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Rare Books
The Bridgewater and Ellesmere collections : photographic reproductions in monochrome
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Rare Books
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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San Marino, CA 91108
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Visual Materials
This collection contains 269 stereographs by photographer Carleton E. Watkins, dating from the 1860s to about the 1880s, that chiefly depict buildings, points of interest, and locales in Northern and Southern California. The collection includes 1 stereograph from the Central Pacific Railroad series; 5 stereographs from Watkins' Pacific Railroad Series; 110 stereographs from Watkins' Pacific Coast series; and 150 stereographs from Watkins' New Series. The Watkins' Pacific Coast Series, created between 1861 and 1874, primarily depict locales in Northern California with many images of buildings in San Francisco, views of Yosemite and Mariposa County, Missions, and some mining operations including photographs of the North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Company in Nevada County, California. The Watkins' New Series stereographs, created between 1874 and 1890, consist of images of both Southern California and Northern California, in cities including San Francisco, Pasadena, San Marino, Sierra Madre, and San Gabriel. Among the Southern California residences and properties depicted include the Sunny Slope Ranch of L.J. Rose in San Gabriel, Willow Dale owned by N.C. Carter, and Lake Vineyard owned by B.D. Wilson. Some of the stereographs in Watkins' Pacific Coast Series include titles in the margins in Watkins' own hand (see Nos. 1033, 1135, 1146, 1153, and 1721). Numbered captions with printed titles appear on many of the mounts; unnumbered mounts are numbered consecutively within the series beginning at 1. Item titles chiefly transcribed from printed titles in stereograph margin; cataloger devised titles are enclosed in square brackets.
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Visual Materials
One drawing book entitled Freehand Drawing of Ornament. A Collection of Drawing Copies Reproduced from Original Photographs, Selected and Arranged, by Robert Bunting, published by C. Arthur Pearson Limited, London, ca. 1890. Title copy is framed by a decorative border. "Pearson's School Series" is printed above the title, and "Price Half-a-Crown" is printed below the publisher's statement. This book contains 22 numbered, photographed images of floral and decorative ornaments (originals in stone), on perforated paper, so that each leaf may be torn out if desired. The first 2 unnumbered pages are principally textual, giving "Suggestions for freehand drawing from the cast of photographs." Each of the numbered images is protected by a guardsheet (none of the sheets have been removed). The inside of the front cover is blank. Printed on the inside back cover is: "Miller, Son and Compy., Limited, Printers, Finsbury Circus Buildings, London, E.C." The back cover is an advertisement for "Pearson's Attractive Drawing Books, by Robert Bunting." Laid in between ornaments 10 and 11 is a single sheet of "Standard Tracing Cloth", light gray and has the company logo printed in green on it (another is contained in envelope 6).
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Visual Materials
This collection consists of 33 glass plate negatives (and corresponding copy prints) of Virginia City, Nevada, chiefly in the late 1890s. Views include: interior and exterior scenes of the saloon, court house, sheriff's office, houses, stores, and restaurants. There are a few photographs dealing with mines in the area, and one of a mining shack with children and mules (Item 29). Approximate date of photographs based on 1898 calendar that is visible on item 7. G.W. Miller is identified as the photographer on items 31-33. Item titles in square brackets supplied by cataloger based on typescript list of items found with the collection.
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One boxed collection of reproductions of photographs of sculpture, ca. 75 pieces, ranging in date from approximately 1930 to 1940. The sculptures represented range in date from B.C. era to the 20th century. Included are reproductions from The University Prints of Boston and Perry Pictures; others are newspaper clippings and cutouts from magazines or catalogs. Most stand alone, but some images are mounted on paper, with brief textual explanations. The collection is housed within a paperboard box that has "Sculpture" written in ms. on the top lid. Title supplied by cataloger.
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Visual Materials
The C.C. Pierce collection contains 10,100 historical photographs of early California and Los Angeles that were assembled by Charles C. Pierce, a photographer and long-time operator of a thriving Los Angeles photographic business. The collection is divided into nine topical headings assigned by Pierce: Los Angeles Historical; Indians; Missions; California cities, counties, etc.; Industries and Agriculture, Transportation; Natural History; Art and Architecture; Miscellaneous Scenery. Within these large sections are smaller categories that focus on the history, landscape, people, civic and cultural events, built environment, and development of Southern California and the Southwest from approximately 1845-1930. Of particular interest are the various Indian tribes depicted as well as all twenty-one of the California Missions. Pierce described the latter as "a very extensive and superior collection of this subject, covering a period of over sixty years" that includes copies of paintings and etchings made by Edward Vischer from 1842-1876 and Henry Chapman Ford (1883). Pierce's practice of copying other photographer's images and supplying his own identification should alert the researcher to treat the descriptive and date information on the photographs with some skepticism. There are two numbers on the back of each photograph: the regular penciled number is the negative number assigned by Pierce; the red penciled number is that assigned by the Huntington. Researchers should refer to the red number at all times when ordering reproductions.
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Visual Materials
The Krueger Collection consists of 103 black-and-white photographs and 103 negatives depicting sites and locations within the greater Los Angeles, California, area. Images of Los Angeles include the Lugo Adobe; Olvera Street; Ord Street in Chinatown; Union Station; the United States Post Office Terminal Annex; City Hall; the Hall of Justice; the Old Hall of Records; the Post Office and Federal Building; the California State Building; the Los Angeles Times Building; Pershing Square; streets in downtown Los Angeles decorated with Christmas decorations; and the Ambassador Hotel. Images of Hollywood include views of Hollywood Boulevard (some showing Christmas decorations); Grauman's Chinese and Egyptian Theaters; the Florentine Gardens nightclub; CBS facilities, including KNX/CBS Radio Playhouse with the Lux Radio Theater; NBC facilities; the Earl Carroll Theatre; the Hollywood Scenic Gardens (Bernheimer Gardens); the Brown Derby Restaurant (the Hollywood and Wilshire Boulevard locations); and Griffith Observatory. Other sites in greater Los Angeles include Exposition Park; Westlake (MacArthur) Park; and the Bernheimer Gardens in Pacific Palisades. Also included are views of Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, California; views of Long Beach, including the Pike, City Hall, the Public Library, and the Municipal Auditorium; and views in and around Lake Arrowhead.
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