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  • Mt. San Jacinto and Snow Creek

    Mt. San Jacinto and Snow Creek

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    Photo of Banning landscape with snow topped mountain.

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    This collection contains photographs, negatives, and some ephemera chiefly collected by California conservationist and editor William H. Thrall (1873-1963) for use in Trails magazine. Thrall served as managing editor of the publication from 1934 to 1939, which was produced to encourage the use of mountain trails and outdoor recreation in Los Angeles County. The collection includes approximately 1200 prints (Boxes 1-4); 68 glass negatives (Boxes 7-8); approximately 2300 film negatives; 150 slides; and miscellaneous documents and ephemera, and a folding pocket camera. The photographs primarily date from the 1930s, but also include copy prints (and some originals) of late 19th and early 20th photographs. The images depict mountain and forested landscapes and outdoor recreational activities including hiking, skiing, and camping, chiefly in the San Gabriel Mountains and surrounding mountains of Southern California. Many of the photographs include individuals involved in recreational activities as well images of historical mountain pioneers. The photographs chiefly consist of 4.5 x 2.75 inch snapshots and 8 x 10 and 6 x 10 inch prints, by photographers including Dan P. Alexander, Carl H. Bauer, Harlow Dormer, C. C. Vernon, and Thrall. There is also a group of glass plate negatives and film negatives, including a group of unprinted film negatives that appear to be personal photographs with views of nature, groups of people, family scenes, buildings, boating, and trips, in the 1930s-1950s (Box 15). The film negatives have handwritten numbers presumably assigned by Thrall. Many of the prints appear in Trails magazine, which was published quarterly by the Mountain League of Southern California from Winter 1934 to Spring 1939 (Volume 6, No. 1). In Autumn 1941, the Southern California Outdoor Federation began publishing a new edition of Trails Magazine (without Thrall as editor), but only two issues were published (Volume 2, Nos. 1-2).

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  • San Gorgonio Ave. looking South

    San Gorgonio Ave. looking South

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    Photo of town street with businesses and parked cars.

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  • Mt. Hood and Lost Lake

    Mt. Hood and Lost Lake

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    Photo of a large snow covered mountain and its reflection in a large lake.

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  • San Gorgonio Ave looking North

    San Gorgonio Ave looking North

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    Photo of street In Banning with businesses and parked cars.

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  • Mt Hood from Lost Lake

    Mt Hood from Lost Lake

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    Panoramic photo of a large lake surrounded by trees with a large mountain in the background.

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