Finding aid prepared by Sue Luftschein.
The Huntington Library
March 2007
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA
91108
Phone: 626-405-2180
Email: jwatts@huntington.org
Overview of the Collection
Repository:
The Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA
91108
Phone: 626-405-2180
Email: jwatts@huntington.org
Title: Collection of Panoramic
Photographs.
Dates: 1851-1995
Dates: (bulk 1920s-1930s)
Quantity: 18.86 linear
feet
Abstract: The Huntington Library's Collection of
Panoramic Photographs, 1851-1995, depicts a wide variety of subjects and provides an
important resource for the visual history of the United States, with a particular
emphasis on California and the American West. Subjects include landscapes, group
portraits, and miscellaneous views. The collection also contains photographs by some of
the better known photographers and photographic firms of the first part of the twentieth
century. Photographers and publishers represented in the collection include Charles Z.
Bailey; Bailey and Ramsey; Bryant Studio; Bunnell Photo Shop; California Panorama
Company; Bell Clements; Fay Foto Service; R. J. Gallagher; George. R. Lawrence Company;
J.D. Givens; Gordon Panoramic Photo Company; Griffith Photo; Harris Photographic
Company; Karen Halverson; George W. Hazard; L. M. Hermance; Hiller; Hughes Photos; B.
Isensee; William Henry Jackson; I. L. Maduro; Mayhart Studio; C. R. Nock; Panorama
Publishing Company; Pettit's Studio; Photo News Service; C. C. Pierce; A.C. Pillsbury;
Pillsbury Picture Company; Prince Photo; G. H. Rice; H.H. Rideout; Sanford and Black
Photo News Service; Thompson; O.A. Tunnell; H.A. Varble; Miles F. Weaver; and West Coast
Art Company.
Identification: photPAN
Language of Material: English
Historical Note
This finding aid brings together information about the Huntington’s panoramic
photographs. These images have been collected by or donated to the Huntington over the
course of many years.
Scope and Contents
The Huntington Library's Collection of Panoramic Photographs, 1851-1995, contains 117
panoramas that depict a wide variety of subjects and provide an important resource for
the visual history of the United States, with a particular emphasis on California and
the American West. Subjects include landscapes, group portraits, and miscellaneous
views. The landscapes include views of Los Angeles and vicinity (including central Los
Angeles, Hollywood, East Los Angeles, Pasadena, and Mount Lowe); views of San Francisco
(including balloon views of San Francisco after the earthquake and fire created by the
George R. Lawrence Company); miscellaneous landscapes (including Yosemite Falls;
Tehachapi Loop; Los Gatos, California; Camp Bowie, Texas; Big Bear Lake in the San
Bernardino Mountains; Furnace Creek in Death Valley; Hoover Dam; Thermopolis, Wyoming;
and unidentified views); views of industry (including the Newport News shipyard and the
Venice-Del Rey oil fields); desert and mining towns (including Virginia City, Nevada;
Bisbee, Arizona; and Ouray, Colorado); the Panama Canal; and Norris Dam (Tennessee). The
group portraits include clubs; employees; school children; professional organizations;
military personnel; pageant and play participants (including two portraits of casts of
the Mission Play); birthday parties; and miscellaneous groups. The miscellaneous views
include views of the Ascot Park Racetrack in Gardena, California; a revival held by
Aimee Semple McPherson in Balboa Park (San Diego); opening ceremonies of the 1932 Los
Angeles Olympics; and the raising of the U.S.S. Battleship Maine in Havana Harbor.
The collection also contains photographs by some of the better known photographers and
photographic firms of the first part of the twentieth century. Photographers and
publishers represented in the collection include Charles Z. Bailey; Bailey and Ramsey;
Bryant Studio; Bunnell Photo Shop; California Panorama Company; Bell Clements; Fay Foto
Service; R.J. Gallagher; George. R. Lawrence Company; J.D. Givens; Gordon Panoramic
Photo Company; Griffith Photo; Harris Photographic Company; Karen Halverson; George W.
Hazard; L. M. Hermance; Hiller; Hughes Photos; B. Isensee; William Henry Jackson; I.L.
Maduro; Mayhart Studio; C.R. Nock; Panorama Publishing Company; Pettit's Studio; Photo
News Service; C.C. Pierce; A.C. Pillsbury; Pillsbury Picture Company; Prince Photo; G.H.
Rice; H.H. Rideout; Sanford and Black Photo News Service; Thompson; O.A. Tunnell; H.A.
Varble; Miles F. Weaver; and West Coast Art Company.
Titles in brackets are supplied; otherwise all titles come from the photographs
themselves.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged broadly by subject as follows: landscape; group portraits;
and miscellaneous. It is further subdivided by subject within each broad category.
