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Hazard-Dyson Collection
Manuscripts
This collection contains an unpublished typewritten manuscript, ca. 1962, with 326 photographs, entitled "California's Romantic Ranchos: The History, Stories and Legends of the Haciendas, with a Roll of the Rancheros, a Complete List of the Land Grants of California, and Biographies of Famous Personalities – Spanish, Mexican and American," by journalist and editor Verne Dyson (1879-1971). The photographs date from ca. 1868–1922 and include adobes, early homes and towns, missions and prominent pioneers of California. There are also 15 engravings and several printed illustrations and maps removed from other texts, as well as a 19th century abstract of title - a history of A. W. Timms' land transactions on Rancho Palos Verdes, California, ca. 1855-1878. In addition, Boxes 6 and 7 contain 121 photographs that depict a variety of views of Southern California with the "Hazard-Dyson Collection" stamp. These include photographs presumably by George Hazard, ca. 1890-1914, as well as other late 19th and early 20th century photographs by commercial photographers. In 2016, these photographs were removed from the Huntington Library's Photographic Files (PF) and reunited with the rest of the collection. The photographs retain the "photPF" call number on the back of the image.
mssHM 26404 and various photPF call numbers
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Hazard-Dyson Photographs
Manuscripts
This series contains 121 photographs that depict a variety of views in Southern California and include both 9 x 9 cm (3 x 3") photographs presumably by George Hazard, ca. 1890-1914, as well as other late 19th and early 20th century photographs by commercial photographers. Note: in 2016, these photographs were removed from the Huntington Library's Photographic Files (PF) and reunited with the rest of the collection. The photographs retain the "photPF" call number on the back of the image. A set of 16 images lacking photPF call numbers was also pulled in 2016 from the Photographic Files. These are housed in Box 7, Folder 3, and have been given consecutive item numbers (1-14).
mssHM 26404 and various photPF call numbers
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Oral history interview with Ken Dyson and Robert Loschke
Manuscripts
This is an edited transcript of an oral history interview of Ken Dyson and Robert Loschke conducted by Peter J. Westwick.
mssHM 80611 (27)
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Jeremiah Dyson letters and documents
Manuscripts
A collection of correspondence and documents related to the business affairs of Francis Isaac Du Roveray. The material, written in French and English, deal with various business deals, payments, and a small amount of personal subjects. Some of the letters contain Du Roveray's autograph, draft response, including lists of prices and amounts of paper requested. Correspondents in the collection include, among others: Henry Chabaud, J. A. Chabaud, Laurent-Louis Deconchy, Jeremiah Dyson, James Norton, John Sharpe, and William Suttaby. The album cover has a label pasted on the front with information about the contents of the album, as well as two book plates on the inside front cover: Denis Roy Bentham and D. H. Weinglass; the leather spine is damaged, with the name "Durovery" in gold.
mssDUR
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Dyson, Bell & Co. (Firm). 1 letter to Patrick Balfour, Baron Kinross, 1904-, L.S. (typewritten: 1 p.), (1968, May 14), London (Eng.)
Manuscripts
Also enclosed: carbon copy of a letter from Dyson to Peter H. Flower, May 14, 1968, a photostat of a letter from the Royal Fine Art Commission, May 13, 1968, and a photostat of a letter from Dyson to the Royal Fine Art Commission, May 14, 1968.
KIN 1968
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Original envelopes: George Hazard, photographer
Visual Materials
This is a collection primarily of negatives and photographic prints depicting the growth of Santa Monica and Los Angeles, California, from 1860s to 1980s. Many views are cityscapes or street views, showing buildings, storefronts, homes and roads, and documenting the use of railroads, trolleys, streetcars, and automobiles. There are many card photographs by early professional photographers, and also a number of snapshots made by amateurs, some in personal photo albums. The collection's scope also includes early views of many other communities in Southern California (and a few in other states); the beginnings of aviation in Santa Monica, including the first Douglas Aircraft Company buildings; a photo album of residents in Topanga Canyon, ca. 1913; automobile racing in Los Angeles and Santa Monica, 1920s; maritime views; a photo album of U.S. troops in France during World War I; a 1949 real estate development in Apple Valley, California, and others. Besides photographs, a portion of the collection consists of scarce publications and historical ephemera, primarily related to Santa Monica and Los Angeles, including brochures, advertising cards, menus, event programs and other materials. Highlights of the Santa Monica images are aerial views of the buildings along the coast and pier (1920s); several views of the Arcadia Hotel (1880s); the Long Wharf and adjoining railroad and train depot; the first bath houses on the beach; the beach club culture of the 1920s and 1930s; the amusement piers of Santa Monica, Ocean Park and Venice; and the beginnings of the Douglas Aircraft Company. There is a large set of promotional photographs made late 1920s-1930s by Powell Press Service depicting people enjoying Santa Monica's beaches, clubs and outdoor recreation. An important subset within the collection is 407 negatives made ca. 1890 - 1908 by Los Angeles historian and amateur photographer George W. Hazard (1842-1914). Hazard travelled around Los Angeles and vicinity photographing the adobes, houses, streets and storefronts that told the early history of the city. Many of Hazard's negatives have handwritten identifications, naming streets, former homeowners, ranchos, and other historical details. There are a large number of cabinet cards and other card-mounted prints and stereographs. There are 1,264 stereograph prints, highlighted by the works of photographic pioneers William M. Godfrey, Francis Parker, Hayward & Muzzall, and Carleton Watkins. Other formats represented are: glass and film negatives; panoramic prints; 7 photograph albums, photographic postcards, 20th-century color prints and transparencies; and a small number of tintypes, cyanotypes and a set of chromolithographs.