Finding aid prepared by Sue Luftschein.
The Huntington Library
April 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
Creator:
Banning family.
Title: Banning Family Collection of Photographs, Part I
Dates: 1850-1979
Dates: (bulk 1880s-1910s)
Quantity: 8.91 linear feet, 11 boxes
Abstract: The Banning Family Collection of Photographs, Part I, consists of 996 black and white photographs, 82 glass plate negatives
(5 x 7 inches and 5 x 8 inches), and 1 scrapbook, 1855-1979 (bulk 1880s-1910s), collected by the Banning family and depicting
various family members and friends and family properties (residential and commercial), with an emphasis on Wilmington and
Santa Catalina Island, California. Of special significance are the Catalina photographs documenting the development of the
island from a natural enclave with a few inhabitants to a thriving tourist resort. Photographers represented in the collection
include G.O. Ayer; Joseph Brent Banning; Boye; Bradley and Rulofson; E.M. Brickey; Henry H. Buehman; Detroit Photographic
Company; George N. Dewey; Ida M. Essery; Hervey Friend; William H. Godfrey; A.C. Golsh; Lola L. Huddleston; Truman W. Ingersoll;
Charles Ironmonger; Keystone Photo Service; Theodore Marceau; Frank L. Park; J.R. Putnam; Putnam and Valentine; P.V. Reyes;
Frank G. Schumacher; Silas Selleck; Stagg Photography; George Steckel; Noren F. Swenson; Isaiah W. Taber; Louis Thors; C.B.
Waite; James D. Westervelt; and Charles A. Zimmerman.
Identification: photCL 180
Language of Material: English
Biographical Note
The Banning Family played a pivotal role in the development of southern California. Phineas Banning (1830-1885) immigrated
to California from Philadelphia in 1852, and soon became a partner in a freight and stage-line business that ran between San
Pedro and Los Angeles. He founded the settlement of Wilmington near San Pedro, which served as the hub of the Banning Company.
Banning’s many business interests included shipping, warehousing, real estate, and transportation services to Los Angeles
and inland areas. The Banning Company continued under the direction of Phineas’s sons, William, Joseph Brent (J.B.), and
Hancock, until the company dissolved in 1920.
The Banning Company purchased the majority interest in Santa Catalina Island in 1892 with the intention of developing the
site as a resort. In partnership with Dr. Charles Frederick Holder, the family turned Catalina into a renowned fishing destination.
The Bannings controlled Catalina Island until 1919 when they sold their controlling interest for $3.5 million dollars to chewing
gum magnate William Wrigley.
Scope and Contents
The Banning Family Collection of Photographs, Part I, consists of 996 black and white photographs, 82 glass plate negatives
(5 x 7 inches and 5 x 8 inches), and 1 scrapbook, 1855-1979 (bulk 1880s-1910s), collected by the Banning family and depicting
various family members and friends and family properties (residential and commercial), with an emphasis on Wilmington and
Santa Catalina Island, California.
The first section described in this finding aid contains portraits and snapshots of a number of Banning family members, including:
Phineas Banning; "Captain" William Banning; Hancock Banning, Sr.; Joseph Brent Banning, Jr.; Katharine Mary Banning; Joseph
Brent Banning, Sr.; William Phineas Banning; Hancock Banning, Jr.; Mrs. Anne (Hancock) Banning; William Lowber Banning; and
Katharine Stewart Banning. The most numerous are those of "Captain" Banning and Hancock Banning, Sr. Among these are photographs
of "Captain" Banning and his various carriages and stagecoaches (including his "six-in-hand" featured at La Fiesta de Los
Angeles in 1895 and at Yosemite National Park, the "Captain" and Will Rogers atop a stagecoach, and the "Captain" and Philip
K. Wrigley atop a stagecoach); and photographs of Hancock Banning at Bohemian Grove gatherings. Family portraits are followed
by images of various Banning residences, with an emphasis on the house in Wilmington, California; and views of Wilmington
and San Pedro, California, with many early views of these communities and many views of Banning properties.
