Inventory of the Hubert McClain Photograph Collection SPC.2011.004

Finding aid prepared by Erica Watson, 2011. Finding aid was revised and accruals were added in 2022, Karen Clemons
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
2011; 2022
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Contributing Institution: California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Title: Hubert A. McClain Photograph Collection
Creator: McClain, Hubert A.
Identifier/Call Number: SPC.2011.004
Physical Description: 12 boxes (eight photograph boxes, two negative storage boxes, two oversized boxes)
Physical Description: 28 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1935-1973; undated
Abstract: This collection contains photographs, slides, and negatives taken and collected by Hubert A. McClain. The content of the photos are of California missions, Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose, and from his work as a staff photographer for the Long Beach Press Telegram, Los Angeles Mirror, Los Angeles Times, and the Long Beach naval shipyard. Also included are images of western state national parks such as Yosemite, Joshua Tree, and Glacier National Park. Other photos include Antarctica, Germany, and Switzerland.
Language of Material: English .

Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Publication Rights

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Preferred Citation

For information about citing archival material, see the Citations for Archival Material  guide, or consult the appropriate style manual.

Acquisition Information

This collection was donated by Lyndra Seeley, Hubert McClain's daughter, and Oliver Seeley to the Archives and Special Collections at California State University, Dominguez Hills.

Processing Information

Materials were processed and arranged by Erica Watson in 2011; and Karen Clemons 2022

Biography

Hubert A. McClain was born on March 6, 1909 in Protection, Kansas. His father, a wheat farmer, moved the family to Kansas City in the 1920s. Hubert married Murriel Hawkins in 1929 and worked as a photographer for the Kansas City Star until 1937 when he drove with his wife and two young sons in their new Desoto to Long Beach, California. After his arrival he became the manager for the Winstead Brothers Camera Store on Pine Street in downtown Long Beach. The McClain's daughter was born in 1940 and at the outbreak of World War II, Hurbert went to work at the Long Beach Naval Shipyards as a photographer. Following t he war he worked as a photographer for the Long Beach Press Telegram until 1948 when he started taking photos for the Los Angles Mirror, a subsidiary of the Los Angeles Times. Prior to the demise of the Mirror in the 1950s, Hubert transferred to the Los Angeles Times where he worked for the rest of his career. In addition to his work as a photojournalist, Hubert developed a keen interest in nature photography, which he pursued for over twenty years. His nature photos are from all over the United States and Europe, including but not unlimited to Yosemite, Antarctica, and Switzerland. Hubert McClain passed away in February, 1994; just two weeks shy of his 85th birthday.

Scope and Content

The Hubert A. McClain Photo Collection (1935-1973; undated) contains 12 boxes and 28 linear feet of photographic prints, slides, and negatives that span from the 1930s to the 1970s resulting from McClain's work as a photojournalist for the Los Angeles Times and as a nature photographer. There are images from California missions taken in the 1940s and 1950s, and include various stills of people, places, and events. The prints range in size from 8x10 through 22x28. Mission images include exterior photographs, slides and negatives of the missions of San Diego, San Luis Obispo, San Francisco, Soledad, San Fernando, Solano, Sonoma, San Jose, San Rafael, Santa Clara, Carmel, San Jose, Santa Cruz, San Luis Rey, Santa Barbara, San Buenaventura, San Juan Capistrano, San Ynes, La Purisima, San Miguel, San Antonio de Padua, San Miguel and San Gabriel. Photojournalism topics include a building collapse from 1952, where five people were killed, the city of Rolling Hills incorporation in 1957 with horses and homes, date farming in the Coachella Valley, and an aerial shot of Long Beach (Rainbow Lagoon), California from 1957. The collection also has photographs of a Japanese farm in Rancho Palos Verdes (1938), San Pedro Lighthouse, the Cascades water in Owen's Valley, Orange County Highway 18, Sonja Heine publicity tour, Upton Sinclair, Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose (during construction), Frank Lloyd Wright's Hollyhock house, an Imperial Valley farm, and the camera used to film, Birth of a Nation. Also, Franklin Delano Roosevelt giving a speech in Kansas City, Missouri in 1935, the USS Iowa and Mothball Fleet docked at Long Beach Harbor in 1947 and mastodon tusks from Alaska. There are photos of Los Angeles Times staffers from the 1950s and a photo of Agnes Moorhead. Also in the collection there are numerous photographs, slides and negatives of nature in western National parks. Included are different sites of Yosemite, Bryce Canyon, The Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree, Glacier, Muir Woods, Six Rivers, Sequoia, and Yellowstone. There are also images of Jasper, Banff, Victoria, and Vancouver, in Canada; Wetzlar, Kelsterbach, Schwartzwald, and Heidelberg Castle in Germany; and Lucern, Zermatt, and Schweiz, Switzerland. The photographs and slides are in black-and-white and color.

Arrangement

Arranged in 19 series:
  1. Series I. California Missions
  2. Series II. Southern California
  3. Series III. Kansas
  4. Series IV. Frank Lloyd Wright
  5. Series V. Long Beach
  6. Series VI. Antartica
  7. Series VII. Fabian Peterson
  8. Series VIII. San Fernando Dig
  9. Series IX. Eric Berndt
  10. Series X. Jet Propulson Lab, Pasadena
  11. Series XI. Newspaper
  12. Series XII. California State Parks
  13. Series XIII. California Nature
  14. Series XIV. National Parks
  15. Series XV. Europe
  16. Series XVI. Canada
  17. Series XVII. Portraits and Objects
  18. Series XVIII. Nature
  19. Series XIX. Coachella Valley

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Missions -- California
Half Dome (Calif.)
Hughes flying-boat (Seaplane)
Banff National Park (Alta.)
Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah)
Germany
Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
Grand Teton (Ariz.)
Imperial Valley (Calif.)
Joshua Tree National Park (Calif.)
Kelsterbach (Germany)
Long Beach Harbor (Calif.)
Rolling Hills (Calif.)
San Pedro Bay (Calif.)
Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness (Calif.)
Schwartzwald (Germany)
Switzerland
Vancouver (B.C.)
Victoria (B.C.)
Wetzlar (Germany)
Yellowstone National Park
Yosemite National Park (Calif.)
Zermatt (Switzerland)
Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968
Los Angeles Times (Firm)

