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South Pasadena, panoramic views

Description: Includes map and legend created by previous archivist showing sites referenced in Item 70, among them the Mohr and Graham block, South Pasadena Hotel, first Raymond Hotel, El Centro School, Graham House, and the Santa Fe tracks.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: Approximately 1890-1899
Call number: photCL 280
Creator: Stiles, Mildred Keith (1892-1961)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Mrs. Conrad A. Stiles (Mildred Keith Stiles), May 6, 1949.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Associated people: Keith, T. D.,

South Pasadena, general

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Contains photographs depicting residences, including those of the Reverend A. Moss Merwin, Carolyn W. Dobbins, and Margaret Collier Graham's Wynyate; gardens and landscaping; El Centro School and students (Items 54-61, approximately 1888-1890); Hotel Marengo (Item 64, 1887) and Hermosa Vista Hotel (Item 65); a church; Adobe Flores; and Diaspora Villa. Also contains views of hiking parties and picnickers, including one photograph of the Keith family with the family of Aaron F. McReynolds (Item 52).

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South Pasadena buildings

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Includes one panorama and one stereograph of South Pasadena and depictions of the Jersey Dairy and dairy cart; the South Pasadena Hotel; the interior of a general store, with Aaron F. McReynolds at the counter; the post office; and the Santa Fe Depot.

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Raymond Hotel (first)

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Views include photographs featuring the hotel against a backdrop of snow-covered San Gabriel Mountains, with railroad tracks in the foreground (Items 80-81); a stereograph of people posing in front of a garden with the hotel in the background (Item 83); and images of the hotel as it burned down on April 14, 1895, and subsequently in ruins (Items 85-87).

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South Pasadena

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South Pasadena High School

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Includes depictions of a group of students posing on front steps; sports teams and events; orchestra practice; and students at a "hobo day" event and at graduation.

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Stiles Collection of Photographs of South Pasadena and Los Angeles County

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This collection contains 209 photographs of families, residences, commercial and municipal buildings, and the natural environment of South Pasadena, the city and county of Los Angeles, and other locations chiefly in California, taken approximately 1887-1913, mostly by photographer T. D. Keith ([1848]-1896); one undated photograph is by Los Angeles photographer Elkanah P. Tresslar, and other images taken after Keith's death are by an unidentified photographer. Photographs chiefly show South Pasadena residents and residences, including Keith's home and family and other families; many of the photographs provide a glimpse of clothing and dress styles of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Photographs also depict South Pasadena buildings and scenes, including the first and second Raymond Hotel and South Pasadena High School; panoramic views of South Pasadena; railroads; various views of the San Gabriel Valley and Los Angeles; Santa Catalina Island; and the Tournament of Roses Parade in 1901 in Pasadena. The collection also includes a few photographs showing scenes from San Diego County and the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, and individual images of the San Juan Capistrano Mission and of a street scene in Tijuana, Mexico. A few images, such as Item 37, are originals with the stamp "Keith" on versos. The photographs are chiefly later prints from glass-plate negatives and, to a lesser extent, from copy film negatives; these prints were made by the Huntington photo lab in the 1980s. Also included are 20 prints without corresponding negatives, one cabinet card photograph, and a chiefly blank notebook containing three pages of handwritten titles for some of the photographs. The collection contains many duplicates.

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South Pasadena, panoramic views

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