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Photograph album of young women at a boarding school or beach camp

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Description: An unidentified photograph album of snapshots chiefly of a group of young women who are possibly at a boarding school or summer camp in Southern California. They are seen in bathing clothes at a pool, on the beach, walking on boardwalks, putting on plays in costumes in a large house, and sometimes with young men. There are also some snapshots of family groups, many taken inside an Arts and Crafts style house. One photograph shows a woman holding an advertising sign for Uneeda Biscuits (introduced in 1898), made by the National Biscuit Company.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1900s
Call number: photCL 365
Provenance: In library as of 1995.
Dimensions: images 9 x 14 cm or smaller, volume 19 x 28 cm
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Photograph album of California with soldiers at training camp

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A photograph album compiled by an unidentified person containing snapshots of San Francisco, San Diego, and mountain scenery (presumably the High Sierras). Views show soldiers in group portraits and in formation at a training camp (possibly the Presidio in San Francisco?); camping in the wilderness; a large dam; Chutes Zoological Promenade and Cliff House in San Francisco; and one view of people riding a sightseeing trolley in San Diego. A young man and woman are in several views. One loose photograph shows a lighted night street scene by San Francisco photographer W. E. Worden. There are no identifications in the album.

photCL 345

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Photograph album of aviation in Long Beach, California

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Photograph album containing snapshots and commercial photographs documenting early aviation activities around Long Beach, California, chiefly in the late 1920s. Included are views of pilots, aircraft, and many images of crashes of commercial and private planes. Many of the photographs accompanied by descriptive handwritten captions. This scrapbook was compiled by Jack Niblack, Signal Hill Chief of Police and an early licensed pilot. Also accompanied by framed image of Signal Hill oil fields.

photCL 482

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Photograph album and photograph

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Includes 1 photograph album containing 39 photographs depicting post-World War I scenes including buildings in ruins; a British dugout; coal mining machinery in Lens; a British Officers' rest house in Germany; soldiers and men, women, and children on streets in France and Brussels, Belgium; a post office in the Netherlands; and several images of Bailleul, including the destroyed Hotel de Ville. The loose photograph is an aerial image of an unidentified location by the United States Navy (1917).

photCL 361

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Photograph album with photographs documenting California Camera Club Outings

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Two photograph albums chiefly containing snapshots of trips and recreational activities in Northern California around the San Francisco Bay area, particularly Marin County, and often documenting the outings of the California Camera Club, between 1917 and 1924. Views include trips to Moss Beach (June 1917), Haywards Canyon (1917), Phoenix Lake (1917), and many visits to "Binkleys, Mill Valley." Other outings include Coyote Point, San Mateo Beach, Muir Woods, Ross Valley, Tennessee Cove, Tamalpais, Sagunitas, Pirates Cove, Santa Cruz, and Greenbrae. There are many snapshots of individuals in natural scenery, as well as group portraits of the California Camera Club, occasionally showing camera equipment. The album was assembled by an unidentified club member, presumably a woman, and many of the photographs show presumed family members, in particular an older woman and young man, who appears in the second album wearing a military uniform, 1918-1919. The photographs have handwritten captions with brief notes on locations and dates. A few group portraits of the Camera Club are embossed "R.W. Diedrickson, California Camera Club."

photCL 438

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Photograph album of Northern California residence and grounds

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A family photograph album with snapshots of a large residence, smaller dwellings and extensive grounds, in what appears to be the San Francisco Bay Area, California. There are many views of a main house and details of landscaping, woods, and vegetation, with several close-ups of harvested fruit and vegetables. Unidentified men, women and children appear in scenes on the property, and children are seen swimming in an unusual above-ground concrete swimming pool next to a small house with bamboo siding and fencing. The album begins with photographs of a street and long driveway, with the address "2000" on a stone. The main house pictured is a large Swiss-chalet style residence, with some elements of Arts and Crafts style architecture, situated on a hill, with a view. Interior views show rich furnishings, tapestries, and a large kitchen with canning jars set out for fruit. The house and its residents are unidentified.

photCL 368

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Photograph of a young blind Mexican gentleman

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An oval portrait photograph of a young, presumably blind, gentleman wearing a suit and dark glasses. The photograph was taken by M. Gonzalez in Mexico City. Includes an ink inscription in Spanish on the mount.

photPF 26017

Photograph album of young women at a boarding school or beach camp

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