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Copies of Throop Polytechnic Institute architectural drawings

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Description: A group of seven photographic copies of architectural drawings and renderings of Throop Polytechnic Institute, Pasadena, California. The images are small (2.25 x 3.25 inches), and mounted on boards. The drawings are by architects Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey, Pasadena. Two renderings were signed by Elmer Grey and dated 1907 and 1908. Throop became the California Institute of Technology in 1920, at a different location in Pasadena.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1907-1908.
Call number: arch0005
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of 1999.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Elmer Grey architectural drawings

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A group of 17 architectural drawings by architect Elmer Grey for two residences: Grey's own residence in Pasadena, California, 1910, and the Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Wild residence in Los Angeles, 1929.

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Myron Hunt lantern slide collection

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Set of 61 lantern slides (photographs) of Southern California residences, buildings and gardens designed by architect Myron Hunt, along with some designed by: Greene and Greene, Reginald Johnson, Bertram Goodhue, Florence Yoch, and Paul Thiene. Hunt's designs include his own and those he did in partnership with Elmer Grey, and later, in partnership with H. C. Chambers. The slides are color photographs and have identification labels. Hunt-designed residences pictured are those of: George Watson Cole; J. D. Hooker; Myron Hunt; Raymond Mixell; John P. Wilson; Senator Thomas R. Bard; Mrs. Frank W. Emery; and Dr. Guy Cochran. Other Hunt buildings pictured are: Maryland Hotel; Pasadena Garden Club; Henry E. Huntington Library building; Pasadena Public Library; Pomona College; Throop Polytechnic Institute. Three Greene and Greene residences are pictured: Henry M. Robinson; Cora Hollister; and Cordelia Culbertson. Other slides are a few residences designed by Bertram Goodhue or Reginald Johnson, and there are a few slides of California missions.

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14. Coleman, Theodore, Pres. Throop Polytechnic Institute

Manuscripts

The collection contains letters, documents, including 190,000 reports, 1200 maps, 500 photographs, and 8200 pieces of printed material related to the life and career of Ralph Arnold. Subjects represented in the collection include: mining, petroleum, and seismology in the Western United States as well as Canada, Mexico, Cuba, and South America; political papers from 1914 to 1956, mostly concerning the campaign of Herbert Hoover for president; family and personal papers from 1836 to 1961 of Arnold and his father, Delos Arnold, containing source material on Pasadena and Southern California local history. The collection also contains Arnold's field books, including those made at Stanford University with the U.S. Geological Survey from 1900 to 1909.

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Biplane over the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena. approximately 1914

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View of a biplane flying over Throop Hall at the California Institute of Technology. Crowds are gathered on the steps of Throop Hall and on the grounds outside, with some shade being provided by parasols.

photCL 402 (37016)

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Henry E. Huntington letters to Howard E. Huntington

Manuscripts

Also: newspaper clipping regarding fraudulent charity solicitors; letter from Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey to Henry E. Huntington, 1908 October 2; copy of letter from J.H. Adams & Co. to Los Angeles Railway Co., 1911 March 14. Subjects: extortion attempt on Los Angeles Railway Co., Isaias W. Hellman, real estate in California.

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Architectural drawings

Manuscripts

Contains 50 sheets of blueprints for the Pasadena Playhouse by R. F. McCann & Co., Architects including site plan, exterior and interior photographs with design annotations, structural drawings, floor plans, elevations, and more, many with annotations.

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Copies of Throop Polytechnic Institute architectural drawings

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