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Last stage to Benbow
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Benbow Hotel; Carson House
Visual Materials
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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Pearl Hart. Last Stage Hold-Up
Manuscripts
The collection constitutes the literary archive of New Mexico author N. Howard (Nathan Howard) "Jack" Thorp. It includes original manuscripts of Thorp's stories, as well as songs, correspondence, a diary, photographs and related publications.
mssThorp papers
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Last stage days to mines of Southwest 1905-1906
Visual Materials
An album with 28 copy photographs depicting stations, people, and places of interest along the stagecoach route between Keeler, in Inyo County, California, and Mojave, in Kern County, California. The collection includes a three-page typewritten account by E. D. Grose, stage driver for Mojave & Keeler, titled "Last stage days : To the mines of the southwest, 1905-1906," with a summary of the stops along the line. The account is signed by Grose and dated April 14, 1965. Views taken along the stage line show stops at Mojave, 18 Mile Station, Ricardo (misspelled as "Recardo" on the included map), Dixie, Freeman, Indian Wells, Little Lake, Cactus, Olancha, and Keeler. Images include local scenery, such as Red Rock Canyon, station houses, post offices, and train stations along the route. The album also includes a photograph of a Mojave & Keeler Stage Line business card and a Mojave & Keeler Stage Line map. There is a photograph of an elderly Grose captioned "E. Grose, Stage Driver, 1905-1906".
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Long Beach Steam Station, Plant #1 - Effect on last Stage
Visual Materials
Long Beach Steam Station, Plant #1 - Effect on last Stage - Revolving Diaphram.
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