:: Wallace J. Miller: Watercolors and Pen and Ink Collection
Paintings and drawings are of the City of Riverside between 1895 and 1897. The collection documents businesses, hotels, stables, blacksmith shops, and scenic views of Riverside and the surrounding area. The collection consists of 60 paintings, all of which were created by Wallace J. Miller.
Biography
Wallace J. Miller was born in Ohio circa October 1862, and died in Los Angeles (Calif.) on Dec. 23, 1921. In his mid-twenties, he married Wilma B. Mayhew, and the two lived in Coronado (Calif.) with her parents because he wasn't able to financially support their marriage. Then, in mid-1895, he was accused of counterfeiting money and it went to trial, but he was eventually released as there wasn't enough evidence to support the allegations. Soon after the trial, he arrived in Riverside (Calif.) where he stayed for approximately two years and painted advertisements for businesses on and around Main St. Prior to Miller's return to San Diego in the fall of 1897, he donated the paintings to the Riverside Public Library.
Read more about the collection and view finding aids.
Click on the pictures below to see a larger version of each painting.
wjm01_Fruit.jpg |
wjm02_Ed_E_ Miller - Glenwood Stables.jpg |
wjm03_Watson and Miller - Fresh and Dried Fruits, Vegetables, etc.jpg |
wjm04_Ottley Papineau - Harness Shop.jpg |
wjm05_Miller - The Cash Jeweler and Optician.jpg |
wjm06_Cypress Point - Monterey.jpg |
wjm07_S_L_ Wight - Carpenter and Joiner.jpg |
wjm08_Rance and Dolph - The Denver Restaurant.jpg |
wjm09_J_S_ Baker - Manufacturing, Repairing, Engraving, Diamond Setting.jpg |
wjm10_G_C_ Poore - Gem Bazar.jpg |
wjm11_H_L_ Miller - The Ark House Furnisher.jpg |
wjm12_G_G_ Kennard - Store and Window Awnings.jpg |
wjm13_Mrs_ L_E_ Allen - Ladies' Art Room and Hair Dressing Parlors.jpg |
wjm14_William L_ Peters - Carriages and Wagons.jpg |
wjm15_A'Fleck and Ormand - Plumming and Tinning.jpg |
wjm16_Goodwin and Thomas - California Cultivator and Poultry Keeper.jpg |
wjm17_Bayley Brothers Harness, Whips, Robes, Horse Goods.jpg |
wjm18_Shiels and Sons - Plumbers, Gas-Fitters, Tin and Metal Workers.jpg |
wjm19_A Chinese Gardener's Mansion.jpg |
wjm20_Mathews - Ladies' Exchange.jpg |
wjm21_W_M_ Bartee - O_K_ Stable.jpg |
wjm22_G_D_ Allen - Sporting Goods.jpg |
wjm23_Sebrell - The Druggist.jpg |
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wjm24_Untitled (Garden).jpg |
wjm25_M_L_ Stanton - Manufacturing Jewelry and Optician.jpg |
wjm26_Ward and Davis - Undertakers and Embalmers and Artists' Materials.jpg |
wjm27_W_B_ Preston - Riverside Stables.jpg |
wjm28_Weck - The Prescription Druggist.jpg |
wjm29_Bulkeley and Palmer - The Columbia Market.jpg |
wjm30_Louis Crawford - Willie's Coffee House, etc.jpg |
wjm31_W_H_ Stuhlman - Riverside Cyclery.jpg |
wjm32_Scene in San Antonio Canon.jpg |
wjm33_M_L_ Lawrence - Riverside Horse-Shoeing Shop.jpg |
wjm34_Heath and Morrison - Prescription Druggists.jpg |
wjm35_Mills and Difani - Blacksmiths and Carriage Builders.jpg |
wjm36_Pratt and Angell - The Fair.jpg |
wjm37_Chris Belton - Eighth Street Meat Market.jpg |
wjm38_In Pauma Creek Canon.jpg |
wjm39_H_K_ Strock and Son - Grocers.jpg |
wjm40_W_S_ Collins - The Rambler Cyclery.jpg |
wjm41_J_C_ Hardman - City Pharmacist.jpg |
wjm42_W_ Henderson - Columbia Bakery.jpg |
wjm43_C_O'Connor - Practical Horseshoer.jpg |
wjm44_Stephen Squire - Mortician.jpg |
wjm45_Riverside Business College.jpg |
wjm46_Reflex Publishing Company.jpg |
wjm47_E_F_ Binder - Cigar Manufacturer.jpg |
wjm48_Dr_ E_B_ Howe - Dentist.jpg |
wjm49_Three Brothers Yosemite.jpg |
wjm50_H_D_ Noland's - Riverside Dairy.jpg |
wjm51_General View of Yosemite Valley.jpg |
wjm52_N_P_ Benson - Boot and Shoe Maker.jpg |
wjm53_J_M_ Drake - Bookseller and Stationer.jpg |
wjm54_C_ McDermont - Fashion Billiard and Pool Parlors.jpg |
wjm55_Stebbins and Armington - Merchant Tailors.jpg |
wjm56_Strawberry Valley, San Jacinto Mountains_ A Popular Summer Resort.jpg |
wjm57_C_H_ Davidson - Dealer in Eastern Oil and Gasoline.jpg |
wjm58_W_J_ Miller - Artist and Illustrator.jpg |
wjm59_J_B_ Delagrange, Proprietor - The French Laundry.jpg |
wjm60_W_ Menzel, Proprietor - Hotel Magnolia.jpg |