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Views of Pasadena, California, and vicinity
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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 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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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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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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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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Views of the Pío Pico adobe and ranch
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Three card photographs depict the El Ranchito adobe and ranch property of Pío Pico in Whittier, California, with two showing the exteriors of adobe ranch buildings with Hispanic men, women, and children standing in front, and one depicting the exterior of the two-story adobe house with Pío Pico standing on a balcony with Pasadena naturalist Jeanne Carr. The photographs are by Pasadena photographers Jarvis (photPF 590) and E.A. Bonine (photPF 591-592).
photPF 590-592