Manuscripts
Tourists in southern California, 1875-1903 :
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Lindley Bynum collection of reminiscences of life in 19th century southern California
Manuscripts
These five reminiscences, which were collected by Lindley Bynum, were written by individuals who came to southern California in the second half of the 19th century. They all lived in Los Angeles County, more specifically Pomona, Rancho Cucamonga, Ontario, Pasadena, and San Gabriel. The five authors discuss life in early California including their social lives and education, their interaction with the Gabrielino Indians, the citrus industry, agriculture, farming and irrigation. California pioneers Abbott Kinney and William Wolfskill are mentioned.
mssHM 68462-68466
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Photographs of tourist attractions in San Diego County, California
Visual Materials
A collection of 106 photographic prints of tourists attractions in San Diego County, California, chiefly of the Lakeside Inn and Lakeside Auto Speedway. Most of the photographs show exterior and interior views of the Lakeside Inn, the dirt race track with and without racing automobiles, and paths through wooded areas in Lakeside. There are also views of racing stars Barney Oldfield and Bruno Siebel in their automobiles, as well as a photograph of Admiral Charles Sperry and Admiral Charles Mitchell Thomas at the Lakeside Inn taken in 1908. Thereis once exterior view of the Stratford Inn, Del Mar, California. At the end of the collection there are about 20 photographs taken in the city of San Diego, with images of naval vessels and sailors on parade. There are two maps of San Diego, one of which lists suggested road improvements.
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G. Nelson Allen letters
Manuscripts
These 12 letters, all written to Allen's daughter Emma Merrit, are handwritten copies of the original letters (location of originals is unknown). The majority of the letters are actually written by both G. Nelson Allen and Elizabeth Allen. In the letters they discuss their lives in Ohio and Wisconsin as well as their decision to go to Colorado to try their luck there. While on the journey to Colorado, G. Nelson and Elizabeth discuss the trail, its conditions, the weather and landscape, the other emigrants they pass, the loss of their dog Beppie, and the Native Americans with whom they interact, more specifically the Pawnee. The letters are written from Fort Des Moines, Cass County and Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Fort Kearny, Nebraska. In the letter dated 1887, Elizabeth Allen reminiscences about their trip across the plains. In one letter (1858), G. Nelson reminiscences about living on the Gila River, near Tucson, Arizona and Fort Yuma. Included are transcripts of the letters.
mssHM 74421-74432
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Checks - H. M. Miscellaneous (1875-1903). Approximately 208 items
Manuscripts
The collection contains Frank F. Latta's research material from his five decades of researching the history of California's San Joaquin Valley and Miller & Lux, in particular dry farming known as skyfarming. Subjects include: agriculture and farming in the San Joaquin Valley, the development of agricultural machinery (combines, plows, reapers, scrapers, threshing machines, tractors and various types of harvesters), livestock, ranches, cattle, and crops, mostly wheat. Also covered are: early aviation, early automobiles, bears, crime, the Dalton Gang, the Donner Party, earthquakes, education and schools in the San Joaquin Valley, floods, freight and steamships on the San Joaquin River, gold mines, irrigation, canals and water rights in San Joaquin Valley, land grants, livestock, lumber, outlaws, pioneers, the Presbyterian Church in California, ranches, rivers, roads, saddlery, sheepherding in California, overland journeys to California and California politics, government and history. Also talked about are women, African Americans, Chileans, Chinese, Mormons, Native Americans and Jews in California. The collection contains roughly 180 oral interviews with people living in the San Joaquin Valley in the 1930s through the 1970s. One of the series contains drafts of the unpublished manuscript Sky Farmers and Mule Skinners with Something about Hay Muckers, Buckaroos, and Bindle Stiffs and a Sheepherder or Two. Frank F. Latta worked on this manuscript for five decades.
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A.F. Tripp notes of an excursion to California in the winter and spring of 1893
Manuscripts
This typewritten account details an excursion coordinated by Raymond & Whitcomb Inc. to California by train from Feb. 17-April 21. The journey began in Buffalo, NY, where Mr. Tripp, his wife and several of their friends boarded the train for their trip west. The train traveled to California via Chicago, Kansas City, Santa Fe, Flagstaff, and San Bernardino before arriving in Pasadena, CA. They visited Pasadena, Altadena, the San Gabriel Mission, downtown Los Angeles, Redondo Beach, Riverside, and San Diego before heading north. They visited Santa Barbara, Monterey & 17 mile drive, and in the San Francisco Bay Area saw Chinatown, the Lick Observatory and the U.S. Mint. On their return trip eastward, they traveled through Sacramento and Salt Lake City before stopping for visits at the Royal Gorge and Garden of the Gods in Colorado en route to Chicago and Buffalo, NY
mssHM 60314
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Historical Society of Southern California collection of Los Angeles and other subjects
Visual Materials
This is a miscellaneous collection of film and copy negatives from the Historical Society of Southern California, including images of Los Angeles from the early 1900s to the 1930s, Mt. Lowe Railway, Rancho Camulos, Arroyo Seco Canyon, and founders of the HSSC, including Henry D. Barrows, J.J. Warner, and Antonio F. Coronel. Copy negatives show images used in various issues of the Southern California Quarterly, including images of Roy Knabenshue, Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital, Mojave Indians, and Homer Lea. Other negatives show images of the Midwest, Canadian Rockies, and female entertainers, which came with the California-related negatives but have no obvious relation to them.
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