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19th Century California Photographers
Some of the 19th-century photographers in California Views' historical photo archives include Carleton E. Watkins (1829-1916), Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904), Isaiah W. Taber (1830-1912), C.W.J. Johnson (1833-1903), W. N. Tuttle (1844-1895), Richard J. Arnold (1856-1929), Charles K. Tuttle (1859-1939), A. W. Ericson (1848-1927), Frank Bequette Rodolph (1843-1923) Thomas Houseworth (1828-1915) one view of the Mission at San Juan Bautista and Central Pacific Railroad train on Long Ravine Bridge # 1340, E. J. Hayward (1838-??) & Muzzall, H. W. (1844-??), T. E. Heght (??-1914) , George Fiske (1835-1918) and other early California and other photographer's including William Henry Jackson (1843-1942), Darius Kinsey (1869-1945), C. R. Savage (1832-1909). Carleton E. Watkins (1829 - 1916) Watkins was born on November 11, 1829 in New York State. He came to California in 1851 with his friend, C. P. Huntington. In 1854, he studied photography with R.H. Vance in San Jose. Watkins was active up and down the Pacific coast. In 1875 - 1876, he lost his studio and negatives to I.W. Taber. Taber put his own name on Watkins' photos. But Watkins was not to be stopped by this. He set out to make a new series of views, but fate was not kind to him. He lost most of this work in the 1906 earthquake and fire in San Francisco. He was committed to the Napa State Hospital in 1910 and died on June 23, 1916. Watkins was primarily a landscape photographer--the Ansel Adams (1902-1984) of his time. He left a rich record of what he saw with his camera. Holdings: The collection includes 103 of Watkins' images, including original and copy prints, and copy glass negatives. Watkins photographed the Del Monte Hotel, Carmel Mission, the Farallon Light house, Point Lobos and the Chinese Fishing Village, Pebble Beach, Pacific Grove, and Carmel on the Monterey Peninsula. And the California Missions. Around 1880-1885 making stereo views and we have two Mammoth prints in our archives. A list of our Watkins holdings and our on line gallery of Watkins Photos. I. W. Taber (1830-1912) Isaiah West Taber was born in Massachusetts on August 17, 1830. Taber came to California first in 1850 returning to New Bedford in 1854 for ten years and returning back to California in 1864 working for Bradley and Rulofson till 1871. In 1872 He opened his own gallery at 12 Montgomery Street in San Francisco. In n 1876 he aquaried the C. E. Watkins negatives making prints with his name on them but keeping Watkins numbers. Stereo view of the Farallon Lighthouse by Watkins on a Taber mount an other view by Taber of the Club house at Hotel del Monte. He was well known for his large stock of California Views. He lost his large collection of twenty tons of view and portrait glass negatives and Claus Spreckels in the 1906 S.F. Earthquake he was 76 at the time that was the end of his photographic career. He died on February 22 of 1912.  Holdings: The photo collection includes over 86 original and copy prints, and stereograph's our on line gallery of Taber Photos. |
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C.W.J. Johnson (1833 - 1903) Charles Wallace Jacob Johnson by his photograph parlor at the Hotel del Monte circa 1887. C. W. J. Johnson, was also a miner, he had a one man band and taught dance and music before he came to Monterey and the Hotel del Monte he was the first official photographer, from the mid 1880s to the late 1890s. Johnson photographed a variety of subjects, including hotel guests, and the Pacific Grove Retreat, Carmel and Carmel Mission, farmers, ranchers of the Carmel Valley and Big Sur region. He learned photography from William N. Tuttle of Arcata in the mid 1860s. In 1870, Johnson moved to San Francisco; , he moved to Watsonville in 1877; and after to Monterey when the Hotel del Monte opened in June of 1880, he opened a gallery on Alvarado street in Monterey (he moved his gallery to the hotel itself in 1887). Johnson was a very prolific photographer, leaving a rich photographic record of life in the Monterey Bay region. Johnson was born in Maryland on August 3, 1833 he came to California in the 1850's and was active up to 1898 and he died in Salinas on January 17, 1903. Holdings: Over 651 images from 5”x 8”, 6 ½”x 8 ½” and 8”x 10” glass negatives, original prints, and stereographs views. Our on line gallery of Johnson Photos. |
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C. K. Tuttle (1859-1939)
Charles
Kirkham Tuttle was the first druggist in Pacific Grove when he opened his Seaside
Drug store on Lighthouse Avenue on April, 18th of 1887. He was also a very prolific and talented photographer that left a large collection of glass negatives of Pacific Grove and the
Monterey area.
He probably became interested in photography when he saw how well the photos by C. W. J. Johnson that he sold in his drug store. He and Johnson had a long business association. Tuttle also published a line of postcards from his photographs. Holdings: Over 670 images from 4”x 5”, 5”x 7”, 5”x8” ,6 ½”x8 ½, 8”x 10” and 11”x 14” glass negatives and original prints a gift from Winnifred Tuttle Beaumont his daughter in 1972. For more photos by C. K. Tuttle Tuttle photo collection |
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Photo of Hotel Del Monte, circa 1887
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Mr. Pat Hathaway, Photo Archivist
California Views historical photograph collection 469 Pacific Street Monterey, California 93940-2702 |
Phone (831) 373-3811
Hours 11 A.M. - 5:30 P.M. Pacific time Closed Sunday & Monday http://caviews.com |