Banning Family Collection of Photographs, Part II: Finding
Aid
Finding aid prepared by Jennifer Watts and Jane Apostol.
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
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Overview of the Collection
Title: Banning Family Collection of Photographs, Part II
Dates (inclusive): 1814-1979
Bulk dates: 1880-1920
Collection Number: photCL 451
Creator:
Banning family.
Extent:
27 boxes (22.61 linear feet)
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Photo Archives
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: The Banning Family Collection of Photographs, Part II, contains 1204 photographs and 23 photograph albums collected by the
Banning family of Southern California from 1814 to 1979 (bulk 1880-1920).
The three most substantial categories of
images in this collection are views of Santa Catalina Island; Banning family properties and residences in southern California;
and portraits of family members and relatives. Of special
significance are the Catalina photographs documenting the development of the island from a natural enclave with a few
inhabitants to a thriving tourist resort. Volume 7 in the Photograph
Album section contains images of the devastating effects of the Catalina fire of 1915. Also of particular interest are
photographs of the George S. Patton family. Photographers
represented in the collection include Joseph Brent Banning; Bertrand and Co.; Bradley and Rulofson; C.T. Colliers; B.F.
Conaway; Dewey Bros.; Hervé Friend; William M. Godfrey;
Jarvis Studios; A.L. Mojonier; Payne, Stanton, and Co.; Putnam Studios; Reyes; F.G. Schumacher; Stanton and Burdick; Steckel
Studios; Steckel and Lamson; and I.W. Taber.
Language: English.
Access
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Administrative Information
Publication Rights
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is one, and
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Banning Family Collection of Photographs, Part II, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Provenance
Gift of Mrs. Richard W. Call and Mrs. Daniel A. Sisk, June 1996.
Processing Information
The collection was arranged, numbered and rehoused, and a Container List created, by Jane Apostol in 2004. Jennifer Watts
created the original finding aid in May 2004. The machine-readable finding aid was created by Sue Luftschein in March 2007.
Ten stereographs of the Civil War published by the firms Taylor and Huntington and E. and H.T. Anthony and Co. were transferred
to the Photo Archives' stereograph collection. For a list of these items, contact the Curator of Photographs.
Physical Characteristics or Technical Requirements
Arrangements for viewing negatives must be made with the Curator of Photographs. Film negatives are housed in cold storage.
Biographical Note
The Banning Family played a pivotal role in the development of Southern California. Phineas Banning (1830-1885) immigrated
to California from Philadelphia in 1852, and soon became a partner in a freight and
stage-line business that ran between San Pedro and Los Angeles. He founded the settlement of Wilmington near San Pedro,
which served as the hub of the Banning Company. Banning's many business interests
included shipping, warehousing, real estate, and transportation services to Los Angeles and inland areas. The Banning Company
continued under the direction of Phineas's sons, William, Joseph Brent (J.B.),
and Hancock, until the company dissolved in 1920.
The Banning Company purchased the majority interest in Santa Catalina Island in 1892 with the intention of developing the
site as a resort. In partnership with Dr. Charles Frederick Holder, the family turned
Catalina into a renowned fishing destination. The Bannings controlled Catalina Island until 1919 when they sold their controlling
interest for $3.5 million dollars to chewing gum magnate William Wrigley.
Scope and Contents
The Banning Family Collection of Photographs, Part II, contains 1204 photographs and 23 photograph albums collected by the
Banning family of Southern California from 1814 to 1979 (bulk 1880-1920).
The most substantial categories of photographs in the collection are: views of Santa Catalina Island; Banning family properties
and residences in southern California; and portraits of family members and relatives.
Of special significance are the Catalina photographs documenting the development of the island from a natural enclave with
few inhabitants to a thriving tourist resort. The collection also includes views of the
Banning family properties in Wilmington, their Conejo Ranch in Ventura County, and a camp at Pomona. Other categories include
the Ayer Family; the Horn/Russell Family; Banning Family Employees; Miscellaneous and
Unidentified Portraits; Banning Family Trips; George S. Patton Family; Oversized Photographs; Ephemera; and Family Albums.
This final category focuses primarily on Banning properties, family portraits, and especially
Catalina, including one album documenting the devastating Catalina fire of 1915 (Volume 7). Of particular interest are
the images of the George S. Patton family who were close friends of the Bannings.
There are a significant number of photographers represented in the collection, chief among them Joseph Brent Banning or "J.B.B.,"
as he signed his images. J.B. Banning's amateur views are noteworthy as the earliest and
largest body of visual documentation of Catalina and other Banning holdings. Many of southern California's most notable
commercial portrait and landscape photographers are represented in the collection including:
Bertrand and Co.; Bradley and Rulofson; C.T. Colliers; B.F. Conaway; Dewey Bros.; Hervé Friend; William M. Godfrey; Jarvis
Studios; A.L. Mojonier; Payne, Stanton, and Co.; Putnam Studios; Reyes; F.G. Schumacher;
Stanton and Burdick; Steckel Studios; Steckel and Lamson; and I.W. Taber.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in the following categories: Santa Catalina Island; Wilmington; Conejo Ranch, Ventura County; Camp
at Pomona; Banning Family Members and Residences; Ayer Family; Horn/Russell Family; Banning Employees; Miscellaneous and Unidentifed
Portraits; Banning Family Trips; George S. Patton Family; Oversized Photographs; Ephemera; and Family Albums.
