Peter E. Palmquist Working Photograph Collection
Dublin Core
Is Part Of
Humboldt State University Library Special Collections
Title
Peter E. Palmquist Working Photograph Collection
Subject
Peter E. Palmquist Working Photograph Collection
Humboldt County
Photography
Description
The Peter E. Palmquist Working Photograph Collection contains approximately 5,000 images from Northwest California, especially Humboldt County. The collection is strongest for 1860s to 1920s time period. Subject matter includes street and town scenes, the lumber industry, Native American life and ceremonies, ships and shipbuilding, schools, celebrations, landscapes, and portraits.
Date
1860s–1970s; Bulk dates 1870s-1920s
Chandelier Tree, Ht. 315 ft. - Redwood Hwy
Group Portrait on Railroad Tracks
Redwood Loggers
Logging with Donkey Engine
"Mark Twain" 33 ft. in diameter
Part of World's Fair Tree
Cookhouse Workers
Spar Tree, Steam Donkey, Railroad Car amid Logging Action
Indians of Northern California
Camping Party in Woods
Four Women Pose by Save the Redwoods Banner Displayed on an Auto
Studio Portrait with a Burl
Men Standing in Undercuts
Redwood with Burl Near Road
Large Redwood Burl
Largest Redwood Burl Bowl
Old Man Burl of the Redwood Highway
Burly Redwood, Englewood, Humboldt Co., California
Among the Redwoods in California
Among the Humboldt Redwoods, California; Excelsior Redwood Co., Eureka, Cal.
Portrait of a Logging Crew
Train Load of 16 Logs Measuring 88,568 feet, from the Logging Woods of John Vance
Private Collection Located in Chimney Tree
Unique Log House
Wiyot Sweathouse
Hupa Redwood Canoes in Ceremony
Traditional Yurok House
Drawing of Native Home in Trinidad
Undercut in a Redwood Tree
Redwood Board
Redwood Mementos
Photo of Loggers Posing
Family Pose with Redwood Tree
Redwood Tree Dubbed the "Burl Freak"
Tourist Portraits and Trading Card Mementos
Redwood Undercut
Portrait of A.W. Ericson
Trinidad and Richardson Grove State Park
Presidential Group leaving for Redwood National Park
Picnic in the Redwoods
Man in a Buggy With a Two Horse Team
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