Guide to the Elsie Jameson Collection (1880s – 1920s) – Contents

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SERIES I.  PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM (1913 – 1919)

One (1) Album

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains a photograph album of Elsie Jameson from 1913 – 1919.  The photograph album cover is black embossed in gold in the upper left corner “Photographs.”  The photographs in this album include the Panama Pacific International Exhibition in San Francisco in 1915, a July Fourth Parade in 1913, the Beach Boardwalk and the coast, Opal Race Track, San Jose, Pacific Grove, Twin Lakes, Roy Boekenoogen, railroad, Waddell, aerial photos of Santa Cruz, and in the back of the album are collector’s photos of film, stage, and vaudeville stars. (140 x Photos)

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SERIES II.  PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM (1922 – 1930)

One (1) Album

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains a photograph album of Elsie Jameson from 1922 – 1930.  The photograph album cover is black embossed in gold in the upper left corner “Photographs.”  The photographs in this album include the Big Basin, Big Trees, railroad, aerial photos of Santa Cruz, San Francisco, San Juan Capistrano, Lompoc, Yosemite, Feliz Shipwreck, and Sacramento. (70 x Photos)

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SERIES III.  PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM (c1900)

One (1) Album

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains a photograph album of Elsie Jameson from circa 1900.  The photograph album cover is black with a label on the front “Elsie Jameson.”  The photographs in this album include Boulder Creek, the Jameson Place, the Dougherty Mill, pack train, Ben Lomond, railroad. (38 x Photos)

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SERIES IV.  PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM (c1900)

One (1) Album

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains a photograph album of Elsie Jameson from circa 1900.  The photograph album cover is maroon cloth covered.  The photographs in this album include Boulder Creek, Bear Creek, sawmill, school house, railroad, wharf, farm life, M.C. Sarmento Saloon, the Dougherty Mill, pack train, Ben Lomond, and railroad. (55 x Photos)

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SERIES V.  PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM (1920s)

One (1) Album

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains a photograph album of Elsie Jameson from the 1920s.  The photograph album cover is black with a photo pasted on the front.  The photographs in this album include Santa Cruz, Hihn Mansion, and a photograph of Madge Bellamy in “Soul of the Beast”. (19 x Photos)

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SERIES VI.  PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM (1880s – 1901)

One (1) Album

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains a photograph album of Elsie Jameson from the 1880s to 1901.  The photograph album cover is lightish red decorative with lettering across the top “SCRAPS”.  On the inside cover is written a note “Picture for Elsie” and “H A Jameson La Grande Oregon, February 1881, Pictures taken by Henry Papa, Boulder Creek, Cal”.  The photographs in this album include family photos, the Anderson Home near Big Tree, the Jameson Ranch near DeLaveaga, and Bear Creek.  (43 x Photos)

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SERIES VII.  LOOSE PHOTOGRAPHS (1880s – 1920s)

One (1) Envelope

Series Scope and Content Summary

This series contains a loose photographs of Elsie Jameson from the 1880s to 1920s.   These photographs include photos of a trip to Hawaii, an office with a calendar on the wall dated 1921, a photo labelled “Sam Cummings Pack Train, and another photo labelled :On the Road to the Old Jameson Home.”  (14 x Photos)

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