Donald McMeal Shorb as a little boy, in tweed suit, holding cane and hat

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  Donald McMeal Shorb as a little boy, in tweed suit, holding cane and hat

  Visual Materials

  Donald McMeal Shorb (1883-1933). Photographer: Jarvis, Pasadena. Date based on estimated age of sitter.

  (photDAG 98)

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  Donald McMeal Shorb

  Visual Materials

  A round, chest-length studio photographic portrait of Donald McMeal Shorb as a young man, with his head turned slightly to the left. He is wearing a light colored suit and vest with a high-collared white shirt and a very light bow tie. His dark straight hair is cut above his ears, and is parted in the center.

  photCL 284 (150)

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  Shorb, Donald McMeal to Maizie E. Shorb

  Manuscripts

  The collection, which contains 10,844 items, consists of correspondence, letter books, manuscripts, speeches, diaries, account books, published articles, legal papers, financial statements and business records. The 10,528 pieces of correspondence are chiefly addressed to James De Barth Shorb, James M. Tiernan and Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb. The 17 letter books are related to the business and financial affairs of Shorb and Benjamin Davis Wilson. The 75 manuscripts consist of items chiefly written by Shorb and Wilson family members. The 224 items in the Business Papers include material related to Shorb's many companies including the San Gabriel Wine Company. The following subjects are covered in the Shorb collection: the Shorb, Wilson, and Patton families, David Jacks, Mariano Vallejo, Santa Catalina Island, the Mount Wilson Observatory, California government and politics, African Americans and the Chinese in California, agriculture, the citrus fruit industry, Indians of California, irrigation, lend tenure, mining, railroads, ranching, water rights, and the wine industry. The collection also documents the history and development of the following California cities: Alhambra, Elsinore, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Ramona, San Gabriel, San Marino, and Wilmington.

  mssShorb papers

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  Unidentified little boy wearing hat [Damon family?]

  Visual Materials

  photDAG 15

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  Unidentified little boy wearing hat [Damon family?]

  Visual Materials

  Date based on years of major usage of ambrotypes.

  (photDAG 15)

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  Esterly, Calvin to Donald McMeal Shorb

  Manuscripts

  The collection, which contains 10,844 items, consists of correspondence, letter books, manuscripts, speeches, diaries, account books, published articles, legal papers, financial statements and business records. The 10,528 pieces of correspondence are chiefly addressed to James De Barth Shorb, James M. Tiernan and Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb. The 17 letter books are related to the business and financial affairs of Shorb and Benjamin Davis Wilson. The 75 manuscripts consist of items chiefly written by Shorb and Wilson family members. The 224 items in the Business Papers include material related to Shorb's many companies including the San Gabriel Wine Company. The following subjects are covered in the Shorb collection: the Shorb, Wilson, and Patton families, David Jacks, Mariano Vallejo, Santa Catalina Island, the Mount Wilson Observatory, California government and politics, African Americans and the Chinese in California, agriculture, the citrus fruit industry, Indians of California, irrigation, lend tenure, mining, railroads, ranching, water rights, and the wine industry. The collection also documents the history and development of the following California cities: Alhambra, Elsinore, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Ramona, San Gabriel, San Marino, and Wilmington.

  mssShorb papers