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J. Allen Hawkins Studio Collection of Negatives
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Description: The J. Allen Hawkins Studio Collection of Negatives consists of 3027 negatives and 3607 prints (both vintage prints and copy prints), 1924-1972, that depict commercial sites, residences, and other subjects in and around Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley in Southern California. The images provide a look at the commercial, residential, social, and cultural development of Pasadena and surrounding areas during the middle years of the twentieth century. The collection also provides, through its breadth and depth of subject matter, an example of the career activities of a commercial photographer in Southern California in the early years of the twentieth century. Some of the early photographs may be attributable to Harold A. Parker.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1931,; 1933
Call number: photCL 330
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Hawkins, J. Allen (1915-)(Opens in new tab)

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Gift of Edward and Michael Hawkins, 1987.

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Parker, Harold A., (1878-1930.)

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