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Vroman's bookstore, Pasadena, Interior



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  • Vroman's bookstore, Pasadena, Interior

    Vroman's bookstore, Pasadena, Interior

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    Interior of Vroman's bookstore with A.C. Vroman seated inside.

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  • Vroman's bookstore, Pasadena, Interior

    Vroman's bookstore, Pasadena, Interior

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    Interior of Vroman's Bookstore with books and cameras on display.

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  • Vroman's bookstore, Pasadena, Interior

    Vroman's bookstore, Pasadena, Interior

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    Interior of Vroman's Bookstore with books and Christmas stationery on display.

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  • Vroman's bookstore, Pasadena, Exterior

    Vroman's bookstore, Pasadena, Exterior

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    Exterior of Vroman's Bookstore with books and cameras displayed for holiday purchase.

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  • Vroman's bookstore, interior, showing photo supply section

    Vroman's bookstore, interior, showing photo supply section

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    Interior of Vroman's showing camera display and supplies.

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    Interior views of A.C. Vroman's bookstore and residence, Pasadena

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    Photographs made by Adam Clark Vroman, ca. 1892-1909, spanning various subjects, primarily his bookstore in Pasadena, California, and scenes from his travels. Of particular significance is Vroman's handwritten journal of a trip to see the Snake Dance at Walpi, Arizona, in 1895, written sequentially on the back of 19 mounted photographs. Vroman's traveling companions were Horatio N. Rust, Mrs. Thaddeus (Leontine) Lowe, and Charles J. Crandall, who are shown, along with Vroman, at pueblos, and traveling with supplies and wagons. There are also views of the Grand Canyon and the Petrified Forest. The California images include scenery and travelers in the San Gabriel Mountains, Mount Wilson, Mount Lowe and the Alpine Tavern, and travelers having a picnic; details of missions; historic adobes of Monterey; Rancho Guajome Adobe in San Diego County; Yosemite and one view of Indians living in Yosemite Valley. Locations depicted in other parts of the United States are: Manitou, Colorado; Oregon, Illinois; Niagara Falls; Grant's Tomb; a bird's-eye-view of Santa Fe, New Mexico; and other miscellaneous views. Vroman travelled to Japan in 1903 and 1909, and eight prints in the collection show Japanese men and women in traditional dress, as well as details of architecture. Vroman appears in a few photographs. There are several portraits of Pueblo Indian men, some identified in Vroman's captions.

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