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San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Two albums of photographs with typed captions.
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Two albums of photographs with typed captions.
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A collection of photographs related to hydraulic engineering projects in the western United States, 1905-1940s. The majority of photographs were taken by Eugene C. La Rue during his career as an engineer and executive on major irrigation and dam projects, primarily in the Southwest. The bulk of the collection is six photograph albums of black and white snapshots with La Rue's typed captions, covering Colorado River surveys 1921-1923. Other images are stereographs, loose prints of various sizes, and a few mounted, oversize photographs. Subject matter includes: survey and project work on the Snake River (1905); Tule Lake (1920); Lafayette Dam and Reservoir (1928); Green and Colorado rivers (1921); Grand Canyon (1922-1923); Owens Valley, California (1931); and the lower Colorado River (1938). There is one folder of photographs by and of explorer Lewis R. Freeman, dating from the 1920s.
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7 folders of loose photographs by Eugene C. La Rue of various surveys and waterpower projects. Includes one folder of photographs by and of journalist and explorer Lewis R. Freeman, dating from the 1920s, mostly in Canada.
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Individual prints of various subjects. Includes a panoramic group portrait of 26 men, all identified, with Eugene La Rue standing at center, 1915.
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The C.C. Pierce collection constitutes one of the most important collections of historical photographs of early California and Los Angeles extant. The collection of 10,100 prints was assembled by Charles C. Pierce, a photographer and long-time operator of a thriving Los Angeles photographic business. The collection is divided into nine topical headings devised by Pierce; these include Los Angeles Historical; Indians; Missions; California cities, counties, etc.; Industries and Agriculture; Transportation; Natural History; Art and Architecture; and Miscellaneous Scenery. Within these large sections are smaller categories that focus on the history, landscape, people, civic and cultural events, built environment, and development of Southern California and the Southwest from approximately 1845-1930. Of particular interest are the various Indian tribes depicted as well as all twenty-one of the California Missions.
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