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Camp Seely, San Bernardino Mountains. July 30, 1924

Description: A panoramic view of the grounds and cabins at Camp Seely in the San Bernardino Mountains. A dirt road runs the width of the image, beyond which there are rows of cabins which stretch up the side of a hill. Two boys in the bottom left corner are playing with a ball (possibly a volleyball?) and a group of children are sitting in the shade left of the cabins, on the far side of the road. Writing in white in the bottom left reads "Photo No. 100555". Below the ms. note there is a stamp reading "Pettit's Studio ; commercial photographers ; 1416 W. Pico Blvd. ; Richmond 8534 ; Los Angeles 15, Calif."
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Date: July 30, 1924
Call number: photCL 470 (204)
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Golden Horseshoe Camp, Big Bear Lake. August 10, 1924

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A panoramic view of Golden Horseshoe Camp at Big Bear Lake. The building on the far left has a sign on the roof that reads "Rustic furniture & bait shop". The rest of the buildings are small cabins, most of which are elevated slightly above the ground. There are tall pine and fir trees around all of the buildings. A few automobiles are parked next to separate buildings, and the one next to the furniture and bait shop pulls a flat trailer loading with long, medium sized logs. Writing in white in the bottom left reads "Photo No. 100555". To the left of the ms. note there is a stamp reading "Pettit's Studio ; commercial photographers ; 1416 W. Pico Blvd. ; Richmond 8534 ; Los Angeles 15, Calif."

photCL 470 (205)

Downtown, facing west, Long Beach. July 30, 1924

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An elevated panoramic view of downtown Long Beach, facing west. The street in the center is Ocean, with apartment buildings and stores on the left and apartment buildings and the West Coast Theatre on the right. On the left is the beach, with the pier and, beyond that, the Pike. There are a few people on the beach and in the water. The city of Long Beach stretches out into the distance on the right. A stamp at the bottom of Ocean reads "Pettit's Studio ; commercial photographers ; 1416 W. Pico Blvd. ; Richmond 8634 ; Los Angeles 15, Calif." Stamps below that read "Long Beach, California" and "1924".

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M.O. Davis Ranch, San Fernando Valley. 1924

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A panoramic view of the M.O. Davis Ranch in the San Fernando Valley. There are large patches of cleared land, possibly fields, at the base of the mountains in the background, but most of the land in the foreground is rough terrain covered in brush. A car is parked on a rise on the far left side of the photograph. Ms. note in white in bottom right corner reads "Photo No 538 ; The Aerograph Co. ; 5880 Moneta ; Los Angeles, Cal." The area of the photographs above the mountains seems to have been whited out.

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North end of the Cahuenga Pass, Los Angeles. 1910

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A panoramic view of the north end of the Cahuenga Pass in Los Angeles. A road lined with electricity or phone poles runs through the pass on the far left. The image is focused on a large hill, the side of which has been mowed for hay which is in a pile enclosed by fencing near the road. A small building is visible at the top of the hill. A note written in white in the bottom left corner reads "Pierce 8035".

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Santa Monica Mountains. 1904

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A panoramic view of the Santa Monica Mountains and the relatively flat area nearby. In the center of the image there is a house with a barn and sheds, and behind that a long planted field. A two lane road winds across the image, past the farm house. A note written in white in the bottom left corner reads "Pierce 8023".

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Beach and pier, Long Beach. July 4, 1924

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A panoramic view of the Fourth of July crowd at the beach in Long Beach. There are hundreds of people, in a mixture of suits and dresses and bathing suits. Many of the people are sitting beneath beach umbrellas or shaded beach chairs, while a couple dozen are in the water. The Pike, an amusement park with shops and rides, is on the far left, and the end of a roller coaster extends over the water at the right edge. In the distance a pier extends into the water, with the Sun pavilion at the far end. A white stamp in the bottom left corner reads "Pettit's Studio ; commercial photographers ; 1416 W. Pico Blvd. ; Richmond 8534 ; Los Angeles 15, Calif." Another white stamp below that reads "Jul 4 1924".

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Camp Seely, San Bernardino Mountains. July 30, 1924

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