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Collection | Photo Gallery | Notebook Sketches

Sketches from the E. H. Davis Notebooks

The seven images provided here are samples of the pencil sketches E. H. Davis did in his notebooks. Often what Davis could not or did not photograph, he drew. Captions and dates are provided from the notebooks.

Pine & Fir tree incorporated at the root - Fir 6' in diam[eter]. Pine 5'.
Peculiar Tamarack tree growth - organ pipes. 1911.

Palisades on desert slope of San Jacinto & far view of desert 8000 ft. below - July 24, 1911.

Steatite tube 5 1/2 " long, 1 9/16" diam. Hole 3/4". Actual size. Gray. 1927.

Old Man of the San Carlos Pass - Clark Ranch. July 4, 1934.

Zarbuoso cactus. Dec 24, 1936.

Old tortoise shell rattle. [no date]

No. 12. Mo[uth] 12 1/2", h[eight] 8", d[iameter] 13". Large bowl; cooking olla. Campo.
No. 25. m. 9", h. 6", d. 9 1/2". Cooking olla; light clay; neck wired. Campo.
No. 36. m. 6 1/2", h. 7", d. 7". Manganita. 1918.

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