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Waters, Raper James, 1856-

 Person

Biographical History

Raper James Waters (b. 1856) was a photographer in California.

Citation:
Raper James Waters photographs of California, circa 1900s-1920s

Brigham Young University, L. Tom Perry Special Collections worksheet, Feb. 23, 2009 (Raper James Waters; photographer in California)

Biographies of Western Photographers, 1997: p. 152 (Raper James Waters; photographer in Virginia City, Nev. in 1886; active in San Francisco between 1895-1900, 1915-1916) p. 321 (R.J. Waters)

Ancestry.com, viewed Feb. 23, 2009 (Raper James Waters; Raper J. Waters; Raper Waters; R.J. Waters; R. Waters; b. Sept. 24, 1856 in Calif.)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Raper James Waters photographs of California

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233599031]
Identifier: MSS P 559
Scope and Contents

Collection includes six photographs of San Francisco and Sacramento, California taken by Waters between the 1900s and the 1920s.

Dates: approximately 1900-1929
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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