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Santa Barbara Naval Reserve Class of 1897 carte de visites

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2023-020

Content Description

Fifty (50) carte de visites of sailors of the Santa Barbara Naval Reserve Class of 1897.

Acquisition Type

Donation

Provenance

Gift of unknown donor. Earliest SBHM documentation listed the physical wheel artifact with photos in a 1972 Trussell-Winchester Adobe Carriage House inventory, but was never accessioned into Past Perfect. This lack of documentation was confirmed by Michael Redmon in March 2019.

Restrictions Apply

No

Dates

  • 1897

Extent

50 Photographic Prints

Inventory

Fifty (50) Carte de Visites names: Percy Ashton Bert Baker Don Bates Gilbert Bates Wallace Bates William Bates Henly Booth Rob Compton James Cornwall William Craig Henry Dawe Joseph Delaney Homer Duffy Henry Eaton Fred Emerson John Ewing Carl Ferl A. E. George Ed Gilbert Edward Green Dan Hill C. A. Hunt D. P. Hunt John Leslia Edy Loomis William McCaffrey John McCaughy C. Noble Joseph Price A. H. Rogers Henry Russell Ralph Russell Henry Schuster E. M. Selby Edward Shaffer Clint Smith Edson Smith Elmer L. Smith J. W. Smith J. M. Squier Alvin Stoddard J. W. Taggart Walter Vance J. M. Warren Anson Webster E. Willson Pat S. Woods

  • Large Ship Wheel with photocollage of sailor’s portraits. Year “1897” at center. Each photo has sailors’ name handwritten in pencil (signed by?). Photographer: “The A. & A. Lightning Viewing and Portrait Company. A. H. Rogers.