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Views of Riverside, California

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Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1889
Call number: photPF 25202-25204
Creator: Collier, C. T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Anthony Davis Rainbow Creations, September 1999.
Dimensions: 4 3/4 x 8 in
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Views of Carmelita, Pasadena, California, and vicinity

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Nine card photographs of views around Pasadena, California, circa 1880s, chiefly depicting the Carmelita estate of Dr. Ezra S. Carr and his wife, Jeanne C. Smith Carr. Includes images of the tree-lined dirt roads around Carmelita and the exterior of the Carrs' house; the planting of a palm tree; a woman with a horse; an orchard, as well as a view of the Sierra Madre Villa Hotel in San Gabriel (now Sierra Madre) and a fountain on the hotel's property; the driveway to the Glen Rosa estate of Thomas Nelmes. Photographers are unidentified on most of the images, though there are imprints for Carleton E. Watkins (photPF 440), Elias A. Bonine (photPF 448), and E.S. Frost & Son (photPF 449), and T.G. Norton & Co (photPF 447).

photPF 440-449

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Views of Sunny Slope Ranch and other ranches in the San Gabriel Valley, California

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Six boudoir and cabinet card-sized photographs by photographer Carleton E. Watkins depicting the vineyard, winery and distillery buildings of the Sunny Slope Ranch of L.J. Rose in San Gabriel, California; also including a view of the house of Colonel E.J.C. Kewen on his El Molino estate in what is now San Marino, California (known later as the "Old Mill"; photPF 497); a view of Native American women and children sitting in front of two thatched-roof dwellings (photPF 499). There is also one landscape view of citrus groves and houses in Pasadena, California, by T. G. Norton (photPF 495), as well as one modern copy print of Rose's Sunny Slope house by Watkins (photPF 498).

photPF 490-499

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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 Judge J.W. North and his residence in Riverside, California

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Two stereographs consisting of the exterior of the one-story ranch house of J.W. North in Riverside, California, with a garden in the foreground and individuals identified in a typewritten note accompanying the item as "Jose Tuchi (Indian), Ramon Ruiz (Indian), Judge North, Mary North, Anna Worcester, Mrs. North, Emma B. North" (photPF 3323), and an image of J.W. North standing in the middle of a dirt street, with a fence, trees, and houses in the distance, with handwritten note on verso: "Vine St. - looking north from 8th St. Judge North in characteristic pose. Roof of Mr. Garcelon's house at left. Congregational church in distance, 1874" (photPF 3324). The photographer is unidentified.

photPF 3323-3324

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Photographic views of the Inland Empire and Last Chance in California

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Consists of six photographs, all mounted. Locations depicted include the Eldorado Mine in Last Chance, California, a mountain peak attributed to the San Bernardino Mountains, and various sites in Riverside including Indiana Avenue and an unidentified ranch.

photPF 920-929

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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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