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West Colorado looking east, decorated for the Rose Parade, Pasadena. 1929



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  • East Colorado looking west, decorated for the Rose Parade, Pasadena. 1929

    East Colorado looking west, decorated for the Rose Parade, Pasadena. 1929

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    View of East Colorado facing west near Los Robles. Flags and banners are suspended across the street. The flags in the middle has an image of a man punting a football on it, and above them are signs reading "Pittsburgh" and "So. California".

    photCL 402 (32471)

  • East Colorado looking east, Pasadena. 1929

    East Colorado looking east, Pasadena. 1929

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    View of East Colorado facing east from midway between Fair Oaks and Raymond. Shows 64 East Colorado, Owl Drug Company, which was Sun Drug Company in 1925. Other businesses shown include the Florsheim Shoe Store, the Flag Studio, and Bernet & Co. clothing store. The street is lined with parked automobiles and busy with moving automobiles and streetcars.

    photCL 402 (32491)

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    Pasadena. East Colorado. Looking east on Colorado from Oakland, street decorated for the Rose Parade

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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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    Pasadena. East Colorado. Colorado Street looking west near Los Robles, street decorated for the Rose Parade

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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

  • East Colorado looking west, Pasadena. 1937

    East Colorado looking west, Pasadena. 1937

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    View of East Colorado facing west from Euclid Avenue. Among the businesses visible are Merry-Go-Round Cafe and Thrifty Drug at 355 East Colorado. The street is busy with moving automobiles and lined with parked automobiles.

    photCL 402 (35588)

  • East Colorado looking east, Pasadena. 1930

    East Colorado looking east, Pasadena. 1930

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    View of East Colorado facing east from Fair Oaks Avenue. Businesses shown include Liggett's Drug Store, Good Fellows Grill, and United Cigar. A complicated web of cables for the streetcars is overhead. Automobiles are parked and moving on the streets.

    photCL 402 (32601)