (primarily Arcata ), Schools, portraits, and scenic views are the featured subjects of this collection. The primary photographer represented is A.W. Ericson with some by his son and business partner, Edgar. More information about this collection can be found at http://library.humboldt.edu/humco/ /infoservices/humco/holdings/ericson.htm.

497 items

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Humboldt State University Library.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6663844

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Ericson, A. W. (Augustus William), 1848-1927

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Not all the photographs are identified as being by Ericson. The print of Stephen H. Meek is by Louis Heller; some others are unidentified. From the description of Indians of Humboldt and Siskiyou Counties : photographs, ca. 1880-1895. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79095252 Biography Augustus William Ericson (1848-1927) was born in Orebro, Sweden. At age eleven he started a printing apprenticeship, the same business his f...

Ericson, Edgar

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Biography Augustus William Ericson (1848-1927) was born in Orebro, Sweden. At age eleven he started a printing apprenticeship, the same business his father was in, and later had an apprenticeship in the dry goods business. When he was eighteen Ericson, without his parent's approval, left Sweden and came to the United States. He first took a job in Chicago and then found work in a logging operation in Michigan. A.W. (Gus) Ericson t...