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  • Sports fields and Southwest Museum, Arroyo Seco, Los Angeles County. 1940s?

    Sports fields and Southwest Museum, Arroyo Seco, Los Angeles County. 1940s?

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    A panoramic view of the Arroyo Seco, showing sports fields and the Southwest Museum. Taken from atop a hill, with the photographer's automobile and equipment visible on the far left, the view is dominated by an open area with football, soccer, and baseball fields and a basketball court. The Southwest Museum is prominent on the hills in the background.

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  • Check dam, Arroyo Seco, Pasadena

    Check dam, Arroyo Seco, Pasadena

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    View of a check dam in the Arroyo Seco canyon, near Devil's Gate, showing a stream, water pipes and unidentified man standing on edge at right.

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  • House with windmill and water tower or grainery, Wilmington, California

    House with windmill and water tower or grainery, Wilmington, California

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    An unidentified house in open land with windmill and water tower or granary (?) next to it.

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    Arroyo Seco

    Manuscripts

    The collection consists of maps, field books, legal documents, business papers, and diaries related to the work of surveyors George Hansen, Alfred Solano, Sidney B. Reeve, and others. The maps and surveys in the collection are of the city of Los Angeles, Southern California ranchos, and subdivisions of the city of Los Angeles and neighboring towns. The collection contains over maps and sketch maps. Other subjects represented in the collection include: civil engineering, land subdivision, mines and mineral resources, and daily life in Los Angeles and Los Angeles County.

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    Sycamore tree in the Arroyo Seco

    Visual Materials

    The Harold A. Parker Studio Collection of Negatives consists of 5157 glass plate negatives, film negatives, and panoramic negatives, 1889-1949, that depict commercial, residential and landscape sites in and around Pasadena and Southern California. The images provide a look at the commercial, residential and social development of Pasadena and surrounding areas during the early years of the twentieth century. The collection is especially rich in images of residential architecture in Pasadena, Altadena, and San Marino; images of Lake Tahoe; depictions of, and activities at, the Raymond, Maryland, and Huntington Hotels in Pasadena; and the commercial, social and cultural landscapes of Pasadena. The collection also provides, through its breadth and depth of subject matter, an example of the career activities of a commercial photographer in Southern California in the early years of the twentieth century.

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    Pasadena: Horseback riding in the Arroyo Seco

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    The J. Allen Hawkins Studio Collection of Negatives consists of 3027 negatives and 3607 prints (both vintage prints and copy prints), 1924-1972, that depict commercial sites, residences, and other subjects in and around Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley in Southern California. The images provide a look at the commercial, residential, social, and cultural development of Pasadena and surrounding areas during the middle years of the twentieth century. The collection also provides, through its breadth and depth of subject matter, an example of the career activities of a commercial photographer in Southern California in the early years of the twentieth century. Some of the early photographs may be attributable to Harold A. Parker.

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