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Views of Southern California
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Views of Southern California
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This small, personal album of amateur photographs documents a trip through Southern California, ca. 1880s, from San Juan Capistrano through San Diego County. Of note are views of Indian schools and dwellings in the San Diego area. All of the photographs are accompanied by ink manuscript captions. Subjects are: Mission San Juan Capistrano; two views of people with horse and buggy on the shore near Oceanside; caves at La Jolla; adobe building at Old Town [San Diego, possibly Casa de Estudillo]; Indian schools in Old Mission Valley; people camping among the old olive trees on the Old Mission ranch; Sweetwater Dam; mud and brush huts at Agua Caliente; camping by the roadside before reaching Strawberry Valley [San Diego County]. The album has paper covers tied with a ribbon binding, and a hand-painted title: "Views of Southern California." The compiler and photographer are unknown. Date has to be after 1888 when Sweetwater Dam was built.
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Views of Southern California
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12 stereographic photographs of Southern California consisting of No. 3079, [View of the San Gabriel, San Diego and Orange exhibits]; no.3082, Cluster of Oranges weighing 12lbs.; no. 3096, Mission San Xavier, Arizona; no. 3115, Mission San Luis Rey, f'nd'd Aug. 25th 1781 (two copies); no. 3116, Cells of the Padres, Mission San Luis Rey; no. 3119, Mission San Juan Capistrano; no. 3121, Bell Chimes, Mission San Juan Capistrano; no. 3122, Corridor, Mission San Juan Capistrano; no. 3124, Corridor, Mission San Luis Rey; [no. 3125, Interior of court, Mission San Luis Rey]; and [no. 3126, Sierra Madre Villa].
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Photographs of Southern California Missions
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Photographs by an unidentified amateur photographer of various southern California Missions including Mission San Fernando, Mission San Juan Capistrano, Mission San Luis Rey, Mission San Gabriel, and Mission San Miguel. There are several unidentified missions, including two views of mission interiors, and one view of a dilapidated olive crusher.
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Snapshot Album
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This volume contains: Chapel, San Luis Rey Corridor of San Fernando View through bell tower, San Fernando Ruined Chapel, San Juan Capistrano Bell tower, San Luis Rey San Luis Rey San Diego, Mother of Missions Campanile, Pala Mission Ruins, San Diego In the mission garden, San Juan Capistrano San Juan Capistrano: "These ruins were once the most beautiful mission in all California" Photo missing: "White campanile and chapel of Pala Mission" San Juan Capistrano Pages 5-13: Blank Page 14: Beach scene panorama (3 photos pasted together) Pages 15-16.: Blank Pages 17-26. Beach scenes. Note: Album opens from opposite directions.
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Historical Society of Southern California Collection - Scenes in Southern California
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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.
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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.
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