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William C. Barry Collection of Los Angeles Area Photographs, ca. 1886-1910
BANC PIC 1964.056--PIC
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Collection Title: William C. Barry Collection of Los Angeles Area Photographs,
Date: ca. 1886-1910
Collection Number: BANC PIC 1964.056--PIC
Extent:
76 black and white photographs
61 digital objects
Collector:
Barry, William C.
Repository:
The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley.
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Languages Represented:
English
Collection is open for use.
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish photographs must be submitted
in writing to the Curator of Pictorial Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library
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 by the reader.
Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted
to research and educational purposes.
[Identification of item],
William C. Barry Collection of Los Angeles Area Photographs, BANC PIC 1964.056--PIC, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Digital Representations Available
Digital representations of selected original pictorial materials are available in the list of materials below. Digital image files were prepared from selected Library originals by the Library Photographic Service. Library originals were
copied onto 35mm color transparency film; the film was scanned and transferred to Kodak Photo CD (by Custom Process); and
the Photo CD files were color-corrected and saved in JFIF (JPEG) format for use as viewing files.
The William C. Barry Collection of Los Angeles Area Photographs was a gift of Mr. Barry in 1963.
The Barry Collection contains 76 photographs spanning circa 1860 to circa 1910. The subject matter is primarily early street
transportation in Los Angeles, including horse-drawn, cable, and electric cars and a trackless trolley in Laurel Canyon. Also
included is a photograph of a two-level trolley in San Diego. Other subjects include Los Angeles street scenes and buildings;
an auto race at Ascot Park; views of Mt. Lowe, Mt. Wilson, San Pedro Harbor, La Jolla caves, the Hotel Del Coronado, Mission
Santa Barbara, Redlands, Riverside, Long Beach, Avalon Bay, Catalina Island, and Tijuana, Mexico. The collection also contains
two photographs of paintings or lithographs. Though the photographers are not indicated, many of the prints bear the stamp
or inscription of photographic studios, including Frank L. Park, C.C. Pierce, Park & Company, and Slocum. The prints originally
made up an album which was obtained by Barry from an unidentified friend.