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San Marino, CA 91108
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Six men in suits and a young lady breaking ground at a Medallion Home tract site [with 5 variants]
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Image of a group portrait of United States president George Washington outside his home with his wife, Martha Washington, and their children; dog stands nearby family on patio; horse held by a young African American slave man on the grass at right.
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An album of 70 photographs compiled by an unidentified American man who lived and worked in the Philippines designing and fabricating bridges and buildings. The photographs are accompanied by extensive typed descriptions that document building projects, remains of old Spanish warships, street scenes, churches and houses, crops and vegetation, schools, and many of the native residents. Some images include the Iloilo riverfront with the airing of sugar, a principal industry of that region. The writer/compiler of the album describes living in Iloilo and Cotabato, and refers to work hours spent in the steel shops and at well-drilling sites. He also documents various indigenous peoples and his impressions of their cultures and daily lives. Group photographs of Bagobo men and women near Kidapawan highlight their distinctive clothing and adornment. Other photographs include an American-run Moro boys' school at Kudarangan, an agricultural school, and a snapshot of Dr. Edwin Bingham Copeland, who founded the University of the Philippines College of Agriculture. There is also a photograph of the dedication of the Cotabato Public Hospital in 1916, decorated with American flags and banana palms. Locations include Manila, Cebu, Iloilo, Zamboanga, and Cotabato City.
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A western train trip diary of a young woman as she traveled from Chicago to the west coast in 1915. On the front page it is written "For Neva from Carrie." On the cover of the leather diaries, "My Travels" is lettered in gold gilt. The author traveled from Chicago to southern California with a stopover at the Grand Canyon, Los Angeles and San Diego where she celebrated her 32nd birthday. Then it was up the coast to Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Yosemite National Park, Oregon and Washington, and then it was over to Yellowstone National Park and back home to Salina, Kansas. There is a photo which accompanies the diary of a young woman in a hammock, which could be either Carrie or Neva. Also at the rear of the diary are a number of people listed with their addresses.
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Image of a central image of two young woman, orphan sisters Henrietta and the blind Louise, standing together, with two vignettes of scenes consisting of Louise begging in the snow with an older woman, and a sword fight between two men in historical costumes in France with a crowd looking on; the poster advertises the melodrama "The Two Orphans" written by Adolphe D'Ennery and adapted by Hart Jackson and provides information for performances staring actress Mary Jeffrey Lewis to begin on September 27, [1886], at the Alcazar Theatre in San Francisco, California.
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A travel album of snapshots and reminiscences in typescript pages documenting the camping trip of eight young women and men through Yosemite in 1909. The majority of snapshots are accompanied by captions in a contemporary hand. Views include the iconic Yosemite waterfalls, redwood trees, and geologic features, and show the group hiking, relaxing, riding burros, and cooking at the campground. The album begins with a two-page whimsical poem titled "To Yosemite" about preparing for the trip, and is signed Renette Felt. The back of the album has a nine-page typescript travelogue titled "Snapshots About Camp" (unsigned; presumably by Felt), followed by a three-page typescript titled "A Knocker's View of the Yosemite Trip or a Few Bum Jokes," signed by William H. Hughes, one of the travelers.
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