Following the family images are views of Santa Catalina Island. These images document the development of the island from
a natural enclave with few inhabitants to a thriving tourist resort. Included are views of Avalon, from its beginnings as
a tent city to a fully developed tourist destination; the Isthmus; the fire at Avalon in 1915; Arch Rock and Sugar Loaf; roads
and road construction at various sites on the island; El Descanso, the home of Hancock Banning and later the site of the Hotel
St. Catherine (also depicted in this section); the incline cable car; Middle Ranch; rock quarries; stage roads and stagecoaches,
including the Santa Catalina Island Stage Company; and various ships, steamers, and glass bottom boats.
The next section depicts Banning family friends. Depicted are members of the Vail family (including Walter Vail); the Patton
family and their home, Lake Vineyard, in San Marino, California; the Ayer family; and a portrait of Howard Huntington and
his family.
The final two sections described contain miscellaneous images: miscellaneous individuals (such as Christine Mueller, daughter
of William Banning's shipbuilder, William Mueller, and Thaddeus Lowe in a Mount Lowe incline railway cable car); various ships
and boats; and views of Long Beach.
Many photos have annotations (often anecdotal) by Hancock Banning, Jr., on the verso.
Photographers represented in the collection include G.O. Ayer, Boston; Joseph Brent Banning; Boye; Bradley and Rulofson; E.M.
Brickey; Henry H. Buehman, Tucson; Detroit Photographic Company; George N. Dewey, Los Angeles; Ida M. Essery, St. Paul; Hervey
Friend; William H. Godfrey; A.C. Golsh; Lola L. Huddleston; Truman W. Ingersoll, St. Paul; Charles Ironmonger; Keystone Photo
Service; Theodore Marceau, San Francisco; Frank L. Park; J.R. Putnam; Putnam and Valentine; P.V. Reyes; Frank G. Schumacher;
Silas Selleck, San Francisco; Stagg Photography; George Steckel; Noren F. Swenson; Isaiah W. Taber; Louis Thors, San Francisco;
C.B. Waite; James D. Westervelt; Charles A. Zimmerman, St. Paul.
The collection also contains some ephemeral materials, primarily notes penned by Hancock Banning, Jr. These materials have
been preservation photocopied, the copies inserted into the collection, and the originals filed in Box 8.
Arrangement
The photographs were originally arranged and numbered in no apparent order. They have been arranged in this finding aid by
subject to facilitate access. Subjects are: Banning family members; Banning family residences; views of Wilmington and San
Pedro, California; views of Santa Catalina Island; friends of the Banning family; miscellaneous individuals; and miscellaneous
images.
Box Index
The contents of each box is as follows:
Box 1: Numbers 1-142
Box 2: Numbers 143-243
Box 3: Numbers 244-345
Box 4: Numbers 346-415
Box 5: Numbers 416-537.1
Box 6: Numbers 538-640
Box 7: Numbers 641-717
Box 8: Scrapbook and oversize item
Box 9: Glass plate negatives, numbers 216-232
Box 10: Glass plate negatives, numbers 233-252
Box 11: Glass plate negatives, numbers 671-717
Related Material
See also:
Identifier/Call Number: photCL 64,
Title:
Interior and exterior views of the William Banning Residence on Hoover Street, Los Angeles,
Huntington Library Photo Archives.
Identifier/Call Number: photCL 451,
Title:
Banning Family Collection of Photographs, Part II, 1814-1979 (bulk 1880-1920),
Huntington Library Photo Archives.
Identifier/Call Number: photCL 282,
Title:
Patton Family Collection of Negatives and Photographs, 1885-1945, (bulk 1895-1907),
Huntington Library Photo Archives.
Identifier/Call Number: mssBanning Company,
Title:
Records of the Banning Company, 1859-1948,
Huntington Library Manuscripts Department.
Index Terms
This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Persons:
Ayer, G. O.
Banning, Hancock, 1865-1925--Photographs.
Banning, Hancock, 1865-1925--Homes and haunts--Photographs.
Banning, Hancock, 1892-1982--Photographs.
Banning, Joseph Brent, 1861-1920, photographer.
Banning, Joseph Brent, 1889-1969--Photographs.
Banning, Katharine Mary--Photographs.
Banning, Katharine Stewart--Photographs.
