Big Basin : photograph album, 1900.

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Big Basin : photograph album, 1900.

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Photographs taken by Hill of Sequoia sempervirens and its habitat in Big Basin, including Waddell Creek, and Mt. Ben Lomond. Most of the photos were probably taken on the exploring expedition which started for Big Basin on May 15, 1900. They followed the only route then existing -- by train from San Jose to Boulder Creek, and from Boulder Creek to the end of the road at "Slippery Rock" by horsedrawn vehicle. Represented are the founding members of the Sempervirens Club among whom are Hill, W.W. Richards, R.S. Kooser, Carrie Stevens Walter, Mrs. S.A. Jones, J.F. Coope, J.Q. Packard, H.L. Middleton, Charles Wesley Reed and their guide, Andy Baldwin, and cook, Thomas Croon.

26 prints.

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Dudley, William Russell.

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Coope, J. F.

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Reed, Charles W.

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Kooser, R. S.

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Hill, Andrew Putnam, 1853-1922.

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Formerly a student of art, Andrew Putnam Hill became a professional photographer in 1889, opening a studio in San Jose, California with his partner, Sydney J. Yard. While his studio produced many individual and group portraits, he also became well known for his views of the Santa Clara Valley region and the Santa Cruz mountains. He became an ardent conservationist and, working with other members of his newly founded Sempervirens Club, lobbied throughout the state against commercial cutting of re...

Sempervirens Fund

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Middleton, H. L.

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