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C. W. J. Johnson | |
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 Johnson at his negative retouching stand | |
| Born | Charles Wallace Jacob Johnson August 3, 1833
Maryland, US |
| Died | January 17, 1903 (aged 69) |
| Occupation(s) | Photographer, musician |
| Years active | 1860–1900 |
| Known for | First official photographer of Hotel Del Monte |
| Spouse | Norah Pardon |
C. W. J. Johnson (August 3, 1833 – January 17, 1903) was an American miner, photographer, musician, and dance instructor. [1] The California Historical Society wrote that he was known as the premier photographer of the Monterey Peninsula during the late 19th-century. [2] [3] He was the first official photographer for the Hotel Del Monte in Monterey, California. [4] His work is held in the permanent collections of the Monterey Museum of Art, [5] Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, [6] and the J. Paul Getty Museum. [7] Access to collections of Johnson's work is accessible through institutions like the California State Library, [1] Bancroft Library, [8] and the Monterey County Historical Society in Salinas, California. [9]
Early life
C.W.J Johnson, born on August 3, 1833, in Maryland. His parents were George M. and Matilda Johnson. [1]
Career
Johnson moved to California in 1857, along the North Fork Feather River. He later worked in the silver mining area of Grass Valley by 1863. That same year he journeyed to Nevada, where he worked as a one-man band and taught dance, before returning to San Francisco in 1868. [1] On July 6, 1868, he traveled to Humboldt Bay by the steamer Del Norte. On July 11, he helped out the Tanner Troupe, a local theatre troupe. [10]
Photographic career: 1868-1903
On July 8, 1868, Johnson arrived in Eureka. His diary indicates his early experimenting with photography starting on July 17, not long after his arrival. While primarily occupied as a musician, he continued to be more involved with photography. He soon joined forces with William N. Tuttle, forming the partnership Tuttle & Johnson. By mid-1869, they were fully involved in the photography business at Anderson's Eureka Gallery. [11]
On July 13, 1968, Johnson traveled to Arcata by stagecoach and stayed at the American Hotel. In Arcata, he was the director of a cornet band, as well as a music teacher and dance instructor. In 1870, Johnson took photographs of the Eureka Brass Band with eleven brass players and two drummers. [10]
Tuttle and Johnson closed their Eureka Gallery around November 5, 1870, and relocated their enterprise to San Francisco's Cosmopolitan Gallery, where they operated until early 1872. [12] Johnson then moved to Watsonville, where he partnered with Timothy A. Sullivan. Johnson married Sullivan's sister, Norah Pardon, on December 2, 1875. [1] In 1873, Johnson & Sullivan opened their photographic studio on Pacific Avenue in Santa Cruz. [13] [12]
In 1880, Johnson moved to Monterey, where he ran his photography business from 1881 to 1898. [1] [2] Between the mid-1880s and the late 1890s, Johnson served as the Hotel Del Monte's first official photographer, capturing the hotel and its formal gardens. [4] [2] [14] In 1887, he established the Photograph Parlors within the grounds of hotel with photographs displayed within frames on the front of the building. [9] [15]
With his dry-plate camera, he documented the Monterey Peninsula, California Missions, historic adobes, Farallon Lighthouse, Point Bonita Lighthouse, Point Lobos, the Chinese Fishing Village, and other popular sites. [1] [2]
Death and legacy
Johnson died in Salinas, California on January 17, 1903. [1]
In 1920, the California State Library in Sacramento, California received the photographic archive of Johnson through a gift from Francis Hilby, a Monterey druggist and railway agent. The C. W. J. Johnson collection consists of diaries, correspondence, glass negatives, stereoscopic cards, cabinet cards, and other scenic views. His views of the Hotel Del Monte and formal gardens form the major portion of the collection. [2] [14] The Bancroft Library has a collection of Johnson's Views Of California Scenery on stereoscopic cards. [8]
There is also a Johnson collection at the Monterey County Historical Society in Salinas, California. It has over 700 images from 5 inches (130 mm) x 8 inches (200 mm), 6.5 inches (170 mm) x 8.5 inches (220 mm), and 8 inches (200 mm) x 10 inches (250 mm) glass negatives, original prints, and stereograph views. [9]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Guide to the C. W. J. Johnson Collection, 1857-1898". California State Library. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e California Historical Quarterly. San Francisco, California: California Historical Society. 1971. p. 292-293. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
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^ Gary F. Kurutz (1981).
