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The Eugene Swarzwald Pictorial California and the Pacific Collection consists of 9,674 black and white photographs, negatives, a photograph album, magazine mock-ups, letters, and ephemera, dated 1909-ca. 1968. Eugene Swarzwald and the Swarzwald family collected the material for use in the magazine "Pictorial California and the Pacific." Images depict California and the West with some coverage of the rest of the United States and international destinations. The collection contains photographs depicting general city views of communities in California, scenic views of wilderness areas, images of parks, schools and universities, museums, and points of historic interest (including California mining towns and missions). The collection is strong in subjects related to leisure and social and recreational activities. Many of the photographs are by the Keystone Photo Service. Other photographers include Chuck Abbott, Adelbert Bartlett, Lionel T. Berryhill, Lil and Al Bloom, Hal Boucher, Campbell-Ricco-Mazzuchi Photography, Caroll Photo Service, Garth Chandler, Walter J. Collinge, Fairchild Aerial Surveys, George O. Fales, Frasher's, J. P. Graham, Dean Hesketh Company, Charles M. Hiller, Pat and G. E. Kirkpatrick, Don Knight, Albert J. Kopec, Ward Linton, Lothers and Young, Hubert A. Lowman, David M. Mills, Don Milton, Gabriel Moulin Studios, Karl Obert, Earle O'Day, Pacific Air Industries Aerial Photography, Dave Packwood, Padilla Studios, Maynard L. Parker, Jack W. Patterson, Julius Shulman, Spence Air Photos, H. W. Steward, Thiem, Harry Vroman, Whithurse Aerial Photos, and Steven H. Willard.
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This is a collection primarily of negatives and photographic prints depicting the growth of Santa Monica and Los Angeles, California, from 1860s to 1980s. Many views are cityscapes or street views, showing buildings, storefronts, homes and roads, and documenting the use of railroads, trolleys, streetcars, and automobiles. There are many card photographs by early professional photographers, and also a number of snapshots made by amateurs, some in personal photo albums. The collection's scope also includes early views of many other communities in Southern California (and a few in other states); the beginnings of aviation in Santa Monica, including the first Douglas Aircraft Company buildings; a photo album of residents in Topanga Canyon, ca. 1913; automobile racing in Los Angeles and Santa Monica, 1920s; maritime views; a photo album of U.S. troops in France during World War I; a 1949 real estate development in Apple Valley, California, and others. Besides photographs, a portion of the collection consists of scarce publications and historical ephemera, primarily related to Santa Monica and Los Angeles, including brochures, advertising cards, menus, event programs and other materials. Highlights of the Santa Monica images are aerial views of the buildings along the coast and pier (1920s); several views of the Arcadia Hotel (1880s); the Long Wharf and adjoining railroad and train depot; the first bath houses on the beach; the beach club culture of the 1920s and 1930s; the amusement piers of Santa Monica, Ocean Park and Venice; and the beginnings of the Douglas Aircraft Company. There is a large set of promotional photographs made late 1920s-1930s by Powell Press Service depicting people enjoying Santa Monica's beaches, clubs and outdoor recreation. An important subset within the collection is 407 negatives made ca. 1890 - 1908 by Los Angeles historian and amateur photographer George W. Hazard (1842-1914). Hazard travelled around Los Angeles and vicinity photographing the adobes, houses, streets and storefronts that told the early history of the city. Many of Hazard's negatives have handwritten identifications, naming streets, former homeowners, ranchos, and other historical details. There are a large number of cabinet cards and other card-mounted prints and stereographs. There are 1,264 stereograph prints, highlighted by the works of photographic pioneers William M. Godfrey, Francis Parker, Hayward & Muzzall, and Carleton Watkins. Other formats represented are: glass and film negatives; panoramic prints; 7 photograph albums, photographic postcards, 20th-century color prints and transparencies; and a small number of tintypes, cyanotypes and a set of chromolithographs.
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The Huntington Library's Collection of Panoramic Photographs, 1851 to 2014, depicts a wide variety of subjects and provides an important resource for the visual history of the United States, with a particular emphasis on California and the American West. Subjects include landscapes, group portraits, and miscellaneous views. The collection also contains photographs by some of the better known photographers and photographic firms of the first part of the twentieth century. Photographers and publishers represented in the collection include Charles Z. Bailey; Bailey and Ramsey; Bryant Studio; Bunnell Photo Shop; California Panorama Company; Bell Clements; Fay Foto Service; R.J. Gallagher; George. R. Lawrence Company; J.D. Givens; Gordon Panoramic Photo Company; Griffith Photo; Harris Photographic Company; Karen Halverson; George W. Hazard; L.M. Hermance; Hiller; Hughes Photos; William Henry Jackson; I.L. Maduro; Mayhart Studio; C.R. Nock; Panorama Publishing Company; Pettit's Studio; Photo News Service; C.C. Pierce; A.C. Pillsbury; Pillsbury Picture Company; Prince Photo; G.H. Rice; H.H. Rideout; Sanford and Black Photo News Service; Thompson; O.A. Tunnell; H.A. Varble; Miles F. Weaver; and West Coast Art Company. Notable in the collection is a contemporary four-plate ambrotype in a frame; it is a panoramic view of the Los Angeles River, 2014, by Michael Kolster (photPAN 147).
