A sweet staple-bound souvenir album comprising 10 early twentieth-century views of Napa Valley, California, a region already booming as one of America’s foremost producers of domestic wine.

Within the album, the survey-like photographs show a mix of historic locations including an “old Adobe barn,” built in 1839, a rock formation known as “the Old Man,” and an image of the Bale Grist Mill, in St. Helena, where early settlers could bring grain for grinding into meal or flour. Other shots highlight newly constructed infrastructure such as the Goodman Library in Napa (built 1901), known today as the longest operating library in California. This is due to a clause stated by the donor, George E. Goodman, at the time of the building’s construction, that the building may only remain in the city’s possession if it were to exist as an active library. Another photo depicts the original building of the Napa Insane Asylum, known as “The Castle.” The ornate brick asylum was designed in adherence to the Kirkbride Plan, a system advocated by Thomas Story Kirkbride in which a high importance was placed upon environment, natural light, and air circulation. The building was unfortunately demolished in 1949, however the hospital is still in operation as the Napa State Hospital.

The closing photograph in the album is a nicely composed scene of Greystone, then the largest stone winery in the world, and a time-withstanding icon of the Napa Valley. Greystone was the first California winery to operate by electricity, powered by an on-site boiler and gas generator. The winery’s concept was formed on the back of the oppressive price-fixing by wine merchants throughout the Bay Area in the late 19th century. One of Greystone’s main operations was to house other producers’ wine within their enormous stone cellars until the highest price could be secured. As remuneration for storage Greystone received shares of each sale.