Box 26 houses glass plate negatives. Box 27 houses film negatives.
Related Material in the Huntington Library
Index Terms
Persons:
Banning, Hancock, 1865-1925--Photographs.
Banning, Joseph Brent, 1861-1920--Homes and haunts--Photographs.
Banning, Joseph Brent, 1861-1920, photographer.
Banning, Phineas, 1830-1885--Photographs.
Banning, William, 1858-1946--Photographs.
Banning, William L., 1814-1893--Homes and haunts--Photographs.
Biscailuz, Eugene W., 1883-1963--Photographs.
Collier, Charles T., photographer.
Conaway, B. F., photographer.
Dewey, George N., photographer.
Friend, Hervey, photographer.
Godfrey, W. M. (William Mollock), 1825-1900, photographer.
Holder, Charles Frederick, 1851-1915--Photographs.
Mojonier, A. Louis, photographer.
Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1856-1927--Homes and haunts--Photographs.
Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1856-1927--Photographs.
Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945--Photographs.
Rogers, Will, 1879-1935--Photographs.
Schumacher, Frank G., 1861- photographer.
Taber, I. W. (Isaiah West), 1830-1912, photographer.
Organizations:
Bertrand and Co.
Bradley and Rulofson.
Jarvis (Firm : Pasadena, Calif.), photographer.
Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel, Calif.)--Photographs.
Payne, Stanton and Co.
Plaza Photo Gallery.
Stanton and Burdick.
Steckel and Lamson.
Sunbeam Gallery.
Family Names:
Ayers family--Photographs.
Patton family--Photographs.
Places:
Pomona (Calif.)--Photographs.
Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)--Photographs.
Wilmington (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Photographs.
Lowe, Mount (Los Angeles County, Calif.)--Photographs.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Photographs.
Ventura County (Calif.)--Photographs.
Subjects:
Boats and boating--California--Santa Catalina Island--Photographs.
Camping--California--Photographs.
Children--Photographs.
Chinese--Photographs.
Fishing--California--Santa Catalina Island--Photographs.
Golf--California--Santa Catalina Island--Photographs.
Indians of North America--Photographs.
Italians--Photographs.
Japanese--Photographs.
Ranch life--California--Ventura County--Photographs.
Recreation--California--Santa Catalina Island--Photographs.
Ships--Photographs.
Stagecoaches--California--Santa Catalina Island--Photographs.
Unskilled labor--California--Photographs.
Document Types:
Cabinet photographs.
Clippings.
Cyanotypes.
Ephemera.
Negatives.
Photograph albums.
Photographs.
Photogravures.
Portraits.
Postcards.
Stereographs.
Tintypes.
Box 1, Item 1-4
Views of Avalon showing tents,
undated
Box 1, Item 5
"Avalon, 1896. Pavilion lodge under construction (no top). Salina-lagoon in left foreground. Cupola on Glenmore Hotel helpful
to date photo. Taken near Holly Hill House looking West,"
1896
Box 1, Item 6
Bay with steamer Hermosa, sailboats, Sugar Loaf,
undated
Box 1, Item 12
Hotel Metropole. Menu on verso,
undated
Note
[Also, 35 mm slide.]
Box 1, Item 13
Hotel Metropole,
undated
Note
[Sign on lower level: Metropole Cafe. Billiards. Barber shop.]
Box 1, Item 14
Metropole, with rowboats in foreground,
undated
Box 1, Item 15
Pavilion under construction,
undated
Box 1, Item 18
Cottonwood Beach,
undated
Box 1, Item 20
Government quarters at Isthmus,
undated
Box 1, Item 21-21 var.