Banning, Phineas, 1830-1885--Photographs.
Banning, Phineas, 1830-1885--Homes and haunts--Photographs.
Banning, William, 1858-1946--Photographs.
Banning, William Phineas--Photographs.
Boye.
Brickey, E. M.
Buehman, Henry, 1851-1912.
Dewey, George N.
Essery, Ida M.
Friend, Hervey.
Godfrey, W. M. (William Mollock), 1825-1900.
Golsh, A. C.
Huddleston, Lola L.
Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward), 1862-1922.
Ironmonger, Charles.
Lowe, T. S. C. (Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt), 1832-1913--Photographs.
Marceau, Theodore C., b. 1868.
Park, Frank L.
Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1856-1927--Homes and haunts--Photographs.
Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1856-1927--Photographs.
Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945--Photographs.
Putnam, J. R.
Reyes, P. V.
Rogers, Will, 1879-1935--Photographs.
Schumacher, Frank G., b. 1861.
Selleck, Silas.
Steckel, Geo. (George), b. 1864.
Swenson, Noren F.
Taber, I. W. (Isaiah West), 1830-1912.
Thors, Louis.
Waite, C. B.
Westervelt, James D., b. 1844.
Wrigley, Philip K. (Philip Knight), 1894-1977--Photographs.
Zimmerman, Charles A., 1844-1909.
Organizations:
Bradley and Rulofson.
Detroit Photographic Co.
Fiesta de Los Angeles--Photographs.
Hotel St. Catherine (Santa Catalina Island, Calif.)--Photographs.
Keystone Photo Service.
Middle Ranch (Santa Catalina Island, Calif.)--Photographs.
Putnam and Valentine.
Stagg Photographers (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Family Names:
Ayer family--Photographs.
Banning family--Homes and haunts--Photographs.
Huntington family--Photographs.
Patton family--Photographs.
Patton family--Homes and haunts--Photographs.
Vail family--Photographs.
Places:
Avalon (Calif.)--Photographs.
Bartlett Springs (Calif.)--Photographs.
Bohemian Grove (Calif.)--Photographs.
Long Beach (Calif.)--Photographs.
San Marino (Calif.)--Photographs.
San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Photographs.
Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)--Photographs.
Wilmington (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Photographs.
Two Harbors (Calif.)--Photographs.
Ventura County (Calif.)--Photographs.
Walnut (Calif.)--Photographs.
Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--Photographs.
Subjects:
Boats and boating--California--Santa Catalina Island--Photographs.
Breakwaters--Design and construction--California--San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Photographs.
Children--Photographs.
Chinese--California--Wilmington (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Photographs.
Disasters--California--Avalon--Photographs.
Fires--California--Avalon--Photographs.
Fishing--California--Santa Catalina Island--Photographs.
Glass bottom boats--California--Santa Catalina Island--Photographs.
Golf courses--California--Santa Catalina Island--Photographs.
Harbors--California--San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Photographs.
Harbors--California--Wilmington (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Photographs.
Mountain railroads--California--Santa Catalina Island--Photographs.
Passenger ships--California--Santa Catalina Island--Photographs.
Quarries and quarrying--California--Santa Catalina Island--Photographs.
Recreation--California--Santa Catalina Island--Photographs.
Roads--California--Santa Catalina Island--Photographs.
Roads--Design and construction--California--Santa Catalina Island--Photographs.
Ships--California--Photographs.
Shipyards--California--Wilmington (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Photographs.
Stagecoaches--California--Santa Catalina Island--Photographs.
Stagecoaches--California--Wilmington (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Photographs.
Storm surges--California--Avalon--Photographs.
Streets--California--Wilmington (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Photographs.
Warehouses--California--Wilmington (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Photographs.
Yachts--California--Santa Catalina Island--Photographs.
Document Types:
Cabinet photographs.
Clippings.
Cyanotypes.
Ephemera.
Negatives.
Notes.
Photographs.
Portraits.
Postcards.
Stereographs.
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
photCL 180, Banning Family Collection of Photographs, Part I, 1850-1979 (bulk 1880s-1910s).
