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Huntington Land and Improvement Company Collection of Photographs and Negatives
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Repository:
The Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA
91108
Phone: 626-405-2180
Email: jwatts@huntington.org
Creator:
Huntington Land and Improvement Company.
Title: Huntington Land and Improvement Company Collection of Photographs and Negatives
Dates: ca. 1920s-1930s and undated
Quantity: 2 boxes, 1.21 linear feet
Abstract: The collection consists of 127 photographs and 105 negatives, ca. 1920s-1930s and undated, created by and/or for the Huntington
Land and Improvement Company. The images depict views of various real estate tracts in Eagle Rock, San Marino, Pasadena,
Redondo Beach, Alhambra, and Highland Park.
Identification: photCL 394
Language of Material: English
Henry Edwards Huntington established the Huntington Land and Improvement Company in 1902. It was his first real estate company
formed in large part to purchase, subdivide, and re-sell land surrounding the Pacific Electric and Los Angeles Railways. Huntington
used the company’s vast property assets to secure financial backing for his other business interests, including the Los Angeles
Railway and Pacific Light and Power’s Big Creek power plant. Managers of the company included George S. Patton, Sr. and William
Dunn. The Company continued to buy and sell property into the 1960s.
The collection consists of 127 photographs and 105 negatives, ca. 1920s-1930s and undated, created by and/or for the Huntington
Land and Improvement Company. The images depict views of various real estate tracts in Eagle Rock, San Marino, Pasadena,
Redondo Beach, Alhambra, and Highland Park. The tract descriptions were derived from tract maps and other materials in the
Henry Huntington Papers (uncat) in the Manuscripts Department of the Huntington Library.
The photographs and negatives are arranged by tract.
See also:
Title:
Henry Huntington Papers (uncat), Manuscripts Department, Huntington Library.
This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Alhambra (Calif.)--Photographs.
Eagle Rock (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Photographs.
Highland Park (Calif.)--Photographs.
Pasadena (Calif.)--Photographs.
Redondo Beach (Calif.)--Photographs.
San Marino (Calif.)--Photographs.
Service stations--California--San Marino--Photographs.
Building construction--California--Los Angeles County--Photographs.
Dwellings--California--Eagle Rock (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Photographs.
Dwellings--California--Highland Park--Photographs.
Dwellings--California--Pasadena--Photographs.
Dwellings--California--Redondo Beach--Photographs.
Housing developments--California--Eagle Rock (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Photographs.
Housing developments--California--Pasadena--Photographs.
Housing developments--California--Redondo Beach--Photographs.
Housing developments--California--San Gabriel--Photographs.
Real estate development--California--Los Angeles County--Photographs.
Reservoirs--California--Photographs.
Reservoirs--Design and construction--Photographs.
Rivers--California--Los Angeles County--Photographs.
Roads--California--Alhambra--Photographs.
Roads--California--Eagle Rock (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Photographs.
Roads--California--Highland Park--Photographs.
Roads--California--San Marino--Photographs.
Water--Distribution--Photographs.
Negatives.
Photographs.
Access is granted to qualified researchers and by appointment.
All requests for permission to publish photographs must be submitted in writing to the Curator of Photographs. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of the Huntington as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or
imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
photCL 394, Huntington Land and Improvement Company Collection of Photographs and Negatives, ca. 1920s-1930s and undated.
Gift of Ned Metcalfe, ca. 1993.
The photographs and negatives were rehoused and numbered, and a preliminary Container List created, by Jane Apostol in 2006.
In January 2007, Sue Luftschein created this finding aid based, in part, on the original Container List.
Physical Characteristics or Technical Requirements
Unless otherwise noted, negatives exist for all prints. Arrangements for viewing negatives must be made with the Curator of
Photographs.