Related Material
See also:
Finding aid for
Title:
Collection of California and Southern
California Panoramic Negatives,
Huntington Library
Photo Archives.
photCL 410,
Title:
Photographs: Raising of the U.S.S. Maine in
Havana Harbor, Cuba,
1912, Huntington Library
Photo Archives.
Identifier/Call Number: photCL 107,
Title:
Henry E. Huntington Gardens and
Residence Panoramas, 1910s-1920s,
Huntington
Library Photo Archives.
Index Terms
This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Persons:
Bailey, Charles Z.
Clements, Bell.
Gallagher, R. J., photographer.
Givens, J. D. (James David), b.
1893.
Halverson, Karen, 1941-
Hazard, George Washington,
1842-1914.
Hermance, L. M.
Jackson, William Henry,
1843-1942.
Maduro, I. L.
McPherson, Aimee Semple,
1890-1944--Photographs.
Nock, C. R.
Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.),
1861-1946.
Pillsbury, Arthur C. (Arthur
Clarence).
Rendall, S. A.--Photographs.
Rice, G. H.
Tunnell, O. A.
Varble, H. A.
Weaver, M. F. (Miles F.),
1879-1932.
Organizations:
Alaska Yukon Club--Photographs.
Ancon Hospital (Ancon, Ancon,
Panama)--Photographs.
Ascot Park (Gardena,
Calif.)--Photographs.
Bailey and Ramsey.
Bryant Studio.
Bunnell Photo Shop.
California Panorama Company.
Drama League of
America--Photographs.
Fay Foto Service (Boston,
Mass.).
Gamut Club (Los Angeles,
Calif.)--Photographs.
Geo. R. Lawrence Co.
Gordon Panoramic Photo Company.
Grand Army of the Republic. John F.
Godfrey Post (Pasadena, Calif.)--Photographs.
Griffith Phot.
Harris Photographic Company.
Hollywood Hotel (Hollywood, Los Angeles,
Calif.)--Photographs.
Hughes Photos.
Keystone Cirkut Foto Company
Maine
(Battleship)--Photographs.
Mayhart Studio.
Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel,
Calif.)--Photographs.
Mount Lowe
Railway--Photographs.
Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railroad
Co.--Photographs.
Native Sons of the Golden
West--Photographs.
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock
Company--Photographs.
Olympic Games (10th : 1932 : Los Angeles,
Calif.)--Photographs.
Pacific Electric Railway
Company--Employees--Photographs.
Panorama Publishing Company.
Pasadena (Calif.). Police
Dept.--Photographs.
Pettit's Studio.
Phi Sigma Kappa--Photographs.
Photo News Service.
Pillsbury Picture Company.
Prince Photo.
Raymond Hotel (Pasadena,
Calif.)--Photographs.
H.H. Rideout (Firm : Washington,
D.C.).
Sanford and Black Photo News
Service.
Southern Pacific Railroad
Company.
Universal City
Studios--Photographs.
Universal Film Manufacturing
Company--Employees--Photographs.
West Coast Art Co.
Women's City Club of Los
Angeles--Photographs.
Places:
Balboa Park (San Diego,
Calif.)--Photographs.
Belvedere Gardens (Los Angeles,
Calif.)--Photographs.
Big Bear Lake
(Calif.)--Photographs.
Bisbee (Ariz.)--Photographs.
Camp Bowie (Fort Worth,
Tex.)--Photographs.
Death Valley (Calif. and
Nev.)--Photographs.
Gaillard Cut
(Panama)--Photographs.
Gatun Dam
(Panama)--Photographs.
Hoover Dam (Ariz. and
Nev.)--Photographs.
Los Gatos
(Calif.)--Photographs.
Lowe, Mount (Los Angeles County,
Calif.)--Photographs.
Miraflores Locks
(Panama)--Photographs.
Norris Dam
(Tenn.)--Photographs.
Ouray (Colo.)--Photographs.
Panama Canal
(Panama)--Photographs.
San Francisco--Photographs.
Thermopolis
(Wyo.)--Photographs.
Virginia City
(Nev.)--Photographs.
Yosemite National Park
(Calif.)--Photographs.
Subjects:
Beauty contests--California--Ocean
Park--Photographs.
Beauty contests--California--Redondo
Beach--Photographs.
Birthday
parties--California--Photographs.
Business districts--California--Los
Angeles--Photographs.
Canals--Panama--Design and
construction--Photographs.
Clubs--California--Los
Angeles--Photographs.
Congresses and conventions--Lowe, Mount (Los
Angeles County, Calif.)--Photographs.
Country
clubs--California--Pasadena--Photographs.
Dairy
farms--California--Photographs.
Dam
construction--Tennessee--Photographs.
Delegations--California--1912--Photographs.
Harbors--Photographs.
High school students--California--Los
Angeles--Photographs.