Camp at Middle Ranch,
c. 1890-1895
Box 1, Item 24
Mount Black Jack,
undated
Box 1, Item 25
"Frog Rock, with arch, and bald eagle/osprey nest,"
undated
Box 1, Item 31
Wild goat, in pen,
undated
Box 1, Item 32
Double exposure (carriage, structure),
undated
Box 1, Item 33
Katharine Stewart Banning, Mrs. Halstead, Susan Patton,
undated
Box 1, Item 34
Sophie Lacy, Tillie Lyman, Dick Lacy,
undated
Box 1, Item 35
Dan McFarland, Mrs. Jaro von Schmidt, Ella Hurd (Griffith), Mrs. J. J. Mellus, 2 unidentified people, Count Jaro von Schmidt,
Mrs. David McFarland,
undated
Box 1, Item 36
Mexican sheepdrivers at brigada,
undated
Box 1, Item 37
Vicente Lugo and a yellowtail,
undated
Box 1, Item 38
Government headquarters at Isthmus,
undated
Box 1, Item 39
Partial view of Isthmus Harbor,
undated
Box 1, Item 40
Seal Rock, off Isthmus Harbor,
undated
Box 1, Item 41
Camp at Swain's Valley,
undated
Box 1, Item 42
Residence of Joseph Brent Banning, Timms Landing,
undated
Box 1, Item 43
Sugar Loaf, Timms Landing,
undated
Box 1, Item 44
Fish camp, Eagle's Nest Rock, Timms Landing,
undated
Box 1, Item 45
Fish camp, Timms Landing,
undated
Box 1, Item 46
S.S. Linda at Timms Landing,
undated
Box 1, Item 47
Jim Johnson's Cove,
undated
Box 1, Item 48
Yacht Ida at Jim Johnson's Cove,
undated
Box 1, Item 49
Wilmington: Avenue, looking from house,
undated
Box 1, Item 50
Wilmington: Barns,
undated
Box 1, Item 51
Wilmington: Man plowing,
undated
Box 1, Item 52
Wilmington: Machine shop,
undated
Box 1, Item 53
Wilmington: Reservoir,
undated
Box 2, Item 54-61
Wilmington: Bull's eye views of ships off Catalina,
undated
Box 2, Item 62
Outdoor dining. Catalina?,
undated
Box 2, Item 63
"Avalon. 25+ western gulls. Proof of shingle-cobble beach, not sandy,"
undated
Box 2, Item 64
Avalon with Sugar Loaf,
undated
Box 2, Item 65
Avalon. Nita Patton?,
undated
Box 2, Item 66
Avalon, with Hotel Metropole in background,
undated
Box 2, Item 67
Revenue Cutter by Sugar Loaf,
ca. 1892
Box 2, Item 68-74
Mary Alicia Sweeney Banning,
1896-1897
Box 2, Item 75-76
Joseph Brent Banning, Jr., with rifle,
undated
Box 2, Item 77-79
Katharine Mary Banning,
undated
Box 2, Item 80
Two little girls,
undated
Box 2, Item 81
Picnic (Catalina?),
undated
Box 2, Item 82
Katharine Mary Banning, Anne Patton, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Holder,
undated
Box 2, Item 84
John Cline, Avalon,
September 13, 1896
Box 2, Item 87
Tents (Catalina?),
undated
Box 2, Item 88
Cookstoves, barbecue (Catalina?),
undated
Box 2, Item 89
"Avalon, First trip on first stage road",
undated
Box 2, Item 90-91
Horse-drawn carriage,
undated
Box 2, Item 92
Group posed on rocks,
undated
Box 2, Item 93
Mother and child,
undated
Box 2, Item 93.1
Descanso House,
1902
Note
[Mounted group photo. People identified on verso.]
Snapshots of "La Crescenta," Banning bungalow at Avalon, Catalina Island
Box 2, Item 94-116
"La Crescenta,"
undated
Note
[94 and 106 on postcards. 95 and 98: Mary Alicia Sweeney Banning. 100: May Alice Banning. 102: Joseph Brent Banning, Jr.
110: Mary Alicia Sweeney Banning.]
Copy prints of Avalon scenes, by Reyes, 1886-1892
Box 2, Item 117-135
Avalon scenes,
1886-1892
Note
[122: explanatory notes on verso. 135: "When the ship arrived midsummer." Negative on file for 132.]
Box 3, Item 136
Avalon from the South. J. B. Banning's "Descanso House" in foreground,
ca. 1898
Note
[C. C. Pierce Collection. Negative on file.]
Box 3, Item 137
Notes: Place where we dreamed of having a college some day; place where workmen who knew JBB placed bench in his memory,
undated
Box 3, Item 138
Photo shows many trees, tent houses,
undated
Box 3, Item 139-142
Views of Avalon,
undated
Note
[subseries pasted on single sheet.]
Box 3, Item 143-144
Charlie Lim Ying and aides in Metropole kitchen,
undated
Note
[Charlie Lim Young worked for Banning family in Wilmington, then became chef at Hotel Metropole.]
Box 3, Item 150
Avalon Bay. Ballast Point in middle upper left,
undated
Physical Description: [Reproduced as postcard]
Box 3, Item 151
Avalon, with bathhouse, Sugar Loaf,
undated
Physical Description: [Reproduced as postcard]
Box 3, Item 152
St. Catherine Hotel,
1918
Physical Description: [Reproduced as postcard]
Box 3, Item 153-154
Waterfront, showing Avalon Oil Co.,
undated
Box 3, Item 155
Crowded waterfront. Buildings include Bay View, Grand View, Camera Obscura. "Mrs. Holder and José and new boat built here,
no one knows by whom or for what purpose,"
undated
Box 3, Item 156
C[harles] F[rederick] Holder with prize catch,
undated
Box 3, Item 157-158
Very small photos of fishermen and catch,
undated
Box 3, Item 159
Pier, with pelican and seagulls. Also, JBB[?] with camera,
undated
Box 3, Item 160-161
Feeding pelicans,
undated
Box 3, Item 162
Child pretending to ride large beached fish,
undated
Physical Description: [Cyanotype]
Box 3, Item 163
Catalina boatmen in front of camera obscura,
undated
Box 3, Item 164-165
Picnic. Fourth of July?,
undated
Box 3, Item 169
Avalon with smoke rising. Fire?,
undated
Box 3, Item 170
Avalon: double exposure,
undated
Note
[For oversize view of Avalon, see 1153.]
