Finding aid prepared by Sue Luftschein.
The Huntington Library
March 2007
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA
91108
Phone: 626-405-2180
Email: jwatts@huntington.org
Overview of the Collection
Repository:
The Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA
91108
Phone: 626-405-2180
Email: jwatts@huntington.org
Creator:
Huntington Land and Improvement Company.
Title: Huntington Land and Improvement Company Collection of Photographs and Negatives
Dates: ca. 1920s-1930s and undated
Quantity: 2 boxes, 1.21 linear feet
Abstract: The collection consists of 127 photographs and 105 negatives, ca. 1920s-1930s and undated, created by and/or for the Huntington
Land and Improvement Company. The images depict views of various real estate tracts in Eagle Rock, San Marino, Pasadena,
Redondo Beach, Alhambra, and Highland Park.
Identification: photCL 394
Language of Material: English
Historical Note
Henry Edwards Huntington established the Huntington Land and Improvement Company in 1902. It was his first real estate company
formed in large part to purchase, subdivide, and re-sell land surrounding the Pacific Electric and Los Angeles Railways. Huntington
used the company’s vast property assets to secure financial backing for his other business interests, including the Los Angeles
Railway and Pacific Light and Power’s Big Creek power plant. Managers of the company included George S. Patton, Sr. and William
Dunn. The Company continued to buy and sell property into the 1960s.
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 127 photographs and 105 negatives, ca. 1920s-1930s and undated, created by and/or for the Huntington
Land and Improvement Company. The images depict views of various real estate tracts in Eagle Rock, San Marino, Pasadena,
Redondo Beach, Alhambra, and Highland Park. The tract descriptions were derived from tract maps and other materials in the
Henry Huntington Papers (uncat) in the Manuscripts Department of the Huntington Library.
Arrangement
The photographs and negatives are arranged by tract.
Related Material
See also:
Title:
Henry Huntington Papers (uncat), Manuscripts Department, Huntington Library.
Index Terms
This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Places:
Alhambra (Calif.)--Photographs.
Eagle Rock (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Photographs.
Highland Park (Calif.)--Photographs.
Pasadena (Calif.)--Photographs.
Redondo Beach (Calif.)--Photographs.
San Marino (Calif.)--Photographs.
Subjects:
Service stations--California--San Marino--Photographs.
Building construction--California--Los Angeles County--Photographs.
Dwellings--California--Eagle Rock (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Photographs.
Dwellings--California--Highland Park--Photographs.
Dwellings--California--Pasadena--Photographs.
Dwellings--California--Redondo Beach--Photographs.
Housing developments--California--Eagle Rock (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Photographs.
Housing developments--California--Pasadena--Photographs.
Housing developments--California--Redondo Beach--Photographs.
Housing developments--California--San Gabriel--Photographs.
Real estate development--California--Los Angeles County--Photographs.
Reservoirs--California--Photographs.
Reservoirs--Design and construction--Photographs.
Rivers--California--Los Angeles County--Photographs.
Roads--California--Alhambra--Photographs.
Roads--California--Eagle Rock (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Photographs.
Roads--California--Highland Park--Photographs.
Roads--California--San Marino--Photographs.
Water--Distribution--Photographs.
Document Types:
Negatives.
Photographs.
Restrictions on Access
Access is granted to qualified researchers and by appointment.
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
photCL 394, Huntington Land and Improvement Company Collection of Photographs and Negatives, ca. 1920s-1930s and undated.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Ned Metcalfe, ca. 1993.
Processing Information
The photographs and negatives were rehoused and numbered, and a preliminary Container List created, by Jane Apostol in 2006.
In January 2007, Sue Luftschein created this finding aid based, in part, on the original Container List.
Physical Characteristics or Technical Requirements
Unless otherwise noted, negatives exist for all prints. Arrangements for viewing negatives must be made with the Curator of
Photographs.
Box 1, Item 1-3
Tract 799: Automobiles and Union Oil station,
ca. 1920s
Physical Description: [Prints only.]
Note
[North side of Colorado Boulevard. (Colorado Blvd. at north end?) See Cheviotdale Tract. Eagle Rock-meander lines. Inclusive
streets: Colorado Blvd., Avenue 64, El Modena Avenue, Patrician Way, Eagle Rock Road, Eagle Rock Avenue, Tunnel Street, San
Marino Avenue, California Street, Lord Street. References Tract 9950.]
Box 1, Item 4-16
Tract 6012: Views of lots, streets, and water main construction,
undated
Physical Description: [Numbers 4-15 prints only. Number 16 unprinted negative.]
Note
[Inclusive streets are Walnut to Lopez, Wilson Lake to Old Mill, Old Mill Road to Virginia, Mill Lane to Huntington Drive.
South boundary is Oak Grove. One cross street is Old Mill and Monterey. See Field Book in Huntington Papers.]
Box 1, Item 17-23
Cheviotdale 7012: Jones Subdivision: views of streets and houses,
undated
Physical Description: [Negatives only.]
Box 1, Item 24-35
Tract 7988, Lot 2: Views of library reservoir construction,
ca. 1920s
Physical Description: [Number 34 unprinted negative.]
Box 1, Item 36-41
Eagle Rock 9950: Views of Ferguson's house,
undated
Note
["See Cheviotdale, Rockdale Tracts." Inclusive streets: La Loma Road, Tamarac, Hill, Sequoia, Melrose, Anita Drive, Glen
Arbor, El Modena, Annandale, Cherry Drive, Eagle Vista Drive. One cross street is Colorado Boulevard and Glen Arbor.]
Box 1, Item 42-50
Redondo Beach 10019, Block 44: Views of new development,
undated
Physical Description: [Numbers 42-47 prints only.]
