R. J. Waters Explained

R. J. Waters
Birth Name:Raper James Waters
Birth Date:24 September 1856
Birth Place:Sacramento, California, US
Death Place:French Camp, US
Nationality:American
Field:Photography
Style:Monochrome photography

Raper James Waters (September 24, 1856 – November 5, 1937) was an American commercial photographer in California and Nevada.[1]

Early life

Raper James Waters was born on September 24, 1856, in Sacramento, California. His father was George Gilbert Waters (1822-) and his mother was Lydia Mary Milner (1817-1881). He had two sons with Anna M. Waters between 1892 and 1895.[2]

Career

In 1892, Waters opened, R. J. Waters & Co., a commercial photography studio at 110 Sutter Street, in San Francisco. Photographs by Waters are held at the J. Paul Getty Museum,[3] the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[4] the Library of Congress,[5] the Online Archive of California,[6] and the University of Nevada, Reno library.[7]

The Library of Congress has two of his panoramic photographs from 1909, three years after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.

From 1910 to 1917, R. J. Waters & Co., photographed plays for the Forest Theater in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.[8]

Death

Waters died on November 5, 1937, in French Camp, San Joaquin County, California, at the age of 81. According to the California Department of Public Health death certificate, he was cremated on November 8, at the Casa Bonita Funeral Home in Stockton, California.[2] Private services were held from the chapel of Frisbie & Warren, Miner Avenue at American Street, Stockton on November 8.[9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Waters, Raper James, 1856- - Social Networks and Archival Context. Snaccooperstive.org.
  2. Web site: Historical Information for Roper James Waters . FamilySearch. 2022-08-03.
  3. Web site: R.J. Waters (American, ?, active Northern California about 1870) (Getty Museum). Getty.edu.
  4. Web site: Unknown | San Francisco Earthquake and Fire - 1906 | the Met . 2020-05-03 . 2019-12-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191222042909/https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/259580 . dead .
  5. Web site: Search results from Panoramic Photographs, Available Online, San Francisco, R.J. Waters Aerial Photograph Co, California. Library of Congress.
  6. Web site: Views of Donner Lake, California. Photographed by R.J. Waters and Co., ca. 1915. Oac.cdlib.org.
  7. Web site: Waters, R. J. Unrspecoll.pastperfectonline.com.
  8. Web site: Forest Theater Plays. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. Harrison Memorial Library. 1910. 2022-08-03.
  9. News: Waters. Stockton Evening and Sunday Record. Stockton, California. 6 Nov 1937. 19. 2022-08-03.