Historic sites--California--Los Angeles
County--Photographs.
Hotels--Lowe, Mount (Los Angeles County,
Calif.)--Photographs.
Junior high school
students--California--Pasadena--Photographs.
Meetings--California--Los
Angeles--Photographs.
Meetings--Ulster County
(N.Y.)--Photographs.
Meetings--Washington
(D.C.)--Photographs.
Mining camps--Photographs.
Nurses--Texas--Photographs.
Oil wells--California--Venice (Los Angeles,
Calif.)--Photographs.
Pageants--California--San
Gabriel--Photographs.
Parks--Photographs.
Picnicking--California--Photographs.
Railroad yards--California--Los
Angeles--Photographs.
Railroads--Track--California--Tehachapi
Mountains--Photographs.
Real estate development--California--Los
Angeles--Photographs.
San Francisco Earthquake, Calif.,
1906--Photographs.
School children--California--Eagle Rock (Los
Angeles, Calif.)--Photographs.
School
children--California--Pasadena--Photographs.
Schools--California--Eagle Rock (Los
Angeles, Calif.)--Photographs.
Schools--California--Pasadena--Photographs.
Schools--California--Santa
Monica--Photographs.
Shipyards--Photographs.
Soldiers--California--Photographs.
Valleys--Photographs.
Document Types:
Panoramas.
Portraits.
Restrictions on Access
Access is granted to qualified researchers and by appointment.
Publication Rights
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.
Preferred Citation
photPAN, Collection of Panoramic Photographs, 1851-1995.
Acquisition Information
Acquired from James B. Barnes, August 1, 1947; Mark A. Chapman, November 11, 1949;
Collector's Council, January 2003; Dawson's, April 6, 1979 and September 10, 1979; Ben
Field, March 9, 1956; Mrs. Grace M. Grafton, 1996; Barbara Greer, January 1987; Hardy,
1946; Ernest and Elsie Heatherington, 2007; Jack Kemble, July 1987; Robert Tyler Lee;
Michael Harrison McCandless, 2002?; McLaughlin, July 13, 1946; James B. McNair, May 5,
1956; Peter Palmquist; H.E. Roberts; Herman Smith, May 7, 1974; Charles Staufenberg,
2008; Paul Taylor, September 5, 1991; Marifrances Trivelli, September 13, 2001; Julia A.
Vinock.
Processing Information
The photographs were flattened and encapsulated by the Huntington Library Preservation
Department between 1988 and 2005.
Physical Characteristics or Technical Requirements
Arrangements for viewing panoramas must be made with the Curator of Photographs.
A copy print of William Henry Jackson's Raymond Hotel panorama is available for
study.
Landscapes and Cityscapes
Views of Los Angeles and
vicinity
Box 1, Item 1
[View of Los Angeles],
1867
Physical Description: [Copy print. 3-3/4 x 17-1/4 inches.]
Note
[Photographer S.A. Rendall stands at left side of image.]
Box 1, Item 2
Los Angeles in 1869. Main portion of Los Angeles taken from the
site where the Court House now stands,
1905
Physical Description: [10 x 36 inches.]
Note
[Photomechanical copy print by George W. Hazard in 1905.]
Box 1, Item 3
[View across downtown Los Angeles rooftops towards mountains],
undated
Physical Description: [9-1/2 x 27-3/4 inches.]
Box 1, Item 4
Los Angeles from corner of Third and Olive Streets (Bunker Hill),
undated
Physical Description: [9-1/4 x 35-1/4 inches.]
Note
[Photo by A.C. Pillsbury; photomechanical print by Panorama Publishing
Company.]
Box 1, Item 5
[Hotel Hollywood and the Hollywood Hills],
1912
Physical Description: [10 x 26-1/2 inches.]
Box 3, Item 6
Birdseye view of Universal City,
November 30, 1913
Physical Description: [Copy print. 12-3/4 x 39 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Bailey and Ramsey.]
Box 3, Item 7
[Belvedere Gardens, East Los Angeles],
ca. 1920s
Physical Description: [9-1/4 x 64-1/4 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Pettit's Studio. View of Janss Subdivision.]
Box 3, Item 8
[View of Southern Pacific Railroad's Taylor Yard, Elysian Park in
background, Los Angeles],
undated
Physical Description: [9-1/4 x 54 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Pettit's Studio.]
Box 3, Item 9
[View of Southern Pacific Railroad's Taylor Yard, Mount
Washington in background, Los Angeles],
undated
Physical Description: [9-1/4 x 57-1/2 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Pettit's Studio.]
Box 3, Item 10
The Raymond [Hotel], East Pasadena, California,
ca. 1889
Physical Description: [1 print: 17 x 54-3/4 inches; 3 prints: 6-1/2 x 8-3/4
inches.]