 

Series I: California Missions 1938-1956

Scope and Contents

Images of California Missions.
box 1

Brick ruins, possibly of old mission mc0110-112 undated

box 1

site of early mission Baja California mc0113 undated

box 1

San Quintín, Baja California near Hamilton Ranch mc0114 1950

box 1

site of possible old mission mc0115-116 undated

box 2

San Diego de Alcala (San Diego, CA.) mc0125 circa 1950

General

oversized copy located in box 6
box 2

San Carlos Borromeo (Carmel, CA.) mc0126-127 circa 1950

Physical Description: two images

General

oversized copy of mc0126 located in box 6
box 2

San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel, CA.) mc0128-132 1950, 1952; undated

Physical Description: five images

General

oversized copies of mc0130 located in box 6 and box 9
box 2

San Francisco de Asis [Mission Dolores] (San Francisco, CA.) mc0133-134 circa 1950

Physical Description: two images

General

oversized copy of mc0134 located in box 6; oversized copy of mc0136 located in box 9.
box 2

San Juan Capistrano, photo of drawing mc0135 undated

box 2

San Juan Capistrano mc0136-137 1950; undated

Physical Description: two images

General

oversized copy of mc0136 located in box 6
box 2

San Buenaventura (Ventura, CA.) mc0138 circa 1950

General

oversized copy located in box 6
box 2

Mission Santa Barbara mc0139, mc0139a-c circa 1950

Physical Description: three images

General

mc0139c is located in box 6
box 2

La Purisima (Lompoc, CA.) mc0140-142, mc0142a circa 1950

Physical Description: three images

General

mc0142a is located in box 6
box 2

Mission Soledad mc0143-144 undated

Physical Description: two images
box 2

Mission San Miguel mc0145-146 circa 1950

Physical Description: two images

General

oversized copy of mc0145 is located in box 6
box 2

San Fernando Rey de Espana (Mission Hills, CA.) mc0147-148, mc0148a circa 1950

Physical Description: two images

General

mc0148a is located in box 6
box 2

San Luis Rey de Francia (Oceanside, CA.) mc0149, mc0149a-b 1938

General

mc0149a-b are located in box 6
box 2

Mission San Rafael mc0150 undated

box 2

San Francisco de Solano (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA.) mc0151-152 undated

Physical Description: two images

General

oversized copies are located in box 6
box 2

San Antonio de Padua (Jolon, CA.) mc0152a-b 1950

box 2

San Diego Mission [slides] mc0153-167 1950

Physical Description: fifteen color slides

General

oversized copy of mc0153 is located in box 6
box 2

San Luis Rey Mission [slides] mc0168-175 1950

Physical Description: nine color slides
box 2

San Juan Capistrano Mission [slides] mc0176-180 1950

Physical Description: five color slides
box 2

San Gabriel Mission [slides] mc0181-195 1950

Physical Description: fifteen color slides
box 2

San Fernando Mission [slides] mc0196-201 1950

Physical Description: six color slides
box 2

San Buenaventura Mission [slides] mc0202-207 1950

Physical Description: six color slides
box 2

Santa Barbara Mission [slides] mc0208-213 1950

Physical Description: six color slides
box 2

Santa Ynez Mission [slides] mc0214-222 1950

Physical Description: nine color slides
box 2

La Purisima Mission [slides] mc0223-237 1950

Physical Description: fifteen color slides
box 2

San Luis Obispo Mission [slides] mc0238-240 1950

Physical Description: three color slides
box 2

San Miguel Mission [slides] mc0241-256 1950

Physical Description: sixteen color slides
box 2

San Antonio de Padua [slides] mc0257-259 1950

Physical Description: three color slides
box 2

San Juan Bautista Mission [slides] mc0260-262 1950

Physical Description: three color slides
box 2

Soledad Mission[slides] mc0263-264 1950

Physical Description: two color slides
box 2

Carmel Mission [slides] mc0265-275 1950

Physical Description: eleven color slides
box 2

Santa Cruz Mission [slides] mc0276-277 1950

Physical Description: two color slides
box 2

Santa Clara Mission [slides] mc0278-281 1950

Physical Description: four color slides
box 2

San Jose Mission [slides] mc0282-286 1950

Physical Description: five color slides
box 2

San Francisco Mission, Dolores [slides] mc0287-290 1950

Physical Description: four color slides
box 2

San Rafael Mission [slides] mc0291-294 1950

Physical Description: four color slides
box 2

Sonoma Mission [slides] mc0295-298 1950

Physical Description: four color slides
box 2

Mission cross, [unknown slides] mc0301 circa 1950?

box 2

Mission slides, unknown slides mc304-314 circa 1950?