"Early Catalina," Miscellaneous Snapshots
Box 3, Item 171
Joseph Brent Banning in automobile,
undated
Box 3, Item 172
Early automobile,
undated
Box 3, Item 173
Joseph Brent Banning by Banning and Company's office,
undated
Box 3, Item 174
Downtown buildings (1 sign for kelp curios),
undated
Box 3, Item 175
Children posed by "Ye Roost,"
undated
Box 3, Item 178
Captain Allen Hancock,
undated
Box 3, Item 179
Captain Hancock and Peter Reyes,
undated
Box 3, Item 180
Captain Holbrook,
undated
Box 3, Item 181
Holbrook, Joseph Brent Banning, and Frank,
undated
Box 3, Item 182
Holbrook and Banning,
undated
Box 3, Item 184
Bartender on verandah,
undated
Box 3, Item 185-202
Katharine Mary Banning,
1917
Box 3, Item 210
Fisherman with rod and reel,
undated
Box 3, Item 211-218
Family boating scenes,
undated
"Avalon Collage. Life in Avalon"
Box 3, Item 219-231
Snapshots of family and friends,
undated
Note
[231: Note on photo: "Taken 15 minutes before boat left wharf" (family group on steps). Pasted on verso: part of MS letter.]
Box 3, Item 232-234
Horses and riders,
undated
Note
[232: "My love, 'Cabrillo,' a jumper."]
Box 3, Item 235
Horse-drawn carriage,
undated
Box 3, Item 241
"Chicken John" with hogs,
undated
Miscellaneous Avalon scenes
Box 3, Item 243
Joseph Brent Banning by his automobile,
undated
Box 3, Item 244-245
Family members on pier,
undated
Box 3, Item 246
Katharine Stewart Banning looking down on bay,
undated
Box 3, Item 247
Divers and swimmers,
undated
Box 3, Item 248
Pak Snyder and William Young cooking outdoors,
undated
Box 3, Item 249
Two outdoor cooks,
undated
Box 3, Item 251-253
Unidentified family members,
undated
Box 3, Item 254
Mary Alicia Banning, unidentified woman, 3 children,
undated
Box 3, Item 256
Steamboat Pacific,
undated
Box 3, Item 257
"Mexican Joe" Presciado,
undated
Box 3, Item 258-266
"Pride's Landing," Avalon home of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Ayer, Sr.,
undated
Note
[Note on original envelope reads: "Including Patton, Merrill, Mrs. F. Ayer, Sr."]
Box 3, Item 267-268
Entrance to J. B. Banning residence (?),
undated
Box 3, Item 269
"First drive. Catalina Country Club Links,"
undated
Box 3, Item 270
View from golf course links,
undated
Box 3, Item 271
Golfers, including Cosby, Southern California amateur champion golfer,
undated
Box 3, Item 273
East Avalon Terrace. Island Railway and golf links in distance,
undated
Physical Description: [Photogravure.]
Box 3, Item 273.1
Sentinel Rock and Ocean Drive,
undated
Physical Description: [Photogravure.]
Box 3, Item 273.2
"Silver Strand, now connected with Avalon by Ocean Drive,",
undated
Physical Description: [Photogravure.]
Box 3, Item 274
Hunters with birds,
undated
Box 3, Item 276.1
Pebbly Beach Road,
undated
The Isthmus
Note
[For oversize view of J. B. Banning, Jr. in auto, "development planning for Isthmus," see 1154. For oversize photo and collage
made by J. B. Banning to illustrate Phineas Banning's ideas for Isthmus, see 1155. Detailed description on verso. For oversize
view of Isthmus Harbor, see 1156.]
Box 3, Item 277
Panorama,
undated
Note
[Note by William Banning: "These 100s of trees no longer occur at Isthmus. Catalina Harbor in background."]
Note
[P. V. Reyes, 1941.]
Box 3, Item 278
Isthmus Cove, looking toward the mainland,
undated
Note
[Notes on verso by JBB, Jr.]
Box 3, Item 279-305
"Our home on the Isthmus. Built by JBB, Sr.,"
undated
Note
[279: Home under construction. 294: JBB, Sr. 295: JBB, Sr. and Katharine Stewart Banning. 296: Katharine Stewart Banning.
297: JBB, Jr., and Katharine Mary Banning. 298: Ann ("Nanny") Wilson Banning. 298.1-298.2: Portraits of Ann Wilson Banning
(not at Catalina). 298.3: Unidentified woman. 299-305.1: Family scenes.]
