ILLUSTRATIONS

• Frederick Law Olmsted, c. 1865 From Galen Clark’s Photo Album Courtesy of the Research Library and Museum, Yosemite National Park, Calif. Frontispiece
• George Opdyke From an oil painting, 1864 From Charles Wilson Opdyke, The op Dyck Genealogy . . . (Albany, N.Y., 1889) Photograph courtesy of the Newberry Library, Chicago, Ill. 7
• Olmsted’s California 32
• Henry Whitney Bellows Photograph by Matthew Brady  Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 49
• Edwin Lawrence Godkin From Olmsted’s personal collection of photographs  Courtesy of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, Boston, Mass. 52
• Trenor William Park Courtesy of the Park-McCullough House, North Bennington, Vt. 61
• Calvert Vaux Courtesy of Laura Wood Roper 64
• The Steamship Champion From Harper’s Weekly, October 1, 1859 72
• The Panama Railroad Loading At Aspinwall (Colon) From F. N. Otis, Illustrated History of the Panama Railroad (1861) Courtesy of the Newberry Library, Chicago, Ill. 82
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• The Steamship Constitution Courtesy of the Mariners’ Museum, Newport News, Va. 83
• Stockton, California “Stockton, Cal.” (Drawn by E. Camerer, Lithograph of Kuchel and Dresel, c. 1858) Courtesy of the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. 98
• Oso House, Bear Valley Photograph by Carleton Watkins, c. 1860  Courtesy of the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. 99
• Bear Valley, Looking East Toward Mount Bullion Photograph by Carleton Watkins  Courtesy of the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. 100
• The Mariposa Estate “Las Mariposas Estate, Mariposas County, California” (Lithograph of Sarony Major & Knapp, c. 1860)  With placenames enlarged for this edition  Courtesy of the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. 102
• Princeton Mill Photograph by Carleton Watkins, c. 1860  Courtesy of the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. 104
• Benton Mills On The Merced River “Merced River, Benton Mills, Fremont Tramway” Photograph by Carleton Watkins, c. 1860  Courtesy of the Research Library and Museum, Yosemite National Park, Calif. 106
• Lower Agua Fria “Lower Agua Frio” Photograph by Carleton Watkins, c. 1860  Courtesy of the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. 107
• The Town Of Mariposa, Looking North Photograph by Carleton Watkins, c. 1860  Courtesy of the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. 109
• The Town Of Princeton And Princeton Mine, Looking West “Princeton West” Photograph by Carleton Watkins, c. 1860  Courtesy of the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. 120
• Pine Tree Mine “Pine Tree Mine, Profile View” Photograph by Carleton Watkins, c. 1860  Courtesy of the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. 131
• Frederick Newman Knapp From Olmsted’s personal collection of photographs  Courtesy of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, Boston, Mass. 138
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• Galen Clark, In Front Of A Sequoia Gigantea Photograph by Carleton Watkins, c. 1865  Courtesy of the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. 168
• Indian Camp, Bear Valley Photograph by Carleton Watkins  Courtesy of the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. 174
• “Cleaning Up,” Mt. Ophir Stereograph by Carleton Watkins, 1860  Courtesy of Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 188
• William Ashburner From Galen Clark’s Photo Album  Courtesy of the Research Library and Museum, Yosemite National Park, Calif. 201
• Mary Perkins Olmsted From Olmsted’s personal collection of photographs  Courtesy of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, Boston, Mass. 206
• John Charles Fremont Photograph by Matthew Brady  Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 220
• Thomas Starr King Courtesy of the Society of California Pioneers, San Francisco, Calif. 227
• The Olmsted Children: Marion, Charlotte, John Charles, Owen Stereograph Frederick Law Olmsted Papers Project, Washington, D.C. 236
• Trinity Church, New York City (Richard Upjohn, Architect) “Bird’s-Eye View of Trinity Church, New York, 1847. . .” (Richard Upjohn, artist, Lithograph by John Forsyth & E. W. Mimee) Courtesy of the J. Clarence Davies Collection, Museum of the City of New York 244
• Design for a Church By Calvert Vaux Study for the Associate Reformed Church, Newburgh, New York From Calvert Vaux, Villas and Cottages (New York, 1864) 244
• Presbyterian Church, Newburgh, New York (Frederick Clarke Withers, Architect) From Calvert Vaux, Villas and Cottages (New York, 1864) 245
• St. George’s Episcopal Church, New York City (Leopold Eidlitz, Architect) From Mary L. Booth, History of the City of New York (New York, 1863) 245
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• California Geological Survey Field Party, 1864: James Terry Gardner, Richard D. Cotter, William H. Brewer, Clarence King Courtesy of the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. 248
• Olmsted’s Mariposa and Yosemite Background map is “Geological Survey of California, J. D. Whitney, State Geologist. Map of the Sierra Nevada adjacent to the Yosemite Valley from surveys made by Chs F. Hoffmann and J. T. Gardner, 1863–1867”  From Josiah D. Whitney, The Yosemite Book: A Description of the Yosemite Valley and the Adjacent Region of the Sierra Nevada, and of the Big Trees of California (New York, 1868) 254
• Calvert Vaux’s Sketch Of Proposed Boundary Changes For Prospect Park, Brooklyn, January 9, 1865 Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 296
• Plan Showing A Portion Of The San Mateo Rancho “Map of Part of the San Mateo Rancho Belonging to the Estate of W. D. M. Howard. Surveyed and Drawn by Alfred Poett, C.E., 1866”  Courtesy of the San Mateo County Historical Association Museum, San Mateo, Calif. 321
• “El Cerrito,” The George Howard Residence in San Mateo, With Howard’s Mound on the Right, c. 1870 Photograph by Carleton Watkins  Courtesy of the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. 322
