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The Jim Crain Collection: Texas, California & the Old West

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The lifetime collection of author and photo historian, Jim Crain (1939-2025). The catalog is exclusively devoted to antique photography with an emphasis on the Old West, California, Texas, and Native Americana from 1840-1900.
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Lot 671

[CALIFORNIANA] (11) Yosemite & Sierra Nevada Stereoviews

Estimate: $250 - $500
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$100

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A group of eleven (11) attractive stereoviews featuring Yosemite, the Sierra Nevada, and other California landscapes. Views include: 

 

1. No. 24 Mt. Ord from the Lake in Bloody Canyon. "Yosemite Valley, California." Salem, Massachusetts: John S. Moulton. Series & view titles and imprint to publisher's aqua green mount.

 

2. 1534 - Tuolumne Soda Springs. "Sierra Nevada Mountains." View and series title to mount recto. "King's Old Book Store" stamp to verso. 

 

3. Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904), attributed photographer. 1531 - Fording the Tuolumne.  "Sierra Nevada Mountains." View and series title to mount recto. Pencil inscription to verso attributes the view to Muybridge. 

 

4. The Summit of a Volcano, Sierra Nevada Mts. Montreal, [Quebec, Canada]: J.G. Parks. Title to recto. Imprint to verso.

 

5. No. 7113. Mount Ida, from the Rail Road. "Views Along the Line of the Pacific Rail Road." New York: E. & H.T. Anthony. 591 Broadway St. imprint to recto. Anthonys' label with series & view titles and 591 Broadway St. imprint affixed to verso. 

 

6.  Snow Sheds around Donner Peak. "Central Pacific Railroad." Salt Lake City: C.R. Savage. View & series titles to recto.Savage's East Temple St. imprint to verso.

 

7. Mt. Ord, from the lake, in Bloody Canyon, Yos. Val. Cal. "American Scenery." Salem, Massachusetts: J.W. & J.S. Moulton. View & series titles and 256 Essex St. imprint to mount recto. 

 

8. Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904), attributed photographer. 1241 - Tisayack, (the Guardian Spirit,) Half Dome, 4,750 feet high. "Valley of the Yosemite." 

 

9. [Mount Starr King from Glacier Point.] "Yosemite Valley, California." [San Francisco?]: M.M. Hazeltine. Publisher's mount with series title to recto. Period ink title inscription to verso. 

 

10. No. 7. Nevada Falls and Cap of Liberty, from Emerald Pool. "Yosemite Valley, California." Salem, Massachusetts: John S. Moulton. Series & view titles and imprint to publisher's aqua green mount.

 

11. General View of Yo-Semite Valley from the Mariposa Trail. "Yo-Semite Valley, California." [San Francisco?]: M.M. Hazeltine. Publisher's mount with series title to recto.

 

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