Box 3, Item 306-308
House on Isthmus?,
August 27, 1899,
undated
Note
[307: "Little living room."]
Box 3, Item 309-310
"Malva rosa Lavatera with horses,"
undated
Box 3, Item 311
Joseph Brent Banning with his automobile,
undated
Box 3, Item 312
JBB and Mrs. Goodall in the auto,
undated
Box 3, Item 313
JBB in auto, by stack of lumber,
undated
Box 3, Item 314-315
Automobile in perilous position,
undated
Box 3, Item 338-343
Various boats,
undated
Note
[341-342: Salvador. 343: Steamship.]
Box 3, Item 350-351
Picnickers on rocky beach,
undated
Box 3, Item 351.2
Rocky landscape and stream. Isthmus?,
undated
Box 3, Item 352
Man sitting on rock. Isthmus?,
undated
Box 3, Item 354
Old government barracks,
undated
Other Locations on Catalina
Box 3, Item 355
Middle Ranch,
1897
Note
[C. C. Pierce Collection.]
Box 3, Item 356
Descanso Canyon and home of J. B. Banning, Jr.,
undated
Note
[Note: "Cactus on hillside. Cobble-shingle beach, not sand.]
Box 3, Item 357-359
"Catalina Harbor, with Ballast Point; also orchard, vineyard,"
undated
Box 3, Item 360
Catalina Harbor. Ballast Point, sheep and fence,
undated
Box 3, Item 361
Little Harbor. "Bought by Banning Brothers,"
undated
Box 3, Item 362-377
Snapshots of family and friends at Little Harbor,
undated
Box 3, Item 378
Fisherman's Cove,
undated
Box 3, Item 379-388.1
Unidentified locations,
undated
Note
[387: "All the family at Empalme (?), Christmas 1910." 387.1: House with cupola. 387.2: Color print of seascape, with sailboat,
motorboats. 388: Color print showing houses, hillside. 388.1: Two women and child on rocky beach.]
Box 3, Item 389-392
Long explanatory note on verso by JBB, Jr., concerning
Hermosa 1 and 2,
ca. 1890,
undated
Note
[391: Photo by Swenson. 392: C. C. Pierce Collection.]
Box 3, Item 393
S.S. Cabrillo leaving San Pedro for Catalina,
undated
Note
[C. C. Pierce Collection.]
Box 3, Item 394
Cabrillo en route to Avalon,
undated
Physical Description: [Photogravure.]
Box 3, Item 395-396
Campañero,
undated
Physical Description: [395: postcard.]
Box 3, Item 397
S.S. San Diego with picnic party. Howland's Bay,
September 13, 1898
Note
[35mm slide on file.]
Box 3, Item 398-399
Pasqualito, the Graves boat,
undated
Note
[Small photos of man on yardarm.]
Box 3, Item 401
Unidentified steamship,
undated
Box 3, Item 401.1
Unidentified steamship with "M" on smokestack,
undated
Box 3, Item 402-405.5
Horse-drawn vehicles,
undated
Box 3, Item 406
Carriage, with driver, passenger,
undated
Box 3, Item 407
Shoreline, Avalon Bay in foreground,
undated
Box 3, Item 408
Avalon Bay, from Chimes Tower,
undated
Photogravures by Hervé Friend (with exception of 410)
Box 3, Item 411-412
Sugar Loaf, with steamer,
undated
Wilmington
Note
[Note: See also stereographs 49-53 and oversize photos 1157-1158 (Banning House grounds).]
Box 3, Item 419
Banning House, with Lucy and Mary Banning on verandah,
undated
Box 3, Item 420
Indian workmen hired by Phineas Banning to dig canal from slough to railroad tracks,
undated
Box 3, Item 420.1
Copy print of workmen photo, with explanatory note on verso,
undated
Box 3, Item 421
William Banning (?) driving carriage,
undated
Note
[Copy print of photo in HEH collection.]
Box 3, Item 422
Stage (Wilmington?),
undated
Conejo Ranch, Ventura County
Cyanotypes
Note
[Cyanotypes by Joseph Brent Banning.]
Box 4, Item 423
Katharine Stewart Banning and Mr. Halstead,
1888
Box 4, Item 425-428
Landscape with cows,
1888
Box 4, Item 435-440
Family members and views,
1888
Box 4, Item 443-444
Ranch buildings,
ca. 1890
Box 4, Item 445
Interior. Family and friends enjoying meal,
ca. 1890
Box 4, Item 446
"JBB and the rest of us,"
ca. 1890
Box 4, Item 447
Horses in stream; onlookers,
ca. 1890
Box 4, Item 448
William Lacy and Pinto,
ca. 1890
Box 4, Item 449
"Playing bandit,"
ca. 1890
Box 4, Item 450
Landscape, with rocks, stream,
ca. 1890
Box 4, Item 455-458
Hancock Banning's dog, Jet, holding rifle,
undated
Box 4, Item 459
Jet at ship's wheel,
undated
Box 4, Item 460
Jet holding horse,
undated
Box 4, Item 461
Jet on horseback,
undated
Box 4, Item 462-466
Hancock Banning and Jack Griffith,
undated
Box 4, Item 467-470
Unidentified women,
undated
Box 5, Item 471-473
Unidentified women,
undated
Box 5, Item 474
"Joe and his mother,"
undated
Note
[Joseph Brent Banning, Jr., and Katharine Stewart Banning.]
