Glendora Historical Society Collection of B.D. Jackson Photographs and Negatives: Finding
Aid
Finding aid prepared by Sue Luftschein.
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Photo Archives
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2129
Email: rarebooks@huntington.org
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© November 10, 2006
The Huntington Library. All rights reserved.
Overview of the Collection
Title: Glendora Historical Society Collection of B.D. Jackson Photographs and Negatives
Dates (inclusive): 1893-1951
Bulk dates: 1920s-1930s
Collection Number: photCL 448
Collector:
Glendora Historical Society
Extent:
6.23 linear feet, 7 boxes
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Photo Archives
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2129
Email: rarebooks@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: The Glendora Historical Society of B.D. Jackson Photographs and Negatives consists of 1202 black-and-white and color photographs
(including postcards, stereographs, mounted photographs, and photograph albums)
and 202 black-and-white and color negatives created by Southern California photographer B.D. Jackson (ca. 1850-1937) and/or
collected by Jackson, his wife Cora, and his stepdaughter Ruth, between 1893 and 1951 (bulk 1920s-1930s). The collection
provides a broad overview of the growth of many
of the San Gabriel Valley's suburban communities as well as a survey of many notable landscapes of California and the American
West. It also gives an overview of Jackson's career as a commercial, landscape, and scenic view photographer,
and contains family photographs. The collection supplements and complements the B.D. Jackson Collection of Negatives and
Photographs (photCL 332). Many of the negatives in the Jackson Collection exist in print form in the
Glendora Collection, and many of the images in the Glendora Collection round out series in the Jackson Collection.
Language of Material: English
Administrative Information
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
Glendora Historical Society Collection of B.D. Jackson Photographs and Negatives. The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Provenance
The Glendora Historical Society donated parts of the collection in 1969; the remainder was donated by Mrs. T.F. Wettstein
from the estate of Mrs. Max L. [Ruth Jackson] Green, November 1976.
The provenance of individual items is unclear.
Processing Information
In November 2006, Sue Luftschein rehoused, numbered and arranged the collection, and created this finding aid. Some ephemeral
materials were preservation photocopied during rehousing.
Access
Advance arrangements for viewing the unprinted negatives in the collection must be made with the Curator of Photographs. The
collection is open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information,
please visit the Huntington's website:
www.huntington.org.
Biographical Note
Bradford "Dan" Jackson (1850/51-1937) was born in Sullivan, Ohio around 1850. He began his career as a portrait photographer
in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
In 1901, in search of a better climate, he moved to Pomona, California where he purchased a portrait studio. In addition
to portrait work, he began photographing the surrounding towns and the mountains
and beaches of Southern California. Jackson lived and worked at various times in Pomona, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Hollywood,
La Canada, Glendora, La Crescenta, and Glendale, all of which figure in his work.
Eventually he gave up the portrait aspect of the business and concentrated on landscape views for the production of stereographs
and postcards. As he said, "Views don't talk back."
Jackson was one of the first photographers to document the construction and completion of the Angeles Crest Highway, and his
images of the Montrose-La Crescenta flood of 1934 were used by Los Angeles County
officials to document the drainage patterns of the mountains.
Scope and Contents
The Glendora Historical Society of B.D. Jackson Photographs and Negatives consists of 1202 black-and-white and color photographs
(including postcards, stereographs, mounted photographs, and photograph albums) and 202 black-and-white and color negatives
created by B.D. Jackson and/or collected by Jackson, his wife Cora, and his stepdaughter Ruth, 1893-1951 (bulk 1920s-1930s).
The collection provides a broad overview of the growth of many of the San Gabriel Valley's suburban communities as well as
a survey of notable landscapes of California and the American West. It also gives an overview of Jackson's career as a commercial,
landscape, and scenic view photographer, and contains Jackson family photographs. The collection supplements and complements
the B.D. Jackson Collection of Negatives and Photographs (photCL 332). Many of the negatives in the Jackson Collection exist
in print form in the Glendora Collection, and many of the images in the Glendora Collection round out series in the Jackson
Collection.
