California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

People riding in a Stella Lake Stage, operated by Washburn Stage Line, Wawona, California, 1890

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People riding in a Stella Lake Stage, operated by Washburn Stage Line, Wawona, California, 1890

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Photograph of people riding in a Stella Lake Stage, operated by Washburn Stage Line, Wawona, California, 1890. One stage, carrying about six passengers including the driver, is stopped at bend in the road (at right). Another carriage is stopped off the road (center). Several people remain seated in the carriage. A man is kneeling near the ledge in front of the lake. Two ladies are admiring the lake from a dock(?) (at left). Tall trees surround the lake and beyond. Reflection of the carriage, the two ladies, and the scenery are visible in lake. Mountains are visible in the distance.; "A short time later, William Sell Sr., in cooperation with Mr. Washburn's Yosemite Stage and Turnpike Company, purchased a farm on which to locate a lunch stop on the stage route between Raymond and Wawona. It was Mrs. Sell, a native of Hornitos in Mariposa County, who gave the name to the area. Turning to the native people there, she learned that their word for the type of valley in which the ranch was situated was "Ahwahnee." The ranch house, when converted to the Sells' inn, became the Ahwahnee Tavern. In the years to follow, this became a haven for hot and dusty travelers taking the arduous stage trip required to view the wonders of Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of Big Trees. In its day, the Ahwahnee Tavern was host to royalty and other famous and wealthy people, among them President Theodore Roosevelt, Belgium Crown Prince Albert and Susan B. Anthony. Also, the Maharajah of Baroda, Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, California Governor Pardee, Galen Clark and Rube Goldberg. Completion in 1907 of the railroad from Merced to El Portal ultimately eliminated the stage route from Raymond to Wawona and the need for the Ahwahnee Tavern. The Sells sold the property to the Counties of Madera, Merced and Stanislaus, who developed a tuberculosis sanatorium in 1919." -- Dwight Barnes.

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Title People riding in a Stella Lake Stage, operated by Washburn Stage Line, Wawona, California, 1890

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1890

Subject Mountains (lcsh), Natural features -- Parks -- Yosemite -- Tourists (file heading), Parks (lcsh), Parks (adlf), Tourist trade (lcsh), Trees (lcsh), Yosemite National Park (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1890

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m14133

Identifier 5991 (accession number), CHS-5991 (call number), CHS-5991 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-13690 (legacy record id), chs-m14133 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14293 (legacy record id), 1-60-81 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 13690

Unique identifier UC137669

Legacy Identifier CHS-5991.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.2 in × 15.2 in at 300dpi
48.8 cm × 38.7 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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