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Title: Alice Gulick Gooch photographs,
Date (inclusive): 1899-1932
Collection number: MS-R024
Creator:
Gooch, Alice Gulick
Extent:
0.2 linear feet (1 box)
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract: This collection contains 131 photographs taken and developed by Alice Gulick Gooch
between 1899-1932. These photographs document various Southern California locations in
the counties of Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego;
however, the bulk of the photographs were taken in San Diego County.
Language:
English.
The collection is open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Alice Gulick Gooch Photographs. MS-R24. Special Collections, The UCI Libraries, Irvine, California.
Gift of Edna W. Phelps, August 1975. Background notes written by Mrs. Phelps are located in
the Phelps collection file, MS-R43.
Processed by Lynette Stoudt, October 1998.
Alice Gulick Gooch was one of four daughters of Martin Nicholas Gulick and his wife Annis
C. Phelps Gulick. The Gooch family moved from Illinois to California in the late 1880's.
It is unclear where the Gooch family first settled in California, but we do know that
they lived in National City in San Diego County for approximately 3 years (around 1899).
They later relocated to Corona due to a demand for Mr. Gooch's cirtus orchard fumigation
business.
It was while living in Corona that Alice Gulick Gooch discovered her love of photography.
She had her own dark room and did her own developing and printing. She even sold a few of
her prints to family members in California and Illinois. She often experimented in the
process of developing prints, which led her to produce more than one copy of the same
negative. This collection contains many of these duplicate prints, generally darker or
lighter versions of the original print.
According to notes made by the donor, Alice Gulick Gooch used to go up to the attic of
the Gooch home in Corona and take panoramic pictures from the window. This collection
contains panoramic prints of both "Old Baldy" (Mt. San Antonio) and the "Greyback
Mountains" (the San Gorgonio Mountains).
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection contains 131 photographs taken and developed by Alice Gulick Gooch
between 1899-1932. These photographs document various Southern California locations in
the counties of Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego;
however, the bulk of the photographs were taken in San Diego County.
Most of the photographs taken by Alice Gulick Gooch are of scenes or houses; very few
contain people. There are no portraits in this collection. Panoramic shots taken by Alice
Gulick Gooch are in folder 2 (Los Angeles County) under "Old Baldy" and in folder 3
(Orange County) under "Santa Ana Mountains." In order to see the entire panoramic image,
the researcher must place the set of images next to each other in the order noted on the
back of each print.
This collection contains multiple copies of some prints. Alice Gulick Gooch's
experimentation with developing techniques led her to develop the same print up to eight
times using different methods. These duplicates were retained in order to document
Gooch's photographic developing techniques; they are located in folder 8 at the end of
the collection.
Most of the information in the container list for this collection represents caption
information transcribed from the back of the photographs.
The following collection in Special Collections at the UCI Libraries contains related
materials:
- MS-R26, Gulick Family Photographs
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Gooch, Alice Gulick--Photograph collections.
Orange County (Calif.)--Photographs.
Orange County (Calif.)--Archival resources.
Los Angeles County (Calif.)--Photographs.
San Diego County (Calif.)--Photographs.
Photographic prints--California--San Diego County--19th century.
Photographers.
Other Index Terms Related to this Collection
Phelps, Edna W., 1905-, former owner.