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Vischer's Pictorial of California: Landscape, Trees and Forest Scenes. Grand Features of California Scenery, Life, Traffic and Customs., 1870

 Item — Item: Vischer 4
Identifier: Series 6:

Scope and Contents

Presentation copy, 9 1/4 x 12 inches. In green binding to "Hubert Vischer from his father". Contains three sections, each giving essays and descriptions about the landscape photographs, the trees and forests of California, and geology of the High Sierra, respectively. Same text as Vischer 2. Inscribed photograph of Edward Vischer pasted inside front cover. Includes a poem on California; "Dedication to the Society of California Pioneers; and notes regarding gift of "Vischer's Pictorial of California..." to the society. Tipped in photo mounts include image of bookplate (?) - "Edward Vischer certified as life member of the California Society of Pioneers" - and five plates of miniatures of "Sixty numbers of landscape".

Dates

  • Creation: 1870

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Languages represented in the collection: English, Spanish and German

Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

1 item

Repository Details

Part of the 01 - Special Collections & Archives, The Claremont Colleges Library Repository

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