Box 5, Item 475
Ranch building. Shed?,
undated
Box 5, Item 476-484
Ranch views, with horses,
undated
Box 5, Item 486
"Driving home" (Carriage),
undated
Box 5, Item 487
"Sunk in the mud" (Carriage),
undated
Box 5, Item 488-489
Landscape, with cows,
undated
Box 5, Item 490-497
Landscapes,
undated
Note
[496 and 497 depict dam construction?]
Box 5, Item 497.1
Chefs for outdoor meal,
undated
Copy prints, with notations
Box 5, Item 498
Capt. William Banning driving coach, en route Los Angeles to Conejo,
undated
Box 5, Item 499
Group of women, including Lucy and Mary Banning,
undated
Box 5, Item 500
Capt. William Banning in group including Lucy and Mary Banning,
undated
Box 5, Item 501
Group on haystack,
undated
Box 5, Item 502
"Our morning's drive." People on horseback and in thoroughbrace wagon,
undated
Box 5, Item 503
Group, including Capt. William Banning, Will Lacy, Lucy and Mary Banning,
undated
Box 5, Item 504
Group, including Mary Banning, Will Lacy,
undated
Box 5, Item 505
"At Encino 12 M." Coach en route to or from Conejo,
undated
Banning Family Members and their homes
Box 6, Item 512.1
John Banning House, Dover, Delaware. Built 1776. Explanatory notes,
1888
Box 6, Item 512.1 var.
Photo of John Banning House,
undated
Box 6, Item 512.2
Old Lockerman house? Located near Banning house in Dover,
undated
Box 6, Item 513
Rebecca Sanford Banning,
undated
William Banning ("Captain," eldest son of Phineas and Rebecca)
Box 6, Item 514-515
Childhood photos,
undated
Box 6, Item 517
With Major Clark Burnham,
ca. 1927
Box 6, Item 518
With New York financiers, on Banning steam yacht, bound for Catalina. Newspaper clipping on verso,
undated
Box 6, Item 519
With Will Rogers,
undated
Box 6, Item 520
In front of coach with sign "Overland Stage Coach Club",
undated
Box 6, Item 522
With Eugene Biscailuz,
undated
Box 6, Item 523
With Mary (Banning) Norris,
undated
Box 6, Item 524-524.2
With Katharine Stewart Banning(?),
1938
Box 6, Item 528
Portrait,
1942
Note
[Logo on back: L.A. Riding Academy.]
Box 6, Item 529
William Banning Ranch: Walnut Ranch,
ca. 1930s-1940s
Box 6, Item 530
William Banning residence, 31st St. and Hoover, Los Angeles,
undated
Note
[Many notes on verso about house. See also oversize photo 1159, dining room at 31st and Hoover.]
Box 6, Item 531
Barn, 1st and Hoover, with horses looking out of stalls,
undated
Box 6, Item 532
Barn at William Banning house,
ca. 1922
Box 6, Item 533
"Captain Banning's elegant six-in-hand,"
undated
Joseph Brent Banning (2nd son of Phineas and Rebecca Banning)
Note
[See also oversize 1160 (J. B. Banning, wife, and grown children); 1161 (collage made by Katharine Stewart Banning of Banning
family children); 1164 (group photo of J. B. Banning and others on mule back).]
Box 6, Item 534-540
Childhood photos,
undated
Note
[537 signed by Godfrey. 538 in Scotland. 540 in Ireland.]
Box 6, Item 541-544
Formal portraits,
undated
Box 6, Item 545
J. B. Banning with group outside unidentified building,
undated
Box 6, Item 545.1
J. B. Banning (?) in uniform,
undated
Box 6, Item 548-549
Standing in yard,
undated
Box 6, Item 550-552
With Katharine Stewart Banning,
undated
Box 6, Item 553-554
With Katharine Mary Banning Graves,
undated
Box 6, Item 555
With family group on tram,
undated
Box 6, Item 556
Aboard ship, with family,
undated
Box 6, Item 557
Outside train with 2 grandsons,
undated
Box 6, Item 557.1
J. B. Banning (?) aiming camera,
undated
Katharine Stewart Banning (wife of Joseph Brent Banning)
Box 6, Item 558-563
Cabinet cards,
1884,
1888,
ca. 1889,
undated
Note
[561: note on verso. 562: "Had met him." 563: "With Joe, Jr."]
Box 6, Item 564-564 var.
Childhood photo,
undated
Physical Description: [Glass plate negative on file.]
