Edith Irvine California photographs, ca. 1879-ca. 1931.

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Edith Irvine California photographs, ca. 1879-ca. 1931.

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275 glass plate negatives (and prints), 17 photographic prints, 1 tintype, family letters and papers, map of San Francisco Earthquake area, 2 cameras, and darkroom equipment. The photographic collection, all of which has been digitized, consists of 293 images as follows: 86 of Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, California; 80 of the Electra Power Project; 60 of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake; 39 personal and family photographs (17 of which are prints and 1 tintype); 23 of Yosemite National Park; and 5 miscellaneous photographs. Edith is the photographer for 277 of these images and 16 are photographed by either an unknown or professional photographer.

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Harold B. Lee Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7386830

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Irvine, Robert, b. 1882.

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Irwin family

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Spooner, John Pitcher, b. 1885.

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Electra Powerhouse (Calif.)

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Irvine, Edith.

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Edith Irvine, 1884 1949, was born in the small mining community of Sheep Ranch, California, the second child of Thomas Hanna Irvine, a successful gold miner, and Mary Irene Hills. Her photographic efforts were largely unknown, except to family and friends, during her lifetime. She was an amateur photographer of considerable skill, but a school teacher by profession. From the description of Edith Irvine California photographs, ca. 1879-ca. 1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 36803660...