Photographs of Southern California and islands

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  Photographs of San Pedro, California

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  Consists of ten photographs of San Pedro, California. Subjects includes the coastline, the San Pedro breakwater, the cutter Collis, Point Fermin Elementary School, Cabillo Beach, Cabrillo Beach Boathouse (demolished in the 1970s), Los Angeles Harbor Light (Angels Gate Lighthouse), and Fish Harbor at Terminal Island. Companies shown on Wharf Street include Seacoast Packing Corporation and Van Camp Seafood Company.

  photPF 2120-2129

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  Photographs of southern California

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  Consists of ten photographs, displayed on double-sided mounts. Subjects include Santa Monica beach and bath houses, La Placita (also known as La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles or The Church of Our Lady Queen of the Angels), indigenous baskets formerly owned by Major Rust, orange pickers with the Porter Bros. & Co., Rose's Ranche vineyard, Mission San Juan Capistrano, Orange Grove Avenue in Pasadena, Avalon on Santa Catalina Island, and the El Molino Viejo (the Old Mill) in San Marino.

  photPF 730-739

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  Photographs of Southern California beaches and harbors

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  Cabinet card photographs of: San Pedro Harbor with railcars of coal and lumber on dock; swimmers at Catalina Island; Long Beach stairs and bluff; Santa Monica bathhouses; and horsecarts at the Santa Barbara Floral Festival, 1893. View of bay at Avalon, Catalina Island shows a boat with a sign reading "Hardware..." Handwriting on verso: "The Hardware boat in the distance was a speakeasy. The Banning family allowed no liquor on the island and the 3-mile limi was not yet invented."

  photPF 640-649

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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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  W.H. Fletcher photograph collection

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  Collection of 53 glass plate negatives and corresponding copy prints by photographer W.H. Fletcher of views in Southern California during a period of industrial expansion and population growth primarily in the late 1800s. The images chiefly depict downtown Los Angeles, San Pedro and Terminal Island, and Long Beach. The views of Los Angeles include commercial streets and storefronts, construction sites including the building for Hamburgers Department Store (circa 1907), Main Street and the Church of Our Lady, and views of the town from 5th and Beaudry. The views of San Pedro and Terminal Island include the town of San Pedro, the harbor and docks with moored ships, and the hotel and bathhouse on Terminal Island. The views of Long Beach include the pier and beach, commercial streets and storefronts and residences. In addition there is a view of a miner washing gold in San Gabriel Canyon (Item 48); rural Duarte (Item 49); a street in Pomona (Item 50); a street in Riverside (Item 51); a view of the Point Fermin lighthouse (Item 52); and a view of oak trees (Item 53).

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  Cliff House (San Francisco, California) photographs

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  Contents: Cliff House & Seal Rock, S.F. cabinet photograph (published by A.J. McDonald) annotation on verso,"(was there in 1893)" [Olive Percival handwriting]; "San Francisco 1st Cliff House and Seal Rocks" (Hardy 1945); "The Second Cliff House, after 1893" on verso, "C.J. Colley-architect";"San Francisco 2nd Cliff House from the land, after 1893" (Hardy 1945); San Francisco (reproduction of chromolithograph) original credit to Frank Marryat (1826-1855) published in London later titled "Eager Gold Hunters Arriving in the City Early in 1851."

  photPF 3883-3887