The first part of the collection concentrates on many of the San Gabriel Valley's growing communities and scenic landscapes,
including Glendale, Eagle Rock, La Canada Flintridge, La Crescenta, Pasadena, Glendora, and the San Gabriel Mountains. Photographs
of Glendale, Eagle Rock, La Canada Flintridge, La Crescenta, and Glendora include panoramic views. The Pasadena images include
an early photograph album of Jackson's images of Busch Gardens, and views of Arroyo Seco Canyon. The photographs of Glendora
include numerous residential street scenes, and views of the grounds of Judge Charles Silent's home. The San Gabriel Mountains
photographs include a large number of the series of the newly-completed Angeles Crest Highway; views of Camp Coldbrook; Big
Pines; and Mount Lowe and Mount Wilson (including many views of the Granite Gate on the Mount Lowe Railway).
Images of the San Fernando Valley include views of Sunland; Tujunga Canyon; the ruins of the St. Francis Dam; and Chatsworth
Park Lake and Twin Lakes. Images of Los Angeles County include views of the Bernheimer Gardens in Pacific Palisades; views
of Antelope Valley; and photographs of Vasquez Rocks.
Jackson also ventured beyond the San Gabriel Valley and Los Angeles County for landscape views; these include views of Palm
Canyon, Joshua Tree National Park, and Painted Canyon in Riverside County; Lake Tahoe and Palisades Glacier in the Sierra
Nevada Mountains; Yosemite National Park; Mount Rainier; Yellowstone; and Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon in Utah.
The collection also contains work created before Jackson's move to California in 1901, such as "Jackson's World's Fair Views,"
a small photograph album of 26 views of the World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago, 1893); miscellaneous views of Lake Michigan;
and portraits created in his Grand Rapids studio.
The latter part of the collection contains personal photographs taken by Jackson and members of his extended family. Included
are a photograph album with snapshots documenting a number of the photographic trips Jackson took in the 1930s.
A presumably early photograph album showcasing B.D. Jackson's work can be found at the end of the collection. It contains
26 prints depicting primarily residential and commercial interiors.
The collection also contains miscellaneous manuscript material in the form of notebooks containing scraps of information on
Jackson's stereograph series and real estate purchases.
In addition to snapshots taken by, presumably, Cora and Ruth Jackson, the collection contains images by Angeleno Photo Service,
Frasher's Fotos, and "HWM."
Arrangement
The collection is arranged geographically and by subject. Original ephemeral materials have been placed at the end of the
collection.
Related Material
This collection complements and supplements the
B.D. Jackson Collection of Negatives and Photographs (photCL 332),
also in the Huntington's Photograph Archives.
It contains similar and related subjects, photographic prints of many of the Jackson Collection's unprinted negatives, and
photographs of Jackson and his extended family.
Index Terms
Persons:
Jackson, B.D.
Jackson, Cora--Photographs.
Green, Ruth Jackson--Photographs.
Silent, Charles, Judge--Homes and haunts--Photographs.
Organizations:
Angeleno Photo Service.
Frashers Inc.
Mount Lowe Railway--Photographs.
World’s Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)--Photographs.
Places:
Angeles Crest Highway (Calif.)--Photographs.
Antelope Valley (Calif.)--Photographs.
Arroyo Seco (Calif.)--Photographs.
Big Pines Camp (Calif.)--Photographs.
Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah)--Photographs.
Busch Gardens (Pasadena, Calif.)--Photographs.
Camp Coldbrook (San Gabriel Mountains, Calif.)--Photographs.
Eagle Rock (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Photographs.
Glendale--Photographs.
Glendora (Calif.)--Photographs.
Joshua Tree National Park (Calif.)--Photographs.
La Canada Flintridge (Calif.)--Photographs.
La Crescenta (Calif.) --Photographs.
Los Angeles County (Calif.)--Photographs.
