C.C. Pierce Collection of Photographs [graphic] , ca.1840-1930 (bulk 1880-1920).
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Ford, Henry Chapman, 1828-1894
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Etcher and painter known primarily for his etchings of California missions. Ford settled permanently in Santa Barbara, California in 1875. From the description of Henry Chapman Ford notes on California missions, circa 1875-1894? (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 26696566 ...
Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
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Charles C. Pierce migrated to Southern California in 1886 and began his photographic career in Los Angeles. In addition to establishing a studio and selling photographic supplies, Pierce also amassed a vast picture library over the course of three decades. Pierce acquired the negatives and prints of other regional photographers, eradicated their signatures from the prints, stamped his name on the verso of the image, and organized the lot into subject files. Some of the photographers from whom he...
Vischer, Edward
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Biography/Administrative History Edward Vischer (1809–1878) as a young man of nineteen emigrated from Germany to Mexico where he was associated with the commercial house of Heinrich Virmond. In the employ of Virmond, or other German-Latin American companies, he acted as supercargo on many trading voyages to west-coast ports of the Americas and to the Orient. In 1842, he became interested in California and agreed to travel there fo...