Box 6, Item 565
KSB and JBB, Jr. (baby): 4 poses,
undated
Box 6, Item 566-566.2
"Sent me by my son Joe,"
June 22, 1920
Box 6, Item 574
Portrait,
1931
Note
[Long note on verso referring to Katharine Alice Banning.]
Box 6, Item 582-584
Portrait,
undated
Note
[584: with Susan Wills, Nita Patton (on postcard).]
Box 6, Item 584.1
Katharine Stewart Banning?,
undated
Box 6, Item 586
With JBB, Jr. and Katharine Mary,
1893
Note
[Explanatory note on verso.]
Box 6, Item 587
With grandchildren, Jane and Francis Graves, and with "comfort bags" designed by KSB in World War I and redesigned World War
II. Later sold as "chic" tote bags by Bullock's Wilshire,
ca. 1925
Joseph Brent Banning home, 945 Westlake Avenue, Los Angeles
Box 7, Item 589-593
Exterior views,
undated
Note
[593: Katharine Mary Banning and Joseph Brent Banning, Jr., as children standing outside house, with nursemaid.]
Box 7, Item 596
Hall from living room,
undated
Box 7, Item 597
Interior view,
undated
Physical Description: [Copy print.]
Joseph Brent Banning, Jr. (elder son of Joseph Brent Banning and Katharine Stewart Banning)
Note
[See also oversize 1162 (as young boy) and 1163 (older man).]
Box 7, Item 598
As child, carrying goat,
undated
Box 7, Item 599
As child, in sailor suit,
undated
Box 7, Item 600
Eight years old, with first gun,
undated
Box 7, Item 601
About 12 years old, wearing Norfolk jacket and knickers,
undated
Box 7, Item 603
In outdoor landscape. Catalina?,
undated
Box 7, Item 604
With sister, Katharine Mary,
undated
Box 7, Item 605-624
Small snapshots in various settings,
undated
Note
[615-619: With automobile. 622-624: Aboard ship.]
Box 7, Item 626
Seated in bedroom,
undated
Box 7, Item 627
Three different poses (camera on tripod at rear of bedroom),
undated
Box 7, Item 628
Aboard
S. S. Cabrillo, en route to Santa Catalina,
undated
Box 7, Item 629
With rod and reel and gaffed fish,
undated
Box 7, Item 630
Making speech in World War I,
undated
Box 7, Item 631-632
San Francisco room,
ca. 1920
Box 7, Item 633
Aboard ship, playing guitar,
undated
Box 7, Item 634
With fishing rod,
undated
Physical Description: [Color print.]
Box 7, Item 634.1
Banning home, 432 McCadden Place,
undated
Note
[See also oversize photos 1173-1174.]
Alice Mira (Morse) Banning, wife of JBB, Jr.
Katharine Mary (Banning) Graves. 2nd child of Joseph Brent Banning, Jr. and Katharine Stewart Banning
Box 8, Item 638
Infant,
undated
Note
[Photo by Schumacher.]
Box 8, Item 639-640
Young child,
undated
Note
[Photos by Schumacher.]
Box 8, Item 645-646
Formal portraits,
1913,
undated
Box 8, Item 647
Head and shoulders portrait,
undated
Box 8, Item 648.1-648.2
As young child, with Nita Patton,
undated
Box 8, Item 649
Swimming with dog (Fritz),
undated
Box 8, Item 650-651
With Francis Porter Graves, Jr.,
undated
Box 8, Item 652-687.1
Various poses,
1936,
1940,
undated
Note
[672: With William Phineas Banning). 677: With Alice H. Graves (Mrs. Jackson A. Graves). 678: With Alice Graves and Francis
Porter Graves, Jr. 687.1: With Francis Porter Graves, Jr. (Damaged).]
Francis Porter Graves (husband of Katharine Mary Banning)
Box 8, Item 688-689
Portraits,
undated
Note
[688.1: with John Schumacher. 689: with Katharine Mary and baby.]
Box 8, Item 689.1-689.2
Site of Graves' home, Madre Avenue, Alhambra, before house built,
undated
William Phineas Banning (3rd child of Joseph Brent Banning and Katharine Stewart Banning)
Box 8, Item 693-707
As young child,
undated
Note
[694 with grandmother, Mary Alicia (Lowber) Banning.]
Box 8, Item 718
Debonair pose outside residence (?) with Japanese lanterns and sign "Mother's Choice,"
undated
Box 8, Item 719
At Catalina with Katharine Mary Banning,
undated
Box 8, Item 721
With [Ruth Ellen Patton] and picnic basket,
undated
Box 8, Item 722
Debonair pose: leaning on cane,
undated
Box 8, Item 724
With Joseph Brent Banning and Katharine Mary (Banning) Graves,
undated
Box 8, Item 725
Outside Catalina cottage,
undated
Box 8, Item 727
On beach with wife and young son,
undated
Box 8, Item 728
Seated at ease, with book,
undated
Box 8, Item 728.1
William Phineas Banning (?) in bathing suit,
undated
Box 8, Item 729
As young child, with shovel,
undated
Box 8, Item 731
Studio portrait by J. Edwin Williams,
1913
Box 8, Item 732-733
In sailor uniform,
undated
Hancock Banning (3rd son of Phineas and Rebecca Banning)
Box 9, Item 736
As young boy, with William Banning,
undated
Box 9, Item 738-739
Portraits,
1894
Note
[Photos by Schumacher.]
