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California Governor James Rolph and son
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California Governor James Rolph visiting a road construction site, Santa Monica
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California Governor James Rolph (sitting at wheel of tractor, with tie on) and other officials visiting a road construction site in Santa Monica, California. The tractor has sign that reads "Janss Investment Co. Improvement Dept." Automobiles and a motorcycle are in the background.
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Harry Chandler with Will Rogers and Governor James Rolph
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Black and white photograph of Harry Chandler (second from left), Will Rogers (light suit) and California Governor James "Sunny Jim" Rolph (second from right) pose at an outdoor gathering. Others in photo not identified. May Goodan Collection.
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Items 05_133 - 05_164
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Includes: Packaging and typesetting "Los Angeles Herald" newspapers (1922); downtown Los Angeles street scenes; people in automobiles; parade downtown; sculling in Long Beach (1932); Graf Zeppelin dirigible on ground (1929); propeller airplane; unidentified female aviator portrait; train locomotive 2700; Peggy Caffee in court during murder trial of Clara Phillips in Los Angeles (1922); Adolphe Menjou; California Governor James Rolph Jr., with his son James Rolph III; President Woodrow Wilson in automobile in parade, downtown Los Angeles; L.A. County Sheriff William I. Traeger and officers with rifles; Rudecinda Florencia Sepulveda de Dodson with Roman de Sepulveda (1929) and with husband James H. Dodson (192-?).
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Mrs. Edmund N. Brown at dedication of California State Park, Santa Monica, California
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Image of Madie D. Brown, a California State Park Commissioner, sitting next to a boulder covered with a sheet unveiling a tablet beginning "California State Beach, Dedicated the 8th day of July 1931, by the honorable James Rolph, Jr., Governor." The photograph was taken before the dedication ceremonies opening the beach-side park in Santa Monica, California, on July 8, 1931.
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Naydine Brown & Dorothy Gripp, Santa Monica, California
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Image of two young women in robes crouching next to a boulder covered with a sheet to unveil a tablet beginning "California State Beach, Dedicated the 8th day of July 1931, by the honorable James Rolph, Jr., Governor." The photograph was taken before the dedication ceremonies opening the beach-side park in Santa Monica, California, on July 8, 1931.
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California Governor James Rolph on horse, ca. 1930
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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.
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