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Historical Society of Southern California Collection - Los Angeles photograph album

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Description: 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.
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Call number: photCL 400 volume 24
Provenance: Donated by the Historical Society of Southern California, 1992.
Associated people: Rieder, M.,
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Historical Society of Southern California Collection - Los Angeles and Southern California

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The album is a published collection of souvenir views of Los Angeles and vicinity. Included are views of Figueroa Street; Hollenbeck Home; Adams Street; West Lake Park; Palm Drive; Plaza Church; Broadway and the "old" City Hall; the "old" Court house; Chester Place; a panorama of central Los Angeles; San Gabriel Mission; Marengo Avenue in Pasadena; the Raymond Hotel; the Mount Lowe cable incline railway; the home of Ramona (Rancho Camulos in Ventura County); Avalon harbor and Santa Catalina Island; the Potter Hotel in Santa Barbara; the Santa Barbara Mission; Redlands; the Hotel Coronado in San Diego; and Magnolia Avenue in Riverside.

photCL 400 volume 25

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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 - Los Angeles County Elementary Schools Photographs

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Photographs compiled by Thomas V. Masterson depicting various elementary schools in Los Angeles County, California, where he served as principal. Included are Sawtelle Grammar School (ca. 1908-1910), The Palms School (1911), Downey Grammar School (1913-1914), Russell School in South Central Los Angeles (1915), and the Ford Boulevard School in East Los Angeles (1923-1934). The images show school children posing for group and graduation portraits, and engaged in various indoor and outdoor activities.

photCL 400 volume 8

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Historical Society of Southern California Collection--Krueger Collection of Photographs

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The Krueger Collection consists of 103 black-and-white photographs and 103 negatives depicting sites and locations within the greater Los Angeles, California, area. Images of Los Angeles include the Lugo Adobe; Olvera Street; Ord Street in Chinatown; Union Station; the United States Post Office Terminal Annex; City Hall; the Hall of Justice; the Old Hall of Records; the Post Office and Federal Building; the California State Building; the Los Angeles Times Building; Pershing Square; streets in downtown Los Angeles decorated with Christmas decorations; and the Ambassador Hotel. Images of Hollywood include views of Hollywood Boulevard (some showing Christmas decorations); Grauman's Chinese and Egyptian Theaters; the Florentine Gardens nightclub; CBS facilities, including KNX/CBS Radio Playhouse with the Lux Radio Theater; NBC facilities; the Earl Carroll Theatre; the Hollywood Scenic Gardens (Bernheimer Gardens); the Brown Derby Restaurant (the Hollywood and Wilshire Boulevard locations); and Griffith Observatory. Other sites in greater Los Angeles include Exposition Park; Westlake (MacArthur) Park; and the Bernheimer Gardens in Pacific Palisades. Also included are views of Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, California; views of Long Beach, including the Pike, City Hall, the Public Library, and the Municipal Auditorium; and views in and around Lake Arrowhead.

photCL 400 volume 32

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Historical Society of Southern California Collection - Scenes in Southern California

Visual Materials

The album is a published collection of souvenir views of Los Angeles, California, and vicinity. Included are views of Figueroa Street; Hollenbeck Home; Adams Street; West Lake Park; Palm Drive; Plaza Church; Broadway and the "old" City Hall; the "old" Court house; Chester Place; a panorama of central Los Angeles; San Gabriel Mission; Marengo Avenue in Pasadena; the Raymond Hotel; the Mount Lowe cable incline railway; the home of Ramona (Rancho Camulos in Ventura County); Avalon harbor and Santa Catalina Island; the Potter Hotel in Santa Barbara; the Santa Barbara Mission; Redlands; the Hotel Coronado in San Diego; and Magnolia Avenue in Riverside.

photCL 400 volume 26

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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

Historical Society of Southern California Collection - Los Angeles photograph album

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