Lowe, Mount (Los Angeles County, Calif.)--Photographs.
Mount Baldy (Calif.)--Photographs.
Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.)--Photographs.
Orange County (Calif.)--Photographs.
Palisade Glacier (Calif.)--Photographs.
Palm Canyon (Palm Springs, Calif.)--Photographs.
Pasadena (Calif.)--Photographs.
Red Rock Canyon State Park (Calif.)--Photographs.
Riverside County (Calif.)--Photographs.
Saint Francis Dam (Calif.)--Photographs.
San Gabriel Mountains (Calif.)--Photographs.
Santa Ana Canyon (Calif.)--Photographs.
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)--Photographs.
Sunland (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Photographs.
Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.)--Photographs.
Tujunga (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Photographs.
Utah--Photographs.
Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park (Calif.)--Photographs.
Wilson, Mount (Calif.)--Photographs.
Yellowstone National Park--Photographs.
Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--Photographs.
Zion National Park (Utah)--Photographs.
Subjects:
Adobe houses--California--Photographs.
Cactus--California--Glendale--Photographs.
Campers (Persons)--California--San Gabriel Mountains (Calif.)--Photographs.
Canyons--California--Los Angeles County (Calif.)--Photographs.
Canyons--California--San Gabriel Mountains (Calif.)--Photographs.
Canyons--California--Riverside County (Calif.)--Photographs.
Children--Photographs.
Dwellings--Photographs.
Earthquakes--California--Santa Barbara--1925--Photographs.
Floods--California--La Crescenta--1934--Photographs.
Floods--California--Montrose--1934--Photographs.
Interiors--Photographs.
Joshua tree--California--Photographs.
Missions--California--Photographs.
Panoramas--California--Eagle Rock--Photographs.
Panoramas--California--Glendale--Photographs.
Panoramas--California--La Crescenta--Photographs.
Panoramas--California--La Canada--Photographs.
Yucca--California--Photographs.
Document Types:
Black-and-white negatives.
Clippings.
Leaflets.
Notebooks.
Notes.
Positives.
Photographs.
Photograph albums.
Postcards.
Snapshots.
Stereographs.
Box 1, Item 1-3
Panoramic views of Glendale,
ca. 1915
Box 1, Item 3.1-3.2
Adobes,
undated
Note
[Photographic postcards by Angeleno Photo Service.]
Box 1, Item 4-5
Panoramic views of Eagle Rock,
ca. 1915
Box 1, Item 6-14
Panoramic views of La Canada,
1911-1918, undated
Box 1, Item 15
First Community Church,
undated
Box 1, Item 16-16A
La Canada garage,
undated
Box 1, Item 17-20
St. Luke's of the Mountains,
undated
Physical Description: [Negatives only.]
Box 1, Item 21-23
Montrose-La Crescenta flood,
1934
Note
[See also photCL 332 folder 64 (1-40).]
Box 1, Item 23.1
Panorama of La Crescenta,
1920
Box 1, Item 24-32
"Photograph Postcards of the Busch Gardens, Pasadena,"
undated
Note
[Small photograph album with handwritten title page. For original negatives, see photCL 448 folder 9 (15-17).]
Box 1, Item 33
Tournament of Roses parade,
undated
Note
[See also photCL 332 folder 9, folder 15.]
Box 1, Item 34-40
Arroyo Seco Canyon,
1930, undated
Physical Description: [Numbers 35-40 negatives only.]
Note
[Includes original envelope (eph 1).]
Box 1, Item 41-46
Street scenes,
undated
Note
[See also photCL 332 folder 12 (16-18).]
Box 1, Item 47-51
Judge Charles Silent's home,
undated
Note
[See also photCL 332 folder 12 (19-40).]
Box 1, Item 52-56
Orange groves,
1911, undated
Box 1, Item 57
Glendora Citrus Association building,
undated
Box 1, Item 59-140
Angeles Crest Highway,
1931-1933
Note
[See also photCL 332 folder 19 (74-78); photCL 332 folder 64 (41-89).]
