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Broadoaks School, 714 West California, Pasadena. 1927
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Pasadena. Broadoaks School. 714 West California. Class of 150 girls
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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.
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Festival rehearsal, Polytechnic Elementary School, 1030 East California, Pasadena. April 27, 1940
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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)
Pasadena first school house down town
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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.
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Constance Hotel, 940 East Colorado, Pasadena. 1941
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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.
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Woodworking shop, Polytechnic Elementary School, 1030 East California, Pasadena. 1935
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Ten boys are in the woodworking shop of Polytechnic Elementary School at 1030 East California. The boys are sawing, sanding and planing wood. The project they are working on seems to be the two small boats on the left side of the room.
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John Muir Technical High School, 1835 Lincoln, Pasadena
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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)