Acquisition Information
The majority of the collection was donated by Mrs. Richard W. Call, September 26, 1982. Glass plate negatives were donated
by Robert Banning and other family members, November 22, 1985 and December 5, 1985. Patton family photographs were donated
by Robert Banning, Elizabeth Banning Ames, and Hancock Banning III, April 3, 1989.
The glass plate negatives were transferred from the Manuscripts Division, March 1986. Item numbers 253-640 were transferred
from the Manuscripts Division, 1988.
Processing Information
The collection was arranged and numbered by Huntington Staff in the 1980s. In April 2007, Sue Luftschein completed the rehousing,
performed preservation photocopying, and created this finding aid.
Physical Characteristics or Technical Requirements
Copy prints exist for the glass plate negatives. Arrangements for viewing negatives must be made with the Curator of Photographs.
Box 1, Item 1
Phineas Banning,
undated
Note
[Photo by Bradley and Rulofson.]
Box 3, Item 274
"Captain" William Banning,
1868
Note
[Photo by Silas Selleck, San Francisco.]
Physical Description: [Carte-de-visite.]
Box 1, Item 2
Bradley Sanatorium Benefit,
ca. 1904
Note
["Captain" William Banning, Hancock Banning and others in costume.]
Box 2, Item 148-159
"Captain" William Banning,
ca. 1920s,
undated
Note
[Photos by Taber; Phelps, San Pedro; Stagg; Boye; Keystone.]
Note
[Portraits; with stagecoaches.]
Note
[Number 159 removed for conservation.]
Physical Description: [148: carte-de-visite.]
Box 4, Item 364-370
La Fiesta de Los Angeles,
1895
Note
[Featuring "Captain" Banning's six-in-hand.]
Note
[Photos by C.B. Waite; Schumacher.]
Box 4, Item 387-409
"Captain" Banning's carriages,
ca. 1900,
ca. 1902,
ca. 1906,
ca. 1920,
1927,
ca. 1930,
ca. 1940,
undated
Note
[Includes views of Banning's six-in-hand on camping trips in Yosemite; images of Banning's various stagecoaches; Banning and
Will Rogers on Banning's stagecoach at the Los Angeles County Fair; Banning and Tony Machado on a stagecoach on the Diamond
Bar Ranch in Walnut, California; Banning and members of the Overland Stage Coach Club.]
Note
[Includes clipping from
Los Angeles Times about Banning and his stagecoach and letter from G.H. Banning about copies of a photograph of Banning's stagecoach.]
Note
[Photos by Keystone; Huddleston.]
Note
[Number 391 removed for conservation.]
Box 4, Item 410
"Captain" Banning,
ca. 1940
Box 7, Item 654
"Captain" Banning and P.K. Wrigley,
ca. 1935
Box 3, Item 275-286
Hancock Banning, Sr.,
1868,
ca. 1900,
1910,
1916-1920,
1922,
undated
Note
[Photos by Schumacher; Marceau, San Francisco.]
Note
[Includes photographs of Banning in Bartlett Springs; the Bartlett Springs Hotel; Bohemian Grove gathering.]
Box 1, Item 3-4
Banning family members,
ca. 1910s
Box 1, Item 17-27
Banning family members,
April 28, 1926
Note
[Group portraits on steps of Banning residence, Wilmington, and on stagecoach.]
Box 1, Item 113-121
Banning family members,
1893,
1895,
undated
Note
[Joseph Brent Banning, Jr. and Katharine Mary Banning; Joseph Brent Banning, Sr., Joseph Brent Banning, Jr., and William Phineas
Banning; Hancock Banning, Jr.; Mrs. Anne (Hancock) Banning; Hancock Banning, Sr.]
Note
[Photos by Schumacher.]
Box 2, Item 163-175
Banning family members,
1888-1890,
undated
Note
[William Lowber Banning; Katharine Stewart Banning; Mrs. William Lowber Banning; Lucy and Mary Banning.]
Note
[Number 173 annotated on reverse by Phineas Banning.]
Note
[Includes views of Conejo Ranch, Ventural County.]
Note
[Photos by C. A. Zimmerman, St. Paul; Louis Thors, San Francisco; Golsh]
Physical Description: [Number 165: cyanotype.]
