Albert H. Wulzen Panorama of Portland, Oregon

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: PH 203_029

Scope and Contents note

Panoramic albumen image of Central School and downtown Portland, Oregon, taken in 1878. Pieced into an accordion fold commercial album. This is one of four known copies.

Dates

Creation: 1878-1878

Creator

Wulzen, Albert H., 1844-1917 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access note

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Conditions Governing Use note

Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.

Biographical/Historical note

Albert H. Wulzen was born Nov. 21, 1844 in Hanover, Germany. He came to San Francisco in 1856 to join his brothers, Hienrich (b. 1827) and Deitrich (b. 1830) and held a variety of industrial jobs. In 1871 he was listed as a photographic printer for Dames & Williams, and continued to have photographic jobs in San Francisco and Oakland until 1911. Wulzen was a printer for Carleton Watkins' Yosemite Art Gallery, 1871-73. In 1879 Wulzen created a panorama of Oakland, a companion to the Portland panorama. He established a traveling studio, the Pacific Art Gallery, in the summer of 1882.

In 1877 Albert married Mary Chilton, from Massachusetts. The couple had two children, Frank and Rosalind, and lived mostly in Oakland. Albert Wulzen died July 10, 1917. [Biographical info from Robinson and Palmquist.].

Extent

0.25 linear feet (1 album) ; 12″ x 14″

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Albert H. Wulzen (1844-1917) was a commercial photograph in California and Oregon who worked for Davidson and Watkins. The collection consists of one panoramic albumen image of Central School and downtown Portland, Oregon, taken in 1878. Pieced into an accordion fold commercial album. This is one of four known copies.