"Portrait of the Golden State: The California State Library's Photographic Collection". California History. 60 (3): 292. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
This article is available with an account on JSTOR.
- ^ a b "Card Photographs ca. 1885-1900". OCLC. Dublin, Ohio. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
- ^ "C.W.J. Johnson, American". Monterey Museum of Art. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- ^ "Photo Record for C.W.J Johnson". Pacific Grove Museum of Natuarl History. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- ^ "C. W. J. Johnson". Getty Museum. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- ^ a b "Stereographs of the West from The Bancroft Library Pictorial Collection, ca. 1858-1906". Bancroft Library. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
- ^ a b c "19th Century California Photographers". California Views: The Pat Hathaway Photo Collection. Salinas, California. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
- ^
a
b Gilbert D. Cline (1996).
"Bands and Music in Humboldt County 1850-1890". Humboldt Historian. 44 (1): 4–10. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
This PDF is availalbe online at Santa Clara University Library.
- ^ Palmquist, Peter E. (2000). The photographers of the Humboldt Bay region. Arcata, California: P.E. Palmquist. p. 85-86. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
- ^ a b Palmquist, Peter E.; Kailbourn, Thomas R. (2000). Pioneer Photographers of the Far West A Biographical Dictionary, 1840-1865. Stanford University Press. p. 555-556. ISBN 978-0-8047-3883-5. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
- ^ "Photographic". Santa Cruz Weekly Sentinel. Santa Cruz, California. July 5, 1873. p. 3. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
- ^
a
b Gary F. Kurutz.
"The Image of the Golden State: The Photograph Collection of the California State Library". Journal of the West. 26 (2): 68–75. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
This title is availalbe online at the Santa Clara University Library.
-
^
"Johnson's Photograph Parlors". California State Library. Sacramento, California. 1887. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
Photo shows the view of the brick building housing Johnson's Photograph Parlor.
External links
- “California Views”-The Pat Hathaway Collection of Historical Photographs
- Collecting Historical Views Of The Central Coast
Category:1833 births Category:1903 deaths Category:Photographers from California Category:People from Maryland Category:People from Salinas, California Category:20th-century American photographers Category:20th-century American male artists Category:19th-century American photographers Category:19th-century American male artists Category:Landscape photographers Category:American fine art photographers Category:American portrait photographers
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|
C. W. J. Johnson | |
|---|---|
|
Johnson at his negative retouching stand | |
| Born | Charles Wallace Jacob Johnson August 3, 1833
Maryland, US |
| Died | January 17, 1903 (aged 69) |
| Occupation(s) | Photographer, musician |
| Years active | 1860–1900 |
| Known for | First official photographer of Hotel Del Monte |
| Spouse | Norah Pardon |
C. W. J. Johnson (August 3, 1833 – January 17, 1903) was an American miner, photographer, musician, and dance instructor. [1] The California Historical Society wrote that he was known as the premier photographer of the Monterey Peninsula during the late 19th-century. [2] [3] He was the first official photographer for the Hotel Del Monte in Monterey, California. [4] His work is held in the permanent collections of the Monterey Museum of Art, [5] Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, [6] and the J. Paul Getty Museum. [7] Access to collections of Johnson's work is accessible through institutions like the California State Library, [1] Bancroft Library, [8] and the Monterey County Historical Society in Salinas, California. [9]
Early life
C.W.J Johnson, born on August 3, 1833, in Maryland. His parents were George M. and Matilda Johnson. [1]
Career
Johnson moved to California in 1857, along the North Fork Feather River. He later worked in the silver mining area of Grass Valley by 1863. That same year he journeyed to Nevada, where he worked as a one-man band and taught dance, before returning to San Francisco in 1868. [1] On July 6, 1868, he traveled to Humboldt Bay by the steamer Del Norte. On July 11, he helped out the Tanner Troupe, a local theatre troupe. [10]
Photographic career: 1868-1903
On July 8, 1868, Johnson arrived in Eureka. His diary indicates his early experimenting with photography starting on July 17, not long after his arrival. While primarily occupied as a musician, he continued to be more involved with photography. He soon joined forces with William N. Tuttle, forming the partnership Tuttle & Johnson. By mid-1869, they were fully involved in the photography business at Anderson's Eureka Gallery. [11]
On July 13, 1968, Johnson traveled to Arcata by stagecoach and stayed at the American Hotel. In Arcata, he was the director of a cornet band, as well as a music teacher and dance instructor. In 1870, Johnson took photographs of the Eureka Brass Band with eleven brass players and two drummers. [10]
