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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Approx. 150 sheets: "Photocopies made from original card(s)...located in Bureau of Engineering, Dept. of Public Works, Room 755, City Hall, 200 North Spring St." The "Inclusive dates" are indicated as "1850 - 1974." Sub-group is given as "Los Angeles Street Names." Received by LAT 7/21/1988. Information on each form includes street name, year [of surveying or paving?] and, under "Remarks," a reason for the name, and sometimes a description of the terrain or mention of landmarks, etc. Split into two folders.
mssLAT
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Manuscripts
Approx. 150 sheets: "Photocopies made from original card(s)...located in Bureau of Engineering, Dept. of Public Works, Room 755, City Hall, 200 North Spring St." The "Inclusive dates" are indicated as "1850 - 1974." Sub-group is given as "Los Angeles Street Names." Received by LAT 7/21/1988. Information on each form includes street name, year [of surveying or paving?] and, under "Remarks," a reason for the name, and sometimes a description of the terrain or mention of landmarks, etc. Split into two folders.
mssLAT
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Manuscripts
Manuscript, 5 pages. Begins "a dear friend once said to me, 'You have no imagination!'"and ends "It was after that I waded through "The Vale of Tears" and having returned alone, at the age of sixteen years, by the Isthmus of Panama, I arrived in San Francisco and began the next phase of my development in my somewhat varied career and the true story of it now follows."
HM 38489
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Rare Books
"Todd Hido's 'Silver Meadows B-Sides Box Set' is a follow-up publication to the artist's award-winning 2013 monograph, 'Excerpts from Silver Meadows.' Designed to function as a companion to that title as well as a sovereign object in its own right, 'B-Sides Box Set' comprises 50 images printed on loose cards, presented in a 2-piece lucite box. The selection includes alternate images that didn't make it into the book, as well as variations of images that did. The collection offers a behind-the-scenes look at how Hido selects and arranges images in book form. 'Making good and interesting pictures is only half of what it takes to make a memorable visual book,' Hido explains. 'The way one organizes images to create a narrative sequence also plays an important role in creating something that people want to pick up and take home'"--Publisher's description.
653301
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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.
photCL 402
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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.
photCL 402