Early photographs of Pasadena and South Pasadena

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  M.E. Church, corner of Colorado St. & Marengo Ave. [Pasadena]. Looking east

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  Bird's eye view of Pasadena, California, looking east from the Methodist Episcopal church at Colorado and Marengo streets, with citrus trees and homes visible.

  photPF 25201

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  M.E. Church, corner of Colorado St. & Marengo Ave. [Pasadena], looking west. No. 1

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  Bird's eye view of Pasadena, California, looking west from the Methodist Episcopal church at Colorado and Marengo streets, with citrus grove visible in the foreground, and buildings, including a lumber company, and mountains visible in the background.

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  Early wooden church

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  The one-room church building of the First Methodist Church in Pasadena, California, with a decorative architectural detailing on roof and corners, stands alone on a dirt plot. Scattered houses and agricultural fields in the distance behind it.

  photPF 505

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  South from M. E. Church, Pasadena, Cal

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  View looking south from the Southern Methodist Church in Pasadena, California, towards Marengo Avenue (?) with a dirt road, houses, trees, and orchards in the foreground and the Raymond Hotel visible in the distance.

  photPF 20119

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  Photographs of early Pasadena, California

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  Consist of 11 photographs, including one postcard. The majority of photos are mounted, with some double-sided. Included are: views of streets such as Colorado St. and Marengo Ave., Colorado St. and Raymond St., Colorado St. and Fair Oaks St.; snapshots of The Raymond, Universalist Church and Las Casitas View (with John Brown's sons and cabin), Sierra Madre Villa, Gold of Ophir Roses at Major Skillen's place, and the building of the Mount Lowe Railway. Several photographs are accompanied by handwritten annotations detailing changes in construction, significant buildings, or other notes. The postcard is dated 1913-1915 and addressed to Miss Maud Green. The caption reads, "At the Zoo in Eastlake Park, Los Angeles, Cal." which refers to the Selig Zoo, and the renamed Lincoln Park.

  photPF 670-679

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  South Pasadena, panoramic views

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  Includes map and legend created by previous archivist showing sites referenced in Item 70, among them the Mohr and Graham block, South Pasadena Hotel, first Raymond Hotel, El Centro School, Graham House, and the Santa Fe tracks.

  photCL 280