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

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ANO NUEVO ISLAND

SAN MIGUEL ISLAND

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

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SANTA ROSA ISLAND

SANTA CRUZ ISLAND

Vista del Muelle
Prisoners' Harbor, Santa Cruz Island, 1869
Vista Mirando al West End
Main Ranch, Santa Cruz Island, 1869
Cayo del Puerco
Prisoners' Harbor, Santa Cruz Island, 1869
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
La Cañada Camino del Puerto
Prisoners' Harbor, Santa Cruz Island, 1869
No wagon road existed, the camino being a trail.
Vista del Main Rancho
Main Ranch, Santa Cruz Island, 1869
Left foreground ~ Men's bunk house.