Picturing California

4 March - 3 May 2021

Carleton Watkins
Yosemite's Domes, 1865
Mammoth plate albumen print
14 3/4 x 19 3/4 inches, mount 20 x 24 inches.
[Wong Chin Foo]
CDV Portraits of a Chinese American Activist, 1860s-70s
Albumen prints (4)
Each 4 x 2 1/2 inches.
With Wong's autograph on three, and all with photographers' credits verso.
Edweard Muybridge
Valley of the Yosemite from Union Point, 1872
Mammoth plate albumen print
16 1/2 x 21 inches, mount larger

Edweard Muybridge, Valley of the Yosemite from Union Point, 1872

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$ 5,000.00
Charles Roscoe Savage
Mount Tallac and Cascade Lake, Lake Tahoe, Cal, c. 1880
Albumen print
9 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches, mount larger
With photographer's credit, title, and location in the negative.
Thomas Houseworth
Advertising CDV, 1880s
Albumen print
5 1/4 x 3 inches.
Letterpressed credit and information on recto and verso.
[California Gold Country]
Mining in Murphys, California, C. 1887
Albumen prints (4)
4 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches, mounts larger
With manuscript captions ink on mount recto.

[California Gold Country], Mining in Murphys, California, C. 1887

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$ 750.00
W.B. Tyler
Presentation Album of California Scenes, 1889
Photo album; albumen prints (27)
Each 5 5/8 x 3 5/8 inches, and the reverse
With Tyler's blind stamp on recto.
Desiré Fricot
[Scenes of Calaveras County & Yosemite Valley], c. 1890
Albumen prints (22)
Each 7x9 inches, or the reverse.
Manuscript captions, in Fricot's hand, on verso.
[Yosemite Valley]
Sun pictures of the Yosemite Valley, c. 1900
Cyanotypes (27)
Each 3 1/2 inches square
[Roberts Lumber Co.]
Lumber Operations in Loyalton, CA, c. 1900
Silver prints (36)
Each 6 x 8 inches to 7 x 10 inches, on larger mounts.
Many with manuscript captions in red ink and the photographer’s blind stamp recto.
[San Francisco Earthquake]
Scenes of the city in ruins, c. 1906
Silver (46) and printing-out-paper (3) prints
Each 6 x 8 to 8 x 10 inches, a few slightly smaller.
Many captioned and credited in negative or on verso.
[Falls Manufacturing Company]
Falls MFG. Co. Fireproofing Protection, c. 1906-13
Photo Album; Silver prints (39)
Each 6 x 8 inches.
Many with typed and / or manuscript captions verso.
[Emma LeDoux]
Mugshot of the "Trunk Murderess," San Quentin Prison, c. 1910
Printing-out-paper print
2 1/2 x 4 inches.
Various stamps verso.
[Floral Studies]
Susiana Mourning Iris, Santa Cruz, 1920s
Silver print
10 x 8 inches.
Titled in ink on recto with pencil notations verso.
[California Stucco Products Corp.]
2 albums showing the varied uses of stucco, c. 1928
Photo albums (2); Silver prints (72)
8 x 10 inches, and the reverse.
Most with typed caption labels affixed verso.
[Orland Brand Sunkist Oranges]
Citrus production in Orland, CA, c. 1935
Silver prints (8)
Each 7 x 9 inches.
With reproduction stamps and typed caption labels verso.
Lloyd Ullberg
Untitled (house and palm tree), 1930s
Silver print
2 1/2 x 3 inches.
With Ullberg's hand stamp on verso.

Lloyd Ullberg, Untitled (house and palm tree), 1930s

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$ 1,000.00
[LAPD Highway Patrol]
Personal records from a bike cop, 1930s-40s
Photo Albums (2); Silver prints (240)
Approximately 2 x 3 to 10 x 12 inches.
Densely captioned, in ink, with much accompanying ephemera.
[California Spring Garden Show]
Trio of presentation albums for the Oakland exposition, 1939-47
Photo albums; Silver prints (85)
8 x 10 inches, and the reverse.
Each album with an informational introduction page.

[California Spring Garden Show], Trio of presentation albums for the Oakland exposition, 1939-47

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$ 2,750.00
Luckhaus Studio
Panorama showing the future site of the Estrada Courts Housing Project, 1941
Silver prints (2)
6 1/2 x 32 1/2 inches

Luckhaus Studio, Panorama showing the future site of the Estrada Courts Housing Project, 1941

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$ 750.00
Maynard Parker
Archive of Presentation Albums Showing Regency-Style Interiors of Hollywood Homes, 1940s
Photo albums (15); Silver prints (194)
11 x 14 inches
Each with Parker's studio credit recto.
Max Yavno
The Leg, Los Angeles, 1949
Silver print; printed c. 1960
13 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches, mount larger.
Signed on recto.

Provenance: Swann Galleries to Daniel / Oliver Gallery in 2018.

Max Yavno, The Leg, Los Angeles, 1949

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Chester Gan
[Miss Chinatown Beauty Pageant], 1951
Silver print
8 x 10 inches
With Gan's studio stamp and pencil notations, including date, on verso.
Leroy Grannis
Collection of Southern California Surfing Snaps, 1960-61
Silver prints (50)
Each 4 x 5 inches
Nearly all dated verso, and one with Grannis' hand stamp.
Some surfers identified.
[Escape from Alcatraz]
Dummy head of Frank Lee Morris, 1962
Silver print
6 x 5 inches.
[Crusaders Car Club]
Scrapbook of hot rods and car meets, 1963-66
Photo album: Silver (148) and chromogenic (28) prints
Mostly 3 1/2 inches square.
Many with accompanying captions on recto or mounted to album page.
[Patti Mcgee]
Skateboarding's First Female Pro, 1965
Silver print
8 x 10 inches.
With airbrushing recto and various stamps, notations in ink, and newspaper caption verso.
[Civil Rights]
Demonstrators at the Watts Uprising, 1965
Silver print
10 x 7 1/2 inches.
With crop-markings and airbrushing recto, and various stamps and publication snipe verso.
Lawrence Schiller
[Acid Parties], 1966
Silver prints (11)
Each 7 x 10 inches.
With typed or mimeographed caption labels affixed on verso, as well as the Pix agency hand-stamp, bearing the photographer’s credit.
Ed Ruscha
Lockheed Air Terminal, 2627 N. Hollywood Way, Burbank, 1967
Silver print; printed 1999
15 1/2 inches square, sheet larger.
Numbered 9/35 on verso
[Pacific Southwest Airlines]
Personal Album of a PSA Flight Attendant, 1973
Photo album; Chromogenic prints (35)
Mostly 3 1/2 inches square.
[California Advocates for Trollops]
Protests on Hollywood Boulevard Protesting Police Harassment of Prostitutes, 1977
Silver prints (30)
Each 5 x 7 inches, and the reverse.
One with information and Sparks' credit, in ink, on verso.
John Margolies
Fremont Theatre, San Luis Obispo, California, 1977
Chromogenic print
20 x 16 inches.
Signed, titled, and dated on verso.

John Margolies, Fremont Theatre, San Luis Obispo, California, 1977

Sold

$ 1,000.00
[Vagos Motorcycle Club]
Archive of an outlaw biker, 1979-85
Chromogenic prints (238), Polaroids (5), and related objects
Most 3 1/2 x 5 inches.
Many with the date in the negative.
John Margolies
Terrace Drive-In Theatre, Bakersfield, California, 1987
Chromogenic print
16 x 20 inches.
Signed, titled, and dated on verso.

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