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We are seeking any background details and example photographs that will assist us improve this page. If you have any advice or leads please send an email to - alan@luminous-lint.com If you are this photographer - welcome - and please use the Submission guidelines to make sure we get everything right. | Publishers of stereoviews of California. The Library of Congress has a significant collection of their views.
Stereographs project Business locations San Francisco, CA, US [6] *[George Lawrence, Thomas Houseworth]
"Publishers"; "Opticians"; sold optical
equipment and stereographs; 317 & 319 Montgomery
St.; issued "California and Nevada Views"; views
of the West, 60-86; often used blindstamp on views of others which they sold and were major
importer of European views to CA; most negs
purchased from C.E. Watkins, E. Muybridge, A.A.
Hart and C.L. Weed; began to pub. views in 64;
Houseworth & Co. took over in 67. SEE
Palmquist, "Lawrence & Houseworth/Thomas
Houseworth & Company" pub. by NSA. T.K. Treadwell & William C. Darrah (Compiled by), Wolfgang, Sell (Updated by), 11/28/2003, Photographers of the United States of America, (National Stereoscopic Association) |
Credit: National Stereoscopic Association with corrections and additions by Alan Griffiths and others. |
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