Lumber Vessels in a Gale at Mendocino

Artist Lawrence and Houseworth (American, active 1860s-1870s)

Date1866

MediumAlbumen stereograph

DimensionsImage and sheet (both): 3 × 6 inches (7.62 × 15.24 cm)
Mount: 3 1/4 × 6 3/4 inches (8.26 × 17.15 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.180

SignedOn mount recto, left edge, in black type: "By THOMAS HOUSEWORTH & CO."; On mount recto, bottom, in black type: "1188. Lumber Vessels in a Gale at Mendocino"; On mount recto, right edge, in black type: "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by LAWRENCE / & HOUSEWORTH, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United / States, for the Norther District of California."; On mount verso, center, in black type: "PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS / OF THE / PACIFIC COAST, / FOR THE / STEREOSCOPE, ALBUM, MAGIC LANTERN, / AND MAMMOTH SIZE FOR FRAMING. / PUBLISHED BY / THOMAS HOUSEWORTH & CO. / 317 & 319 MONTOGMERY ST., SAN FRANCISCO. / Complete Catalogues sent to any part of the world Free of Postage.".

InscribedOn mount recto, left edge, in black type: "CALIFORNIA.";

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DescriptionImage(s) of two ships being tossed in rough waters with the shoreline in the foreground.Published References

Published References

Peter E. Palmquist, Lawrence & Houseworth / Thomas Houseworth & Co.: A Unique View of the West, 1860-1886 (Columbus, Ohio: National Stereoscopic Association, 1980): 91.

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