EditorialDavid Donner, who has diabetes and is recovering from COVID-19, with his wife, Debra, at their home in Centreville, Ala., March 23, 2022. (Charity Rachelle/The New York Times)
EditorialDonner Lake, from the Summit. Lawrence & Houseworth; American, active 1860s. Date: 1865. Dimensions: 7.7 x 7.9 cm (each image); 8.5 x 17.2 cm (card). Albumen print, stereo, from the series "California". Origin: United States.
EditorialSummit of Sierra Nevada, Snow Sheds in Foreground, Donner Lake in the Distance, C. P. R. R. Andrew J. Russell; American, 1830-1902. Date: 1868-1869. Dimensions: 15.4 x 20.4 cm (image/paper); 23.2 x 30.3 cm (album page). Albumen print, pl. XXIX from the...
EditorialDonner Lake, California. Dated: c. 1860s. Dimensions: image: 12.7 x 12.7 cm (5 x 5 in.) sheet: 17.8 x 17.8 cm (7 x 7 in.) mount: 23.2 x 23.2 cm (9 1/8 x 9 1/8 in.). Medium: albumen print.
EditorialRebecca Donner, author of “All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days,” with her notes for the book at her home in New York, July 22, 2021. (Elizabeth D. Herman/The New York Times)