Note
[Photo by William Henry Jackson. Panoramic view of the Raymond Hotel
and grounds looking towards San Gabriel Mountains. Title is written in
calligraphic hand at the base of the image and surrounded by the
statement "In the beautiful San Gabriel Valley - Eight Miles from Los
Angeles." Three 6 x 8 inch prints are inserted at the bottom of the
image and are entitled: "San Gabriel Mission," "Roses at the Raymond,"
and "Rose cottage."]
Box 3, Item 11
Annandale Country Club,
December 25, 1909
Physical Description: [9-1/4 x 53-3/4 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Charles Z. Bailey. Four individual photographs joined
together.]
Note
[Removed for conservation.]
Box 1, Item 12
[View of Mount Lowe],
ca. 1900
Physical Description: [10 x 41-3/4 inches.]
Box 1, Item 13
[View of Mount Lowe, with trail],
ca. 1900
Physical Description: [10 x 42-3/4 inches.]
Box 1, Item 14
[View of Mount Lowe Railroad tracks, showing Granite Gate and
railroad car],
ca. 1900
Physical Description: [7-1/2 x 37 inches.]
Box 1, Item 15
[View of Ye Alpine Tavern, Mount Lowe],
ca. 1900
Physical Description: [10 x 43-1/4 inches.]
Box 1, Item 16
[View of Mount Lowe Tavern],
ca. 1920s
Physical Description: [10 x 35-3/4 inches.]
Box 1, Item 17
[Road above Alpine Tavern, Mount Lowe],
ca. 1900
Physical Description: [10 x 42-3/4 inches.]
Box 1, Item 18
San Francisco waterfront prior to April 1851,
undated
Physical Description: [Copy print. 9-1/2 x 32 inches.]
Note
[Building key on verso.]
Box 1, Item 19
[View of San Francisco after the fire],
1906
Physical Description: [7-3/4 x 28-1/2 inches.]
Note
[Three individual photographs joined together.]
Box 1, Item 20
[View of San Francisco after the fire],
1906
Physical Description: [7-3/4 x 38 inches.]
Note
[Four individual photographs joined together.]
Box 1, Item 21
[View of San Francisco after the fire],
1906
Physical Description: [7-3/4 x 28-1/2 inches.]
Note
[Three individual photographs joined together.]
Box 1, Item 22
[View of San Francisco after the fire],
1906
Physical Description: [9 x 37 inches.]
Note
[Four individual photographs joined together.]
Box 3, Item 23
Unburned district of San Francisco looking northeast from
Lawrence Captive Airship, 2200 feet elevation,
1906
Physical Description: [15-3/4 x 44 inches.]
Note
[Photo by George R. Lawrence Company.]
Box 3, Item 24
Birdseye view of ruins of San Francisco from Captive Airship 600
feet above Folsom between Fifth and Sixth Streets,
1906
Physical Description: [17-3/4 x 45-1/4 inches.]
Note
[Photo by George R. Lawrence Company.]
Box 3, Item 25
Part of unburned district San Francisco 1500 feet above Vallejo
and Leavenworth Streets looking west,
April 30, 1906
Physical Description: [17-3/4 x 49-1/2 inches.]
Note
[Photo by George R. Lawrence Company, S.F. #5.]
Box 3, Item 26
Photograph of San Francisco in ruins from Lawrence Captive
Airship 2000 feet above San Francisco Bay overlooking water front. Sunset
over Golden Gate,
May 28, 1906
Physical Description: [18-1/4 x 48-3/4 inches.]
Note
[Photo by George R. Lawrence Company.]
Box 3, Item 26 var.
Photograph of San Francisco in ruins from Lawrence Captive
Airship 2000 feet above San Francisco Bay overlooking water front. Sunset
over Golden Gate,
May 28, 1906
Physical Description: [18 x 34 inches.]
Note
[Photo by George R. Lawrence Company.]
Box 3, Item 27
Ruins of San Francisco, Nob Hill in foreground, from Lawrence
Captive Airship 1500 feet elevation,
May 29, 1906
Physical Description: [18 x 34 inches.]
Note
[Photo by George R. Lawrence Company.]
Box 3, Item 27 var.
Ruins of San Francisco, Nob Hill in foreground, from Lawrence
Captive Airship 1500 feet elevation,
May 29, 1906
Physical Description: [16-1/2 x 44-3/4 inches.]
Note
[Photo by George R. Lawrence Company.]
Box 3, Item 28
San Francisco two years after from Lawrence Captive Air Ship 2000
feet over San Francisco Bay,
1908
Physical Description: [20 x 50 inches.]
Note
[Photo by George R. Lawrence Company.]
Box 3, Item 28 var.