Tuttle and Johnson closed their Eureka Gallery around November 5, 1870, and relocated their enterprise to San Francisco's Cosmopolitan Gallery, where they operated until early 1872. [12] Johnson then moved to Watsonville, where he partnered with Timothy A. Sullivan. Johnson married Sullivan's sister, Norah Pardon, on December 2, 1875. [1] In 1873, Johnson & Sullivan opened their photographic studio on Pacific Avenue in Santa Cruz. [13] [12]
In 1880, Johnson moved to Monterey, where he ran his photography business from 1881 to 1898. [1] [2] Between the mid-1880s and the late 1890s, Johnson served as the Hotel Del Monte's first official photographer, capturing the hotel and its formal gardens. [4] [2] [14] In 1887, he established the Photograph Parlors within the grounds of hotel with photographs displayed within frames on the front of the building. [9] [15]
With his dry-plate camera, he documented the Monterey Peninsula, California Missions, historic adobes, Farallon Lighthouse, Point Bonita Lighthouse, Point Lobos, the Chinese Fishing Village, and other popular sites. [1] [2]
Death and legacy
Johnson died in Salinas, California on January 17, 1903. [1]
In 1920, the California State Library in Sacramento, California received the photographic archive of Johnson through a gift from Francis Hilby, a Monterey druggist and railway agent. The C. W. J. Johnson collection consists of diaries, correspondence, glass negatives, stereoscopic cards, cabinet cards, and other scenic views. His views of the Hotel Del Monte and formal gardens form the major portion of the collection. [2] [14] The Bancroft Library has a collection of Johnson's Views Of California Scenery on stereoscopic cards. [8]
There is also a Johnson collection at the Monterey County Historical Society in Salinas, California. It has over 700 images from 5 inches (130 mm) x 8 inches (200 mm), 6.5 inches (170 mm) x 8.5 inches (220 mm), and 8 inches (200 mm) x 10 inches (250 mm) glass negatives, original prints, and stereograph views. [9]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Guide to the C. W. J. Johnson Collection, 1857-1898". California State Library. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e California Historical Quarterly. San Francisco, California: California Historical Society. 1971. p. 292-293. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
-
^ Gary F. Kurutz (1981).
"Portrait of the Golden State: The California State Library's Photographic Collection". California History. 60 (3): 292. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
This article is available with an account on JSTOR.
- ^ a b "Card Photographs ca. 1885-1900". OCLC. Dublin, Ohio. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
- ^ "C.W.J. Johnson, American". Monterey Museum of Art. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- ^ "Photo Record for C.W.J Johnson". Pacific Grove Museum of Natuarl History. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- ^ "C. W. J. Johnson". Getty Museum. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- ^ a b "Stereographs of the West from The Bancroft Library Pictorial Collection, ca. 1858-1906". Bancroft Library. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
- ^ a b c "19th Century California Photographers". California Views: The Pat Hathaway Photo Collection. Salinas, California. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
- ^
a
b Gilbert D. Cline (1996).
"Bands and Music in Humboldt County 1850-1890". Humboldt Historian. 44 (1): 4–10. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
This PDF is availalbe online at Santa Clara University Library.
- ^ Palmquist, Peter E. (2000). The photographers of the Humboldt Bay region. Arcata, California: P.E. Palmquist. p. 85-86. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
- ^ a b Palmquist, Peter E.; Kailbourn, Thomas R. (2000). Pioneer Photographers of the Far West A Biographical Dictionary, 1840-1865. Stanford University Press. p. 555-556. ISBN 978-0-8047-3883-5. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
- ^ "Photographic". Santa Cruz Weekly Sentinel. Santa Cruz, California. July 5, 1873. p. 3. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
- ^
a
b Gary F. Kurutz.
"The Image of the Golden State: The Photograph Collection of the California State Library". Journal of the West. 26 (2): 68–75. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
This title is availalbe online at the Santa Clara University Library.
-
^
"Johnson's Photograph Parlors". California State Library. Sacramento, California. 1887. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
Photo shows the view of the brick building housing Johnson's Photograph Parlor.
External links
- “California Views”-The Pat Hathaway Collection of Historical Photographs
- Collecting Historical Views Of The Central Coast
Category:1833 births Category:1903 deaths Category:Photographers from California Category:People from Maryland Category:People from Salinas, California Category:20th-century American photographers Category:20th-century American male artists Category:19th-century American photographers Category:19th-century American male artists Category:Landscape photographers Category:American fine art photographers Category:American portrait photographers