Physical Description: eleven color slides
box 3

San Diego, mission? mc0315-320 undated

box 3

Mission slides, unknown undated

box 7

Belltower, San Diego Mission mc1351 1950

box 7

Companiel, San Diego Mission mc1352 undated

box 7

Painting, San Gabriel Mission mc1353 undated

box 7

Front view, San Francisco Mission mc1354 undated

box 7

Exterior, San Juan Capistrano Mission mc1355 1954

box 7

Exterior, San Juan Capistrano mc1356 1954

box 7

Exterior, San Juan Capistrano mc1357 1954

box 7

Small scale replica, exterior San Juan Capistrano Mission mc1358 1954

box 7

Front view, San Juan Capistrano Mission mc1359 1954

box 7

Small scale replica, exterior San Juan Capistrano Missions mc1360 1954

box 7

Exterior, San Juan Capistrano Mission mc1361 1954

box 7

Front view, Santa Barbara Mission mc1362 undated

box 7

Front view with cars, Santa Barbara Mission mc1363 undated

box 7

Front view, La Purisima Mission mc1364 undated

box 7

Exterior, La Purisima Mission mc1365 undated

box 7

Belltower, La Purisima Mission mc1366 undated

box 7

Belltower, La Purisima Mission mc1367 undated

box 7

Wall, Soledad Mission mc1368 1952

box 7

Exterior, Soledad and Carmel Missions mc1369 1956

box 7

Exterior, San Miguel Mission mc1370 undated

box 7

Exterior with cars, San Miguel Mission mc1371 undated

box 7

Exterior, San Luis Rey Mission mc1372 undated

box 7

Windows, San Luis Rey Mission mc1373 undated

box 7

Close-up windows, San Luis Rey Mission mc1374 undated

box 7

Front view, San Rafael Mission mc1375 undated

box 7

Front view, San Antonio de Padua mc1376 undated

box 7

Front view, San Antonio de Padua mc1377 undated

box 7

Exterior, Solano Mission mc1378 undated

box 7

Cross, Solano Mission mc1379 undated

box 7

Cross, Solano Mission mc1380 undated

box 7

29 Palms Oasis mc1381 1940

box 9

Front View, San Antonio de Padua Mission mc1452 1950

Physical Description: five photographs
box 9

Front view, Santa Inez Mission mc1453 1950

box 9

Front view with arch, San Carlos de Carmel Mission mc1454 1950

box 9

Front view w/o arch, San Carlos Carmel Mission mc1455 1950

box 9

Front view, Santa Barbara Mission mc1457 1950

box 9

Arch, San Juan Capistrano Mission mc1458 1950

box 9

Exterior, San Juan Capistrano Mission mc1459 1950

box 9

Campana de Puerta mc1498 1938

box 9

Façade, San Louis Rey Mission mc1456, mc1484 undated

box 10

Mission San Antonio de Padua (Jolon CA) mc1594-1598 1951

Physical Description: two color transparencies; nine negatives
box 10

Mission Buena Ventura mc1599-1602 undated

Physical Description: five negatives
box 10

Mission La Purisima mc1603-1605 undated

Physical Description: seven negatives
box 10

Mission San Carlos (Carmel CA) mc1606-1607 undated

Physical Description: seven negatives
box 10

Mission San Diego mc1608-1612 undated

Physical Description: twenty five negatives
box 10

Mission San Fernando mc1613-1617 undated

Physical Description: six negatives
box 10

Mission San Juan Capistrano mc1619-1628 March 1945

Physical Description: nineteen negatives
box 10

Mission San Juan Bautista mc1618 undated

Physical Description: two negatives
box 10

Mission San Gabriel mc1629-1635 undated

Physical Description: twenty five negatives
box 10

Mission San Miguel mc1636-1639 undated

Physical Description: fourteen negatives
box 10

Mission San Luis Obispo mc1640-1641 undated

Physical Description: three negatives
box 10

Mission San Luis Rey mc1642-1648 undated

Physical Description: nine negatives
box 10

Mission San Rafael mc1649-1650 undated

Physical Description: two negatives
box 10

Mission San Francisco de Asis Delores mc1651-1652 undated

Physical Description: eight negatives
box 10

Mission San Francisco de Solano (Sonoma) mc1653-1654 undated

Physical Description: six negatives
box 10

Mission Santa Barbara mc1655-1664 undated

Physical Description: thirty two negatives; one color transparency
box 10

Mission Santa Clara mc1665-1666 undated

Physical Description: two negatives
box 10

Mission Santa Inez mc1667 undated

Physical Description: six negatives
box 10

Mission Soledad mc1668 undated

Physical Description: one negative
box 10

unidentified missions mc1669-1673 undated

Physical Description: eleven negatives
box 11

California msisions in 1950 [exhibit posters] 1950; undated

 

Series II: Southern California circa 1930-1950s; undated

Scope and Contents

Images of Southern California
box 1

Japanese farms along Palos Verdes Peninsula mc0001 1938

box 1

San Pedro Lighthouse Point Fermin mc0002 undated

box 1

The cliff at Point Firmin [San Pedro] mc0003 undated

box 1

Lighthouse Palos Verdes mc0004 1947-1948

box 1

Sheep in Imperial Valley mc0005-mc0006 1938

Physical Description: three photographs
box 1

Highway 18 through Buena Park and Fullerton mc0007 1938

box 1

Hans Georg and Muriel McClain in front of Hans Georg Ski School, Mammoth Lakes mc0008 undated

box 1

The Cascades, Los Angeles-Owens River Aqueduct mc0009-mc0010 January 1963

Physical Description: two photographs
box 1

mud cracks- Encino Reservoir Los Angeles Department of Power mc0011 September 20, 1960

box 3

California coastline; also includes images possibly from missions or churches [slides] mc0326-338 undated

box 9

Grain harvest, Laguna Canyon Blvd, Orange County mc1267 1954

box 9

Eucalyptus trees, Orange County mc1268 undated

box 9

The Vessels and Turner women riding Palomino horses, Woodruff and Carson Streets, Long Beach mc1269 1947

box 9

Eucalyptus trees mc1270 1939

box 9

Palos Verde Peninsula, near Torrance mc1277 undated

box 7

Sniff's Date Garden mc1382 1939

box 7

Santa Anita Racetrack, stable hands waiting for rain to cease. "part of book" mc1403 undated

box 7

Oval gas tank, Richfield Oil Company mc1404 1947

box 7

Richfield Refinery, Speroid pressure vessels mc1405 1947

box 9

Palos Verdes mc1483 undated

box 1

sand dunes- California Arizona border near Yuma, AZ and Blythe CA. mc0052-mc0053 undated

Physical Description: five photographs. Four copies of the image taken near Blythe.
box 6

Pink Lady of Malibu Canyon [photograph and articles] 1969

box 10

Bunker Hill mansion, Los Angeles mc1535 circa 1940

Physical Description: color transparency
box 10

Cypress tree stump cores taken from La Brea tar pit mc1536 April 10, 1965

Physical Description: ten negatives
box 10

Palos Verdes estates, church and coastline mc1537 1938

Physical Description: color transparency
box 10

Palos Verdes estates. California coast with oil rigs in background mc1538 1938

Physical Description: color transparency
box 10

Huntington Beach, west end near the "Duck Hunters" lease mc1539 undated

Physical Description: two negatives
box 10

Bunker Hill mansion, Los Angeles mc1540 circa 1940s

Physical Description: color transparency
box 10

Rose Parade queen and court mc1541 circa 1960s

Physical Description: three negatives
box 10

Culver City float with Wizard of Oz characters, presumably from the Rose Parade mc1542 circa 1939-1940