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The Military subseries comprises sheet music published in the United States between 1900 and 1945. The scores shed light on aspects of World War I and World War II. Also included are scores dedicated to the American Civil War, foreign military campaigns, and other aspects of military life. A portion of scores, though military-related, are also patriotic in nature. Scores about World War I (WWI) touch upon bravery; enlistments, deployments, and homecomings; the French people, liberty; nostalgia; romance; branches of the United States military; patriotism; and the Red Cross. There are scores about the battle of Marne; General John J. Pershing, the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I; and Kaiser Wilhelm II, the last German Emperor and King of Prussia. Also included are scores by popular Canadian composer and lyricist Lieutenant Gitz Rice, including Dear Old Pal of Mine, and Keep Your Head Down, Fritzie Boy. The scores within the World War II (WWII) category were published between 1939 and 1945 and have a similar message as those covering WWI, but with a heavy focus on victory. Subjects specifically covered include artillery, branches of the U.S. military, enlistment, homecomings, Kaiser Wilhelm II, patriotism, romance, war bonds, and the Women's Army Corps. (WAC). To note are comic songs der Fuehrer's Face, from the Walt Disney motion picture Donald Duck in Nutzi Land, written and composed by Oliver Wallace, and G.I. Jive, originally composed and performed by Johnny Mercer. Also included is the score Nimitz and Halsey and Me!, dedicated to five-star fleet admirals Chester W. Nimitz and William Bull Halsey, Jr. Other scores within the subseries focus on the American Revolution, the American Civil War, the Mexican War (1846-1848), the Second Boer War, and the Spanish-American War.
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The Military subseries comprises sheet music published in the United States between 1820 and 1900, with the bulk of materials dated between 1861 and 1865. The scores, most of which are marches and quicksteps, shed light on the key military campaigns and players from the American Revolutionary War, the Mexican-American War, the American Civil War, foreign wars, and other United States military endeavors spanning the 1820s to 1900. A portion of scores though military-related, are also patriotic in nature. Scores about the American Revolution touch upon the Boston Tea Party, the Battle of Bunker Hill; Generals Henry Knox, George Washington, and the Marquis de Lafayette. Also included are scores about Revolutionary War patriots Paul Revere and Sergeant Andrew Wallace. The category focusing on the Mexican-American War highlights the military endeavors of key figures including Generals Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna and Zachary Taylor. Also included are scores about Henry Clay a lawyer and statesman, and Major Samuel B. Ringgold the "father of modern artillery." The definitive battles addressed are the battles of Buena Vista, Cerro Gordo, and Vera Cruz. Some notable scores within this category are "Smith's March," and "Rough and Ready." Also found are scores dedicated to the crossing of the Rio Grande River. The scores within the American Civil War category were published between 1853 and 1888 and focus on the Confederacy, Union officers, key battles, and camp life. Found within this category are scores about Confederate President Jefferson Davis and United States President Abraham Lincoln. Some of the Confederate officers highlighted are Pierre G. T. Beauregard, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, and Robert E. Lee. A few of the Union officers highlighted are Generals Ambrose Everett Burnside, Ulysses S. Grant, and William Tecumseh Sherman. Also included are scores dedicated to Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth, the first Union officer to die in the Civil War. The significant military campaigns covered in this category are the battles of Fort Sumter, Gettysburg, Shiloh, and Vicksburg. Also included are Confederate and Union anthems and rallying songs "All quiet along the Potomac To-Night," "The Battle Cry of Freedom," "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," "The Bonnie Blue Flag," "God Save the South," "I Wish I was in Dixie's Land," "Maryland, My Maryland," and "When this cruel war is over." Other noteworthy scores include "Jeff In Petticoats," and "Manassas" by African American composer Thomas 'Blind Tom' Wiggins. The patriotic scores span the decades between 1851 and 1891 and focus on patriotism as it relates to the United States military. Included are odes to the United States Navy, the American flag, the American eagle, and the concept of American union. This section also consists of scores focusing on the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, Civil War Unionist Barbara Fritchie, and a medley of national hymns such as "Hail Columbia," "Red, White, and Blue," "The Star-Spangled Banner," and "Yankee Doodle." The scores within the Foreign Wars category span the decades between 1820 and 1871 and focus on military campaigns and political figures throughout Africa, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and the United Kingdom. The notable figures featured in this category are Napoleon Bonaparte, Queen Victoria, George Washington, and Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington. The military campaigns highlighted here include the Crusades, the Crimean War, the Franco-Prussian War, and the Napoleonic Wars. Notable scores within this category include "The Battle of Prague" and "The Captive Knight." The materials related to other US military endeavors highlight notable military figures, entities, and campaigns including Generals Samuel Houston, Stephen Van Rensselaer IV, Winfield Scott, and the Marquis de Lafayette. Also included are scores about the United States Military Academy West Point, the U.S.S. Constitution (Old Ironsides), and various infantry units such as the New York Light Guard. Some of the notable scores featured in this category are "Jeannette and Jeannot," "The Minstrels returned from the war," and "Hewitt's Quick Step." A small portion of the material is devoted to the Spanish-American War and focuses on United States Navy Admiral George Dewey, the First United States Volunteer Cavalry (the Rough Riders), the USS Maine, and the siege of Santiago Bay (Cuba).
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