San Francisco two years after from Lawrence Captive Air Ship 2000
feet over San Francisco Bay,
1908
Physical Description: [20 x 50 inches.]
Note
[Photo by George R. Lawrence Company.]
Box 3, Item 29
San Francisco two years after from Lawrence Captive Air Ship 800
feet above 4th and Mission Streets,
1908
Physical Description: [20 x 50-1/2 inches.]
Note
[Photo by George R. Lawrence Company.]
Box 3, Item 30
San Francisco two years after. Photograph from Lawrence Captive
Airship 1000 feet above California and Powell Streets,
May 9, 1908
Physical Description: [20 x 36 inches.]
Note
[Photo by George R. Lawrence Company. "Supplement to Sunset
Magazine."]
Box 3, Item 31
Panama Pacific International Exposition,
1915
Physical Description: [8 x 47-3./4 inches.]
Note
[Photo by C.R. Nock, number 1000.]
Box 3, Item 32
[View of Big Bear Lake],
undated
Physical Description: [12 x 69 inches.]
Box 1, Item 33
[View of Tehachapi Loop],
undated
Physical Description: [9-1/4 x 31-1/4 inches.]
Box 1, Item 34
[View of Los Gatos, California],
undated
Physical Description: [7-1/2 x 27-1/4 inches.]
Box 1, Item 35
Yosemite Falls from Oak Tree Point,
1906
Physical Description: [26-1/2 x 9 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Pillsbury Picture Company, number 1023.]
Box 3, Item 36
Furnace Creek, Death Valley, California,
1992
Physical Description: [Chromogenic print; 12 x 36 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Karen Halverson.]
Box 3, Item 37
Hoover Dam, Arizona/Nevada Border,
1995
Physical Description: [Chromogenic print; 18 x 54 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Karen Halverson. From the Colorado River series.]
Box 3, Item 38
Thermopolis, Wyoming,
1992
Physical Description: [Chromogenic print; 18 x 54 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Karen Halverson.]
Box 3, Item 39
Camp Bowie, Fort Worth, Texas,
undated
Physical Description: [10 x 47-3/4 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Bryant Studio. Building identifications on verso; military
units identified on recto.]
Box 1, Item 40
[View of unidentified valley with farms],
undated
Physical Description: [7-1/4 x 17-1/2 inches.]
Note
[Two photographs joined together.]
Box 1, Item 41
[View of unidentified park],
undated
Physical Description: [9-1/4 x 38 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Harris Photo Company.]
Box 1, Item 42
[View of unidentified harbor],
undated
Physical Description: [5 x 37-1/4 inches.]
Box 3, Item 43
Venice-Del Rey Oil Field,
July 9, 1930
Physical Description: [9 x 48-3/4 inches.]
Note
[Photo by C.C. Pierce, number 4. Accompanied by undated clipping.]
Box 3, Item 44
Newport News Shipbuilding and D.D. [Dry Dock] Co.,
August 1920
Physical Description: [8 x 47-1/4 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Griffith Phot.]
Box 1, Item 45
[View of unidentified shipyard],
undated
Physical Description: [8 x 30 inches.]
Box 1, Item 46
[View of unidentified rail yard],
undated
Physical Description: [5-1/4 x 19-3/4 inches.]
Box 3, Item 47
Ouray, Colorado,
ca. 1885
Physical Description: [16 x 73-1/2 inches.]
Note
[Photo by William Henry Jackson.]
Box 3, Item 48
[View of unidentified mining town],
1909
Physical Description: [10 x 50-1/4 inches.]
Note
[Photo by West Coast Art Company.]
Box 3, Item 49
Virginia City, Nevada,
1914
Physical Description: [10 x 49-1/4 inches.]
Box 3, Item 50
Bisbee, Arizona,
1916
Physical Description: [8 x 50 inches.]
Box 1, Item 51
[View of unidentified mining town],
undated
Physical Description: [6-1/4 x 33 inches.]
Note
[Four photographs joined together.]
Box 1, Item 52
[View of Culebra Cut, Panama Canal],
1913
Physical Description: [6-1/2 x 36-1/4 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Gordon Panoramic Photo Company.]
Box 1, Item 53
[View of Culebra Cut, Panama Canal],
1913
Physical Description: [6-1/2 x 36-3/4 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Gordon Panoramic Photo Company.]
Box 1, Item 54
Spillway, Gatun Dam [Panama Canal],
1913
Physical Description: [6-1/2 x 36-1/2 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Gordon Panoramic Photo Company.]
Box 1, Item 55
Showing enormous slide in Culebra Cut, Panama Canal, Vista de
derrumbe en el corte de Culebra,
1913
Physical Description: [9 x 33 inches.]
Note
[Photo by I.L. Maduro.]
Box 1, Item 55 var.
