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Edison employee album of Big Creek [?] scenes

Description: Snapshots by Edison employee, Lynn Harrington, of hydroelectric project, possibly of Big Creek, scenery, and group gatherings. A few pictures are identified. There are at least two pictures of Harrington.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1950-1960
Call number: photCL SCE
Creator: Southern California Edison Company(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Edison International, December 2005.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Edison employee album of Big Creek scenes

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Snapshots and real photo postcards compiled by Edison Employee, Bert Clickenger (1884-1964) of workers and facilities related to Big Creek. Some of the snapshots have captions and notes. The real photo postcards are identified.

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Edison employee family album of Big Creek project

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Album of snapshots compiled by unidentified Edison employee with scenes of Big Creek camp and employees engaged in various recreational activities. Photographs accompanied by decorative hand drawn flourishes as well as identifications, poems, and verse. Many of the images focus on Camp 63 of Big Creek.

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Employee album of Big Creek

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Photographs of Big Creek compiled by Edison employee, Perry Hornsby, including Powerhouse 3 control room, Cascada Drug Store, Accounting Office, Mess Hall, Powerhouse3 generator floor, Camps 63 and 65, School House, Clubhouse/dormitory, Powerhouse 1 in snow, Dam 6, Powerhouse 3, Huntington Lake Lodge, Hospital, sled dog team, tunnel work, and Florence Lake.

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Employee album: Kingsley Dutton's family photos; Big Creek and Kern River

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Photograph album of Edison employee, Kingsley A. Dutton, including pictures of Borel Powerhouse and interiors; Big Creek Powerhouse No. 1; Dam 4; Cascada; incline railway and hoist; Kern River No. 1; Kern River No. 3; Tule Powerhouse; Eagle Rock Substation; and Fairview Dam. Personal snapshots include views of Glendale, Griffith Park, early motorcycles, the Los Angeles Aqueduct, and a Boston terrier.

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Employee album of Big Creek staff and operations

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Various views of Big Creek staff and operations with handwritten captions by an Edison employee who appears throughout as "myself" or "4717," the number that appears on his belt buckle (see p. 53 and p. 16) Portrait of a woman named Marie Riba on cover. Snapshot photographs of employees at work, on outings and hikes in the mountains, on a honeymoon automobile trip to Santa Barbara and San Diego, and at parties.

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Big Creek initial development

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Brochure published by PL&P about the Big Creek hydroelectric project, containing maps and pictures accompanied by text. A letter inserted at the end of the album from Bernell Smith to Mr. R.W. Maraist dated April 3, 1982, recounts life at Big Creek as an Edison employee.

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Edison employee album of Big Creek [?] scenes

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