Photographs from the Von Schmidt family papers [graphic]. ca. 1870-ca. 1910.

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Photographs from the Von Schmidt family papers [graphic]. ca. 1870-ca. 1910.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/768448066

Includes portraits of Alexis von Schmidt, Edward von Schmidt, Alfred von Schmidt, Samuel von Schmidt and other family members. Also includes photographs depicting Edward's sailboat, Whirlwind, as well as boating scenes on San Francisco Bay; carte-de-visite and other portraits of various persons, mostly unidentified; and one composite photograph of a drawing of the dynamiting of Blossom Rock in San Francsico Bay and portraits of various figures -- including Alexis, Edward, Alfred, Julius and Walter von Schmidt -- associated with the event.

1 box (ca. 50 photographic prints) : b&w and albumen ; 25 x 24 cm or smaller.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8178844

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Von Schmidt, A. W. (Alexis Waldemar), 1821-1906

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Taber, I. W. (Isaiah West), 1830-1912

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Morris Badt was born in Schwersenz, Posen, Germany in 1830. He emigrated to New York in 1847 and moved to San Francsico in 1851, where he established a mercantile business. He later established businesses in Elko and Wells, Nevada. He married Lena Posener in 1868. Badt died in San Francisco in 1899. Mirel Lipshuetz Badt was the stepmother of Morris Badt. (From genealogical information provided by donors.) From the description of Morris Badt family portraits [graphic]. ca. 1880-ca. 18...

Morse, G. D. (George Daniels), fl. ca. 1860-ca. 1900.

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Dames & Williams.

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Selleck, Silas.

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Nast, John E.

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Philip, Marta H.

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Bradley & Rulofson

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Von Schmidt family.

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Alexis von Schmidt, a Prussian, in 1849 came to Calif. He surveyed the border of Calif. in 1856, and again from 1873 to 1875, headed the team to blow up Blossom Rock in the San Francisco Bay and owned the Lake Tahoe and San Francisco Water Works Company. Alexis von Schmidt died May 26, 1906. Edward von Schmidt, son of Alexis, was a sailor and engineer. Some of his early voyages were aboard the Good Templar, Modoc, Three Brothers, Ariel and the Francis Palmer. ...

Von Schmidt, Edward

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Edouart & Cobb.

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Von Schmidt, Alfred

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Habenicht, photographer.

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Shew, William J., 1820-1903

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Charles James was appointed Collector of Customs for San Francisco in 1864. From the description of [Charles James [graphic] : Collector of Customs in San Francisco] / [photographed by William Shew]. [between 1864 and 1866] (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 255983450 California pioneer of 1849 and editor of the California Farmer, published by the Pacific Rural Press. From the description of [James Lloyd LaFayette Warren posed with Californ...

Whirlwind (ship)

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