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Photograph album of California and travels in the West (Part II, pp. 101-143)
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This is a collection primarily of negatives and photographic prints depicting the growth of Santa Monica and Los Angeles, California, from 1860s to 1980s. Many views are cityscapes or street views, showing buildings, storefronts, homes and roads, and documenting the use of railroads, trolleys, streetcars, and automobiles. There are many card photographs by early professional photographers, and also a number of snapshots made by amateurs, some in personal photo albums. The collection's scope also includes early views of many other communities in Southern California (and a few in other states); the beginnings of aviation in Santa Monica, including the first Douglas Aircraft Company buildings; a photo album of residents in Topanga Canyon, ca. 1913; automobile racing in Los Angeles and Santa Monica, 1920s; maritime views; a photo album of U.S. troops in France during World War I; a 1949 real estate development in Apple Valley, California, and others. Besides photographs, a portion of the collection consists of scarce publications and historical ephemera, primarily related to Santa Monica and Los Angeles, including brochures, advertising cards, menus, event programs and other materials. Highlights of the Santa Monica images are aerial views of the buildings along the coast and pier (1920s); several views of the Arcadia Hotel (1880s); the Long Wharf and adjoining railroad and train depot; the first bath houses on the beach; the beach club culture of the 1920s and 1930s; the amusement piers of Santa Monica, Ocean Park and Venice; and the beginnings of the Douglas Aircraft Company. There is a large set of promotional photographs made late 1920s-1930s by Powell Press Service depicting people enjoying Santa Monica's beaches, clubs and outdoor recreation. An important subset within the collection is 407 negatives made ca. 1890 - 1908 by Los Angeles historian and amateur photographer George W. Hazard (1842-1914). Hazard travelled around Los Angeles and vicinity photographing the adobes, houses, streets and storefronts that told the early history of the city. Many of Hazard's negatives have handwritten identifications, naming streets, former homeowners, ranchos, and other historical details. There are a large number of cabinet cards and other card-mounted prints and stereographs. There are 1,264 stereograph prints, highlighted by the works of photographic pioneers William M. Godfrey, Francis Parker, Hayward & Muzzall, and Carleton Watkins. Other formats represented are: glass and film negatives; panoramic prints; 7 photograph albums, photographic postcards, 20th-century color prints and transparencies; and a small number of tintypes, cyanotypes and a set of chromolithographs.
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Photograph album of California and travels in the West (Part I, pp. 1-100)
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This is a collection primarily of negatives and photographic prints depicting the growth of Santa Monica and Los Angeles, California, from 1860s to 1980s. Many views are cityscapes or street views, showing buildings, storefronts, homes and roads, and documenting the use of railroads, trolleys, streetcars, and automobiles. There are many card photographs by early professional photographers, and also a number of snapshots made by amateurs, some in personal photo albums. The collection's scope also includes early views of many other communities in Southern California (and a few in other states); the beginnings of aviation in Santa Monica, including the first Douglas Aircraft Company buildings; a photo album of residents in Topanga Canyon, ca. 1913; automobile racing in Los Angeles and Santa Monica, 1920s; maritime views; a photo album of U.S. troops in France during World War I; a 1949 real estate development in Apple Valley, California, and others. Besides photographs, a portion of the collection consists of scarce publications and historical ephemera, primarily related to Santa Monica and Los Angeles, including brochures, advertising cards, menus, event programs and other materials. Highlights of the Santa Monica images are aerial views of the buildings along the coast and pier (1920s); several views of the Arcadia Hotel (1880s); the Long Wharf and adjoining railroad and train depot; the first bath houses on the beach; the beach club culture of the 1920s and 1930s; the amusement piers of Santa Monica, Ocean Park and Venice; and the beginnings of the Douglas Aircraft Company. There is a large set of promotional photographs made late 1920s-1930s by Powell Press Service depicting people enjoying Santa Monica's beaches, clubs and outdoor recreation. An important subset within the collection is 407 negatives made ca. 1890 - 1908 by Los Angeles historian and amateur photographer George W. Hazard (1842-1914). Hazard travelled around Los Angeles and vicinity photographing the adobes, houses, streets and storefronts that told the early history of the city. Many of Hazard's negatives have handwritten identifications, naming streets, former homeowners, ranchos, and other historical details. There are a large number of cabinet cards and other card-mounted prints and stereographs. There are 1,264 stereograph prints, highlighted by the works of photographic pioneers William M. Godfrey, Francis Parker, Hayward & Muzzall, and Carleton Watkins. Other formats represented are: glass and film negatives; panoramic prints; 7 photograph albums, photographic postcards, 20th-century color prints and transparencies; and a small number of tintypes, cyanotypes and a set of chromolithographs.
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Travel album of San Diego and vicinity
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Travel album of snapshots of people and sights in San Diego, U.S. and Mexico border area, and other locations, possibly along a railroad trip. 46 photographs, 2 1/8 x 3 1/8 inches each. The compiler/photographer is unidentified. Views include: young men in uniforms camping; San Diego County Courthouse; Los Banos bathhouse; Hotel del Coronado; Coronado Beach and Boat House; trains; U.S. and Mexico border monument; customs building; a dam; an ostrich farm.
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Series 02. Photograph Albums
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Vol. 1 Robert Hutton Topanga Canyon album, 1913-1921, + 5 folders of loose photographs Vol. 2 Robert Hutton Santa Monica High School album and scrapbook, 1917-1921 Vol. 3 Theresa Sletton Topanga Canyon album, ca. 1913 Vol. 4 Apple Valley Ranchos photograph album, 1949 Vol. 5 Travel album of San Diego and vicinity, ca. 1910s Vol. 6 Photograph album of California and travels in the West, ca. 1915 -1933 Vol. 7 World War I photograph album: "Photographic History of the A.E.F. in France, 1917-1919" + 6 folders of related photographic postcards
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World War I photograph album: "Photographic History of the A.E.F. in France, 1917-1919."
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An album of 36 photographs (5 x 7 inches) with detailed, typed captions pasted below. Views show American soldiers in France during World War I; battle scenes; war dead; one view of King George V decorating an American soldier; bombed buildings; French villagers with soldiers; women in military service; a parade of soldiers in New York. The album compiler is unidentified and the photographs are uncredited, though appear to have been made by a professional photojournalist or military photographer, based on proximity to battle action. Album has typed title: "Photographic History of the A.E.F. in France, 1917-1919" on the first page.
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Annual "Bathing Girl Parade." Balboa Beach, Cal. June 20, 1920
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A line of young women wearing bathing suits, shoes, and stockings are standing in front of the steps of the Pavilion at Balboa Beach. Some are holding banners that say "Spalding Maid." A sign on a building says "Balboa [illegible] and Palisades Tavern." Spectators are in the background, and a building with a sign for Balboa Post Office.
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