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Views of logging in Northern California

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Description: 2 views of loggers moving large redwood trunks in Northern California (photPF 24903-24904) and 1 view of loggers next to a train with giant redwood trunks in Eureka, California, with one trunk labeled "Excelsior Redwood Co. Eureka, Cal. Dia. 11ft. 9in. Length 18ft" (photPF 24905).
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1890
Call number: photPF 24903-24905
Provenance: Purchased, 1999.
Dimensions: images 12 x 19 cm, mounts 14 x 22 cm
Associated people: Wunderlich, J. P.,; Fassold, Peter,
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Views of the home and family members of Horatio N. Rust in South Pasadena, California

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Card photographs of exterior views of the residence and garden of Horatio N. Rust in South Pasadena, California, as well as an image of men picking oranges in Rust's orchard. Many of the images focus on flowering plants near the house including Lady Banksia and Gold of Ophir roses. Some of the photographs depict members of the Rust family including Edward H. Rust, Mary Pryor Rust, and Elizabeth Margaret Rust. Identified photographers include Pierce (photpF 23997-23998); T.D. Keith of South Pasadena, Cal. (photPF 23999); Jarvis of Pasadena (photPF 24000, 24008); Crandall of Pasadena (photPF 24001, 24007); and Wm. Graham, with Chas. Beal of Los Angeles (photPF 24002-24004).

photPF 23997-24009

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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.

photPF 500-555

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Views of Riverside, California

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3 card photographs depicting views of citrus trees and irrigation (photPF 25202); palm trees along Indiana Avenue (photPF 25203); and topiary along Indiana Avenue (photPF 25204) in Riverside, California.

photPF 25202-25204

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Photographic views of California

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Consists of 33 copy prints with some duplicates. The back of each photograph has a title and a number to a corresponding lantern slide. photPF 190-193 are photographs of prospecting in California, depicting Yreka, Chinese prospectors, and a prospecting party, and appear to be copies of photographs by Eadweard Muybridge. photPF 194-196 photos are views of Ellwood Cooper's Ranch in Santa Barbara County. photPF 197-199 depict scenes of workers and lodgings in Yosemite Valley as well as the studio of artist Albert Bierstadt. photPF 200 depicts the construction of the Bear River Crossing C.P.R.R. photPF 201 depicts trout fishing in Sonoma County. photPF 202-209 focuses on early Los Angeles County, with snapshots of ranches, orchards, vineyards, Los Angeles High School, and the homes of Maria Sepulveda, F. D. Bacon, and F. P. F. Temple. photPF 210-217 depict various locations in early San Francisco, including Telegraph Hill, Alcatraz Island, Goat Island, Woodward's Gardens, and the Mercantile Library. photPF 218-219 feature the Keystone quartz mill and the first quartz mill in Amador City.

photPF 190-219

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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).

photPF 21175-21180

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Photographs of a Northern California rabbit drive, haying, and Yosemite stage coach

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Copy prints of early 20th century photographs of scenes, presumably in Northern California, consisting of three images of a rabbit drive including one of with men, women, and children, gathered around hundreds of dead rabbits (photPF 20016-20018); one photograph showing haying operations (photPF 20019), and one image of an open horse-drawn stage with passengers in the Yosemite Valley, with the wagon labeled "Yosemite Transportation Co." (photPF 20020). The photographer is unidentified.

photPF 20016-20020

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