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Photographs of the Southern California Packing Company

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    [View of the Cudahy Packing Company alongside the Los Angeles River]

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    Exterior view of the Cudahy Packing Company meat-packing facility, alongside the Los Angeles River, on East Macy Street (later renamed Cesar E. Chavez Avenue) in Los Angeles, California, with Sante Fe Railroad boxcars visible and young boy posing in foreground. The main building is painted with the sign: "The Cudahy Packing Company. 'Red Brand' Hams Bacon Lard Etc."

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    Photographs related to Sunkist Growers, Inc. and citrus packing operations in Southern California

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    Images depict citrus packing houses and their operations in Southern California including College Heights Orange and Lemon Association, Claremont; El Camino Citrus Association, Claremont; Claremont Ice and Pre-Cooling Plant; Indian Hill Citrus Association, North Pomona; Pomona Fruit Growers Exchange; West Ontario Citrus Association; Walnut Fruit Growers Association. Views of the packing house exteriors as well as employees at work sorting and packing fruit. Crate labels visible in the photographs include the following brands: Athlete, Campus, Hawk, Hercules, King, Parrot, Stork, and Volunteer. Included are one image of Sunkist representatives on a trip in Europe, and a portrait of P. J. Dreher, father of cooperative citrus marketing. In addition, there are two pictures of railroad refrigeration cars. Identified photographers include Black'd Photo Service, Boye Portrait, Cooper's Foto Shop of Claremont, California, and Frasher's of Pomona, Cal. There is also one picture of the Sunkist representatives in a tour car on a visit to Europe in the 1920s (photPF 25047).

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  • Los Angeles River - Aliso St. to south of Macy

    Los Angeles River - Aliso St. to south of Macy

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    P. 16 of stapled document, "Los Angeles River Bed at Macy Street Bridge..." showing parcels between Macy & Riverside St. - So. Cal. Packing Co., other structures, Aliso & Elliot streets, SoCal railway; fine surface detailing, levee lines. Copied by Carson.. Title supplied by cataloger.

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  • Robin Brand packed by the Home Packing Company. California

    Robin Brand packed by the Home Packing Company. California

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    Image of Robin Brand fruit labels for the Home Packing Company of Fresno, California; label with a robin bird perched on a branch with grapes on grapevines in background; two labels flank center with grapes on vines and the Robin Brand logo.

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    Collection of Southern California and Mexico Photographs

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    This collection contains photographs by commercial photographers, dated ca. 1890-1910, illustrating recreation and scenery on Catalina Island, a hotel and public parks in Southern California, and various historical sites and street scenes in Mexico City. Many of the photographs include tourists and local residents, such as bathers on Catalina Island, and people in parks and towns. Photographs of Catalina Island include views of Avalon, Sugarloaf Point, sailboats and glass-bottom boats, steamships, bathers at the beach, a tent city, and sailors of the steamship the "San Diego". California views include Missions San Gabriel, San Fernando, and San Juan Capistrano; the Coronado Hotel in San Diego; Central Park, St. James Park, and Hollenbeck Park (all based in Los Angeles); Adams Street in Los Angeles; the Shakespearean actress Helena [Madame] Modjeska's home in Orange County; and an interior view of Columbia Savings Bank's then president Aaron M. Ozum's residence at 3131 Figueroa Street, Los Angeles. Photographs of Mexico depict the Cathedral de Mexico, Paseo de la Reforma, interiors and exteriors of Castillo de Chapultepec, Hotel Iturbide, Mercado Volador, Canal de la Viga, the daily lives of Mexican citizens, the Zócalo (now known as the Plaza de la Constitución), and various street scenes. There are 12 miscellaneous photographs (102-114), in small square or circular format, mounted on board, that appear to be among the oldest here. They show cargo ships at shipping docks (one identified "McNab & Smith Draying") possibly in San Francisco, a steamship, and gardens. C. B. Waite photographed 19 of the 114 prints in this collection. Other photographers who contributed to this collection are Charles F. Ironmonger, Frank L. Park, Percy Cox and R. J. Carmichael, J. C. Hatton Noren F. Swenson, and the Special View Company. Two photographers were identified on some photographs only by their surnames: Graham and Scott.

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    Southern California Edison Company Ltd

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    A photograph album with 23 views of the Southern California Edison Company building, located at 601 West 5th Street in Los Angeles, California. There are various views of the building's exterior; one photograph of the building at night; and interior views of entries, hallways, and offices. There is some furniture in the building, but the photographs appear to have been taken before people started working there. This album was presented to George C. Ward, the President of Southern California Edison from 1932 to 1933, by Allison and Allison, the Los Angeles architectural firm that designed the building.

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