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Raught family automobile travel photograph albums

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Description: These photo albums document automobile trips taken around the western United States and western Canada between 1915 and 1933, principally for recreational purposes. Destinations range from Yellowstone National Park to Lake Louise in Alberta, Canada and include various locations in California, Oregon, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Mexico. There are also a number of photographs of family events, some of which may not have been part of the motor excursions. Only a very few snapshots do not have captions. One of the volumes also contains a State of Washington license permit for a Black 1915 Dodge and a Department of Interior automobile permit allowing the Raught family to enter the National Parks in their Dodge from August 28 to December 31, 1915.
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Production date: 1915-1933.
Call number: mssHM 83447-83448
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Automobile travel and mountain climbing photograph album

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The photographs in the album document four different expeditions undertaken in Oregon by four young men who traveled together between 1908 and 1912. The excursions include an ascent of Mount Hood in 1908 (including a stay at the Cloud Cap Inn), a fishing trip on the Nehalem River in 1909, deer hunting near West Fork in 1912, and an undated automobile trip through central Oregon. The album contains 182 black-and-white photographs, several of which were produced by Oregon commercial photographer George M. Weister. The photographs for the first three excursions are captioned; those for the car trip are not.

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Bell family photograph albums of travel in the American West

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A collection of 10 family photograph albums, 1908-1924, chiefly of trips to tourist sites and national parks in the Western United States, depicting travel by car, mountain camping, natural scenery, and hiking. Little is known about the Bell family, but most of the snapshots have captions identifying locations and dates. One album says photographs by J. O. Downing, and there is a postcard album with postcards sent from all over the country, approximately 1910s. Album contents: Vol. 1. Sierra Club trip, Glacier National Park, 1924 -- Vol. 2. My 1923 Outing: Southern Nevada - Southern Utah - Northern Arizona (with two-page narrative describing an 1,850-mile automobile trip) -- Vol. 3. Construction of Granite Reef Dam, 1908, on the Salt River, Arizona, with workers' encampment and residences. Some snapshots of Native Americans; town of Roosevelt; Roosevelt Power Canal; Tonto Basin -- Vol. 4. Mount Rainier trip, August 1921 -- Vol. 5. Red Rock Canyon (Mojave Desert, Nevada), 1919 -- Vol. 6. Sequoia Park, July 1918 -- Vol. 7. High Sierra, Sierra Nevada Mountains, 1919 -- Vol. 8. Camp High Sierra, 1923 -- Vol. 9. Scenery and people at a log cabin, horseback riding, around Pinecrest, Tuolumne County, California, 1910s? -- Vol. 10. Souvenir postcards sent from various places in the United States, 1910s?.

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Photograph album of an automobile road trip titled "Trip West 1928,", (bulk 1928)

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A photograph album documenting an automobile trip taken by friends across the western United States (with excursions into Canada and Tijuana, Mexico), during the summer of 1928. The first page is titled "Trip West 1928" and includes an image of an automobile covered with travel decals captioned: "Home after 10,000 miles." Photographs show the travelers visited many national parks, including Crater Lake, Yellowstone, Glacier, and Yosemite, as well as other tourist attractions such as Garden of the Gods, Pikes Peak, Catalina Island, Hollywood, the Redwood Highway, Vancouver, and Canada's Waterton National Park. Some images show the unidentified young men dealing with automobile trouble, hiking in the mountains, camping, and posing with an "old" and "new" car. The majority of the snapshots were taken in the West, but there are some images of tourist attractions in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, all identified in handwritten captions. The album has three pages titled "My Pals" for autographs; several men and women signed their names and home towns, dated between 1929 and 1933.

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Photograph album of automobile travel throughout the United States, (bulk 1912-1923)

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This photograph album documents the life and travels of an unidentified woman from 1912 to 1923 throughout the United States (with one image of a dog from 1906). The woman seems to be closely associated with the Meier & Frank department store in Portland, Oregon. There are photographs of Meier & Frank company picnics, sports teams, and other activities. Notably, many of the travel images include automobile travel and feature the unidentified woman as the driver. There are extensive photographs throughout California and Oregon. Images captured in California document Santa Monica and Venice beaches; Mount Wilson and the Pasadena area including an image of the Japanese Gardens at The Huntington; Los Angeles movies studios; the 1915 San Francisco World's Fair, called the Panama Pacific International Exposition; San Gabriel and San Fernando missions; the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles, and more. Images captured in Oregon document the Meier & Frank building, the Portland Automobile Club grounds; Mount Hood; Oregon City Falls; and the Powell Valley Road to Gresham. Rock Island, Illinois, and Grand Rapids, Michigan are also heavily featured in the photographs. The images depict the photographer's family; friends; travels; holidays; outdoor activities such as hunting, fishing, and camping; visiting tourist sites; the photographer's rose garden; and more. Additional locations include Tijuana, Mexico; Yellowstone National Park; Idaho; Iowa; and 1918 Armistice Day celebrations in Salt Lake City, Utah. Nearly all photographs are dated and captioned in ink on the front of the photograph but are not in chronological order.

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Photograph album of Barbara Hartman's automobile travels across the United States

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A travel album of approximately 500 snapshots and a few lithographic cards and commercially-produced photographs, compiled by a young woman named Barbara Hartman who lived in Seattle and possibly the Los Angeles area. The photographs are annotated with neatly-written captions that contain identifications and recollections of multiple automobile trips across the American West, to the East Coast and to the South in the years 1946-1949. The album documents ski trips to Snoqualmie Pass, Washington; nature and wildlife in Oregon and Wyoming; excursions to Glacier National Park and a stay at Many Glacier Hotel; the French Quarter, New Orleans; Miami and the Florida Keys; the Mammoth Caves, Kentucky; Washington D.C.; Mount Vernon; Philadelphia; New York City; Chiricahua National Monument and the town of Hayden, Arizona; the redwoods of Northern California; several popular tourist destinations in Southern California (including a visit to the Huntington Library); and repeat visits to a mountain cabin in Lake Arrowhead, California. A couple of different young women, identified only by first names, and sometimes her parents and others are pictured on trips with Barbara, who presumably took most of the photographs. There are scenes of large family gatherings and some trips to relatives' houses in different parts of the country. Photographs at the beginning of the album show Barbara and other young women outside a house in Seattle with their cats; she is also pictured ice skating with friends in Chicago and on jaunts with other women to New York City and Boston. Other scenes of note include a tour of antebellum plantation homes in Natchez, Mississippi; the Date Festival in Indio, California; and two women posing in a tourist "Tijuana jail" photo booth. This album provides a rich visual representation of automobile touring in postwar America and the experiences of women travelers.

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Photograph album of an automobile road trip from Chicago to Arizona

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An album of 116 photographs with handwritten captions documenting a 1935 automobile excursion from Chicago, Illinois, to Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) in Arizona. The unidentified young, male photographer and his companions crossed the Great Plains to Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks, then proceeded to southern Utah and northern Arizona to visit other national parks including Zion, Bryce Canyon, and Grand Canyon. Photographs depict scenery and natural wonders such as geysers and mud pots in Yellowstone, as well as corn fields in Iowa and wheat fields in Nebraska. The travelers are also seen fishing, camping and hiking along the way. The album also includes scenes in Chicago and seven images of their wrecked automobile after a crash in Wyoming.

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