Title:

Death Valley, California: pack outfit on the desert, a man riding a horse, leading a pack horse

Sub-Series Title:

California

Creator:

DeCou, Branson, 1892-1941

Type:

Image

Series:

Dream Pictures and Travelogues, Branson DeCou

Place:

Death Valley

Topic:

Panoramas, Horsemen and horsewomen, Landscapes, Landscape photography, Deserts, and Voyages and travels

Description:

View in tinted lantern slide, ca. 1920-1940

Subject:

Panoramas, Horsemen and horsewomen, Landscapes, Landscape photography, Deserts, Voyages and travels, and Death Valley

Call Number:

MS 38

Title:

Santa Barbara, California: ranch scene with cowboys and stagecoaches

Sub-Series Title:

California

Creator:

DeCou, Branson, 1892-1941

Type:

Image

Series:

Dream Pictures and Travelogues, Branson DeCou

Place:

Santa Barbara

Topic:

Ranches, Horsemen and horsewomen, Landscapes, Landscape photography, Horse-drawn vehicles, and Voyages and travels

Description:

View in tinted lantern slide, ca. 1920-1940

Subject:

Ranches, Horsemen and horsewomen, Landscapes, Landscape photography, Horse-drawn vehicles, Voyages and travels, and Santa Barbara

Call Number:

MS 38

Title:

Mount Hamilton Road: view of a wagon laden with sacks, drawn by four houses, with the Lick Observatory in the distance

Sub-Series Title:

Views, Lick Observatory

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Horse-drawn vehicles, Roads, Mountains, Horses, Astronomical observatories, Wagons, Observatory domes, Horsemen and horsewomen, Landscapes, and Panoramas

Date Created:

1900-1907

Description:

The Lick Observatory Archive documents one of the most historically important observatories in the world, and is a unique resource for the study of the history of modern astronomy. The digital collection contains digitized historical photographs from Series 6 and 7 of the larger collection and includes portraits of astronomers, telescope and lens makers and other prominent scientists, scenes of life at the observatory on Mount Hamilton, instruments, and documentation of expeditions. The physical archive includes records beginning in 1870 describing the founding construction and operation of the observatory, and documenting aspects of the early astronomical ambitions and achievements of its founders. Correspondence, copybooks, drawings, diaries and logs, and the personal papers of resident and visiting astronomers make up a large portion of the Archive.

Subject:

Horse-drawn vehicles, Roads, Mountains, Horses, Astronomical observatories, Wagons, Observatory domes, Horsemen and horsewomen, Landscapes, Panoramas, Lick Observatory, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36