Visual Materials
Side view of William Lowber Banning house, 75 Wilkin Street, St. Paul, Minnesota. Built 1855
- Description
- The Banning Family Collection of Photographs, Part II, 1814-1979, consists of 1204 photographs and 23 photographs albums. The three most substantial categories of images in this collection are views of Santa Catalina Island; Banning family properties and residences in southern California; and portraits of family members and relatives. Of special significance are the Catalina photographs documenting the development of the island from a natural enclave with a few inhabitants to a thriving tourist resort. Volume 7 in the Family Album section contains images of the devastating effects of the Catalina fire of 1915. Also of particular interest are photographs of the George S. Patton family.
- Date
- 1899
- Call number
- photCL 451
- Provenance
- Gift of Mrs. Richard W. Call and Mrs. Daniel A. Sisk, June 1996.
