Frank B. Rodolph photograph collection [graphic] ca. 1877-1891.

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Frank B. Rodolph photograph collection [graphic] ca. 1877-1891.

Landscape views of numerous rural and urban locations, primarily in Northern California. Many views and group portraits from the outings of a group calling themselves the "Merry Tramps", from Oakland, Calif. Their recreational activities, picnics, and camps are shown. Also, several views of amateur photographers at work are present. Includes a variety of cityscapes, residences and other buildings, chiefly of Oakland and the San Francisco Bay Area and also Sonoma County, Santa Cruz and the Monterey areas. Also featured are Spanish Mission buildings, an 1887 trip to Southern Calif., the Colorado River (including Indians of the region), and Mexico. I.W. Taber photographs include Alaska and a series on the felling and transport of the "World's Fair Big Tree".

16 albums (1254 photographic prints) : albumen ; various sizes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8224802

UC Berkeley Libraries

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California Heritage Project.

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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...

Online Archive of California

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Rodolph, Frank B. (Frank Bequette), 1843-1923.

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Schlichtmann, Margaret

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