Box 2, Item 182-192
Banning family members and friends,
1892-1893,
1899,
undated
Note
[Joseph Brent Banning, Jr.; Nita Patton; Kathryn Banning Graves; Alice Morse Banning; Mrs. William Phineas Banning; Isabelle
Lockwood; Lockwood family; "Blithewood," Asheville, North Carolina--home of Isabelle Lockwood.]
Note
[Photos by Essery, St. Paul; Ingersoll, St. Paul; Lindsey's, Asheville.]
Box 2, Item 233-236
Banning family at Conejo Ranch, Ventura County,
ca. 1890s
Physical Description: [Copy prints from glass plate negatives.]
Box 7, Item 641-649
Banning family members and friends on Catalina,
ca. 1900,
1902,
ca. 1910,
undated
Box 7, Item 650-653
Banning employees, Catalina,
undated
Box 7, Item 700-717
Banning and Patton family members,
undated
Note
[Most images taken on Catalina.]
Box 2, Item 160-162
Miscellaneous family images,
1887,
undated
Note
[Interior of "The Barn," William Banning's house at 31st and Hoover, Los Angeles; playacting a hold-up; the Barn, Wilmington.]
Note
[Photos by Golsh.]
Banning residences (Wilmington, Compton Ranch, Catalina)
Note
[See also section on Santa Catalina Island for views of Banning residences there.]
Box 1, Item 14-16
Banning residence, Wilmington,
undated
Note
[Views of the house and grounds.]
Box 2, Item 193-225
Banning residence, Wilmington,
ca. 1880,
1887-1888,
1905,
1912,
1927,
undated
Physical Description: [Numbers 193-213: Copy prints from original photographs. Numbers 216-225: copy prints from glass plate negatives.]
Note
[House and grounds; family members in and around grounds and gardens.]
Note
[No numbers 214, 215.]
Box 7, Item 671-687
Banning residence, Wilmington,
undated
Physical Description: [Copy prints from glass plate negatives.]
Box 4, Item 411-415
Halfway House, Compton Ranch,
ca. 1920
Views of Wilmington and San Pedro
Box 1, Item 5
Motorcade [on Canal Avenue?], Wilmington,
ca. 1920s
Note
[Santa Catalina Island Company warehouse in background.]
Note
[Photo by Keystone Photo Service.]
Box 1, Item 8
Wharf [at Wilmington? Catalina?],
undated
Box 1, Item 9-13
Views of Wilmington,
1911-1912
Box 2, Item 226-232
Views of Wilmington and San Pedro,
ca. 1877,
ca. 1880,
ca. 1885,
undated
Note
[Chinese laundry; Mr. Valentine, employee of Phineas Banning, on porch of unidentifed office; Canal Street wharf; San Pedro
harbor.]
Box 3, Item 280-316.1
Views of Wilmington,
ca. 1865,
1875-1877,
ca. 1905,
ca. 1910,
1912,
1924,
ca. 1930,
1944,
undated
Note
[Banning industrial properties in Wilmington (quartermaster's barn, Freis and A Streets); Wilmington terminal of Los Angeles
and San Pedro Railroad; stores and machine shops; Canal Street; Main Street; portrait of George Joseph Smart, Banning Company
accountant; first battleship through Panama Canal docked at foot of Avalon Boulevard; Episcopal Church; Mormon Island.]
Note
[Photos by Godfrey; Joseph Brent Banning.]
Box 3, Item 317-345
Views of San Pedro,
1850,
ca. 1872-1878,
1895,
1899-1905,
1908,
undated
Note
[Harbor; Timm's Landing; Deadman's Island and first breakwater; Los Angeles and San Pedro Railroad locomotives and tug boat;
Southern Pacific Railroad depot; breakwater construction.]
Note
[Photos by Godfrey; Joseph Brent Banning.]
Santa Catalina Island
Note
[See also section on Banning family residences for additional Banning homes.]