[View of Culebra Cut, Panama Canal],
1913
Physical Description: [8 x 36 inches.]
Note
[Photo by I.L. Maduro.]
Box 1, Item 56
Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal, Ancon Hill in the distance,
1913
Physical Description: [9 x 36 inches.]
Note
[Photo by I.L. Maduro.]
Note
[Copy negative on file.]
Box 1, Item 57
Ancon Hospital with Ancon Hill in the Background, Panama,
1913
Physical Description: [9 x 36 inches.]
Note
[Photo by I.L. Maduro.]
Box 1, Item 58
[View of Culebra Cut, Panama Canal],
1913
Physical Description: [8 x 35-3/4 inches.]
Note
[Copy negative on file.]
Box 1, Item 59
[View of Pedro Miguel Locks construction, Panama Canal],
1913
Physical Description: [8 x 35-3/4 inches.]
Box 2, Item 60
Norris Dam looking south. Clinch River at Cove Creek, Tennessee,
February 16, 1934
Physical Description: [10 x 38-1/2 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Bell Clements.]
Box 2, Item 60 var.
Norris Dam looking south. Clinch River at Cove Creek, Tennessee,
February 16, 1934
Physical Description: [10 x 39-1/4 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Bell Clements.]
Box 2, Item 61
Norris Dam looking west. Clinch River at Cove Creek, Tennessee,
February 16, 1934
Physical Description: [10 x 39 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Bell Clements.]
Box 2, Item 62
Norris Dam,
June 20, 1934
Physical Description: [10 x 37 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Bell Clements, number 34.]
Box 2, Item 63
Norris Dam looking west,
June 20, 1934
Physical Description: [10 x 36-3/4 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Bell Clements, number 31.]
Box 2, Item 64
Norris Dam under construction, Anderson County, Tennessee,
November 5, 1934
Physical Description: [10 x 39 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Bell Clements, number 71. Building and feature
identifications inscribed by photographer.]
Box 2, Item 65
Norris Dam at night under construction,
1934
Physical Description: [7 x 11 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Bell Clements, number 128-F.]
Box 2, Item 66
Norris Dam under construction (looking south),
March 18, 1935
Physical Description: [10 x 36-1/4 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Bell Clements, number 104.]
Box 2, Item 67
Pasadena [California] G.A.R. [Grand Army of the Republic],
undated
Physical Description: [8 x 25-1/4 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Thompson, number 1053.]
Box 3, Item 68
N.S.G.W. [Native Sons of the Golden West] Barbecue at Santa
Anita, California, "Lucky" Baldwin's Ranch,
April 23, 1914
Physical Description: [8 x 58-3/4 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Charles Z. Bailey.]
Box 2, Item 69
[Group portrait commemorating placement of marker for first gold
discovery in California],
March 9, 1930
Physical Description: [8 x 36 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Hughes Photos. Inscribed on recto: "On March 9, 1930, Ramona
Parlor 109 of N.S.G.W. together with La Mesa Club and Kiwanis Club of
Newhall and Saugus, placed a temporary tablet over a mound of Boulders
which mark the spot where Gold was first discovered in California by
Francisco Lopez on March 9th, 1842, in Placeritos Canyon on the
property now owned by Mr. F.E. Walker."]
Box 2, Item 70
Alaska Yukon Club Picnic at Sycamore Grove [Los Angeles],
June 22, 1930
Physical Description: [8 x 35-1/2 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Thompson, number 2115. Hand-colored. Two individuals
identified: "Christine Rolke and only son who was killed in the 2nd
w.w."]
Box 3, Item 71
Drama League of America, Pasadena, California,
1924
Physical Description: [8 x 46-1/2 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Photo News Service.]
Box 2, Item 72
Gamut Club Twenty-fifth Birthday Anniversary,
April 3, 1929
Physical Description: [10 x 18-1/2 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Weaver, number 8051.]
Box 2, Item 73
[Gamut Club gathering, May 19-20],
1935
Physical Description: [9-3/4 x 19-3/4 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Weaver, number 2279.]
Box 2, Item 74
20th Anniversary Luncheon, Women's City Club. Los Angeles,
California,
May 18, 1931
Physical Description: [10 x 20 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Weaver, number 9889.]
Box 2, Item 75
Biennial Convention of the Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity, Boston,
Massachusetts, August 19-23,
1930
Physical Description: [8 x 30-1/2 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Fay Foto, Boston.]
Box 2, Item 76
Fontana Land Company Picnic,
undated
Physical Description: [4 x 35-1/4 inches.]
Box 2, Item 77
View of Hermosa Dairy Ranch and staff,
June 1931
Physical Description: [10 x 35-3/4 inches]
Note
[Photo by C.Z. Bailey and R.J. Gallagher. "B.G. #6."]
