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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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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.
photCL 402
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Girls participate in a festival rehearsal in the school yard of Polytechnic Elementary School at 1030 East California. 21 girls in long white dresses are kneeling in front of a large cloth backdrop hanging from a tree. A group of boys sits and watches behind them, and three girls watch from the left foreground.
photCL 402 (35972_5)
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A school building stands alone amid open land and agricultural fields at Fair Oaks Avenue in Pasadena, California. Dozens of school children stand outside the front. A group of men and a few women stand at the entrance of building.
photPF 527
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Street view of the Constance Hotel at 940 East Colorado. A seven story building with a balcony on the second floor at the front of the building. A woman stands by a mail box near an entrance marked "Cocktails". Two automobiles are parked along the other visible side of the building.
photCL 402 (36140)
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A panoramic view of John Muir Technical High School at 1835 Lincoln, with the student body sitting and standing in front of the building. An ms. note on the negative reads "John Muir Technical High School Pasadena California 100% school savings."
photCL 402 (40081)
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A group portrait of the 1940 graduating class of Polytechnic Elementary School at 1030 East California. The class is made up of 20 boys and 14 girls, posed in three rows in front of two trees.
photCL 402 (36009)
