Pioneer Photographers of the Far West

Pioneer Photographers of the Far West
Author: Peter E. Palmquist
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 716
Release: 2000
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 9780804738835

This extraordinarily comprehensive, well-documented, biographical dictionary of some 1,500 photographers (and workers engaged in photographically related pursuits) active in western North America before 1865 is enriched by some 250 illustrations. Far from being simply a reference tool, the book provides a rich trove of fascinating narratives that cover both the professional and personal lives of a colorful cast of characters.

Vischer's Views of California

Vischer's Views of California
Author: Edward Vischer
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 20
Release: 2021-09-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781014254689

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Edward Vischer & His "Pictorial of California"

Edward Vischer & His
Author: Hubert Vischer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 26
Release: 1932
Genre: Artists
ISBN:

Vischer was a German who went to South America as a businessman. While there he offered hospitality to Charles Darwin. He moved later to California during the Gold Rush for business. He took up sketching scenes of his travels. He planned Pictorial of California to be a series of 60 landscape views, later expanded to over 100. Mariano Vallejo urged him to add views of the presidios to those of the missions.