Box 2, Item 78
Pasadena Police [Pasadena, California],
May 30, 1931
Physical Description: [7-1/2 x 32 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Hiller.]
Box 2, Item 79
Pasadena Police [Pasadena, California],
1927
Physical Description: [10 x 34-1/4 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Hiller.]
Box 2, Item 80
[Pasadena, California, Police Department?],
1927
Physical Description: [8 x 23-3/4 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Hiller]
Box 3, Item 81
Employees of Universal Film Manufacturing Company at Universal
City, California,
November 30, 1913
Physical Description: [13 x 37-3/4 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Bailey and Ramsey.]
Box 2, Item 82
Pacific Electric Railway Company. Los Angeles Freight Station
Office Personnel,
October 10, 1947
Physical Description: [7-3/4 x 16 inches.]
Box 2, Item 83
Pacific Electric Railway Company. Los Angeles Freight Station
Warehouse Personnel,
October 10, 1947
Physical Description: [7-1/2 x 19 inches.]
Box 2, Item 84
Los Angeles High School Summer Class 1926. The Largest Class Ever
Graduated from any High School in the West--Shrine Auditorium,
1926
Physical Description: [8 x 20 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Weaver.]
Box 2, Item 85
[Los Angeles High School students],
ca. 1898
Physical Description: [8-1/4 x 39 inches.]
Note
[Students dressed for performance or pageant.]
Box 2, Item 86
Lincoln Junior High School, Santa Monica, California,
May 21, 1924
Physical Description: [8 x 36-1/2 inches.]
Box 2, Item 87
McKinley Grade School, Pasadena, [California],
June 10, 1924
Physical Description: [8 x 39 inches.]
Note
[Photo by H.A. Varble, Eagle Rock. List of thirty identified students
on verso made September 1, 1935.]
Box 2, Item 88
McKinley Junior High School, Pasadena, [California],
January 29, 1927
Physical Description: [8 x 24-3/4 inches.]
Note
[Photo by H.A. Varble, Eagle Rock. Student signatures on verso.]
Box 2, Item 89
Eagle Rock Central School, [Los Angeles],
undated
Physical Description: [8 x 40-3/4 inches.]
Note
[Photo by H.A. Varble, Eagle Rock.]
Professional
Organizations
Box 2, Item 90
California Special Train of delegates to Republican Convention,
Chicago,
1912
Physical Description: [10 x 35-1/2 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Prince Photo. Banner in photo reads: "Let the People
Rule/California for Roosevelt by 76,000/1912." Hand written
identifications on recto.]
Box 2, Item 91
American Association of Traveling Passenger Agents Convention at
Mount Lowe,
September 23, 1926
Physical Description: [8 x 28-1/2 inches.]
Note
[Inscribed on photograph: "Guests of the Pacific Electric Railway
operating 1100 miles of standard rail lines in territory tributary to
Los Angeles." Principal officers of the Association and employees of
Pacific Electric (including D.W. Pontius) identified.]
Box 3, Item 92
Second Annual Meeting, Police Officers Association of Los Angeles
County,
January 9, 1932
Physical Description: [8 x 42-1/2 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Weaver.]
Box 3, Item 93
Twenty-seventh Annual Meeting, National Association of Commercial
Organization Secretaries, Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, October 21, 1941,
1941
Physical Description: [10 x 49 inches.]
Box 2, Item 94
Twenty-first Meeting of the National Council of Congregational
Churches of the United States, Washington, D.C., October 20th-28th, 1925,
1925
Physical Description: [8 x 39-1/2 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Rideout, Washington, D.C.]
Box 2, Item 95
Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration, Mohonk Lake,
Ulster County, New York,
1911
Physical Description: [8 x 40 inches.]
Note
[Photo by L.M. Hermance. List of attendees affixed to verso.]
Box 2, Item 96
[Army Bivouac near San Diego],
undated
Physical Description: [8 x 34-1/2 inches.]
Note
[Photo by O.A. Tunnell, San Diego.]
Box 2, Item 97
"Battery C" 144th Field Artillery,
1919
Physical Description: [8 x 36-1/4 inches.]
Note
[Inscribed on photograph: "Capt. George C. Montgomery, commanding.
Returned from Service in France January 1919." Photo by J.D. Givens,
San Francisco.]
Box 3, Item 98
U.S. Army and Red Cross Nurses on field duty at Base Hospital,
Camp Bowie, Texas,
January 1918
Physical Description: [8 x 47-1/2 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Mayhart.]
Box 3, Item 99
Redondo Beach Day, Monday, July 11, 1921, B.P.O. Elks' Grand
Lodge Reunion,
1921
Physical Description: [8 x 40 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Miles F. Weaver. View of a group of beauty contestants on
stage in front of the Redondo Pavilion surrounded by a large crowd of
bystanders. Two Pacific Electric red cars are visible in the
background.]
