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Letters of travel in California in the winter and spring of 1896
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Notes of an excursion to California in the winter and spring of 1893
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A.F. Tripp notes of an excursion to California in the winter and spring of 1893
Manuscripts
This typewritten account details an excursion coordinated by Raymond & Whitcomb Inc. to California by train from Feb. 17-April 21. The journey began in Buffalo, NY, where Mr. Tripp, his wife and several of their friends boarded the train for their trip west. The train traveled to California via Chicago, Kansas City, Santa Fe, Flagstaff, and San Bernardino before arriving in Pasadena, CA. They visited Pasadena, Altadena, the San Gabriel Mission, downtown Los Angeles, Redondo Beach, Riverside, and San Diego before heading north. They visited Santa Barbara, Monterey & 17 mile drive, and in the San Francisco Bay Area saw Chinatown, the Lick Observatory and the U.S. Mint. On their return trip eastward, they traveled through Sacramento and Salt Lake City before stopping for visits at the Royal Gorge and Garden of the Gods in Colorado en route to Chicago and Buffalo, NY
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Travels, 1896-1931
Manuscripts
Includes passenger ships' passenger lists, menus, and booklets.
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Chelsea porcelain "Winter" and "Spring."
Visual Materials
Allegorical porcelain figures of Winter and Spring in the art collection in the Huntington residence. Label accompanying photograph in album reads "HEH 21 Chelsea porcelain. "Winter," on left; "Spring," on right. Huntington Art Gallery."
photCL 107 vol13 (21)