EARLIEST KNOWN PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE CALIFORNIA ISLANDS

EARLIEST KNOWN PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE CALIFORNIA ISLANDS

• FARALLON ISLANDS
• ANO NUEVO ISLAND

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• SAN MIGUEL ISLAND
• SANTA ROSA ISLAND
• SANTA CRUZ ISLAND (1869)
• ANACAPA ISLAND
• SAN NICOLAS ISLAND
• SANTA BARBARA ISLAND
• SANTA CATALINA ISLAND (1864)
• SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND

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• ISLAS CORONADOS
• ISLA SAN MARTIN
• ISLAS SAN BENITO
• ISLA TODOS SANTOS
• ISLA SAN GERONIMO
• ISLA CEDROS
• ISLA GUADALUPE
• ISLA NATIVIDAD
• ISLA ASUCNION

FARALLON ISLANDS

• Farallon Islands
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  Sugarloaf Islands at Fisherman's Bay,
  Farallon Islands, San Francisco, California, 1869
  Carleton E. Watkins (1829-1916)
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  Sugarloaf Islands Seal Rocks,
  Farallon Islands, San Francisco, California, 1869
  Carleton E. Watkins (1829-1916)

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SAN MIGUEL ISLAND

• San Miguel Island
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  The Mills Years (1869-1887)
  Dr. Howard Mills (Hiram's son) built a two-story, five-bedroom house
  

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SANTA CRUZ ISLAND

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  Vista del Muelle
  Prisoners' Harbor, Santa Cruz Island, 1869
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  Vista Mirando al West End
  Main Ranch, Santa Cruz Island, 1869
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  Cayo del Puerco
  Prisoners' Harbor, Santa Cruz Island, 1869
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  Residencia del Dueño
  Main Ranch, Santa Cruz Island, 1869
  The man standing by the fence is probably Ohlmeyer, superintendent in the 1860s. This adobe was redesigned and a second story added. It was used as a family residence until about 1908 when it was razed.
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  Vista de la Cañada
  tomada por el lado del Muelle
  Prisoners' Harbor, Santa Cruz Island, 1869
  This shows the house at the harbor before restyling in the architecture of Southern France.
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  Salida de los Vaqueros
  Main Ranch, Santa Cruz Island, 1869
  The first figure to the right is superintendent Ohlmeyer. The men have gathered outside the Residencia del Dueño (owner's residence).
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  Residencia del Mayordomo
  Main Ranch, Santa Cruz Island, 1869
  The mayordomo of that time is standing at the extreme left. The front of the house had two stories, and the rear on a higher foundation but one. In the __ there was a saddle room on the second story which was later transferred to the shed in the left background. An outer staircase scaled the west wall. Then the house was redesigned it was always referred to as the superintendent's. There was a kitchen in the house which was the headquarters of the Chinese ranch cook of the 1880s.
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  Vista de la Entrada de la Cañada
  tomada por el Main Rancho
  Main Ranch, Santa Cruz Island, 1869
  The small buildings in the right background were among the earliest, and in the 1860s served as bunk house for the Indians employed on the island.
  Right middle ground ~ owner's residence.
  Left middle ground ~ residencia del mayordomo, later the superintendent's residence.
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  La Cañada Camino del Puerto
  Prisoners' Harbor, Santa Cruz Island, 1869
  No wagon road existed, the camino being a trail.
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  Vista del Main Rancho
  Main Ranch, Santa Cruz Island, 1869
  Left foreground ~ Men's bunk house.

SAN NICOLAS ISLAND

• SAN NICOLAS ISLAND

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SANTA BARBARA ISLAND

• SANTA BARBARA ISLAND
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  Heman Bayfield "Bay" Webster,
  Santa Barbara Island, c. 1900

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SANTA CATALINA ISLAND

• SANTA CATALINA ISLAND
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  Civil War Troops, Isthmus, 1864

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ISLAS CORONADOS

• ISLAS CORONADOS
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  Abalone hunting, Coronado Islands, Mexico
  Photo by Lee Passmore, early 20th century

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ISLA GUADALUPE

• Isla Guadalupe
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  Deserted village, southeast end of Guadalupe Island
  In the background, caves frequented by seals.
  C. H. Townsend, 1892

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