Views of the home and family members of Horatio N. Rust in South Pasadena, California

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  Map of South Pasadena ; Map of H. N. Rust & Son's Subdivision of the Palm Place Nursery at So. Pasadena

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  Two maps on one sheet, lower map describes property of Rust Subdivision, upper map is wider coverage of South Pasadena, Columbia Street to the north, Bank Street to the south, Palm Avenue to the west, Elm Avenue to the east. See 246145 for a closer view of Rust's subdivision. Vignettes: Hotels.. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: Vignettes.

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  Views of Pasadena, California, and vicinity

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  Chiefly card photographs of views, buildings, and sights in the Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley region of Southern California in the late 19th century. Consists of images of various Pasadena area landscapes, buildings including commercial storefronts, churches, and residences. Among the buildings depicted are the Central School House (photPF 527), the Grand Pasadena Opera House (photPF 530), the Congregational Church (photPF 519), the first Methodist Church building (photPF 505), the first Presbyterian Church, the storefront of the Jarvis's photography gallery (photPF 540) in Pasadena, and the buildings of the Sierra Madre Vintage Co. winery in Lamanda Park, including one showing a locomotive and passenger cars of the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad (photPF 539 and 549); residences include those of William J. Barkus (photPF 510), Albert Brigden (photPF 537) and Moritz Rosenbaum (photPF 514) in Pasadena, J.R. Dobbins in San Gabriel (photPF 509), and General George Stoneman on his Los Robles estate (photPF 504) and B.D. Wilson on his Lake Vineyard Estate (photPF 507-508), both in what is now San Marino. Individuals include George W. Peck (photPF 529) General George Stoneman (photPF 504), B.D. Wilson and James De Barth Shorb (photPF 507), all with their families. Additionally, there are photographs of a welcome arch in honor of the visit of United States President Benjamin Harrison in 1891 (photPF 544), two flower displays from the first flower show in the Wooster Block (photPF 523 and 542), fruit drying (photPF 524), a Pasadena Ostrich Farm (photPF 528), a tennis match (photPF 555), and a photograph of the Hotel Redondo, railroad train, and beach in Redondo Beach, California (photPF 502). There are also two photographs of architectural drawings of a planned YMCA building (photPF 521) and the Pasadena Presbyterian Church (photPF 533). Identified photographers include Elias A. Bonine (photPF 522), E.S. Frost & Son (photPF 539, 547, 551-552), William Henry Hill (photPF 502), Jarvis' Gallery (photPF 512ac-c-514, 519-521, 523-531, 533, 538, 550), C. McMurtrey (photPF 555), T.G. Norton (photPF 555), J.T. Tuttle (photPF 549), and Carleton E. Watkins (photPF 501, 503-509). Primarily cabinet cards with a few stereographs.

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  Horatio N. Rust Photograph Collection