Physical Description: color transparency
box 10

Burbank float, Rose Parade mc1543 circa 1940s

Physical Description: color transparency
box 10

Long Beach float, Rose Parade mc1544 circa 1940s

Physical Description: color transparency
box 12

Shirley Temple queen of the parade [Rose Parade] 1939

Physical Description: two photographs
box 10

site seeing, deco building mc1545 circa 1930s-1940s

Physical Description: color transparency
box 10

Citrus field. Capistrano Valley mc1546 undated

Physical Description: color transparency
box 10

Citrus fruit field, Capistrano Valley from westside looking east mc1547 undated

Physical Description: color transparency
box 12

ditch irrigation of crops in San Fernando Valley Los Angeles County August 1963

box 12

the arrival of water from the Owens Valley down the aqueduct north of Glendale 1938

box 12

Oilfield workers servicing and cleaning an oil well, Signal Hill CA 1960

Physical Description: two photographs
box 12

San Pedro undated

Physical Description: three photographs
 

Series III: Kansas circa 1930s-1950s; undated

Scope and Contents

Images of Kansas
box 1

early morning in Union Station, Kansas City [four copies] mc0013 1935

box 1

well in Kansas City [two copies] mc0014 1935

box 1

Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt mc0015 1935

box 1

Franklin Roosevelt speaking at large Kansas City auditorium mc0016 1935

box 1

Sonja Heine on her first tour of the United States after winning the Olympics in 1932 mc0017-mc0018 1937?

Physical Description: three photographs
box 1

Grand Avenue, Kansas City. Cars in front of Askin's Credit Clothiers mc0019 circa 1930s

box 1

Upton Sinclair mc0020 May 4, 1964

box 1

Bridge in Swoke Park [three copies] mc0021 undated

box 1

images of snow (study of light and shadows) mc0022, mc0025-mc0028 1932

Physical Description: five photographs
box 1

autumn morning, Swope Park [two copies] mc0023 1936

box 1

Bales Lake mc0024 1936

box 7

Photos for Kansas City Journal Post, Snow and parks, Kansas City, MO mc1424 1930s

Scope and Contents

includes prints and negatives
box 9

Snow Flowers mc1488 1936

box 9

Snow with tracks "rabbit tracks" mc1489 1937

box 9

Snow with shadows, "Diagonals" mc1490 undated

box 9

Trees mc1491 1936

box 9

Trees in park "Autumn Morning" mc1492 1937

box 9

"Light" [photograph of trees] mc1493 1937

box 9

Trees mc1482 undated

box 9

Trees mc1494 1939

box 9

At Dawning mc1495 1937

box 12

trees 1935

Physical Description: two photographs
box 12

pond 1938

box 12

animal statues 1938

 

Series IV: Frank Lloyd Wright circa 1940s-1950s; undated

Scope and Contents

Images of Frank Lloyd Wright Hollyhock House.
box 1

Pillars of Hollyhock [two copies] mc0029, mc0090 undated

box 1

Pond, Hollyhock [two copies] mc0030, mc0097 undated

box 1

View from pillar to courtyard, Hollyhock mc0031 undated

box 1

Closeup of pillar, Hollyhock mc0032 undated

box 1

Pond and Pillars Hollyhock mc0033, mc0091 undated

box 1

Courtyard of Hollyhock mc0090 undated

box 1

Courtyard with table Hollyhock mc0089 undated

box 1

Courtyard of Hollyhock, 2nd floor mc0095 undated

box 1

Side of back area, Hollyhock mc0094 undated

box 1

Pillars and stairs, Hollyhock mc0096 undated

box 1

Pond and side of Hollyhock mc0093 undated

box 1

Courtyard of Hollyhock mc0092 undated

 

Series V: Long Beach circa 1930s-1970s; undated

Scope and Contents

Images of Long Beach
box 1

Long Beach Rainbow Lagoon, aerial mc0056 1957

box 1

Oil wells mc0057 undated

box 1

Ship christening mc0058 undated

box 1

Young woman, ship christening mc0059 undated

box 1

Long Beach, Smashing champagne on ship, woman mc0060 undated

box 1

Long Beach, Smashing champagne on ship, man and woman mc0061 undated

box 1

Long Beach, Smashing champagne on ship, back view mc0062 undated

box 1

Long Beach shipyard mc0125 undated

box 1

Long Beach shipyard, construction mc0063 undated

box 1

Long Beach shipyard, construction ship mc0064 undated

box 1

Long Beach shipyard, construction close-up mc0065 undated

box 1

Long Beach, ship engine mc0066 undated

box 1

Woman with ship charts mc0067 undated

box 1

Two women marking sign for bonds mc0068 undated

box 1

US Army MTL-1193, small boat mc0069 undated

box 3

McClain home, exterior [slides] mc0612-0614 1978

Physical Description: three color slides
box 3

Queen Mary, exterior [slides] mc0615-618 1971

Physical Description: four color slides
box 9

H-4 Hercules (Spruce Goose) fuselage floating bridge, Long Beach mc1263 undated

box 9

H-4 Hercules (Spruce Goose) being assembled mc1264 undated

box 9

Long Beach, Rainbow Lagoon and old civic auditorium from air mc1265 1947

box 9

Clouds, Long Beach mc1266 undated

box 9

Pier 50, tugboats, Long Beach Harbor mc1272 1946

box 9

Battleship Iowa [two copies] mc1273 1947

box 9

US Navy "Mothball(ed) fleet of light and fast attack?" Long Beach Harbor mc1274 1947

box 9

Isle Royal and Mothball fleet mc1275 1947

box 9

US Springfield, docked mc1496 1947

box 6

Burton Chase former mayor of Long Beach: portrait; photograph of Burton and Pauline Chase 1948; undated

 

Series VI: Antarctica circa 1940s

box 1

Little America, Antarctica mc0034 undated

Physical Description: two photographs
box 1

Antarctica pressure ridge in sea ice mc0035-mc0036 undated

Physical Description: two photographs
box 1

Antarctica, man drawn sled [two copies] mc0037 undated

box 1

Antarctica, wind storm blowing across ice and pressure ridges mc0038 undated

box 1

Antarctica, wind storm with ship in background mc0039 undated

 

Series VII: Fabian Peterson 1962-1963

Scope and Contents

Images of Fabian Peterson's fossil dig and mastodon teeth.
box 1

Fabian Peterson digging fossils from the permafrost in Alaska [three copies] mc0040 January 1963

box 1

Fabian Peterson with mastodon tusks he dug from permafrost in Alaska mc0041 December 1962

box 1

Fabian Peterson with mastodon teeth he dug from permafrost in Alaska mc0042 December 1962

 

Series VIII: San Fernando Dig September 1968

Scope and Contents

Images of San Fernando dig.
box 1

Indian village dig, San Fernando State College [three copies] mc0043 September 1968

box 1

Men with rock [three copies] mc0044 September 1968

box 1

Men at dig sight [three copies] mc0045 September 1968

box 2

San Fernando Dig [slides] mc0302-303 1968?

