In the Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

In addition to items acquired as part of the Lawrence & Houseworth Collection (LOT 3544), the Prints and Photographs Division holds items published by the firm acquired from other sources. These items are listed below.

Thomas Houseworth. Portrait of Jean Francois Gravelet Blondin, albumen silver print, October 10, 1876. Source unknown.
Call number: BIOG FILE - Blondin, Jean Francois Gravelet, 1824-1897
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-103984
Note: Gravelet, known as Blondin, was the first tightrope walker to cross Niagara Falls.

Lawrence & Houseworth. 31. Old Spanish "Mission San José," Alameda County, albumen silver stereograph, 1866. Marian S. Carson Collection
Call number: LOT 13245, no. 1
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-133177

Thomas Houseworth & Co. 504. Powell Street from the Lincoln House; San Francisco, albumen silver stereograph, published circa 1872.
Call number: LOT 13245, no. 2
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-133373

Thomas Houseworth & Co. 605. Group of Piute Indians, albumen silver stereograph, published circa 1872.
Call number: LOT 13245, no. 3
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-133372

Thomas Houseworth & Co. 645. "Nick of the Woods"–a Human Face in a Cedar Tree–Valley of Lake Tahoe (near view), albumen silver stereograph, published circa 1872.
Call number: LOT 13235, no. 1
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-133172

Thomas Houseworth & Co. 875. The Sentinels; 315 feet high, 23 feet diameter; Mammoth Grove, Calaveras County , albumen silver stereograph, published circa 1872.
Call number: LOT 13235, no. 2
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-133175

Thomas Houseworth & Co. 880. House over the Stump of the Original Big Tree, diameter 32 feet; Mammoth Grove, Calaveras County, albumen silver stereograph, published circa 1870. Marian S. Carson Collection
Call number: LOT 13245, no. 4
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-133152

Thomas Houseworth & Co. 880. House over the Stump of the Original Big Tree, diameter 32 feet; Mammoth Grove, Calavaras County, albumen silver stereograph, published circa 1870.
Call number: LOT 13235, no. 3
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-133174

Thomas Houseworth & Co. 899. The Keystone State–Big Tree Grove, Calavaras County, albumen silver stereograph, published circa 1870.
Call number: LOT 13235, no. 4
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-133171

Thomas Houseworth & Co. 907. Abraham Lincoln, near view; 281 feet high, 44 feet circumference. Big Tree Grove, Calaveras Co., albumen silver stereograph, published circa 1870. Marian S. Carson Collection
Call number: LOT 13245, no. 5
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-133170

Thomas Houseworth & Co. 922. "Eagle Wing," albumen silver stereograph, published circa 1872.
Call number: LOT 13235, no. 5
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-133173

Thomas Houseworth & Co. 1151. The Devil’s Office, Sonoma County, Cal., albumen silver stereograph, published circa 1872.
Call number: LOT 13235, no. 6
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-133155

Thomas Houseworth & Co. 1198. Point Arena Lighthouse, Mendocino County, California, albumen silver stereograph, published circa 1870. Orlando M. Poe Collection
Call number: LOT 13468

Thomas Houseworth & Co. 1409. Broadway from the Railroad Station, looking North, Oakland, Alameda County, albumen silver stereograph, published circa 1870.
Call number: LOT 13235, no. 7
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-133169

Thomas Houseworth & Co. 1519. Looking up Alameda Cañon, from the Bridge, albumen silver stereograph, published circa 1870.
Call number: LOT 13235, no. 8
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-133178

Thomas Houseworth & Co. 1640. Nevada Fall, 700 feet high and Cap of Liberty, albumen silver stereograph, published circa 1872.
Call number: LOT 13235, no. 9
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-133176

Thomas Houseworth & Co. 1665. Clouds’ Rest, 6,450 feet high, from near the top of South Dome, looking east, albumen silver stereograph, published circa 1870. Marian S. Carson Collection
Call number: LOT 13245, no. 6
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-133150

Thomas Houseworth & Co. 1745. Looking up the Grizzly Giant, albumen silver stereograph, published circa 1870.
Call number: LOT 13235, no. 10
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-133153

Thomas Houseworth & Co. 1796. Mount St. Helena, from Mount Lincoln, albumen silver stereograph, published circa 1870.
Call number: LOT 13235, no. 11
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-133148

Thomas Houseworth & Co. 1798. Mansion House and Swimming Bath, albumen silver stereograph, published circa 1870.
Call number: LOT 13235, no. 12
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-133149

Lawrence & Houseworth published the images of numerous photographers. A list of photographers known to have worked for Lawrence & Houseworth, is available; the list includes notes about any Prints and Photographs Division's holdings by the photographer outside of the Lawrence & Houseworth Collection.

Related Collections Outside the Library of Congress

Bancroft Library
University of California
Berkeley, CA
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/

The collection contains more than 200 stereo views published by Lawrence & Houseworth, as well as cabinet card portraits by Thomas Houseworth.

The New York Public Library’s collection includes many stereos published by Lawrence & Houseworth. They also own a set of Charles Weed’s mammoth plate photographs of Yosemite which were published by Lawrence & Houseworth.

The Maritime Museum has a small collection of original glass plate stereo negatives published by Lawrence & Houseworth in the mid-1860s.

The Society’s collection includes a unique three volume set of approximately 1500 views published by the San Francisco firm of Lawrence & Houseworth/Thomas Houseworth & Co. circa 1860-70. The half-stereographs in these albums may have been used as a salesman’s catalog. The photographs document California and Nevada towns, industries, and landscape.