Scrapbook of Family Photographs from Santa Cruz and Stanford, California, c. 1901

  • Approximately forty-nine 7 x 10 inch pages with ninety-four 3 ½ x 3 ½ inch photos; five 1 ½ x 2 inch photos; one 1 ½ x 4 ½
  • Santa Cruz and Stanford, California , 1901
By [California – Santa Cruz – Stanford – Family Albums] Sharp, Paul
Santa Cruz and Stanford, California, 1901. Approximately forty-nine 7 x 10 inch pages with ninety-four 3 ½ x 3 ½ inch photos; five 1 ½ x 2 inch photos; one 1 ½ x 4 ½ inch photo; and one 5 x 6 ½ inch photo. Binding broken with staining on cover. Photographs generally very good to excellent contrast, with a portion at the end significantly faded. Overall very good.. Scrapbook of photographs, mainly showing home life and recreation of a family with young children in central California in the early 1900s. The family spend time playing with their children in the yard, going to the beach, and hiking in the woods. There are also several snaps of buildings at Stanford University shortly after their construction. Of interest as a depiction of everyday life in turn-of-the-century California.

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