Physical Description: two slides
 

Series IX: Eric Berndt circa 1950s-1960s; undated

Scope and Contents

Images of Eric Berndt with cameras.
box 1

Eric Berndt with his collection of 35mm motion picture cameras mc0046 undated

box 1

Eric Berndt, Camera used to film "Birth of a Nation" mc0047 undated

box 1

Eric Berndt, 1875 kerosene lamp projector mc0048 undated

 

Series X: Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena 1967

Physical Description: 3 items

Scope and Contents

Images of Jet Propulsion Lab Pasadena.
box 1

Earth from the Moon, jet propulsion lab Pasadena mc0049 1967

box 1

Moon surface mc0050 1967

box 1

Moon surface, closeup mc0051 1967

 

Series XI: Newspapers circa 1940s-1960s; January 1962

Physical Description: 36 items

Scope and Contents

Images of events and people taken for publications. Also includes last issue of Los Angeles Mirror News
box 1

photograph of newspaper staff and district attorney, Gilbert h. Beesemyer case [two copies] mc0070 December 1930

box 1

photograph presumably of newspaper staff mc0071 circa 1930s?

box 1

Portrait, Hubert McClain mc0078 1950

box 1

Portrait, George "Mike" Straszer editor LA Times 1952-1962 mc0072 undated

box 1

Robert Frampton, Hayden Reece, Horace "Bud" Anderson mc0073 undated

box 1

Suburban Staff Orange County, Robert Clyde Snyder, Henen Johnson, Rene Laursen, George Strauszer, Hubert McClain, Robert Frampton, Robert Gettemy mc0074 September 1953

box 1

Staff photo, Rland Laursen, Robert Clyde Snyder, Helen Johnson, George Strauszer, Robert Frampton, Robert Gettemy, Hubert McClain, mc0075 September 1953

box 1

LA press photo, opening of Hollywood Bowl Season Charlie Chaplin in right of photo mc0076 circa 1941-1942

box 1

Hubert McClain photographing Nancy Head at Ambassador Pool mc0077 1951

box 1

Portrait Hubert McClain mc0079 1962

box 1

Bob Martin in background as Hubert McClain checks Rolleiflex sync. "The Mirror" mc0080 1950

box 1

Gladys O'Donnell, wife of J. Lloyd O'Donnell mc0098 June 1967

box 1

"balcony building" mc0099 undated

box 1

photograph of Agnes Moorehead with two woman mc0100 October 1965

box 1

photographs of ballet dancers mc0101-103 undated

Physical Description: three photographs
box 1

photograph taken at American Gold Star Mothers event mc0104 May 1966

box 1

photograph of three women standing around a flower arrangement mc0105 October 1965

box 1

Milt Brouhard mc0106 September 1963

box 1

Portrait, man with pipe mc0107 undated

box 1

Al Carr mc108 circa 1962

box 5

"rescue" building under construction, Los Angeles. trapped and killed five [four copies] mc1262 1952

Physical Description: oversized print located in box 9
box 9

"End of Prohibition", sandwich, pretzels, empty glass mc1271 undated

box 8

Bristle Cone Pine Forest, Owen Valley, CA mc1345 1956

box 8

Bristle Cone Pine Forest, Owen Valley mc1346 1956

box 7

Geological Mud cracks, San Fernando Reservoir mc1400 1960

box 7

New city dedication, Rolling Hills, Article for LA Times mc1414 1957

box 7

Home, people, Rolling Hills mc1415 1957

box 7

Homes, Rolling Hills mc1416 1957

box 7

Exterior, Rolling Hills mc1417 1957

box 7

Stables, horses, Rolling Hills mc1418 1957

box 7

Ranch, hills, Rolling Hills mc1419 1957

box 7

Person, hills, Rolling Hills mc1420 1957

box 7

Panoramic view, Rolling Hills mc1421 1957

box 7

Ranch, gate, Rolling Hills mc1422 1957

box 7

Women in a kitchen, Rolling Hills mc1423 1957

box 12

The Day "The Mirror" died 1962

Physical Description: two photographs

Scope and Contents

Norman Chandler tells employees the sad news.
box 12

images taken during California wild flower holiday in Bakersfield circa 1938

Physical Description: five photographs
box 9

Los Angeles Mirror News (two copies) January 5, 1962

 

Series XII: California State Parks circa 1930s-1960s

Scope and Contents

Images of California state parks
box 1

Muriel and Hubert, Anza-Borego State Park mc0081 May 30, 1955

box 3

Anza-Borego State Park [slides] mc0321-mc0611 undated

box 3

Torrey Pine State Park [slides] mc0321-mc0611 undated

box 3

Muir Woods [slides] mc0321-mc0611 undated

box 3

Point Lobos State Natural Reserve [slides] mc0321-mc0611 undated

box 3

Pinnacles [slides] mc0321-mc0611 undated

Scope and Contents

includes images of Santa Lucia fir
box 3

Mt. Lassen [slides] mc0321-mc0611 undated

box 3

Yosemite National Park- Tiago Summit, Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite Valley, Half Dome, Vogelsang Camp [slides] mc0321-mc0611 1950; undated

box 6

Yosemite National Park- Glacier Point, Vernal Point, Half Dome mc0321-mc0611 circa 1940s

Physical Description: nine photographs
box 3

Joshua Tree National Park [slides] mc0321-mc0611 undated

box 3

Crater Lake, Mt. Whitney [slides] mc0321-mc0611 undated

box 7

Sugar Pine, Sequoia mc1387 1948

box 8

Lassen Volcanic Peak and lake mc1340 1953

box 7

Half Dome from Glacier point 1953

box 8

Flower in desert undated

box 8

Flowers in desert undated

box 4

Huntington Lake, Sierra National Forest [slides] mc0686-733 1963

Scope and Contents

Huntington Lake and Thomas A. Edison Lakes. Southern California Edison electric company hydro plant and storage basins, Yacht race on 4th of July, Wild flowers at Summit Meadows, Dinky creek, Snow Plant in bloom.
box 4

