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LL/38274
Carleton E. Watkins
Cliff House and Seal Rocks, S. F.
1877 (ca)
Cabinet card
 
California State Library
Record no: 001387276
 
LL/38274

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LL/50677
Carleton E. Watkins
[The Cliff House from the Beach]
1868-1870
Albumen silver print
40 x 52.4 cm (15 3/4 x 20 5/8 in)
 
J. Paul Getty Museum
Object number: 85.XM.242.1
 
LL/50677

2 of 36
LL/50678
Carleton E. Watkins
The Cliff House, San Francisco
1879-1880 (ca)
Albumen silver print
36.2 x 53.3 cm (14 1/4 x 21 in)
 
J. Paul Getty Museum
Object number: 92.XM.90
 
LL/50678

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LL/122643
Carleton E. Watkins
Sea Lion Rock, the Cliff House, San Francisco
1868 (ca)
Albumen print
3 5/8 x 6 1/16 in. (9.21 x 15.4 cm)
 
LACMA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Gift of Graham and Susan Nash, M.91.359.74
 
LL/122643

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LL/122646
I.W. Taber
Seal Rocks, from Cliff House
1885 (ca)
Albumen print
2 1/2 x 8 1/2 ins.
 
Archive Farms
The Patrick Montgomery Collection, Object No. 2011.296
 
LL/122646

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LL/122647
I.W. Taber
New Cliff House, from the Terrace, San Francisco
1880
Albumen print
7 1/2 x 9 1/2 ins.
 
Archive Farms
The Patrick Montgomery Collection, Object No. 2018.287
 
LL/122647

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LL/79153
I.W. Taber
View of Cliff House from the Ocean.
1880-1900 (ca)
Albumen print
19.5 x 23.9 cm
 
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-2012-96-234
 
LL/79153

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LL/37086
Francis Benjamin Johnston
Frances Benjamin Johnston, with Maddie, San Francisco
1903
Tintype
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-47063 (b&w film copy neg.)
 
LL/37086 [Further details available]

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LL/35251
H.G. Peabody (Boston)
Cliff House and Seal Rocks
1902
 
National Archives and Records Administration
79-HPA-1-47
 
LL/35251 [Further details available]

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LL/49069
W.C. Billington
The 1896 Cliff House, San Francisco with a camera obscura in the southwest tower
1896
Photograph, mounted
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/49069

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LL/49070
W.C. Billington
The 1896 Cliff House, San Francisco with a camera obscura in the southwest tower
1896
Photograph, mounted, detail
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/49070

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LL/122644
W.C. Billington
The 1896 Cliff House, San Francisco with a camera obscura in the southwest tower [Detail highlighting stereoviews shown]
1896
Photograph, mounted, detail
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/122644 [Further details available]

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LL/49074
Unidentified artist (Staffordshire ware)
10" china plate, "Picturesque San Francisco" by Old English Staffordshire Ware showing Cliff House with the camera obscura by its side
n.d.
Plate
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/49074

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LL/83158
Unidentified photographer
A portrait of a man with San Francisco Cliff House in the background
1890 (ca)
Tintype, hand-painted
10 x 14 ins
 
Private collection of Steven S. Powers
 
LL/83158

14 of 36
LL/35566
Unidentified photographer
Father and possibly son in front of a Cliff House background
1870-1880 (ca)
Tintype, 1/6 plate
 
Private collection of George C. Berticevich
 
LL/35566 [Further details available]

15 of 36
LL/35567
Unidentified photographer
Two ladies in front of a Cliff House background
1870-1880 (ca)
Tintype, 1/6 plate
 
Private collection of George C. Berticevich
 
LL/35567 [Further details available]

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LL/35570
Unidentified photographer
Two gents in a studio prop car in front of a Cliff House background
1915 (on sign in photo)
Gelatin silver print, on postcard
5 1/2 x 3 1/2 ins
 
Private collection of George C. Berticevich
 
LL/35570 [Further details available]

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LL/35569
Unidentified photographer
Two gents in a studio prop car in front of a Cliff House background
1909-1915
Tintype, 1/6 plate
 
Private collection of George C. Berticevich
 
LL/35569 [Further details available]

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LL/35568
Unidentified photographer
Two gents in front of a Cliff House background
1896-1907
Tintype, 1/6 plate
 
Private collection of George C. Berticevich
 
LL/35568 [Further details available]

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LL/53300
Unidentified photographer
Group portrait infront of a backdrop for Cliff House
1890s (ca)
Tintype
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/53300

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LL/122634
Unidentified photographer
Posing in a fake car in front of a painted backdrop of "Second Cliff House".
1909 (or ealier)
Tintype
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/122634 [Further details available]

21 of 36
LL/120169

Two children in front a a Cliff House background
n.d.
Tintype
 
Private collection of Graham Pilecki
 
LL/120169

22 of 36
LL/120104
Unidentified photographer
A group in a prop can with a Cliff House, San Francisco, background
n.d.
Tintype
 
Private collection of Graham Pilecki
 
LL/120104

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LL/122638
Unidentified photographer
Posing in a fake car in front of a painted backdrop of "Second Cliff House".
1909 (undated but before)
Tintype
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/122638 [Further details available]

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LL/120105
Unidentified photographer
A group in a prop can with a Cliff House, San Francisco, background
n.d.
Tintype
 
Private collection of Graham Pilecki
 
LL/120105

25 of 36
LL/84202
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of two women in front of a Cliff House background
n.d.
Tintype
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/84202

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LL/110727
Universal Photo Art Co.
Cliff House and Seal Rocks by Moonlight, San Francisco, Cal.
1901
Stereoview
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-stereo-1s10639 (digital file from original)
 
LL/110727

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LL/109869
Pan American Publishing Co.
Cliff House, from Sutro Heights, San Francisco, Cal.
1906
Stereoview
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-stereo-1s10632 (digital file from original)
 
LL/109869

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LL/108417
C.L. Wasson
Sunday afternoon on the Beach towards Cliff House and Seal Rocks, San Francisco, Cal.
1905
Stereoview
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-stereo-1s10608 (digital file from original)
 
LL/108417

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LL/122635
Unidentified photographer
Japanese sailors and child pose on fake airplane prop with Cliff House in the lower left
1909 (after)
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/122635

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LL/122640
Unidentified photographer
Posing on a fake airplane. New Cliff House and Seal Rock in painted backdrop.
1915
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/122640

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LL/122636
Unidentified photographer
Visitors with masks during 1918 influenza pandemic pose in front of painted backdrop showing the new Cliff House built in 1909
1918 (ca)
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/122636

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LL/122637
Unidentified photographer
Comic Foreground with "Second Cliff House" in painted backdrop.
1907 (likely before)
Tintype
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/122637

33 of 36
LL/122639
Unidentified photographer
Man with fake Saint Bernard dog posing in front of Second Cliff House painted backdrop.
1907 (likely before)
Tintype
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/122639

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LL/122641
Pacific Sightseeing Co.
Tourists in open-air vehicle photographed by "Pacific Sightseeing Co., San Francisco Cal. at the Cliff House."
1915 (ca)
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/122641

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LL/122642
Unidentified photographer
Women pose in fake car in front of painted backdrop showing new Cliff House.
1909 (after)
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/122642

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