Box 1, Item 28-112
Views of Santa Catalina Island,
1886,
1892,
1902,
1915,
1918,
undated
Note
[Includes landscapes; Indian mortar holes; mountain incline railway; views of Avalon and the harbor; Hotel Metropole; yachts;
Hotel St. Catherine; steamships; 1915 fire; Banning home, El Descanso; Little Harbor; Johnson's Landing;
S.S. Avalon; Joseph Brent Banning memorial; the barracks at the Isthmus; the Isthmus, with photographs of potential development sites
there; construction of infrastructure at the Isthmus; Camp Eagle Nest; Middle Ranch.]
Note
[Photos by Swenson; Dewey; P.V. Reyes; Putnam and Valentine; Herve Friend; Putnam; Park and Company.]
Note
[Numbers 36, 37 removed for conservation.]
Box 2, Item 237-243
The Isthmus, Santa Catalina Island,
ca. 1890,
undated
Physical Description: [Copy prints from glass plate negatives.]
Note
[Photos by Joseph Brent Banning.]
Box 5, Item 416-423
Ships at Avalon,
1887-ca. 1904
Note
[Photos by P.V. Reyes; Swenson.]
Box 5, Item 424-476
Views of Avalon,
ca. 1885-1911
Note
[Includes view of damage done by 1905 storm.]
Note
[Photos by P.V. Reyes; Dewey, Los Angeles; E.M. Brickey.]
Box 5, Item 477-497
Avalon fire,
November 1915
Box 5, Item 506-509
The Isthmus,
ca. 1913,
undated
Note
[Photos by Swenson; Joseph Brent Banning; P.V. Reyes.]
Box 5, Item 510-516a
Roads and road building,
1900-1908
Box 5, Item 517-530
El Descanso [Hancock Banning family home, Catalina Island],
1896-ca. 1920
Note
[Views of the house and grounds. Includes piece of stationery with "El Descanso/Avalon Santa Catalina Island" imprinted.]
Note
[Photos by P.V. Reyes; Ironmonger.]
Box 5, Item 531-537.1
Hotel St. Catherine,
ca. 1917
Note
[Views of the hotel and blasting for the roadway.]
Box 6, Item 538-540
Golf links,
ca. 1900
Note
[Photos by Swenson.]
Box 6, Item 544-547
Incline cable car,
ca. 1902-1908
Note
[Photos by P.V. Reyes.]
Note
[Numbers 542, 543, 546 missing as of April 2007.]
Box 6, Item 555-564
Serpentine rock quarry,
ca. 1900-1902
Note
[Photos by Swenson.]
Box 6, Item 565-566
Serpentine stone, Cottonwood Canyon,
1907
Box 6, Item 567-572
Stage road views,
ca. 1895-1896,
1899,
undated
Note
[Includes views of "Captain" Banning driving his stagecoach.]
Note
[Photos by Detroit Photographic Company; Swenson; Ironmonger.]
Note
[Number 575 removed for conservation.]
Box 6, Item 573-590
Santa Catalina Island Stage Company,
ca. 1900-1905
Note
[T.J. Green, proprietor and driver. Views of stagecoaches and the stage road.]
Note
[Photos by Swenson; Detroit Photographic Company; C.B. Waite.]
Box 6, Item 591
First automobile on Catalina,
ca. 1902
Box 6, Item 593-603
Ships and boats,
1884,
1887,
1889,
ca. 1900,
undated
Note
[Photos by E.M. Brickey]
Box 6, Item 604-612.1
Glass bottom boats,
ca. 1905
Note
[No print for number 612.]
Box 6, Item 613-640
Various outings on Catalina,
ca. 1916,
1919
Note
[Unidentified individuals sailing, at picnics.]
Box 8, Item Scrapbook
Santa Catalina Island,
1978-1979,
undated
Note
[Scrapbook containing copy prints of views of Catalina originally published by M. Rieder, including views of Avalon and Avalon
Bay, El Descanso (home of Hancock Banning); various beaches and landscape scenes. The scrapbook also contains George S. Pattons,
Jr.'s calling card; memo to the heirs of Mary Banning Norris in regards to the sale of Banning family property in Wilmington
and a note in regards to the memo by Hancock Banning; and a press release from the Historic Lexington [Virginia] Foundation
about the opening of the Jackson House.]
Friends of the Banning Family
Box 1, Item 122-137
Vail family members,
1889,
1891,
undated
Note
[Walter Vail; Mrs. Walter Vail; Russell Vail; Walter Vail, Jr.; William Banning Vail; Mary Vail; Mahlon Vail; Margaret Vail.]