Note
[East line city of Redondo Beach. Inclusive streets: East Peach Street, Ruby Street, Susana Avenue, Opal Avenue, Maria Avenue,
E. Garnet Street]
Box 1, Item 51-54
Eagle Rock 11109: Views of street and houses,
undated
Physical Description: [Numbers 52-53 negatives only.]
Note
["See Cheviotdale Tract." Random line. Inclusive streets: Anita Drive, Malcolm Drive.]
Box 1, Item 55
Tract 11330: Looking east on Monterey Road from Cambridge,
undated
Note
["See Lake Vineyard." Inclusive streets are Monterey, Euston, Wembly Road, Mission Canyon Drain, Alhambra Road, Huntington
Drive.]
Box 1, Item 56-57
Tract 11330: Views of undeveloped street,
undated
Note
["See Lake Vineyard." Inclusive streets are Monterey, Euston, Wembly Road, Mission Canyon Drain, Alhambra Road, Huntington
Drive.]
Physical Description: [Negatives only.]
Box 1, Item 58
Cazaurang 11889: Looking west along Montezuma Avenue from Garvey Avenue [road construction],
undated
Note
["See Cazaurang Prop." Inclusive streets: East boundary nearly to Hellman Avenue, Alhambra; Montezuma Avenue, Garvey Avenue,
Westminster Avenue, Ramona Avenue.]
Box 1, Item 59
Cazaurang 11889: Looking east along Montezuma Avenue from Garvey Avenue [view of housing tract],
undated
Note
["See Cazaurang Prop." Inclusive streets: East boundary nearly to Hellman Avenue, Alhambra; Montezuma Avenue, Garvey Avenue,
Westminster Avenue, Ramona Avenue.]
Box 1, Item 60
Cazaurang 11889: Looking south along Garvey Avenue from Ramona Boulevard,
undated
Note
["See Cazaurang Prop." Inclusive streets: East boundary nearly to Hellman Avenue, Alhambra; Montezuma Avenue, Garvey Avenue,
Westminster Avenue, Ramona Avenue.]
Box 1, Item 61
Cazaurang 11889: Looking east along Ramona Boulevard from Garvey Avenue,
undated
Note
["See Cazaurang Prop." Inclusive streets: East boundary nearly to Hellman Avenue, Alhambra; Montezuma Avenue, Garvey Avenue,
Westminster Avenue, Ramona Avenue.]
Box 1, Item 62
Cazaurang 11889: Residence on south side of Ramona Boulevard, adjacent to Lot 131,
undated
Note
["See Cazaurang Prop." Inclusive streets: East boundary nearly to Hellman Avenue, Alhambra; Montezuma Avenue, Garvey Avenue,
Westminster Avenue, Ramona Avenue.]
Box 1, Item 63-64
Cazaurang 11889: Tract views,
undated
Note
["See Cazaurang Prop." Inclusive streets: East boundary nearly to Hellman Avenue, Alhambra; Montezuma Avenue, Garvey Avenue,
Westminster Avenue, Ramona Avenue.]
Note
[These images are obscured and blurry.]
Physical Description: [Negatives only.]
Box 1, Item 65-70
Hellman Avenue, Alhambra: Undeveloped tract views,
undated
Box 1, Item 71
12349. Mission Tract: Looking east on Broadway from Junipero Street,
undated
Note
[Boundaries are Junipero and Broadway. See Field Book in Huntington Papers.]
Box 1, Item 72
12349. Mission Tract: Looking east along Live Oak Street from Junipero Street,
undated
Note
[Boundaries are Junipero and Broadway. See Field Book in Huntington Papers.]
Box 1, Item 73
12349. Mission Tract: Looking northeast along Junipero Street from Wedgewood Avenue,
undated
Note
[Boundaries are Junipero and Broadway. See Field Book in Huntington Papers.]
Box 1, Item 74
12349. Mission Tract: Looking north on San Marino Avenue from Broadway,
undated
Note
[Boundaries are Junipero and Broadway. See Field Book in Huntington Papers.]
Box 1, Item 75
12349. Mission Tract: Roadway,
undated
Note
[Boundaries are Junipero and Broadway. See Field Book in Huntington Papers.]
Physical Description: [Unprinted negative. Image is obscured.]
Box 1, Item 76
Cazaurang 12571: Roadside, with automobile,
ca. 1930s
Note
["See Cheviotdale Tract." Inclusive streets: Anita Drive, Glen Arbor, Malcolm Drive, Melrose. Glen Arbor to Glen Oaks.
One cross street is Colorado Boulevard and Avenue 64.]
Box 1, Item 77-81
Cazaurang 12571: Roadside scenes,
undated
Note
["See Cheviotdale Tract." Inclusive streets: Anita Drive, Glen Arbor, Malcolm Drive, Melrose. Glen Arbor to Glen Oaks.
One cross street is Colorado Boulevard and Avenue 64.]
Physical Description: [Unprinted negatives.]
Box 1, Item 82-83
Cazaurang 12571: Tract housing,
undated
Note
["See Cheviotdale Tract." Inclusive streets: Anita Drive, Glen Arbor, Malcolm Drive, Melrose. Glen Arbor to Glen Oaks.
One cross street is Colorado Boulevard and Avenue 64.]
Physical Description: [Unprinted negatives.]
Box 1, Item 84-96
"Side Hill": Residences,
undated
Box 1, Item 97-113
"Side Hill. View Park": Houses,
ca. 1920s
Physical Description: [Numbers 112-113 negative only. Number 113: image is obscured.]
Box 1, Item 114-124
Winston Wash: Views,
undated
Box 1, Item 125-139
Miscellaneous: Riverbed views,
undated
Physical Description: [Prints only.]
Box 1, Item 140-141
Miscellaneous: Hollywood Riviera tract map,
undated
Physical Description: [Negatives only.]
