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The comedies of Harold Chapin
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
The letter is regarding $53.33 that is owed to the city of Los Gatos by the Peninsular Railway Company; it is signed by General Manager F. E. Chapin. Included with the letter is a one-page "Statement of Amount Due the Town of Los Gatos" for the year ending December 19, 1914. The statement is signed by H. A. Culloden, the Auditor of the Peninsular Railway Company.
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"Feinstein is often quoted as having said, 'When your mouth drops open, click the shutter.' If only it were so easy. Photographing with honesty and directness, Feinstein has searched over the course of decades for those images that leave him and his fans slack-jawed. But it is not just a question of being in the right place at the right time, of technical mastery, of even of craft. It is that rare ability to recognize something special that no one else has seen--either in the street or in the darkroom--that makes his art so effective. And in Feinstein's case, this means empathy and compassion for the people he photographs. These are qualities that spring from the vibrant personality of the artist himself. It is true that Feinstein wrote, 'When your mouth drops open, click the shutter.' But there is another half of the quote that is not so often repeated. The full version ends: 'And then make others, for the fun of it.'"--From introduction.
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Visual Materials
The Harold A. Parker Studio Collection of Negatives consists of 5157 glass plate negatives, film negatives, and panoramic negatives, 1889-1949, that depict commercial, residential and landscape sites in and around Pasadena and Southern California. The images provide a look at the commercial, residential and social development of Pasadena and surrounding areas during the early years of the twentieth century. The collection is especially rich in images of residential architecture in Pasadena, Altadena, and San Marino; images of Lake Tahoe; depictions of, and activities at, the Raymond, Maryland, and Huntington Hotels in Pasadena; and the commercial, social and cultural landscapes of Pasadena. The collection also provides, through its breadth and depth of subject matter, an example of the career activities of a commercial photographer in Southern California in the early years of the twentieth century.
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