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Aldridge Van and Storage, 89 North Raymond, Pasadena. 1935

Description: Street view of Aldridge Van and Storage at 89 North Raymond. A large advertisement for Aldridge is painted on the side of the nine-story building, noting that they do "Packing and shipping to all parts of the world". Several automobiles are parked in front of the stores along the street.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1935
Call number: photCL 402 (35213)
Find out more: View in the Huntington Digital Library(Opens in new tab); View in the Library catalog

H.B. Woods Maytag Shop, 26 North Raymond, Pasadena. 1935

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Street view of the H.B. Woods Maytag Shop at 26 North Raymond, with a Willys pickup truck parked on the street in front. The pickup truck has a refrigerator in the flatbed, and the business name, address, and phone number is painted on the side of the vehicle. The business next door is a printing shop.

photCL 402 (35204)

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Pasadena. Aldridge Van and Storage. 89 North Raymond. Exterior, front view, Aldridge Van and Storage building

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

Crown Transfer and Storage, 45 South Broadway, Pasadena. 1935

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Street view of Crown Transfer and Storage at 45 South Broadway. Parked on the street in front of the building are two "Yellow vans", with regular automobiles parked on the adjacent street. A line on one of the signs notes that the business was "formerly Joe & Ed's".

photCL 402 (35262A)

Sierra Van and Storage, 210 South Raymond, Pasadena. 1925

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Street view of Sierra Van and Storage at 210 South Raymond.

photCL 402 (26625)

Three Essex automobiles in front of City Hall, 100 North Garfield Avenue, Pasadena. 1929

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Street view of three Essex automobiles parked in front of Pasadena City Hall at 100 North Garfield Avenue. Each of the automobiles is a different color and has a woman dressed in a matching driving outfit standing next to it. "Essex "The Challenger"" is painted on the side of each vehicle as well as a rooster. The middle vehicle also has "$885. Here" painted on the side.

photCL 402 (32093)

Orth Van and Storage, 238 West Colorado, Pasadena. 1928

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Street view of the multi-story Orth Van and Storage building at 238 West Colorado. The areas above and around the building have been whited out. A railroad crossing runs across the street in the foreground.

photCL 402 (31038)

Aldridge Van and Storage, 89 North Raymond, Pasadena. 1935

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