P&P ONLINE CATALOG - LAWRENCE & HOUSEWORTH COLLECTION
Photographers Who Worked for Lawrence & Houseworth
and their Holdings in the Prints & Photographs Division
In the nineteenth century publishers often purchased negatives from photographers
and printed the photographs without providing credit to the original photographer.
This practice makes it difficult to determine the original photographer
of commercial views. The following photographers were associated with Lawrence
& Houseworth.
George Fiske (1835-1918)
Fiske worked as a photographer for Thomas Houseworth and Company between
1869 and 1874.
P&P Holdings: No known holdings.
Alfred A. Hart (1816-1908)
In 1864 Hart may have traveled to Yosemite with Charles L. Weed to make
images of the valley for Lawrence & Houseworth. This attribution is
based on a group of fifteen negatives of Yosemite that were purchased
by the Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR) from Lawrence & Houseworth.
The CPRR later published these images and credited Hart as the photographer.
Hart may also be responsible for the photographs documenting hydraulic
mining in Yuba County that were published by Lawrence & Houseworth
in 1865.
P&P Holdings: LOT 11477
Approximately 200 official photographs of the Central Pacific Railroad
construction, between 1862 and 1869. Views of California, Nevada, and
Utah. [retrieve
items that have been cataloged online]
Martin Mason Hazeltine (1827-1903)
Hazeltine was a prolific stereo photographer who photographed in California,
Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. In the early 1870s his
views of Yosemite were published by Thomas Houseworth & Company.
P&P Holdings:
LOT 11958-21
141 stereos of Yosemite published by John P. Soule. [retrieve
items that have been cataloged online]
LOT 7758
78 stereos of California published by
John P. Soule
STEREO US GEOG--California -
Mariposa Grove
1 stereo of "Grizzly Giant, Diameter
31 feet, Mariposa Grove, Cal."
John Randolph Leavenworth (b. circa 1836)
Leavenworth worked as a photographer for Thomas Houseworth and Company
from 1869 until 1878.
P&P Holdings: No known holdings.
Eadweard James Muybridge (1830-1904)
In the early 1870s Muybridge's photographs were offered for sale at Thomas
Houseworth and Company.
P&P Holdings:
LOT 3081 The Horse in MotionRace horses in action, 1878 [retrieve
items that have been cataloged online]
LOT 3309 Approximately 700 photogravures from Animal Locomotion
[retrieve
items that have been cataloged online]
LOT 5225 Photomechanical reproduction of Muybridge's 1877 panorama
of San Francisco [retrieve
online]
LOT 10440 Zoopraxiscope4 lithographic discs which when spun
give a sense of movement, 1893. [retrieve
items that have been cataloged online]
LOT 12067 36 stereograph views of the Isthmus of Panama, 1873-1880
[no items cataloged online as of July 2003]
LOT 12068 18 stereograph views of Central America, 1873-1880 [no
items cataloged online as of July 2003]
PH - Muybridge (E.), no. 2 (Portfolio) Panorama of San Francisco
from California Street Hill, 1877 [retrieve
items that have been cataloged online]
Joseph Thwaites (b. circa 1838)
In 1875 Thwaites was employed by Thomas Houseworth and Company.
P&P Holdings: No known holdings.
Charles Leander Weed (1824-1903)
In 1864 Lawrence & Houseworth published three series of stereographs
from Weed's inventory of negatives. The series were titled Sacramento
During the Great Flood of 1862, Silver Region, N.T. (Nevada Territory),
and A Trip to Washoe. Weed is also thought to have photographed a group
of approximately 900 views published as California and Nevada Views. In
1867 Lawrence & Houseworth exhibited 26 of Weed's mammoth plate views
of Yosemite and the Big Trees at the Paris International Exposition. Weed's
relationship with Lawrence & Houseworth continued until 1872.
P&P Holdings: No known holdings.
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