Manuscripts
Ahmanson Reading Room, July 15, 1971
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Three visitors walking up the steps to the west entrance of the library building. A slightly cropped version of this image is in HIA 60.1.14. MS note on verso reads "1958."
HIA 60.1.14
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Ahmanson reading room, August 26 1949
Manuscripts
View of the Ahmanson reading room, full of readers. The large elevated desk which the man is standing next to is where library staff distributed requested materials from the rare book stacks immediately behind them and the manuscripts stacks as well. MS note on verso reads "Huntington Library Rare Book Reading Room August 26, 1949." Typed attached note reads "Rare Book Reading Room. In 1953, over 700 readers from all parts of the country and abroad, used the facilities of the Huntington Library. Henry E. Huntington Library San Marino, California."
HIA 60.1.14
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North wing reader's room, 1971
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HIA 60.1.14
Downtown, facing south, Long Beach. July 25, 1946
Visual Materials
A slightly elevated panoramic view of downtown Long Beach, facing south. Ocean runs the width of the image, and is lined with hotels, theaters, shops, cafes, apartment buildings, and a Southern Pacific/Pacific Electric/Santa Catalina building. The beach and the ocean are visible beyond the buildings across the street, and there are some people on the beach and in the water. A stamp in the bottom left reads "Pettit's Studio ; commercial photographers ; 1416 W. Pico Blvd. ; Richmond 8634 ; Los Angeles 15, Calif." A stamp below that reads "July 25 1946".
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