Six Rivers National Forest, cobra plants [slides] mc0746-757 1970-1972

box 5

Pinnacles monument mc1278-1279 1959

Physical Description: two photographs
box 5

Gateway trees, Sequoia National Park mc1280 undated

box 5

Trees with family, Sequoia National Park mc1281 1938

box 5

Tunnel tree, Sequoia National Park mc1282 1949

box 5

Kings River in Grant Grove Park mc1284 1939

box 5

Snow, Yosemite mc1294-1295 undated

Physical Description: two photographs
box 5

Sentinel on Sentinel Dome, Yosemite mc1296 undated

box 5

Backside of Half Dome, Yosemite mc1297 undated

box 5

Half Dome, evening, Yosemite mc1298 undated

box 5

Mirror Lake, Yosemite, J. Lloyd O'Donnell mc1299 1940

box 5

Yosemite mc1300 1938

box 5

Bridge, Half Dome, Yosemite mc1302 undated

box 8

Minarets Range, Sierra Mountains [five copies] mc1315 1961

box 8

Mt. Conness, Yosemite [two copies] mc1317 undated

box 8

Vogelsang Peak and camping area [two copies] mc1318 1957

box 8

Cathedral Peak, upper Yosemite [two copies] mc1319 undated

box 8

Lembert Dome, Tuoulume Meadow, Yosemite [two copies] mc1320 undated

box 8

Washington Arch, Yosemite mc1321 undated

box 8

Granite, May Lake, Yosemite mc1322 1957

box 8

Yosemite Falls mc1323 1959

box 8

Vogelsang area, Yosemite mc1324 1957

box 8

Tree, May Lake, Yosemite mc1325 1957

box 8

Jeffery Pine, Yosemite mc1326 undated

box 8

Yosemite, granite mc1328 undated

box 8

T uolumne Meadows, Yosemite mc1330 undated

box 8

Vogelsang Peak, Yosemite mc1331 1957

box 8

Small lake, Vogelsang Peak, Yosemite mc1332 undated

box 8

Yosemite near May Lake mc1333 undated

box 8

Half Dome, Yosemite mc1334 undated

box 8

May Lake, Yosemite mc1335 undated

box 8

Vogelsang Peak, Yosemite mc1336 1957

box 8

Tree, May Lake, Yosemite mc1337 1957

box 8

Vogelsang camp and peak, Yosemite mc1338 1957

box 8

Back country,Mt. Conness Yosemite mc1339 undated

box 7

Sugar Pine, Sequoia mc1387 undated

box 7

Mt. Cornell, Glacier, MT mc1388 1959

box 7

Tree, Sequoia mc1389 undated

box 7

Mt. Shasta mc1390 1949

box 7

Redwood Park, Sequoia National Park mc1391 undated

box 7

Mt. Lassen Park mc1392 undated

box 7

Mirror Lake (bridge westside), Yosemite mc1396 1938

box 7

Vernal Falls, Yosemite mc1397 1938

box 7

Mirror Lake ,Falls, Yosemite mc1398 1938

box 7

Portal trees near entrance, Sequoia mc1407 1948

box 7

Cathedral Grove, Sequoia mc1408 1948

box 7

Sugar Pine, Sequoia mc1409 1948

box 7

Moro Rock, Sequoia mc1410-1411 1948

Physical Description: two photographs
box 7

Roaring river, Sequoia mc1412 1944

box 7

Dawn at Mirror Lake, Yosemite mc1413 1938

box 7

Tree, Yosemite mc1428 1940

box 7

Yosemite Falls mc1429 1946

box 7

Yosemite Falls mc1430 1943

box 7

Laccolith, Yosemite mc1431 1950

box 7

Laccolith, Yosemite mc1432 1950

box 7

Glacier point, Yosemite mc1433 undated

box 7

Half Dome from Glacier point, Yosemite mc1434-1435 1953

Physical Description: two photographs
box 7

Tuolomne Meadow, Yosemite mc1436 1957

box 7

Vogelsang, Yosemite mc1437 1957

box 7

Mt. Vogelsang, Yosemite mc1438 1957

box 7

Mt Vogelsang Pk, Yosemite mc1439 1957

box 7

Mt.Vogelsang, Yosemite mc1440 1957

box 7

Mt. Vogelsang mountain area mc1441 1957

box 7

Mt.Vogelsang, Yosemite mc1442 1957

box 7

Vogelsang campsite, Yosemite mc1443 1957

box 7

Glen Avlin camp area, Yosemite mc1444 1957

box 7

May Lake area, Yosemite mc1445 1957

box 7

Laccolith, Yosemite mc1446 1957

box 7

May Lake, Yosemite mc1447 1957

box 7

Tenya Lake, Yosemite mc1448 1957

box 7

Trees, Yosemite mc1449 1957

box 8

Joshua Tree National Monument desert scenes mc1521-1532 February 1956

Physical Description: fifteen photographs
box 9

Mountains, Joshua Tree [nine copies] mc1461 1975

box 9

Moro Rock, Sequoia National Park mc1486 1947

box 11

Vogelsang, Yosemite mc1516 undated

box 10

Death Valley National Monument, Badwater from Dante's View mc1549 undated

Physical Description: one negative
box 10

Yosemite mc1550 circa 1960s?

