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Mirror Bright Manufacturing Company, 129 West Colorado, Pasadena. 1926



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    Pasadena. Mirror Bright Manufacturing Company. 129 West Colorado. Interior

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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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    Pasadena. Mirror Bright Manufacturing Company. 129 West Colorado. Exterior

    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.

    photCL 402

  • Model Grocery Company window display, 250 East Colorado, Pasadena. 1926

    Model Grocery Company window display, 250 East Colorado, Pasadena. 1926

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    Store front of the Model Grocery Company at 250 East Colorado, showing a window display of paper goods. The signs announce the offer of a free "doll store" with the purchase of each four roll carton of A.P.W. Satin Tissue.

    photCL 402 (28516)

  • Davis Baker Realtors, 1758 East Colorado, Pasadena. 1926

    Davis Baker Realtors, 1758 East Colorado, Pasadena. 1926

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    A street view of Davis Baker Realtors, on the right, at 1758 East Colorado. The other stores are Riehle Dry Goods and Ashton's Radioelectric Store.

    photCL 402 (28188)

  • Study, 1445 Lombardy Road, Pasadena. 1926

    Study, 1445 Lombardy Road, Pasadena. 1926

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    View of the study at 1445 Lombardy Road. Two of the walls are lined with bookcases, with a window on the third. A wooden desk is next to the window, and three chairs are ranged around the desk.

    photCL 402 (29211)

  • Crown City Manufacturing Company planing mill, 241 West Green, Pasadena. 1926

    Crown City Manufacturing Company planing mill, 241 West Green, Pasadena. 1926

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    Street view of the planing mill of the Crown City Manufacturing Company at 241 West Green. A group of workers is lined up outside the doors into the building on the left.

    photCL 402 (28967)