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Photograph album of Santa Cruz, California

Description: A suede-covered photograph album dating from approximately 1904 containing 48 mounted photographs of Santa Cruz and environs by local photographer Charles L. Aydelotte. Subjects include beachgoers at Santa Cruz beach and views of boardwalk attractions such as the first "Neptune's Casino" (built in 1904 and destroyed by fire in 1906) and the "Electric Pleasure Pier." Other subjects include the "Wave Motor," a motor-driven water tank structure that stored salt water used to wet down dirt roads; the Big Tree Grove of redwoods; a bird's-eye-view of the town; and photographs of crashing ocean waves that appear to take on the form of human faces, with titles such as "Maid of the Mist" and "The Old Man of the Sea." Most photographs have brief captions identifying the subject and location.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1904
Call number: photCL 191
Creator: Aydelotte, Charles L (1868-1924)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Cherokee Bookstore, March 1973.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Dimensions: album 18 x 12 cm
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Photograph album of Santa Cruz, California

Visual Materials

A suede-covered photograph album dating from approximately 1904 containing 48 mounted photographs of Santa Cruz and environs by local photographer Charles L. Aydelotte. Subjects include beachgoers at Santa Cruz beach and views of boardwalk attractions such as the first "Neptune's Casino" (built in 1904 and destroyed by fire in 1906) and the "Electric Pleasure Pier." Other subjects include the "Wave Motor," a motor-driven water tank structure that stored salt water used to wet down dirt roads; the Big Tree Grove of redwoods; a bird's-eye-view of the town; and photographs of crashing ocean waves that appear to take on the form of human faces, with titles such as "Maid of the Mist" and "The Old Man of the Sea." Most photographs have brief captions identifying the subject and location.

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Santa Monica Beach, California

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Image of the beach in Santa Monica, California, with beachgoers and buildings visible, including Michael Duffy's bath house visible in the background at the foot of the stairs along the Palisades cliffs.

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Scenic Points in Southern California: Tanner Motor Tours photograph album

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A promotional photograph album for Tanner Motor Tours with an embossed title on the cover, a first page listing tours and prices, and 41 gelatin silver 8 x 10-inch photographs adhered to paper pages. The photographs have imbedded titles and document places of interest, approximately 1930s, in Pasadena, Los Angeles, Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Riverside, Ontario, San Diego, and Agua Caliente, Mexico. Three images show people riding in the Tanner Motor Tours motor coaches, or small buses. There are several images of motion picture studios: Hal Roach, R.K.O.-Pathe, and M.G.M. studios in Culver City; Fox Movietone City, Westwood; United Artists, Hollywood; and Universal Pictures in Universal City. Other images of note are: oil wells in Huntington Beach; the Angelus Temple, bearing signs for Aimee Semple McPherson; Casa Figueroa, the home of Ramon Figueroa; and the home of Pio Pico in Whittier. Photographs are credited to Dingman & Dreessen?, Long Beach, California. Some pages are missing photographs.

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Photograph album of motor sports in Southern California

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A photograph album of people with their motorcycles and automobiles, on outdoor excursions in Southern California in the early-20th century. Most images have writing on the back and feature a group of two men and two women named Eleanor, Hazel, Otto, and Russell (surnames unknown). In one photograph, they stand next to their motorcycles, wearing goggles, with pennants reading: "1915 San Francisco," "Riverside," and "Redlands," presumably in the midst of a road trip. Otto is also seen standing in front of a "New Era Motor Cycle" store in Redlands, California, and pushing his motorcycle with a spare tire strapped to the front. Other images include riders in an automobile in Tijuana, Mexico, 1915; visiting Big Bear Lake and dam; and a caravan of automobiles driving up a mountain road. Three photographs at Lake Arrowhead feature an Essex Motor Company automobile painted with advertising reading: "The N-Durance Essex, driven by Charles H. Holdson," 1923.

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Santa Cruz [photograph of a painting]

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This collection contains approximately 10,000 photographs, negatives and ephemera created or compiled by Grace Nicholson (1877-1948), a collector and dealer of Native American and Asian arts and crafts in Pasadena, California. The bulk of the collection dates from 1903 to the 1920s and includes photograph albums and individual photographs with views of Native Americans of the Northwest Coast, California, and the Southwest of North America; pictures documenting Nicholson's basket collecting trips primarily between 1902 and 1912; images of Nicholson's stores and residences in Pasadena, including the building of the "Grace Nicholson Treasure House of Oriental Art" in the mid-1920s; and personal photographs of Nicholson, her family, friends, and associates. Nicholson's personal snapshots and photograph albums provide a valuable resource for studying Native American communities, particularly in Northern California, in the early 20th century. Many of the photographs depict daily life and include images of homes, community events, dances and rituals, families and children, and portraits. Most of these photographs were taken by Grace Nicholson or her assistant, Mr. Carroll S. Hartman, and are often accompanied by Nicholson's handwritten identifications.

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Santa Cruz

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The Charles Francis Saunders and Mira Culin Saunders Collection of Photographs and Negatives consists of 5826 black and white photographs, 68 glass plate negatives, 3832 film negatives, 10 photographs albums, 261 lantern slides, and related ephemera, ca. 1871-1965 (bulk 1910s-1920s), collected and created by Charles Francis Saunders, Elisabeth Hallowell Saunders, and Mira Culin Saunders. The collection provides a comprehensive overview of Charles Saunders' activities as a naturalist and travel writer.

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Photograph album of Santa Cruz, California

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