Lawrence & Houseworth stereographic publishers

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Lawrence & Houseworth (1852-1870s) was a San Francisco firm that sold photographic supplies, distributed stereos from a variety of sources, and created original images. George Lawrence and Thomas Houseworth built an impressive catalog of Western and Pacific Coast images by employing photographers including Thomas Hart, Carleton Watkins, and Eadward Muybridge. The collection consists of 38 images, primarily of San Francisco and Sacramento. Blind-stamped images are likely to be L&H distribution of works by unidentified publishers and photographers.

Box 1

• PH194_004_1123: Palace Hotel, San Francisco, about 1880. BY Houseworth of San Francisco, CA. LOC California—San Francisco. DATE 1880 c.
• PH194_004_2119missing: TU-TOCK-AH-NU-LA, (El Capitan) 3,300 feet high, from the Merced River. BY Houseworth of San Francisco, CA. LOC California—Yosemite National Park. DATE 1900 c.
• PH194_004_2300: The Ocean Beach, from the Cliff House. [View down the coast. Very few structures. Three figures on rock in foreground. Three cent Green Tax Stamp on back of photo.] BY Lawrence & Houseworth. LOC California—San Francisco. DATE 1865 c.
• PH194_004_2301: Russ House - Montgomery Street, San Francisco. [View of the grand three-story hotel, completed in 1862. It was San Francisco's first grand hotel and filled an entire block on Montgomery from Bush to Pine Sts. Three cent Green Tax Stamp on back of photo.] BY Lawrence & Houseworth. LOC California—San Francisco. DATE 1865 c.
• PH194_004_2302: San Francisco from Union Square, looking north to corner California and Powell St. [View across fenced field to houses and commercial building on hill.] BY Lawrence & Houseworth. LOC California—San Francisco. DATE 1860 c.
• PH194_004_2303: San Francisco. Market Street from corner of Eighth Street. [View down street, two rail lines visible, horse-drawn trolley (?) in distance. Two story buildings line the street.] BY Lawrence & Houseworth. LOC California—San Francisco. DATE 1860 c.
• PH194_004_2304missing: San Francisco - From the Cosmopolitan Hotel, Looking North-West. Russian Hill…..Telegraph Hill. [View across densely built city, including hills. Three cent Green Tax Stamp on back of photo.] BY Lawrence & Houseworth. LOC California—San Francisco. DATE 1865 c.
• PH194_004_2305: San Francisco - Meigg's Wharf, North Beach from Russian Hill. [View from buildings on hill down to Meigg's Wharf. Built in 1852 to serve the lumber trade, it also served the merchant and tourist trade. Several sailing ships are anchored in the harbor.] BY Lawrence & Houseworth. LOC California—San Francisco. DATE 1865.
• PH194_004_2306: San Francisco - Montgomery Street, Instantaneous, looking north. Russian Hill ... Telegraph Hill. [Rooftop view down Montgomery Street with Russ House in foreground, awnings shade sidewalks and pedestrians, trolley and buggies move on street. See below. BY Lawrence & Houseworth. LOC California—San Francisco. DATE 1864.
• PH194_004_2307: S.F. Alcatraz Island. San Francisco from corner Union & Taylor Streets. Alcatraz Island in the distance. [View down hill and out to the bay, island faint in distance. Island had lighthouse and military garrison, military prison after 1868.] BY Lawrence & Houseworth. LOC California—San Francisco. DATE 1865 c.
• PH194_004_2308: San Francisco from corner Geary & Stockton Streets looking N.W. [Possibly taken from Union Square (level fenced field) houses in background are built to top of hill.] BY Lawrence & Houseworth. LOC California—San Francisco. DATE 1865 c.
• PH194_004_2309: San Francisco from corner Hyde & Greenwich looking south-east. [City view across densely built hill, picket fence in foreground.] BY Lawrence & Houseworth. LOC California—San Francisco. DATE 1865 c.
• PH194_004_2310: San Francisco - From the Cosmopolitan Hotel, Looking North-West. Russian Hill…..Telegraph Hill. [View across densely built city, including hills. Three cent Green Tax Stamp on back of photo.] BY Lawrence & Houseworth. LOC California—San Francisco. DATE 1864.
• PH194_004_2311: Road View, Cliff House. [Wonderful photo of road in front of Cliff House packed with people and various means of transport: horseback, horse and buggy, and a four-horse omnibus. See below. BY Lawrence & Houseworth. LOC California—San Francisco. DATE 1865.
• PH194_004_2312: Seal Rocks. San Francisco. [View of large offshore rocky formation with seals basking. Fence in foreground. Probably as seen from the Cliff House. Three cent Green Tax Stamp on back of photo.] BY Lawrence & Houseworth. LOC California—San Francisco. DATE 1865.
• PH194_004_2313: San Francisco - from Cosmopolitan Hotel, Looking South-East. Marine Hospital. [Rooftop view across densely built city. Three cent Green Tax Stamp on back of photo.] BY Lawrence & Houseworth. LOC California—San Francisco. DATE 1865.
• PH194_004_2314: San Francisco. Market St. opposite Second. [Two-story brick building, pictoral scenes decorate the front of balcony, large sign at top of building "Gilbert's Museum".] BY Lawrence & Houseworth. LOC California—San Francisco. DATE 1865 c.
• PH194_004_2315: San Francisco - Montgomery Street, from California Street, looking South. [View from ironwork balcony, probably third floor. Opposite side of street: handsome 4-story commercial buildings, sign for Kennedy and Bell on corner. See below. BY Lawrence & Houseworth. LOC California—San Francisco. DATE 1865.
