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A tramp across the continent : (from Ohio to California on foot, 3507 miles)
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Rare Books
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Visual Materials
The photograph album chronicles Charles F. Lummis's time with the Del Valle family at Rancho Camulos in Ventura County, California, from 1887 to 1888. There are many photographs of the Del Valle family, particularly the Del Valle daughters, with whom Lummis is shown playfully interacting. Family gatherings include a local Catholic priest, couples dancing, and young women playing instruments. Views of Rancho Camulos, the surrounding landscape, and architectural features such as the placita, the chapel, and the south veranda, are also prominently featured. The front cover of the photograph album bears the embossed title of "Susanita Del Valle," while the spine's title says, "Views of Camulos." An inscription on the third page reads: "Susanita Del Valle, with the best wishes of Chas. F. Lummis -- Feb. 3, 1888." (Susanita was a nickname for Susana Carmen Del Valle (1871-1907)). Some of the pictures appear in The home of Ramona: photographs of Camulos, the fine old Spanish estate described by Mrs. Helen Hunt Jackson, as the home of 'Ramona', by Charles F. Lummis, published in Los Angeles in 1888. The Huntington Library holds a copy of this book (RB 35644) as well as a second edition (RB 252770). Both copies are illustrated with original cyanotypes by Lummis, many of which are in The home of Ramona.
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Visual Materials
The collection consists of copy negatives, interpositives, and photographs of the glass transparencies taken by author and editor Charles Fletcher Lummis to decorate the windows in the museo (living room and exhibit hall) of his home, El Alisal, in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Around the windowpane at the left are scenes of Mexico, around the center pane are views of the American Southwest, and around the right pane are scenes of Bolivia and Peru. In 1983, the glass plates were removed, restored, and/or replaced. The negatives and interpositives in this collection were created during the restoration process.
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