Note
[Includes photograph album compiled by Jackson, and leaflet by Jackson (eph 2).]
Box 2, Item 141-191
Camp Coldbrook,
1911, undated
Note
[Seel also photCL 332 folder 19 (30-59). Original negatives for numbers 159-161, photCL 332 folders 19 (31, 34, 35).]
Note
[Numbers 145, 149, 171, 189 postcards addressed to or sent by Ruth Jackson. Numbers 147 and 148 depict B.D., Cora, and Ruth
Jackson.]
Box 2, Item 192-202
Big Pines,
1930
Note
[Includes original envelope with Jackson's notes (eph 3). See also photCL 332 folder 19A.]
Physical Description: [Negatives only.]
Box 2, Item 203-211
Mount Lowe and Mount Wilson,
undated
Note
[Number 205 souvenir postcard; number 206 photographic postcard by the Howland and Dewey Co.]
Box 2, Item 212-214
Mount Baldy,
1907, undated
Note
[See also photCL 332 folder 21.]
Box 2, Item 215-222
Miscellaneous San Gabriel Mountains,
undated
Note
[Includes Mint Canyon, Switzer's Chapel, Orchard Camp.]
Note
[Original negatives for numbers 216, 217, 218, 221: photCL 332 folder 19 (1, 60, 62N, 118).]
Box 2, Item 223-230
Sunland,
February 8, 1931, undated
Physical Description: [Numbers 224-229 negatives only; number 230 positive.]
Box 2, Item 231-236
Tujunga Canyon,
February 9, 1930
Note
[See also photCL 332 folder 4 (7-10).]
Physical Description: [Negatives only.]
Box 2, Item 237-243
St. Francis Dam,
undated
Note
[See also photCL 332 folder 31 (1-3.1).]
Note
[Negatives for numbers 239, 240, 241.]
Physical Description: [Numbers 242-243 negatives only.]
Box 2, Item 244-247
Chatsworth Park Lake and Twin Lakes,
1930
Note
[Includes original envelope (eph 4).]
Physical Description: [Negatives only.]
Los Angeles County Miscellaneous
Box 2, Item 248-248A
Pershing Square,
undated
Note
[See also photCL 332 folder 40 (3-4).]
Box 2, Item 249
View from Griffith Park,
undated
Box 2, Item 250
Elysian Park,
February 23, 1930
Physical Description: [Negative only.]
Box 2, Item 251
Sunset at Santa Monica,
undated
Note
[See also photCL 332 folder 43.]
Physical Description: [Negative only.]
Box 2, Item 252-255
Bernheimer Gardens, Pacific Palisades,
February 23, 1930
Physical Description: [Negatives only.]
Box 2, Item 256-258
Las Flores Canyon [Malibu?],
February 23, 1930
Physical Description: [Negatives only.]
Box 2, Item 259
Avalon Harbor,
undated
Note
[See also photCL 332 folder 33 (1-27).]
Physical Description: [Negative.]
Box 2, Item 264-266
Noah Beery's Paradise Mountain Resort and Trout Preserve,
ca. 1931
Note
[Souvenir postcards collected by Ruth Green? Number 266 has Noah Beery autograph addressed to Max Green.]
Box 2, Item 267-276
Vasquez Rocks,
February 16, 1930, undated
Note
[See also photCL 332 folder 34 (12-14.2).]
Physical Description: [Numbers 267-275 negatives only.]
Box 2, Item 277
Agua Dulce Canyon,
undated
Note
[See also photCL 332 folder 34 (1-1.22).]
Box 2, Item 278-279
Santa Ana Canyon,
undated
Box 2, Item 280-282
Palm Canyon,
February 27-28, 1926
Note
[See also photCL 332 folder 48 (28-59).]
Physical Description: [Numbers 281-282 negatives only.]
Box 2, Item 283-288
Joshua Tree National Park,
January 26, 1930
Physical Description: [Negatives only.]