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  A collection of photographs compiled by Horatio N. Rust (1828-1906), U.S. Indian agent and archaeological artifact collector. The main focus of the collection is Indians of Southern California and the Southwest in the late 19th century, including a set of photographs of Southwest Pueblos by John K. Hillers. There is also a collection of photographs related to abolitionist John Brown and his descendants living in the West. The collection has been divided into five groups: (photCL 7) Album of Indians of Southern California and the Southwest, approximately 1886-1905. A photograph album compiled by Rust, documenting Indians living in Southern California, Arizona and New Mexico, approximately 1886-1905. Includes group portraits of Indian school students in California; members of the Cahuilla, Luiseno, Morongo, Mojave, Hopi, and Navajo tribes; the Indian Council at Pala, 1886; and scenes in Pechanga, Soboba and other native communities of Southern California. (photCL 8) Trip to Arizona, 1895 Photographs made mostly by A. C. Vroman during Rust's 1895 trip from Southern California to Arizona to see the Hopi Snake Dance at Walpi. Rust was accompanied by Mrs. Thaddeus (Leontine) Lowe, Vroman, and Charles J. Crandall. Views include Hopi and Navajo Indians and scenes of pueblo life; the Snake Dance at Walpi; the Grand Canyon; the Petrified Forest; desert landscapes; a group portrait of Mojave Indians at Needles, California; and several views of Rust and his fellow travelers with guides, wagons and supplies. (photCL 9) John Brown Collection, approximately 1850-1897. Photographs, prints and ephemera pertaining to abolitionist John Brown and his family. Includes portraits of Brown, his family members, supporters and other abolitionists; participants in the raid on Harper's Ferry and officials involved in Brown's trial; views of Harper's Ferry and buildings related to the raid; and views of Brown's grave and home in New York. There are also several views of Jason and Owen Brown's Las Casitas homestead in the mountains near Pasadena, California, and a scene of mourners gathered at Owen Brown's grave. A few additional items in the collection were acquired from other sources and transferred to the collection at various times. (photCL 10) U.S. Bureau of Ethnology Expedition Photographs of Southwest Pueblos by John K. Hillers, approximately 1879-1881. Views of pueblo villages and surrounding landscape; some show people and details such as pottery, ovens, and food and water sources. (photCL 11) Photographs and Lantern Slides of Artifacts and Indians of California, Southwest and Great Plains, approximately 1870s-1890s. Views of artifacts, some of which were excavated by Rust himself, as he describes in captions; Indians from Great Plains and western tribes; Indian schools in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and Perris, California; Southern California Indians. The lantern slides are mostly copies of photographs elsewhere in the Rust Collection, such as: Southwest Pueblo views by John K. Hillers (photCL 10); Rust's trip to Arizona, 1895, with A. C. Vroman (photCL 8). Topics of other slides: Southwest Indians by photographer Frederick H. Maude; San Gabriel Mission; two views of H. N. Rust's home; Aztec artifacts and ruins.

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  Horatio N. Rust Photograph Collection: Trip to Arizona

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  A collection of photographs made during Horatio Nelson Rust's 1895 trip from Southern California to Arizona to see the Hopi Snake Dance at Walpi. Rust, a former U.S. Indian agent and artifact collector, was accompanied by Mrs. Thaddeus (Leontine) Lowe, A. C. Vroman, and Charles J. Crandall. Vroman made the majority of the photographs, with the remainder produced by Crandall, who is visible with his camera in some scenes. There is one photograph of scenery (48) credited to F. H. Maude; it is unclear when it was taken. Views include Hopi and Navajo Indians and scenes of pueblo life; the Snake Dance at Walpi; the Grand Canyon; the Petrified Forest; desert landscapes; a group portrait of Mojave Indians at Needles, California; and several views of Rust and his fellow travelers with guides, wagons and supplies. Also included are Rust's notes on "Elevations on the line of the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad" and his business card. One of Vroman's photographs (40a) has a signed note from George W. Ingalls, U.S. Indian agent. There is also one view (19b) of a rock memorial in Arizona for Col. C. "Kit" Carson.

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  Photographs of Pasadena, California and environs related to the Heslop Family

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  6 card photographs related to the Heslop Family of Pasadena, California, including an exterior view of the Heslop Building, built in 1904, with awnings labeled "Lamanda Store" and "J.M. Brown" in the Lamanda Park neighborhood of Pasadena and a stamp on verso for "W.H. Kindig, Photographer, Wilson Peak Park, Pasadena, California" (photPF 21175); the front exterior and garden, with palm trees and cacti, of the Heslop residence on East Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena (photPF 21176); a street view of an unidentified Pasadena residence, with a stamp for "J.C. Carr, Photographer, Pasadena, Cal." (photPF 21177); the chariot races at the Tournament of Roses (photPF 21178); and two views of Pismo Beach (El Pizmo) and the surrounding countryside signed by photographer McCurry (photPF 21179-21180).

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  H. N. Rust residence, 1882

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  View of a house on Monterey Road, South Pasadena, California. A man is standing in front, and another in a chair on porch (H. N. Rust is likely one of these men). House is surrounded by new trees.

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