Albumen Photographs of San Francisco, Washington, Oregon, & Australia Attributed to Alanson Snook

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American History, Featuring the Property of N. Flayderman & Co. by Cowan's Auctions

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Lot Description

Disbound album containing 86 albumen photographs documenting San Francisco, Washington Territory, Oregon, and Australia, with a few images credited to Caney Photo. Although the remaining images are uncredited, it has been suggested that they were taken by Alanson Snook, a photographer based in Elmira, NY. The photographs, mounted recto/verso, many with period captions, range in size, with the majority measuring approx. 8 x 6 in., (38), some a bit smaller. The remaining photos measure from 4.25 x 2.5 in. or slightly larger, up to 9.25 x 7.5 in. (19). Ca 1860s-1870s.

The centerpiece is a group of 15 photographs of San Francisco and its surroundings, including bird's-eye-views of the city from California Street Hill and Telegraph Hill, photos of Alcatraz Island, the cable road running through Market Street and California Street, a Chinese restaurant, the Cliff House, and a birds-eye-view taken from Governor Leland Stanford's residence.

Photographs of Elmira, NY, Multnomah Falls, Oneonta Gorge, and Mount Hood in Oregon as well as Mount Rainier in Washington are included, along with a number of photographs taken abroad in New Zealand, including Mt. Victoria, Rockhampton and Sydney, Australia, New Caledonia, Fiji, Tahiti, Egypt, and more. The photographs document the architecture, scenery, wildlife, exotic flora and fauna of the areas, and local residents, including a studio portrait of two gentleman that appear to be Aboriginal Australians identified as Black Trackers.

Condition

Some toning of the images and occasional spotting. Damage to the album mounts. Despite the wear, the collection contains some rare views of San Francisco.
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