Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wiggins and Phil Thompson

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  Portrait of Frank Wiggins

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  Portrait of Frank Wiggins, who joined the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce in 1890 and later served as its superintendent, secretary, and general manager of exhibits, and also founded the Frank Wiggins Trade School (later the Los Angeles Trade-Technical College).

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  Portrait of Frank Wiggins

  Visual Materials

  Portrait of Frank Wiggins, who joined the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce in 1890 and later served as its superintendent, secretary, and general manager of exhibits, and also founded the Frank Wiggins Trade School (later the Los Angeles Trade-Technical College).

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  Trade Associations - Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce

  Manuscripts

  Approx. 15 items: various clips and copies of LAT material and Chamber of Commerce material. Notable items: copy of the 1888 Constitution & By-laws of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce ; article copy, Southern California Quarterly [1956?], "The Chamber of Commerce Cornerstones...milestones in Los Angeles History" ; booklet, No Little Plans--the story of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, 9/1956 ; booklet, Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce--Publications / Information Services, undated ; spiral-bound booklet, Home Savings of America Tower, 1988 Centennial Calendar.

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  Frank Wiggins

  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.

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  Wiggins, Frank

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  The collection consists of 809 portrait photographs in a variety of formats. It is a reference collection of individual and group portraits and contains portraits of both prominent and lesser-known Los Angelenos and Southern Californians from both the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection contains images created by a number of well-known California photographers.

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  Gray, John Alexander. "Frank Wiggins": manuscript

  Manuscripts

  The collection consists primarily of draft article manuscripts written by John Alexander Gray and relating to William Mulholland, Ezra Scattergood, William B. Matthews, and John B. Elliott, connected with the procurement of water and power from the Owens Valley (California) via the Los Angeles Aqueduct and from Boulder Dam for the city of Los Angeles. Other subjects of the articles include key institutions in Los Angeles and Southern California history including the Metropolitan Water District and the Southern California Edison Company. The correspondence includes letters responding to inquiries sent by Gray to deans and officials at several colleges, universities, and other cultural institutions in the Los Angeles area such as Disneyland, the California Institute of Technology, Wycliffe Bible Translators, California State College at Palos Verdes, San Fernando Valley State College, California State College, Los Angeles, University of Southern California, University of California, Los Angeles, and the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

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