Box 3, Item 100
Redondo Beach Fashion Show and Bathing Beauty Parade,
1924
Physical Description: [10 x 62-1/4 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Weaver, number 3255-1.]
Box 3, Item 101
Entrants chosen for "Miss Los Angeles" at Ocean Park, California
Pageant,
1926
Physical Description: [10 x 42 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Weaver, number 5260-3.]
Box 3, Item 102
[Cast of John Steven McGroarty's Mission Play, standing in front
of the San Gabriel Mission, San Gabriel, California],
ca. 1924
Physical Description: [8 x 40-3/4 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Sanford and Black Photo News Service. The names of actors
Patia Powers [sic], Tyrone Powers [sic], R.D. McLean, and Frank
Staples are written on the verso.]
Box 3, Item 103
Mission Play, San Gabriel, With the Players,
undated
Physical Description: [9-3/4 x 47 inches (approx.).]
Note
[Photo by Keystone Cirkut Foto Company.]
Note
[Removed for conservation.]
Box 2, Item 104
John Greenleaf Whittier Birthday Banquet, the Ambassador [Hotel],
Los Angeles,
December 17, 1923
Physical Description: [10 x 20-1/2 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Weaver, number 2652.]
Box 2, Item 105
Mother's 89th Birthday, Hollywood, California,
May 16, 1930
Physical Description: [10 x 20 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Weaver.]
Box 2, Item 106
Entering the Double-Bow Knot, Halfway to the summit of Mt.
Tamalpais, California. Above the Golden Gate on the "Crookedest Railroad
in the World,"
undated
Physical Description: [7 x 28-1/4 inches.]
Note
[View of Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway cars with passengers
posed in front.]
Box 2, Item 107
[Group of unidentified men],
undated
Physical Description: [7-1/4 x 28-3/4 inches.]
Box 2, Item 107 copy 2
[Group of unidentified men],
undated
Physical Description: [7-1/4 x 28-3/4 inches.]
Note
[Includes handwritten identifications on attached pieces of
paper.]
Box 2, Item 108
[View of Ascot Park grandstand, Gardena, California],
1907
Physical Description: [10 x 32-1/2 inches]
Note
[Photo by California Panorama Company.]
Box 2, Item 109
[View of Ascot Park racetrack, Gardena, California],
1908
Physical Description: [7-3/4 x 35 inches.]
Note
[Photo by California Panorama Company.]
Box 2, Item 110
Healing Service at Balboa Park. [Aimee Semple] McPherson Revival,
ca. 1920s
Physical Description: [8 x 33-1/2 inches.]
Note
[Bunnell Photo Shop, San Diego. Title and two versos from the Bible
(Matthew 15:30-31) printed on recto.]
Box 3, Item 111
Opening ceremonies at Memorial Coliseum, Tenth Olympic Games, Los
Angeles,
1932
Physical Description: [10 x 48-3/4 inches.]
Box 2, Item 112
U.S. Battleship Maine,
June 22, 1911
Physical Description: [10 x 32 inches.]
Note
[Photo by G.H. Rice. View of the Maine in the cofferdam constructed in
Havana Harbor.]
Box 3, Item 113
52nd Balloon Co. Arcadia, California,
ca. 1918.
Physical Description: [8 x 53 inches.]
Note
[Group portrait.]
Box 3, Item 114
[View of Yosemite from the valley floor,
ca. 2000.]
Physical Description: [9 x 55 inches.]
Note
Ron Klein, photographer.
Box 3, Item 115
Third Annual Pacific Coast Pest Control Conference. For the
Advancement of Knowledge Among All Pest Control Operators of the Western
United States. February 22, 23, 24, 1940. University of California.
February 22, 23, 24, 1940.
Physical Description: [8 x 30 inches.]
Note
[Group portrait in front of unidentified building.]
Box 3, Item 116
Avenue District, Ventura, Calif.
February 8, 1927.
Physical Description: [10 x 58 inches.]
Note
B. Isensee, Photo. [View from hills looking down across residential
developments and groves].
Box 3, Item 117
Avenue Oil Field, Ventura, California - Looking north from Shell
gasoline plant.
March 15, 1927.
Physical Description: [10 x 51 3/4 inches.]
Note
B. Isensee, Photo No. 8
Box 3, Item 118
Unidentified agricultural scene of orchards, homes, and fields with hills in the distance, possibly in Fresno County, California,
undated
Physical Description: [8 x 47 inches.]
Note
[Photo by Laval and Ninnis, Fresno.]
Box 3, Item 119
7th Annual Rosicrucian Convention, July 1935, San Jose, Calif.
Physical Description: [8 x 43-3/4 inches.]
Note
Steiner, photographer. [Group portrait].