Box 2, Item 289
Palms to Pines Highway,
undated
Note
[Photographic postcard by Frasher's Fotos.]
Box 2, Item 290-299
Painted Canyon,
undated
Note
[See also photCL 332 folder 34 (15-19.23).]
Physical Description: [Numbers 295-299 negatives only.]
Box 2, Item 300-312
Red Rock Canyon,
undated
Note
[Original negatives for numbers 303, 305, 306, 310-310A, 311-311A, 312: photCL 332 folder 34 (2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11.]
Santa Barbara Earthquake
Note
[See also photCL 332 folder 30.]
Box 2, Item 313-318
Stereographs of the Santa Barbara earthquake,
June 29, 1925
Note
[Original negatives: photCL 332 folder 30 (1, 36, 28, 35, 41, 46).]
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Note
[See also photCL folder 35.]
Box 2, Item 319-328
Stereographs of Lake Tahoe,
undated
Note
[Original negatives: photCL 332 folder 30 (15, 18, 19, 24, 26, 27, 30, 31, 35).]
Box 3, Item 329-334
Palisades Glacier,
undated
Note
[Original negative for number 329: photCL 332 folder 35 (7).]
Box 3, Item 335-348
Souvenir views of Palisades Glacier and surrounding area,
undated
Note
[Photographs by Frasher's Fotos and HWM. Original souvenir envelope and card for Glacier Lodge included.]
Box 3, Item 349-350
Temple Crag,
undated
Note
[Original negative for number 336: photCL 332 folder 35 (9).]
Box 3, Item 351-352
Devil's Postpile,
undated
Note
[Original negative for number 337: photCL 332 folder 35 (12).]
Box 3, Item 353
Moro Rock, Sequoia National Park,
undated
Yosemite
Note
[See also photCL 332 folder 23.]
Box 3, Item 355-355.1
Yosemite Valley,
ca. 1904
Note
[See photCL 332 folder 23 (51, 55, 56).]
Box 3, Item 356-356B
Yosemite from Artist's Point,
ca. 1904
Note
[See photCL 332 folder 23 (45-50, 53).]
Box 3, Item 357
El Capitan,
ca. 1904
Note
[Original negative? photCL 332 folder 23 (40).]
Box 3, Item 358
Cathedral Rocks,
undated
Note
[Original negative: photCL 332 folder 23 (28).]
Box 3, Item 360-362
Waterfalls,
undated
Note
[Original negative for number 361? photCL 332 folder 23 (35, 35.1, 35.2).]
Box 3, Item 363
Road to Yosemite Valley,
undated
Note
[Original negative: photCL 332 folder 23 (83).]
Mount Rainier
Note
[See also photCL 332 folder 57.]
Box 3, Item 364-365
Views of Mount Rainier,
undated
Yellowstone
Note
[See also photCL 332 folder 55.]
Box 3, Item 366
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone,
undated
Box 3, Item 367-367A
Yosemite Canyon and Falls,
undated
Note
[Original negative: photCL 332 folder 55 (8).]
Box 3, Item 368-372A
Bryce Canyon,
1930, undated
Note
[Original negative for numbers 368-368A: photCL 332 folder 58 (16).]
Box 3, Item 373-374
Zion National Park,
undated
Note
[Original negative for number 373: photCL 332 folder 58 (6).]
Box 3, Item 375
Cedar Breaks,
undated
Note
[Original negative: photCL 332 folder 58 (17).]
Trees and plants
Note
[See also photCL 332 folder 27.]
Box 3, Item 388-398
Joshua trees,
undated
Note
[Number 397 includes B.D. Jackson.]
Box 3, Item 405-409
Smoke trees,
undated
Note
[Original negative for number 405: photCL 332 folder 27 (25).]
Box 3, Item 410-413
Cactus,
undated
Physical Description: [Number 413 negative only.]
