Mount Wilson Photograph Collection: Finding Aid
Finding aid prepared by Brooke M. Black, September 11, 2012.
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical
Gardens
Photo Archives
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San Marino, California 91108
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Overview of the Collection
Title: Mount Wilson Photograph Collection
Dates (inclusive): Approximately 1896
Collection Number: photCL 193
Creator:
Stiffler & Gill.
Extent: 17 photographs in 1 box ; mounts 21.5 x 16.5 cm
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Photo Archives
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2129
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This small collection contains 17 "On Pasadena and Mount Wilson Toll Road" card photographs taken by Stiffler & Gill around
1896 of the Mount Wilson area in the San Gabriel Mountains, California.
Many of the scenes include historic camp sites including Strain's and Martin's camps.
Language: English.
Access
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Administrative Information
Publication Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to
quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such
activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is
one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. Mount Wilson Photograph Collection, The Huntington
Library, San Marino, California.
Provenance
Purchased from Dawson's, January 1974.
Scope and Content
This small collection contains 17 commercial card photographs taken by Stiffler & Gill around 1896 promoting outdoor recreational
activities and the natural scenery around Mount Wilson in the San Gabriel Mountains of Southern California.
Many of the scenes include historic camp sites including Strain's and Martin's camps, often depicting people amid tents and
engaged in recreational activities.
Each of the photographs has the title "On Pasadena and Mount Wilson Toll Road" stamped on the mount.
Approximate collection date devised by cataloger; Frank M. Stiffler and R. B. Gill only appear as partners in the 1896 Los
Angeles City Directory.
Item titles based on handwritten notes on photograph versos; cataloger-supplied descriptions are in square brackets.
Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Subjects
Mount Wilson
Trail.
Camp sites, facilities, etc. --
California -- San Gabriel Mountains -- Photographs.
Trails -- California -- San Gabriel
Mountains -- Photographs.
Trails -- California -- Wilson, Mount
(Mountain) -- Photographs.
San Gabriel Mountains
(Calif.) -- Photographs.
Wilson, Mount (Calif. :
Mountain) -- Photographs.
Forms/Genres
Photographs -- California -- 20th
century.
Alternate Authors
Stiffler & Gill, photographer,
photographer.
Item 1
“On Pasadena and Mount Wilson Toll Road.” [View of mountains].
Item 2
“On Pasadena and Mount Wilson Toll Road.” [View of mountains].
Item 3
“On Pasadena and Mount Wilson Toll Road.” [View of mountains with man].
Item 4
“On Pasadena and Mount Wilson Toll Road.” [View of mountains].
Item 5
“On Pasadena and Mount Wilson Toll Road.” On verso: “Strain’s Cabin, built in 1889. Strain’s Camp, Wilson’s Peak.” [View
of camp and people].
Item 6
“On Pasadena and Mount Wilson Toll Road.” On verso: “Strain’s Camp, Wilson’s Peak.” [View of camp and people playing croquet].
Item 7
“On Pasadena and Mount Wilson Toll Road.” On verso: “Martin’s Camp, Mt. Wilson.” [View of camp and people].
Item 8
“On Pasadena and Mount Wilson Toll Road.” On verso: “Martin’s Camp, Ca. 1900, Mt. Wilson.” [View of people in front of structure].
Item 9
“On Pasadena and Mount Wilson Toll Road.” On verso: “Martin’s Camp, Mt. Wilson, Ca. 1900.” [View of people and structures].
Item 10
“On Pasadena and Mount Wilson Toll Road.” On verso: “Martin’s Camp, Mt. Wilson.” [View of people, structures and tent].
Item 11
“On Pasadena and Mount Wilson Toll Road.” On verso: “Martin’s Camp, Mt. Wilson.” [View of tents].
Item 12
“On Pasadena and Mount Wilson Toll Road.” On verso: “Martin’s Camp, Mt. Wilson.” [View of camp].
Item 13
“On Pasadena and Mount Wilson Toll Road.” On verso: “Martin’s Camp, Ca 1900.” [View of people and structures].
Item 14
“On Pasadena and Mount Wilson Toll Road.” On verso: “Gathering water at spring between Martin’s Camp and Mt. Wilson?” [View
of men and a burro
getting water at a stream].
Item 15
“On Pasadena and Mount Wilson Toll Road.” [View of a man in the mountains in snow].
Item 16
“On Pasadena and Mount Wilson Toll Road.” [View of a man in the mountains in snow, possibly carrying camera equipment].
Item 17
“On Pasadena and Mount Wilson Toll Road.” On verso: "Strain's Camp. Campers outside their hut."
