William Letts Oliver

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Olvina Winery, Livermore, California

  

Party in rowboat

 

Shipwreck Atlantic (whaleboat) on beach near Cliff House, San Francisco

  

Sierra Buttes Mine brass band

 

Woman standing next to World's Fair Premium Searchlight, Mt. Lowe?

William Letts Oliver

 Corinthian Yacht Club Regatta

  

 Garden of Edwards house with woman and child, Oakland

  

Motorboat races, Vallejo Yachting and Boating Club, 1911

  

 Sailing party on Wave (yacht)

  

 William Letts Oliver family on board Wave (yacht)

 

Source: California Digital Archive

William Letts Oliver

Children dancing around maypole in front of Capitola 

and Sunny Side cottages, Blue Lakes, California

  

 Children playing on corner of Vernon and Lee Street, Oakland

  

 Man and two women in the mountains

  

Man with baby carriage in front of house on corner, Oakland

  

Roland G. Brown house with horse and carriage, 1389 Jackson Street, Oakland

 

Source: California Digital Archive

William Letts Oliver

 12th Street between Linden and Chestnut, with carriages, Oakland, June 6, 1886

  

 Carriage with woman and two children at corner of Filbert and 10th Streets, Oakland

  

 Fabiola Flower Fete, Oakland, 1895

  

 Horse and carriage on top of cliffs, Santa Cruz, California

  

Horses and carriage in front of house, Los Angeles? 1897

 

Source: California Digital Archive

William Letts Oliver

William Letts Oliver (1844-1918) was a mining engineer by profession. He was also a very competent amateur photographer who documented both his working life and home life in his photos.

 Anita Oliver and Zella seated in backyard

  

 Anita Oliver in nursery

  

 Anita Oliver with dog

  

 Aunt Floy gardening

  

 Group portrait of William Letts Oliver family and relatives on front steps

  

 Kate Oliver in rocking chair

  

 Kitty [Carolyn], William Harold Oliver, on tricycle, and Tina

  

 Mrs. William Letts Oliver in carriage, in front of Oliver house, 1888

  

 Oliver boys, and others, playing marbles

  

 Oliver children in donkey cart

  

 Oliver children in rustic gazebo

  

 Oliver children wearing sunbonnets in garden

  

 Portrait of William Letts Oliver family, Laundry Farm, 1886

  

 William Letts Oliver family in garden, 1887

  

 William Letts Oliver family on front steps, 1887

  

 William Letts Oliver house with women on porch, Oakland

  

William Oliver family at Christmas dinner, 1901