Physical Description: two negatives
box 10

Yosemite, J.L. O'Donnell's trailer mc1551 1938

Physical Description: color transparency
box 10

Kings River Canyon mc1552 1939

Physical Description: color transparency
box 10

Joshua Tree National Monument, cottonwood springs mc1553 1969

Physical Description: two negatives; four frames
box 9

Trees mc1478 undated

box 9

desert shrubbery mc1472-1473 undated

Physical Description: two photographs
box 9

Trees [soft focus] mc1466, mc1474-1476 1956; undated

Physical Description: eleven photographs
box 9

dunes mc1485 1939

box 12

Sequoia National Park, General Sherman 1941

 

Series XIII: California Nature circa 1940s-1960s; undated

Physical Description: 124 items

Scope and Contents

Images of California nature.
box 1

Torrey pine cone mc0012 January 5, 1965

box 1

branch with berries mc0109 undated

box 1

Redwoods mc0117 undated

box 1

Sunset, ocean and palm trees mc0121 1956

box 1

horse tail rush or reed mc0123 June 1961

box 1

Sierra Shooting Star Flower, Bridal Veil Falls Campground mc0124 undated

box 2

Poppies [slides] mc0299-300 undated

Physical Description: two color slides
box 4

La Quinta, overlook [slides] mc0619-640 1970

Scope and Contents

cove above LaQuinta. Flowers along the path and in the rocks.
box 4

Wild flowers, San Juan area Orange and Riverside County [slides] mc0641-664 May 1971

box 4

Wild flowers, Joshua Tree [slides] mc0665-671 undated

box 4

Wildflowers, coast Highway 1 [slides] mc0672-685 1972

box 4

Santa Lucia fir [slides] mc0734-mc0745 circa 1970s?

box 4

Devil's Postpile, Mammoth Lake [slides] mc0758-781 undated

box 4

Monument Valley, sheep herding [slides] mc0782-793 undated

box 9

Goldfinch feeding on sugar water mc1276 undated

box 5

River and side of mountain mc1301 undated

box 5

Mountains mc1303 undated

box 8

Trilobite, oldest indication of animal life, Glacier mc1347 undated

box 8

Wild azaleas mc1348 1971

box 8

Flower mc1349 undated

box 9

Flower mc1350 undated

box 7

Trilobite Ocellus fossil near Amboy, CA mc1394 undated

box 7

Trilobite Onellius fossil near Amboy, CA mc1395 undated

box 7

Young Santa Lucia Fir Tree, Cone Park mc1399 1960

box 7

Butterflies, CA mc1401 undated

box 7

Butterflies, Butterfly Lane, CA mc1402 undated

box 7

Trilobite Onellius, Cadiz Junction mc1406 undated

box 7

Monterey Cypress tree mc1425-1427 1939

box 9

Lighthouse, ocean mc1462 undated

box 9

Flowers mc1463 undated

box 9, box 11

Tree [four copies] mc1464 undated

box 11

Tree mc1510-1512, 1515 undated

box 11

Woman in poppy field mc1514 1942

box 11

Flowers mc1518 undated

box 11

Lilies mc1519 undated

box 10

flower arrangement mc1548 undated

Physical Description: three color transparencies
box 10

desert view, three palm trees mc1554 undated

Physical Description: color transparency
box 10

Hubert McClain photographing in the CA desert mc1555 1939

Physical Description: color transparency
box 10

desert landscape with car mc1556 1930s-1940s?

Physical Description: color transparency
box 10

trilobite fossil, Old Woman Mountains, Cadiz CA mc1679 undated

Physical Description: one negative
box 12

flowers undated

box 12

mitosis undated

box 12

Monterey Cypress tree 1939

box 5

The Minaretts range of the Sierras from Minarett Summit overlook, Mammoth lakes area mc1283 1961

box 5

Lake Mary, Mammoth mc1293 undated

box 8

Twin Lakes, Mammoth mc1316 1958

 

Series XIV: National State Parks circa 1940s-1960s

Physical Description: 43 items

Scope and Contents

Images of National state parks
box 5

Grand Teton, WY [slides] mc1022-1081 1964

Physical Description: 60 color slides
box 5

Grand Canyon, AZ [slides] mc1082-1093 1973

Physical Description: 12 color slides
box 5

Bryce Canyon; Cedar Breaks UT [slides] mc1094-1105 1973

Physical Description: 12 color slides
box 5

Snowbent popular trees, Grand Teton, WY mc1285 1953

box 5

Teewinot Mt., Grand Teton, WY mc1286 undated

box 5

Grand Teton Mt, WY mc1287-1292 undated

Physical Description: seven photographs
box 5

Yellowstone River, WY mc1304-1305 undated

Physical Description: two photographs
box 5

Fairyland Formation, Bryce Canyon, UT [four copies] mc1306 undated

Scope and Contents

oversized prints located in box 8.
box 5

Temple of Vishnu, Grand Canyon, AZ [three copies] mc1307 1960

Scope and Contents

oversize prints located in box 8
box 5

From watchtower near Marble Canyon, Grand Canyon, AZ [three copies] mc1308 1956-1967

Scope and Contents

oversized prints located in box 8.
box 5

Grand Canyon, AZ [two copies] mc1309 1960

Scope and Contents

oversized print located in box 8.
box 5

Marble Canyon, AZ [six copies] mc1310 undated

Scope and Contents

oversized prints located in box 8.
box 5

Near Yava Pt., Grand Canyon, AZ [six copies] mc1311 1960

Scope and Contents

oversized prints located in box 8.
box 6

Bryce Canyon mc1312 1941

box 8

Sand stone cliff, Grand Canyon, AZ mc1313 1941

box 8

Mt. Grinnell, Glacier Park, MT [two copies] mc1314 1959

box 8

Tweewinot, Grand Teton, Mt. Owens, Grand Tetons Range, WY mc1327 1954

box 8

Grand Teton Range, WY mc1329 1955

box 8

Specimen Ridge, Yellowstone [three copies] mc1341 1959

box 8

Yellowstone Falls mc1342 1953

box 8

Mt. Moran, Jackson Hole, WY [two copies] mc1343 1954

box 8

Colonial algae, Glacier National Park mc1346 undated

box 7

Fairyland, Bryce Canyon, UT mc1383 undated

box 7

Colonial algae, Glacier, MT mc1384 1959

box 7

Colonial algae, Glacier, MT mc1385 1959

box 12

Colonial algae, Glacier, MT 1959

box 7

Cedar Breaks, Grand Teton, Bryce Canyon mc1386 undated

box 7

Mt. Rushmore mc1393 1947

box 7

Artist's point , Yellowstone mc1450 1952

box 9

Fairyland, Bryce Canyon mc1477 undated

box 9

Mt. Rushmore mc1479 1949

box 9

Grand Teton National Park, string lake foreground. Mt. Teewinot on left mc1487 undated

