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Historical Society of Southern California Collection - Henry Family photograph album, (bulk 1926-1929)

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Description: This photograph album, one of three depicting the Henry Family of Los Angeles, California, contains 362 snapshots, primarily group portraits of the Henry family and unidentified individuals taken on trips and outings to a variety of locations in California (Laguna Beach, Palm Springs, Balboa, Ojai, Playa del Rey, Big Bear Lake, Yosemite Valley). Also depicted are the family's homes at 1400 South Manhattan Place, 212 Copa de Oro Road, 9315 Doheny Road, and 620 Beverly Drive, all in Los Angeles. The album was presumably compiled by Alexander Ellwood Henry (1890-1979) Many of the photographs depict individuals swimming or wearing swimsuits at the beach or skiing or playing in the snow.
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Production date: 1890s-1951.
Call number: photCL 400 volume 13
Provenance: Donated by the Historical Society of Southern California, 1992.

Historical Society of Southern California Collection - Henry Family photograph album

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The album, one of three depicting the Henry Family of Los Angeles, California, contains 403 snapshots, presumably compiled by Alexander Ellwood Henry (1890-1979) and primarily consisting of group portraits of the Henry family and unidentified individuals between 1907 and 1916. The photographs reflect trips and outings to a variety of locations in California (Santa Catalina Island, Pasadena, Venice, Los Angeles, Big Bear, Yosemite, San Francisco), as well as Niagara Falls, Canada, Europe, and Japan. There are many images of Henry and his friends as teenagers and young adults. Among the images are photographs of Henry's brother Thomas Cecil Henry (died 1910) as a student at Stanford around 1908-1910, the Henry home at 1400 S. Manhattan Place in Los Angeles, and individuals at the beach.

photCL 400 volume 9

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Historical Society of Southern California Collection - Henry Family photograph album, (bulk 1916-1918)

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The album, one of three depicting the Henry Family of Los Angeles, California, contains 377 photographs, primarily group portraits of the Henry family and unidentified individuals, taken on trips and outings to a variety of locations in California (Avalon and Santa Catalina Island; Ramona's marriage place [Estudillo house], Hotel del Coronado and the Panama-California Exposition, in San Diego; La Jolla; Mount Lowe; Ocean Park; Big Tujunga Canyon in the San Gabriel Mountains; Sunset Beach; Little Bear Lake; Big Bear Lake; Balboa; Mount Wilson; Yosemite; Tuolumne Meadows; Tioga Pass; Tenaya Lake; Mount Rubidoux in Riverside; and Lake Tahoe) and Quebec, Canada. There are many photographs of Alexander Ellwood Henry (1890-1979) and his parents Jessie Henry and Thomas B. Henry vacationing and at their house at 1400 S. Manhattan Place, Los Angeles.

photCL 400 volume 19

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Historical Society of Southern California Collection - Los Angeles photograph album

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The album is a published collection of souvenir views of Los Angeles, California, and vicinity. Included are views of the Plaza Church; central Los Angeles; Los Angeles area parks (East Lake Park, West Lake Park, Hollenbeck Park, Elysian Park); the "new" Los Angeles County courthouse; the San Gabriel and San Fernando Missions; Baldwin's Ranch; Riverside; the Sawtelle Soldier's Home; scenes of recreational activities in Santa Monica; Redlands; Redondo Beach; the Mount Lowe cable incline railway; and Pasadena.

photCL 400 volume 24

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Historical Society of Southern California Collection - Veda Kemper photograph album, (bulk 1935-1938)

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The album consists of 295 black-and-white and hand-tinted portraits and group photographs depicting Veda Kemper, members of her family, and friends chiefly in the late 1930s. Many of these photographs were taken at homes in Denver, Colorado; Evanston, Illinois; Omaha, Nebraska; and Florida, as well as in and around Southern California. Also included are photographs [taken by Kemper?] depicting landscapes and cityscapes, primarily in Southern California; some of these include family and friends. Among these are views of Avalon; Griffith Park; the Rose Parade in Pasadena; the Los Angeles River; the Pan-Pacific Auditorium in Los Angeles; Balboa Park and the 1935 San Diego Exposition; the auditorium in Long Beach; the Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C.; the Hollywood Bowl; the Laguna Hotel; Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale; Switzer's Camp in the Angeles National Forest; the Huntington Library; Palm Springs; Central Los Angeles (8th Street, Clifton Cafeteria on Olive Street, the Figueroa Hotel and Figueroa Street, a rally on Broadway, the Petroleum Securities Building at Figueroa and Olympic, and crowds gathered for President Roosevelt and General Patton); the gardens of Gurdon Wattles' home on North Curson Street in Hollywood; the Bernheimer Gardens in Santa Monica; Seattle; Santa Anita and Hollywood Parks; Los Angeles theatres (including the Paramount) at Christmas, with performances by Kathryn Ames and the Singing Strings; Santa Barbara; Lake Arrowhead; Big Bear; Tijuana; and the American Legion Convention.

photCL 400 volume 17

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Historical Society of Southern California Collection - Historic Los Angeles photograph album

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The album is composed of 19 black-and-white photographs of historic sites in Los Angeles, California, in 1945 including La Golondrina Restaurant (formerly the Pelanconi Winery); the Avila Adobe; Olvera Street; the Plaza; the Lugo Adobe; Pico House; the Plaza Church (Nuestra Senora La Reyna de Los Angeles); the Abbot Block and the Merced Theater; the Amestoy Block; the Baker Block; the United States Post Office Terminal Annex; views from Fort Hill; the Plaza de la Justicia and the Hall of Records; Union Station; the tomb of Los Angeles pioneer Robert Carlisle; and the remains of the Protestant cemetery.

photCL 400 volume 18

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Historical Society of Southern California Collection - The Two Bachelors Stacy [Lamb] & Arlington [Leatart] photograph album, (bulk 1900-1905)

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The album pf 295 photographs was compiled by A.L. Leatart and consists of photographic portraits of Leatart and his friends and family, and photographs of these individuals at a variety of locations in and around Los Angeles, California. These include the Hotel Coronado, Ramona's wedding place, and other locations in the San Diego area; Avalon and Santa Catalina Island; Mount Lowe; the Hotel Green in Pasadena; Chinatown, West Adams, and Laurel Canyon in Los Angeles; the Tournament of Roses and La Fiesta celebrations; the Missions of San Gabriel and San Juan Capistrano; Echo Park, Elysian Park, Hollenbeck Park (and the Hollenbeck Home) and Westlake Park; Rubio Canyon, Eaton Canyon, and Devil's Gate in the Arroyo Seco in the San Gabriel Mountains; Santa Monica; Long Beach; La Puente; and Golden Gate Park. Also included are photographs of Leatart's carved leather work; photographs of H.J. Whitley's jewelry store located at 108 N. Spring Street in Los Angeles; the Phoenician Yacht Club in Coronado; yachting and sailing; the Chinese shrine in Evergreen Cemetery, Boyle Heights; the camera obscura in Santa Monica; images of stagecoaches, street cars and the Mount Lowe cable incline railway; and interiors of Leatart's apartment in 1901.

photCL 400 volume 21

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