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Golsh, A.C., Plaza Photograph Gallery

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A collection of approximately 1,500 photographs and various ephemera and publications of California missions, collected by Southern California educator Connie Rothstein, with an emphasis on the San Gabriel Mission, the history of the city of San Gabriel, and the production of "The Mission Play" by John Steven McGroarty. The collection also includes late-19th and early-20th century photographs of Los Angeles and Southern California, and postcards and ephemera related to the Southern California region. Notable in the collection are 391 stereographs of missions and Los Angeles, including some by photographers William Godfrey and H. T. Payne, A. C. Varela, and Carleton Watkins. All of the California Missions are represented in the collection, plus the "sub-missions" or Asistencias of California. The mission photographs include many unusual views and details, and are a mixture of snapshots made by tourists and commercial photographs. There are many views in and around Southern California, most dating from 1880s-1920s, by various photographers. Specific topics emphasized in and around Los Angeles are: Olvera Street, Chinatown, La Fiesta de Los Angeles celebration; and the Mount Lowe Railway. There are many cabinet cards and stereographs, and six large panoramic photographs of the Los Angeles area. The ephemera include hundreds of postcards and photographic postcards, scrapbooks, and many small publications on the history of the missions and California, as well as ephemera related to "The Mission Play." Other topics in the collection are: photographs and ephemera of Monterey, California; Oregon and the Columbia River Highway; and a group of photographs of cowboys and Western culture (mid-20th century).
Type
Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date
approximately 1862-2004.
Call number
photCL 496
Creator
Rothstein, Connie(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of Constance L. Rothstein, November 2010.
Associated people
Bernard, Bruno, (1819-1903,)
Bierstadt, Charles, (1874-1949,)
Blanchard, James B., (1874-1941,)
Bonine, R. (approximately 1842-1902,)
Brewster, John Calvin, (1828-1894,)
Butterfield, S. H., (1825-1900,)
Cochems, Edward W. (1816-1908,)
Curtis, Asahel, (1827-1903,)
Davis, James M., (1829-1915,)
Ellis, Lemuel S., (1834-1905,)
Ford, Henry Chapman, (1850 or 1851-1937,)
Frese, Adolf, (1843-1942,)
Gifford, Benjamin A., (1833-1903,)
Godfrey, W. M. (1827-1909,)
Golsh, A. C., (1840-1902,)
Hart, Alfred A., (1859-1928,)
Hazeltine, M. M. (1830-1904,)
Houseworth, Thomas, (1834-1910,)
Ingersoll, William B. (approximately 1845-)
Ironmonger, Charles, (1861-1946,)
Jackson, B. D., (1838-1894,)
Jackson, William Henry, (1869-1961,)
Johnson, C. W. J. (1830-1912,)
Kilburn, B. W. (active 1883-1884,)
Lamson, Joseph Harrison, (1847-)
Locke, H. R., (1839-1915.)
Lummis, Charles Fletcher, (1861-1927.)
Martin, Frederick W., (1829-1916,)
Maude, F. H. (1879-1932,)
McClain, Hubert A., (1844-)
Muybridge, Eadweard,
Parker, F.
Parker, Joseph C.
Payne, H. T.,
Pierce, C. C.
Pierce, Edward W.,
Putnam, J. R.,
Rea, William J.,
Reilly, John James,
Rieder, M.,
Ritchie, R. O.
Roberts, Henry E.
Smith, E. F.
Snell, E. B.,
Stanton, Thomas E.,
Taber, I. W.
Tuttle, W. N.,
Tyler, O. E.,
Vail, J. G.
Vale, W. A.,
Varble, H. A.,
Varela, A. C.
Waite, C. B.
Watkins, Carleton E.,
Weaver, M. F.
Wendt, Julius M.,
Wesner, H. B.,
Westervelt, James D.,
Wyatt, Ralph J.,
Associated organizations
Bertrand & Co.,
Black-D Photo Service,
Bradley & Rulofson,
California Art Foto Company,
California Panorama Company,
California Stereoscope and View Co., publisher.
Charles Beseler Co.,
Continent Stereoscopic Company,
Cross & Dimmitt,
Detroit Photographic Co.,
E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm),
Elite Studio (San Diego, Calif.),
F. H. Rogers & Co.,
Garden City Photo Co.,
Graham Photo Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.),
Griffith & Griffith,
H.C. White Co.,
Hardesty & Armstrong,
Hayward & Muzzall,
Inman Company,
Jarvis (Firm : Pasadena, Calif.),
Kelley & Chadwick,
Keystone View Company,
Kiser Photo Co. (Portland, Or.),
Mott Studios,
Palace Studio (Los Angeles, Calif.),
Payne, Stanton & Co.,
Prezeau & Tougas,
Putnam & Valentine,
Roberts & Fellows,
Sawyer Scenic Photos (Portland, Or.),
Stagg Photo Service,
Stereo-Travel Co.,
Strohmeyer & Wyman,
Underwood & Underwood,
Universal Photo Art Co.,
W.E. Warren, Son & Co.,
W.H. Jackson Photograph and Publishing Co.
Webster & Albee,
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