box 9

Crazy Horse Monument, ND mc1497 1949

box 9

Geyser, Yellowstone mc1499 undated

box 11

Mountains, Teton, WY mc1504 undated

box 9

Fairyland, Bryce Canyon, UT mc1471 undated

box 11

Fairyland, Bryce Canyon, UT mc1507-1508 undated

Physical Description: two photographs
box 9, box 11

Mt. Clemens, Glacier, MT [two copies] mc1469 undated

box 10

Bryce Canyon National Park mc1559-1563 circa 1940s

Physical Description: five color transparencies
box 10

Grand Canyon mc1564-1573 circa 1940s

Physical Description: eight color transparencies; four negatives
box 10

Blackfoot Glacier National Park mc1574-1575 July 1959

Physical Description: one color transparency; two negatives
box 10

Zion National Park mc1576-1580 circa 1941

Physical Description: five color transparencies
box 10

Grand Teton National Park mc1581-1584 July 1959

Physical Description: three negatives; one color transparency
box 10

Specimen Ridge, Fossil Forest Yellowstone National Park mc1585-1586 July 1959

Physical Description: two color transparencies
box 10

Glacier National park mc1587-1588 July 1959

Physical Description: two color transparencies
box 10

Kings Canyon National Park mc1589-1590 1939

Physical Description: two color transparencies
box 10

Mt. Rainier mc1591 1969

Physical Description: eight negatives
box 10

Monument Valley mc1592-1593 circa 1960s

Physical Description: sixteen negatives
box 10

Grand Teton- reference mc1677 undated

Physical Description: three negatives
box 10

Canyon de Chelly National Monument mc1680-1681 1959

Physical Description: twenty four negatives
box 12

Glacier National Park, colonial algae (rocks) undated

box 11

Bessie [Cly] at loom mc1513 1961

 

Series XV: Europe circa 1970s

Physical Description: 11 items

Scope and Contents

Images of Europe
box 4

Wetzlar, Germany [slides] mc0794-817 1972

box 4

Heidelberg Castle, Germany [slides] mc0818-829 1972

box 4

Kelsterbach, Germany [slides] mc0830-877 1972

box 4

Lucern, St. Niklausen, Switzerland [slides] mc0878-925 1973

box 4

Zermatt, Saas Fee, Switzerland [slides] mc0926-949 1972

box 4

Schweiz, Switzerland [slides] mc0950-961 1972

box 4

Heidelberg Castle, Germany [slides] mc0962-973 1972

box 4

Schwartzwald, Germany [slides] mc0974-997 1972

box 4

Wetzlar, Germany [slides] mc0998-1021 1972

box 9, box 11

Matterhorn, Switzerland [six copies] mc1465 undated

box 11

Matterhorn, with greenery mc1520 undated

Physical Description: four photographs
 

Series XVI: Canada 1969

Physical Description: 8 items

Scope and Contents

Images of Canada
box 5

Banff, Alberta, Canadian Rockies [slides] mc1106-1161 1969

Physical Description: 56 color slides
box 5

Lake Louise, Banff, Alberta, Canada [slides] mc1162-1185 1969

Physical Description: 24 color slides
box 5

Jasper, Alberta, Canada [slides] mc1186-1208 1969

box 5

Totem poles, Vancouver, Canada [slides] mc1209-1218 1969

box 5

Jasper, Alberta, Canada [slides] mc1219-1228 1969

box 5

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada [slides] mc1229-1239 1969

box 5

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada [slides] mc1240-1261 1969

box 5

Buchart Garden, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada [slides] mc1257-1261 1969

 

Series XVII: Portraits and Objects 1870-1960; undated

Scope and Contents

This series contains images of camera and film equipment; and portraits mostly of naval captains, and newspaper publishers and editors.
box 1

Tiburcio Vásquez portrait [four copies] mc0054 circa 1870s

box 1

portrait of Mrs. Maria Vasquez, 105 years old shown threading an embroidery needle [three copies] mc0055 undated

box 1

image of graflex camera mc0082 February 4, 1955

box 1

images of Hubert McClain with camera equipment mc0083-85 April 1966

Physical Description: three photographs
box 1

images of camera equipment mc0086-87 October 1969

Physical Description: two photographs
box 1

home interior, sink with dresser mc0118 undated

box 1

machinery? mc0119 undated

box 1

trees mc0122 undated

box 6

Portrait- Captain Norman Battleship Iowa US Navy undated

Physical Description: three photograph
box 6

Portrait- publisher of Signal Hill Tribune 1946

box 6

Portrait- Muriel Barnet Beadle, editor "Her Mirror" undated

box 6

Portrait- Ed Bramble Long Beach Chamber of Commerce undated

box 6

Virgil Pinkley, publisher of LA Mirror undated

box 6

Katherine Kinbrough, lecturer undated

box 9

"Mag at Work"J.L. O'Donnell mc1481 undated

box 12

film camera August 1960

box 12

camera equipment 1958; undated

Physical Description: six photographs
 

Series XVIII: Nature 1930-1959; undated

Scope and Contents

this series contains images where it is undetermined where the photograph was taken.
box 1

woman and a child holding hands in a park mc0120 undated

box 9

morning fog along the coast mc1480 undated

box 9, box 11

snow covered mountain with foliage [three copies] mc1468 undated

box 9, box 11

snow covered mountain [two copies] mc1467, mc1517 undated

box 9

mountain range [three copies] mc1470 undated

box 12

mountain range 1959; undated

Physical Description: three photographs
box 10

McClain with camera at bridge mc1557 circa 1930s-1940s

Physical Description: color transparency
box 10

two women pointing at mountains from a bridge mc1558 1940s

Physical Description: color transparency
box 10

fossil algae mc1676 July 1959

Physical Description: one color transparency; one negative
box 10

insects on rose mc1678 undated

Physical Description: two negatives
box 12

man standing near rock formations undated

box 11

flowers mc1500-1503, 1506 undated

Physical Description: four photographs
box 11

Morning Light [trees] mc1505 undated

 

Series XIX: Coachella Valley 1949-1950; undated

Physical Description: twenty nine photographs

Scope and Contents

Contains clippings, photographs, and fact sheets regarding dates, and date production in the Coachella Valley in Southern California.

Separated Materials

clippings are located in box 11.