Rare Books

Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California

Description: California locations are Anacapa Island, Arrowhead Springs, Beverly Hills, Coronado, Del Mar, Hollywood, La Jolla, Los Angeles, Mojave Desert, Monterey, Mount Lowe, Pasadena, Riverside, San Diego, San Gabriel Mission Play, Santa Barbara, Santa Catalina Island, South Pasadena, Venice, Ventura County, and Yosemite.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1898-1929.
Call number: 645655
Creator: Detroit Publishing Company(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased by the Library Collectors' Council from Ursus Rare Books, January 21, 2006.

Arizona; Arkansas; Southern California

Visual Materials

There are only three photographs from Arizona and three from Arkansas. There are over 150 portraits from Southern California, including Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Ana, Anaheim, Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Pasadena, and a few others.

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Color prints by state and topic

Rare Books

Prints by state: Grand Canyon, Arizona; California (chiefly Santa Catalina Island); Florida; Michigan; New York; Salt Lake City, Utah; Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; Wisconsin; Wyoming. Prints by topic: Animals (cattle, lion, pack mules, ostrich); Boats and ships; Bridges; Buildings; Canyons and scenery (chiefly the Grand Canyon, with many containing copyright of Fred Harvey); Children (African American boys playing, and a Chinese woman with children); Churches and religious art; City and town bird's-eye-views; Commerce; Cowboys; Foreign countries (one image "12770 A Quebec Caleche" with penciled note "Sk Ok DB"; Fruit and flowers; Mining; Missions.

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California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland

Rare Books

California topics: Flowers, Missions, Railroads, Miscellaneous.

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Alaska; Arizona; Arkansas; Southern California

Visual Materials

There are few photographs from Alaska (1), Arizona (3) and Arkansas (11). One Arkansas portrait depicts a little boy with a rifle. Southern California photographs include portraits from Los Angeles, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Ventura, and other locations. There is a portrait of an African American woman and her baby, with a name written on the back, possibly Mrs. H. G. Hodge. In addition, there are several portraits of Italian American families that have names and writing in Italian on the backs (San Luis Obispo).

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Historical Society of Southern California Collection - Scenes in Southern California

Visual Materials

The album is a published collection of souvenir views of Los Angeles, California, and vicinity. Included are views of Figueroa Street; Hollenbeck Home; Adams Street; West Lake Park; Palm Drive; Plaza Church; Broadway and the "old" City Hall; the "old" Court house; Chester Place; a panorama of central Los Angeles; San Gabriel Mission; Marengo Avenue in Pasadena; the Raymond Hotel; the Mount Lowe cable incline railway; the home of Ramona (Rancho Camulos in Ventura County); Avalon harbor and Santa Catalina Island; the Potter Hotel in Santa Barbara; the Santa Barbara Mission; Redlands; the Hotel Coronado in San Diego; and Magnolia Avenue in Riverside.

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Historical Society of Southern California Collection - Los Angeles and Southern California

Visual Materials

The album is a published collection of souvenir views of Los Angeles and vicinity. Included are views of Figueroa Street; Hollenbeck Home; Adams Street; West Lake Park; Palm Drive; Plaza Church; Broadway and the "old" City Hall; the "old" Court house; Chester Place; a panorama of central Los Angeles; San Gabriel Mission; Marengo Avenue in Pasadena; the Raymond Hotel; the Mount Lowe cable incline railway; the home of Ramona (Rancho Camulos in Ventura County); Avalon harbor and Santa Catalina Island; the Potter Hotel in Santa Barbara; the Santa Barbara Mission; Redlands; the Hotel Coronado in San Diego; and Magnolia Avenue in Riverside.

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Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California

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