Note
[Photos by Westervelt; Schumacher; H. Buehman, Tucson.]
Box 1, Item 138-142
Patton family members,
undated
Note
[Beatrice Ayer Patton; George S. Patton, Jr.; George S. Patton, III.]
Note
[Photos by Lothrop and Cunningham, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.]
Box 3, Item 244-252
Patton family,
ca. 1898,
1900,
1901,
undated
Note
[Family groups at Lake Vineyard, Patton family estate in San Marino, California; Banning and Patton families on Catalina.]
Physical Description: [Copy prints from glass plate negatives.]
Box 7, Item 660-669
Patton and Ayers families,
undated
Note
[George S. Patton, Sr.; Beatrice Banning Ayer Patton; Frederick Ayer; George S. Patton, Jr.; cadet barracks, Virginia Military
Institute; Nita Patton; Mrs. Ayers (?).]
Note
[Photos by Hemenway; Steckel.]
Box 7, Item 688-699
Patton family at Lake Vineyard, San Marino, California,
1897,
undated
Physical Description: [Copy prints from glass plate negatives.]
Box 2, Item 147
Lake Vineyard [Patton Family estate, San Marino, California] interior,
undated
Box 3, Item 253-271
Lake Vineyard [Patton family estate, San Marino, California] and Patton family,
ca. 1888,
ca. 1894,
1900,
ca. 1920,
undated
Note
[Photos by L.J. Mitchell.]
Note
[Includes portraits of Susan Glassell Patton (Mrs. William Demoyne Wills) and William Demoyne Wills.]
Note
[No numbers 269, 272-273.]
Box 7, Item 655-658
Lake Vineyard [Patton family estate, San Marino, California], San Marino,
undated
Note
[Views of the grounds and haying.]
Note
[No number 659.]
Box 7, Item 670
Howard Huntington and family,
ca. 1910
Miscellaneous Individuals
Box 1, Item 6
Unidentified group of men standing by Banning stagecoach and automobile,
ca. 1920s
Note
[Photo by Keystone Photo Service.]
Box 1, Item 7
Miss Christine Mueller christening the Catalina steamer
Avalon in the shipyard of her father William Mueller, shipbuilder to William Banning,
undated
Box 2, Item 143-146.1
Miscellaneous portraits,
1886,
1896,
undated
Note
[Dora Jane Flood; William G. Halstead; Sacramento Relief Committee; unidentified baby.]
Note
[Photo by Marceau, San Francisco.]
Note
[Number 146.1 rehoused in Box 8.]
Box 4, Item 373-386.
Miscellaneous people,
ca. 1892,
1909,
ca. 1915,
undated
Note
[Includes photograph of the Mount Lowe incline railway cable car with Thaddeus Lowe, George S. Patton Sr., and George S. Patton,
Jr.; George Lathrop; Sidney Wailes; Adelaide Brown; Mrs. Randolph Huntington Miner; Robert Ingraham; Fritz Demuler (?); N.W.
Bell; Hobart Glassell Brown; Bill McCay.]
Box 2, Item 176-181
Ships and boats,
undated
Note
[The
Companero, William Banning's yacht; sinking ships; steamship New York; sailing ships in Boston harbor; ship being built.]
Note
[Photos by Scott; William B. Holmes, New York; G.O. Ayer, Boston.]
Physical Description: [Number 181: stereograph.]
Box 4, Item 346-350
Views of Long Beach,
ca. 1880,
1887,
ca. 1925,
undated
Note
[Long Beach Hotel; Wilmington-Long Beach Rapid Transit railroad car; Long Beach harbor.]
Note
[Photos by Joseph Brent Banning.]
Box 4, Item 351-363
Ships,
1884,
ca. 1890,
ca. 1900,
undated
Note
[Photos by J.H. Easton; Joseph Brent Banning.]
Box 4, Item 371
Unidentified train in unidentified location,
undated
Box 4, Item 372
Teams unloading wheat at the Southern Pacific Milling Company warehouse, Paso Robles,
October 24, 1895