Box 3, Item 416-417
Desert cotton blow,
undated
Box 3, Item 418
California Poppies,
undated
Box 3, Item 419
Date gardens, Indio,
undated
Note
[Original negative: photCL 332 folder 27 (21.1).]
Box 3, Item 420
View with pine trees,
undated
Box 3, Item 423
Trees in an orchard,
undated
Physical Description: [Negative only.]
Missions
Note
[See also photCL 332 folder 18.]
Box 3, Item 424-424A
San Gabriel Mission,
undated
Box 3, Item 425-428
San Fernando Mission,
May 25, 1930
Physical Description: [Negatives only.]
Box 3, Item 429-430
San Juan Capistrano,
undated
Physical Description: [Number 430 negative only.]
Box 3, Item 431
San Luis Rey Mission,
undated
Unidentified panoramas
Note
[See also photCL 332 folder 17.]
Unidentified landscapes
Note
[See also photCL 332 folder 17.]
Box 3, Item 437-457
Landscapes,
undated
Physical Description: [Numbers 454-457 negatives only.]
Note
[No number 436.]
World's Columbian Exposition
Box 3, Item 458-481
"Jackson's World's Fair Views,"
1893
Note
[Photograph album; includes cover and hand-written list of image titles (eph 5, 5.1).]
Box 4, Item 482-502C
Miscellaneous images,
ca. 1900, undated
Note
[Includes mountain roads; panorama of McCalla Heights in East Los Angeles; unidentified residences; parade float; sunset;
surf; animals; Lake Michigan; Monterey adobe; unidentified churches; unidentified portrait of a man; view of a pipeline; and
master cut outs (negatives) for Christmas cards.]
Note
[Number 494, Moonlight on Lake Michigan, rehoused in box 5.]
Physical Description: [Numbers 500-502C negatives only.]
Box 4, Item 503
B.D. Jackson and unidentified man,
undated
Box 4, Item 505
Cora and Ruth Jackson,
undated
Box 4, Item 506-518
Ruth Jackson,
ca. 1900, 1903, ca. 1911, undated
Box 4, Item 519-524, envelopes 1-8
Green Family photographs,
1949, 1951, undated
Note
[Envelope 4P contains color photographs; rehoused in Cold Storage.]
Physical Description: [Envelope 8 negatives only.]
Box 4, Item 525-527, envelope 9
Box 4, Photograph album 1
Photograph album 1,
1929, 1930, undated
Note
[Loose pages from a photograph album with images of Arroyo Seco Canyon; Colorado Desert; Las Flores Canyon; Palm Canyon; Vasquez
Rocks; Mint Canyon; Painted Canyon; Tujunga Canyon; and Redwood Highway. Taken on Jackson's photographic trips?]
Box 4, Photograph album 2
Jackson and Green Family photographs,
1923, 1915, 1934, undated
Note
[Includes photographs of Jackson's home at 710 East Elk Avenue, Glendale; and Jackson's studio in Glendora.]
Note
[Includes ephemeral materials, souvenir views of the Blue Ridge Parkway, souvenir postcards of Cincinnati, Ohio, and 19 loose
pictures.]
Portfolio of B.D. Jackson's work
Box 5, Photograph album 3
"B.D. Jackson, Photographer,"
undated
Note
[Leather bound photograph album with residential and commerical interiors; residential streets; train station and dining car
interiors; theater interior; Granite Gate (Mount Lowe Railway); orange and lemon trees.]
Box 6, Item MSS 1
Notebook,
undated
Note
[Lists of stereograph sets with numbers and titles; notes on business costs.]
Box 6, Item MSS 2
"18 x 28 Cottage",
1904-1924
Note
[Diary entries; expenses for cottage at 710 E. Elk Avenue, Glendale; expenses for other properties (Michigan Avenue and Penn
Street, Hollywood lot); contract for purchase of Hollywood lot.]
Box 6, Item MSS 3
Unidentified notes and poems,
undated
Box 6, Item Eph 8
Los Angeles Times clipping on St. Francis Dam disaster,
March 25, 1928