• PH194_004_2316: The Cliff House. [First of the three Cliff Houses, built in 1863, burned to the ground in 1894. Popular recreation/dining destination. Balcony crowded with people. Horses and buggies on road in front. See below. BY Lawrence & Houseworth. LOC California—San Francisco. DATE 1865.
• PH194_004_2317: Exterior of the Old Mission Church, Mission Dolores. Dedicated in 1776. [Mission San Francisco de Asis, oldest surviving structure in San Francisco, sixth mission built in California. Built of adobe, survived 1906 earthquake. See below. BY Lawrence & Houseworth. LOC California—San Francisco. DATE 1865.
• PH194_004_2318: [San Francisco. In foreground, large industrial area with signs for a box factory; boiler works; iron, steel and coal works. In background, harbor with large number of sailing ships at anchor. See below. BY Lawrence & Houseworth. LOC California—San Francisco. DATE 1864.
• PH194_004_2319: [San Francisco rooftop city view up densely built hill. Public(?) building with neo-classical façade is in foreground with omnibus in front. Russ House can be see at next corner. See below. BY Lawrence & Houseworth. LOC California—San Francisco. DATE 1864.
• PH194_004_2320: S.F. [California St.(?), showing commercial buildings, signs include the Home Insurance Company, Hartford Fire Insurance Co., Watches & Diamonds. Facades of buildings are elaborate with glass showcase windows as street level. See below. BY Lawrence & Houseworth. LOC California—San Francisco. DATE 1864.
• PH194_004_2322: Sacramento City during the great flood of 1862. No. 5. View from the N.E. corner of M and Sixth Streets, Looking South-East. Gov. Stanford's house in the distance. [Sacramento flood series.] BY Lawrence & Houseworth. LOC California—Sacramento. DATE 1862.
• PH194_004_2323: Sacramento City during the great flood of 1862. No. 20. Taken from the top of the Pavilion, looking East. [Sacramento flood series] BY Lawrence & Houseworth. LOC California—Sacramento. DATE 1862.
• PH194_004_2324: Sacramento City during the great flood of 1862. No. 21. View from N Street, looking South, showing the destruction by the flood, and the gap in the R Street Levee, through which many buildings floated away. [Sacramento Flood Series.] BY Lawrence & Houseworth. LOC California—Sacramento. DATE 1862.
• PH194_004_2325: Sacramento City during the great flood of 1862. No. 23. Third Street, looking North near I Street, The Slough in the distance. [Sacramento flood series] BY Lawrence & Houseworth. LOC California—Sacramento. DATE 1862.
• PH194_004_2326: Sacramento City during the great flood of 1862. No. 26. M Street, looking East from Sixth Street, the foundation for the new Capitol in the distance, entirely surrounded by water. [Sacramento flood series] BY Lawrence & Houseworth. LOC California—Sacramento. DATE 1862.
• PH194_004_2327: Sacramento City during the great flood of 1862. No. 28. Corner of Third and N Streets. [Sacramento flood series] BY Lawrence & Houseworth. LOC California—Sacramento. DATE 1862.
• PH194_004_2328: Sacramento City during the great flood of 1862. No. 30. L Street, looking East from the Levee, on the banks of the Sacramento River. [Sacramento flood series] BY Lawrence & Houseworth. LOC California—Sacramento. DATE 1862.
• PH194_004_2329: Sacramento City during the great flood of 1862. No. 31. View North from R Street Levee. [Sacramento flood series] BY Lawrence & Houseworth. LOC California—Sacramento. DATE 1862.
• PH194_004_2330: Sacramento City during the great flood of 1862. No. 35. View corner of N and Sixth Streets. [Sacramento flood series] BY Lawrence & Houseworth. LOC California—Sacramento. DATE 1862.
• PH194_004_2341: U.S. Capitol [Although "U.S. Capitol" is written in pencil on the front of card, photo is of Abraham Lincoln's funeral stop in New York City at City Hall on April 24, 1865. Banner over the entrance reads "The Nation Mourns." BY Lawrence & Houseworth. LOC New York—New York City. DATE 1865.
• PH194_004_2421: Ruins in Charleston. War Views no. 191 [View of church and other roofless structures. 3-cent green GW proprietary stamp on reverse. "Lawrence & Houseworth" embossed on card.] BY Lawrence & Houseworth (pub). LOC South Carolina. DATE 1865?.
• PH194_004_2422: Rebel Works commanding Marietta Road near Atlanta, Ga. [Civil War scene. View of artillery and men guarding barricades. 3-cent green GW proprietary stamp on reverse. "Lawrence & Houseworth" embossed on card.] BY Lawrence & Houseworth (pub). LOC Georgia. DATE 1864 c.
• PH194_004_2423: House occupied by Rebel Pickets near Atlanta, Georgia. [View of large structure damaged by shells and gunfire. 3-cent green GW proprietary stamp on reverse. "Lawrence & Houseworth" embossed on card.] BY Lawrence & Houseworth (pub). LOC Georgia. DATE 1864 c.
• PH194_004_2429: Silver Region, N[evada] T[erritory]. No. 10. Virginia Road, Devil's Gate in the distance, Sucker Mills in the foreground. Published by Lawrence and Houseworth. [Nevada Territory, 1861-64.] BY Lawrence & Houseworth. LOC Nevada. DATE 1864 c.
• PH194_004_2479missing: Parc d'Artillerie (inter. de l'Arsenal) (Toulon). Photo le de J. Andrieu, Paris. Villes & Ports Maritimes. [No.] 464. [The Arsenal of Toulon. View of historic naval harbor; dock covered with cannon in foreground, boats at dock. BY Lawrence & Houseworth. LOC France. DATE 1860s.