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Views of Carmelita, Pasadena, California, and vicinity
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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
Carmelita south side mulberry tree
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Landscaped grounds and a residence that is partially visible through the branches of a tree at Carmelita, the estate of Dr. Ezra Carr and his wife, Jeanne C. Carr, in Pasadena, California. A wooden bench and chair sit under the tree.
photPF 442
Transplanting palm at Carmelita
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The top of a palm tree sits in a wooden crate above a wide hole in the ground at Carmelita, the estate of Dr. Ezra Carr and his wife, Jeanne C. Carr, in Pasadena, California. Several men stand in and around the hole, some with shovels. A pulley system has been constructed in the hole to lower the palm into place.
photPF 443
Carmelita NW
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A Victorian mansion sits amid landscaped grounds of Carmelita, the estate of Dr. Ezra Carr and his wife, Jeanne C. Carr, in Pasadena, California. Two people stand in front of home.
photPF 444
Carmelita
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Exterior view of the large, two-story residence with wide front porch, surrounded by trees and landscaping on the Carmelita estate of Dr. Ezra Carr and his wife, Jeanne C. Carr, in Pasadena, California. A horse-drawn carriage is parked in front.
photPF 24470
"Sir Gibbie" Carmelita
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A young woman in dark clothing and riding hat stands next to a horse in front of the house at Carmelita, the estate of Dr. Ezra Carr and his wife, Jeanne C. Carr, in Pasadena, California.
photPF 446