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Home > University Libraries > HASC - Digital Archives > Western Americana > Stockton Photographs > Spooner California Stereograph Collection

Spooner California Stereograph Collection

This collection consists of stereographs taken by John Pitcher Spooner in California between approximately 1875 and 1905. Most of the photos are of Stockton and include downtown businesses and buildings, private homes, local farms, the Stockton Rural Cemetery, and the California State Hospital and Insane Asylum.

John Pitcher Spooner (1845-1917) was a prominent Stockton photographer. After working for the Bradley-Rulofson Company, a photographic firm in San Francisco, Pitcher moved to Stockton around 1875. He operated a photographic studio here from the 1870s to the early 1900s (he advertised himself as a "Photographist"). In addition to the John Pitcher Spooner stereographs, the Spooner Family Papers (MSS 270) are also located in Special Collections. Stereographs consist of two paper prints of the same image mounted side by side on card stock. When viewed through a stereoscope, they produce a three dimensional image.

Stereographs were very popular in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The online images of the Spooner stereographs appear as three dimensional photos when viewed through 3D glasses or a stereoscope.

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  • Stockton: "H. F. Hubbard - Residence." by John Pitcher Spooner 1845-1917

    Stockton: "H. F. Hubbard - Residence."

  • Stockton: "H. F. Hubbard - Residence." by John Pitcher Spooner 1845-1917

    Stockton: "H. F. Hubbard - Residence."

  • Stockton: "Holden's Drug Store, Main and El Dorado." by John Pitcher Spooner 1845-1917

    Stockton: "Holden's Drug Store, Main and El Dorado."

  • Stockton: (Horses and carriage in front yard of residence.) by John Pitcher Spooner 1845-1917

    Stockton: (Horses and carriage in front yard of residence.)

  • Stockton: "Houser Harvester Fire." by John Pitcher Spooner 1845-1917

    Stockton: "Houser Harvester Fire."

  • Stockton: (House with two adults, one baby on porch, two people by gate.) by John Pitcher Spooner 1845-1917

    Stockton: (House with two adults, one baby on porch, two people by gate.)

  • Stockton: "H. S. Austin - Res." by John Pitcher Spooner 1845-1917

    Stockton: "H. S. Austin - Res."

  • Stockton: "Hunter St. cor of Weber Ave - Mansion house, The Windsor Hotel later." by John Pitcher Spooner 1845-1917

    Stockton: "Hunter St. cor of Weber Ave - Mansion house, The Windsor Hotel later."

  • Stockton: "Interior Catholic Church." by John Pitcher Spooner 1845-1917

    Stockton: "Interior Catholic Church."

  • Stockton: "Interior Stockton Business College." by John Pitcher Spooner 1845-1917

    Stockton: "Interior Stockton Business College."

  • Stockton: "Interior Stockton Business College." by John Pitcher Spooner 1845-1917

    Stockton: "Interior Stockton Business College."

  • Stockton: "Interior Stockton Business College." by John Pitcher Spooner 1845-1917

    Stockton: "Interior Stockton Business College."

  • Stockton: (James E. Kidd Studio.) by John Pitcher Spooner 1845-1917

    Stockton: (James E. Kidd Studio.)

  • Stockton: "J. B. Hall Residence." by John Pitcher Spooner 1845-1917

    Stockton: "J. B. Hall Residence."

  • Stockton: "J. B. Webster." by John Pitcher Spooner 1845-1917

    Stockton: "J. B. Webster."

  • Stockton: "J. B. Webster." by John Pitcher Spooner 1845-1917

    Stockton: "J. B. Webster."

 

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