• Albert Henry Olmsted Frederick Law Olmsted Papers Project, Washington, D.C. 328
• The Buena Vista Vinicultural Society, In Sonoma Courtesy of the Wine Institute, San Francisco, Calif. 334
• First Unitarian Church, San Francisco Photograph by Carleton Watkins  Courtesy of the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. 348
• View Of Bow Bridge Area, Central Park “Boat-Landing, North-east of the Lake”  From BCCP, Seventh Annual Report [1864] 361
• Card Stating Rates Charged, Published By Calvert Vaux in Villas and Cottages (1857) 386
• Edward C. Miller From Olmsted’s personal collection of photographs  Courtesy of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, Boston, Mass. 399
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• Bird’s-Eye View Of Central Park, 1863 “Central Park, 1863” (Lithograph by John Bachmann, printed by F. Heppenheimer) Courtesy of the New-York Historical Society, New York City 423
• Virgil Williams And Thomas Hill in Yosemite Valley, Summer 1865 Stereograph by Carleton Watkins  Courtesy of the Research Library and Museum, Yosemite National Park, Calif. 434
• The Colfax Party in Yosemite Valley, August 1865 Retouched photograph by Carleton Watkins  Courtesy of the Hearst Collection, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. 436
• Bird’s-Eye View Of Stanford University Quadrangle And Approach “The Leland Stanford Jr. University, Palo Alto, Cal.”  Courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, Mass. 459
• Plan Of Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland “Plan of a Metropolitan Cemetery for the City of San Francisco situated in the Suburbs of Oakland”Signed Olmsted, Vaux & Co. Landscape Archts; E. C. Miller Princl Asst Key and identifying letters on plan enlarged for this edition  Courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, Mass. 483
• “Design Of Main Avenue Lots In Mountain View Cemetery. Oakland.” Frontispiece, Organization of Mountain View Cemetery Association. .. (San Francisco, 1865) Courtesy of the Garden Library, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. 485
• Yosemite Valley, 1867 “Yosemite Valley, 1867”  Painting by Thomas Hill  Courtesy of Paul and Alice Elcano 489
• The “Grizzly Giant,” Mariposa Big Tree Grove Photograph by Carleton Watkins, 1863  Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Boston, Mass. 492
• View Of Yosemite Valley From The Mariposa Trail “View from the Mariposa Trail” Photograph by Carleton Watkins, 1863  Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Boston, Mass. 493
• Yosemite Valley Meadow And Bridal Veil Fall “Tohono, the Bridal Veil” Photograph by Carleton Watkins No. 13 of portfolio “Yosemite Valley & Mariposa Grove”  Courtesy of the Gray Herbarium Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 494
• The Three Brothers “Pom pom pasos or Three Brothers” Photograph by Carleton Watkins, 1863  Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Boston, Mass. 495
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• Half Dome “Tasayac, The Half Dome”  Photograph by Carleton Watkins No. 62 of portfolio “Yosemite Valley & Mariposa Grove”  Courtesy of the Gray Herbarium Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 496
• Mirror Lake, Tenaya Creek “Bank of Mirror Lake”  Photograph by Carleton Watkins, 1863  Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Boston, Mass. 497
• Yosemite Falls  Photograph by Carleton Watkins, 1866 From J. D. Whitney, The Yosemite Book Courtesy of the Gray Herbarium Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 498
• Mt. Starr King  Photograph by Carleton Watkins, 1863  Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Boston, Mass. 499
• Olmsted’s San Francisco Bay Area 517
• Plan A: Map Of San Francisco With Olmsted’s Plan For Public Pleasure Grounds Superimposed  From Olmsted, Vaux & Co., Preliminary Report in Regard to a Plan of Public Pleasure Grounds for the City of San Francisco (New York, 1866)  The base map is “City of San Francisco and Its Vicinity,” by the United States Coast Survey, A. D. Bache, Superintendent, [c. 1858]  Courtesy of the Frances Loeb Library, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 519
• Lone Mountain, San Francisco “Lone Mountain 1867”  Courtesy of the California Historical Society Library, San Francisco, Calif. 524
• Point San Jose (Fort Mason Or Black Point), Starting Point Of Proposed San Francisco Promenade And Pleasure Grounds Courtesy of the California Historical Society Library, San Francisco, Calif. 535
• Plan B: Sketch Of Promenade, With Carriage Access From Streets Above From Olmsted, Vaux & Co., Preliminary Report in Regard to a Plan of Public Pleasure Grounds for the City of San Francisco (New York, 1866) Courtesy of the Frances Loeb Library, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 538
• Plan C: Method Of Bridging Promenade, Shown In Elevation And Bird’s eye View From Olmsted, Vaux & Co., Preliminary Report in Regard to a Plan of Public Pleasure Grounds for the City of San Francisco (New York, 1866) Courtesy of the Frances Loeb [xix] Library, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 538
• Plan D: Detail Showing Principal Pleasure Grounds Key and identifying letters on plan enlarged for this edition From Olmsted, Vaux & Co., Preliminary Report in Regard to a Plan of Public Pleasure Grounds for the City of San Francisco (New York, 1866) Courtesy of the Frances Loeb Library, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 539
• “Birds Eye View Of The City Of San Francisco And Surrounding Country” (Drawn by George H. Goddard, Lithograph by Britton & Rey, 1868) Courtesy of the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth, Tex. 547
• “Study For Laying Out The Berkeley Neighborhood Including The Grounds Of The College Of California” (1866) Key and identifying letters on plan enlarged for this edition  Courtesy of the Frances Loeb Library, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 562