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Photographs of Monterey and other places in California

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Description: Original photographs with a few copies. Photographs of old jail, Hotel Del Monte, and customs house in Monterey, California; Los Angeles' Plaza Church, plaza and adjacent adobes (1882); Hotel del Coronado dock and ferry house; group portrait of members of Southern California Editorial Association at Hotel del Coronado (1889); Camulos Ranch; group portrait of Stanford University Geological Society (1908); bird's-eye-view of town of Marysville, Yuba County (1880?); souvenir mini photographs of Sequoia National Park; ruins of Mission San Juan Capistrano; fisherman at Mirror Lake, Yosemite.
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Production date: approximately 1870s-1908.
Call number: photPF 2304-2329
Provenance: Acquired from various sources.
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Panoramic photograph of Redlands, California and other photographs

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Five cabinet cards forming one panoramic view of Redlands, showing houses, mountains, and agriculture, approximately 1880s. Other photographs in this folder: a group of tennis players posed on a grass court in Piedmont, California (1890?); a masted ship at Coronado (1893); photograph of an engraving of the Baldwin Hotel, San Francisco; ruins of an Arizona mission (1895).

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Photographs of Southern California and islands

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Consists of thirteen photographs and cyanotype prints. Subjects include the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego, Riverside county, Camulos Ranch, the 1937 annual Jayhawkers meeting, San Clemente Island goat hunt and Painters Woe Grotto, Point Fermin lighthouse in San Pedro, and Santa Catalina Island. Photographers include Taber, S.F. and L. Bynum.

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"Guide to Monterey and Vicinity"

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This disbound photo album holds photographs of Missions Santa Barbara, San Gabriel, and San Juan Capistrano; Pasadena and its landmarks, including the Raymond Hotel and the Hotel Green; the Hotel Del Monte in Monterey; Seal Rock; the Pacific Ocean shore near Monterey; the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego; Riverside; Cliff House, Fort Point, and the Golden Gate Strait in San Francisco; and Lick Observatory near Mount Hamilton. Of the 33 photographs, 8 were taken by C.W.J. Johnson, 6 were taken by F.H. Maude, 4 were taken by J.E. Slocum, and 2 were taken by C.B. Waite.

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Catalina Island, early Los Angeles, and other miscellaneous photographs

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A mixture of original 19th century photographs and a few copies. Subjects: San Marino palm trees; captured foxes on Mount Lowe; Thomas S. McNair house, Glendora; Redondo Beach Hotel and Bath House, with train at station; Catalina Island, including army barracks; Beverly Hills Hotel and golf group (1922). Photographs of Los Angeles: Bonnie Brae Street (1898) with oil derricks and houses; Central National Bank and City Hall on Broadway St.; trees on Figueroa St.; Pico House; Stearns Block; group portrait, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce; interior of grand lobby of YMCA building; exterior of Ambassador Hotel.

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This collection consists of 53 circular snapshots depicting scenes of popular Southern California tourist destinations including the Andrew McNally residence and grounds on Mariposa Drive, Altadena. Other views include Pasadena streets scenes and the Raymond Hotel; Los Angeles (Chinatown, Courthouse, Plaza Church, street railway); San Diego (Hotel del Coronado); and an ostrich farm. The photographs are pasted to 14 disbound pages of an amateur album possibly taken by a relative of the McNally family.

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Photographs of Monterey and other places in California

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