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The Bankers California Country Club
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Bradford Rhodes, Garfield Fund, New York, letter to T.W. & M.V. Scott, Chagrin Falls, Ohio
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Printed circular letter to "the Banks and Bankers of the United States" soliciting subscription donations for Lucretia Garfield following James A. Garfield's shooting. Includes addressed envelope. (1 page)
HM 16105
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Samuel Hopkins Willey letter to Miss Lord
Manuscripts
Letter from Samuel Hopkins Willey to a Miss Lord, sent from San Francisco. In the hastily written letter Willey writes that he has put up "articles of my soliciting" and that he has mislaid a prospectus and would like to be sent another copy. He also writes that "it is very hard for me in the press of care to do work for this school."
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The California Club
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Location: 538 S. Flower St., Los Angeles, California Job #: 346; 348 Architect/Designer: Kelham, George W. ; Farquhar, Robert D. Photographer/Artist: Mushet Photography Format: Photographic prints Description: Progress shots and photos of rendering of the exterior of the Club and its garden.
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California Country Clubs
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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Swim team launching a lifeboat in front of Club Casa del Mar, Santa Monica, California
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Image of four female swimmers in swimsuits with coach Frank Holborrow pushing a lifeboat on the beach, in front of onlookers and the Club Casa del Mar in Santa Monica, California, with billboard signs for: "Arthur Bard & Co., Builders and Contractors" and "Club Casa del Mar, an exclusive social club ... furnishing Throughout Exclusively By Barker Bros."
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Swim team launching a lifeboat in front of Club Casa del Mar, Santa Monica, California
Visual Materials
Image of four female swimmers in swimsuits with coach Frank Holborrow pushing a lifeboat on the beach, in front of onlookers and the Club Casa del Mar in Santa Monica, California, with billboard signs for: "Arthur Bard & Co., Builders and Contractors" and "Club Casa del Mar, an exclusive social club ... furnishing Throughout Exclusively By Barker Bros."
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