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Plat of G. A. Swartwout's Sub-division situated in Pasadena Highlands, Pasadena, - - California

Description: Lake Avenue on the west, Maiden Lane on the east, New York Ave (Drive) on the south, Boston Avenue on the north. Brooklyn Avenue name later changed to Morada Drive. "71 Lots situated in Pasadena Highlands to be Sold at Auction, Thursday, Feb. 25, 1886, on the grounds, at noon, By Order of G. A. Swartwout. J. M. Batchelor & Co., Auctioneers." MS note: 340666. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: February 1886
Call number: 340666
Creator: J.M. Batchelor & Co. (Auctioneers)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 37 x 43 cm
Associated people: Swartwout, George A.
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Richfield Gas Station, 855 East California, Pasadena. 1941

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Richfield Gas Station at 855 East California, the northeast corner of Lake and California. The station has three gas pumps and a covered area for Richfield Lubrication, with an automobile lifted off the ground. Two automobiles are parked at the service station and several more are lined up on the adjacent street, waiting at a traffic light. Immediately past the service station is Jerry's G. & L. Drive-In.

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Photographs of African American religious and masonic life in Pasadena, California

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The collection spans approximately 1954 through 1970 and includes one program from the September 8, 1963 Bethel Baptist Church Ground Breaking Service and 18 black-and-white photographs (8 x 10 inches) of Bethel, Freemason, and Order of the Eastern Star members and events. This includes images of the Bethel members and presumably Reverend Freeman S. Stevens attending the church's Ground Breaking Service, images of the Bethel building located at 1972 North Fair Oaks Avenue in Pasadena, California, and the 1970 National Baptist Convention in Shreveport, Louisiana. Other photographs depict members of Bethel's 9:00 O' Clock Men's Club, a large gathering of several Masonic organizations outside of a Masonic Grand Lodge in California, the men and women of the Silver Leaf Chapter No. 7 Order of the Eastern Star, two portraits of Chapter No. 7 treasurer Louise T. Butler at the King Solomon Lodge No. 10, and one photograph of the July 15, 1964 Grand Chapter Order of the Eastern Star Grand Session at the El Cortez Hotel Banquet Room in San Diego, California. Also within the collection is one black and white image of a well-dressed African American man posing on a rooftop patio, the verso reads "Mr. Kincaid". The majority of images include descriptive information on the verso.

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Preliminary survey of San Pedro Anchorage and vicinity of Santa Barbara California / geographical position by G. Davidson Assist topography by A.M. Harrison Asst. & W.M. Johnson Sub Asst hydrography by the part under the command of Lieut. J. Alden U.S.N. Asst

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Two maps on one sheet with different scales. At head of title: (J. No. 4) U. S. Coast Survey A. D. Bache, Supdt. RB copy : From the library of John Haskell Kemble. RB copy : Ink stamp of the U.S. Geological Survey Library, 1887, stamped on each map. RB copy : Housed in an envelope. Stamp: U.S. Geological Survey Library 1887. MS notes: 609. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Ms note: 492435.

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Plat of G. A. Swartwout's Sub-division situated in Pasadena Highlands, Pasadena, - - California

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Preliminary survey of San Pedro Anchorage and vicinity of Santa Barbara California / geographical position by G. Davidson Assist topography by A.M. Harrison Asst. & W.M. Johnson Sub Asst hydrography by the part under the command of Lieut. J. Alden U.S.N. Asst