Anne Ophelia Banning (wife of Hancock Banning)
Box 9, Item 740
In Red Cross uniform,
undated
Box 9, Item 741
Formal portrait,
undated
Physical Description: [Copy print.]
Box 9, Item 741.1
Portrait,
undated
Physical Description: [Negative only.]
Hancock Banning, Jr. (1st son of Hancock and Anne Ophelia Banning)
Box 9, Item 742
Four months old,
June 1892
Note
[Photo by Schumacher.]
Box 9, Item 743
Twenty-one months old,
November 1893
Note
[Photo by Schumacher.]
Box 9, Item 744
Baby picture (in dress). Hancock, Jr. (?),
undated
Box 9, Item 745
Portrait,
1895
Note
[Photo by Schumacher.]
Box 9, Item 746
Portrait,
Christmas 1896
Note
[Photo by Schumacher.]
Eleanor Anne (Banning) Macfarland (2nd child of Hancock and Anne Ophelia Banning)
Note
[See also oversize 1166 for Anne McFarland Brown.]
Box 9, Item 748
Portrait,
ca. 1915
Physical Description: [Copy print.]
Box 9, Item 751
Portrait,
undated
Note
[Photo by Dorothy Wilding, London.]
George Hugh Banning (3rd child of Hancock and Anne Ophelia Banning)
Box 9, Item 752-754
Baby photos,
1895-1896
Note
[Photos by Schumacher.]
Mary Hollister (Banning) Norris (1st daughter of Phineas and Mary Hollister Banning)
Box 9, Item 756
As matron,
undated
Physical Description: [Copy print.]
Box 9, Item 757
As matron, with William Banning,
undated
Lucy Tichenor Banning (2nd daughter of Phineas and Mary Hollister Banning)
Box 9, Item 758
Portait,
undated
Note
[Photo by Steckel and Lamson.]
Box 9, Item 759
Portrait,
undated
Note
[Includes copy print.]
Box 9, Item 760
Portrait,
undated
Note
[Photo by Mojonier.]
Box 9, Item 760.1
With Mabel Young (as childen),
undated
Physical Description: [Tintype.]
William Lowber Banning (oldest brother of Phineas Banning)
Box 10, Item 763
Mounted portrait,
undated
Mary Alicia (Sweeney) Banning (wife of William Lowber Banning)
Box 10, Item 764-767
Portraits,
1843
Note
[764: on verso description of dress, information that she lived in Philadelphia, then St. Paul.]
Box 10, Item 768-778
Snapshots,
undated
Note
[769-772, 774-776 with daughter May.]
Box 10, Item 779-784
Mounted snapshots,
Summer 1889
Note
[With grandchildren.]
Box 10, Item 784.1-784.11
Grandchildren,
undated
Note
[Mounted snapshots, except for 784.10. Images reversed on 784.4 and 784.5. 784.11 glass plate negative only.]
William Lowber Banning, Jr. 1st child of William Lowber Banning and Mary Alicia Banning
Box 10, Item 785-786
Mounted photos,
Summer 1899
Ellen Barrows Banning, 2nd child of William Lowber Banning and Mary Alicia Banning
Note
[See: Ayer Family File, 912-914]
May Alice Banning, 4th child of William Lowber Banning and Mary Alicia Banning
Note
[See also 775-778, 781-783.]
Box 10, Item 787
As child,
undated
Physical Description: [Cabinet card.]
Box 10, Item 788
Portrait,
undated
Note
[Photo by Theodore Marceau, San Francisco.]
Box 10, Item 789
In riding costume, at Wilmington, on visit to California,
1887
Note
[Photo by A. C. Golsh, Los Angeles.]
Box 10, Item 790
As older woman,
undated
Note
[Photo by Palmquist and Jurgens, St. Paul, Minnesota.]
Box 10, Item 791
Strip of 14 small photos,
undated
Frederick Donlevy Banning, 5th child of William Lowber Banning and Mary Alicia Banning
Box 10, Item 792-793
As member of a gymnastic team,
undated
Box 10, Item 794.1
With Jay Stewart,
undated
Note
[Both boys holding rifles. 2 halves of stereo.]
Box 10, Item 795
Frederick Donlevy Banning, Jr. (age 4 ½) in Highland costume, and Jane Banning (2 ½) in lady's costume,
undated
Katharine Stewart Banning, 6th child of William Lowber Banning and Mary Alicia Banning
William Lowber Banning family members
Box 10, Item 769-800
Family members, St. Paul,
1899
Box 10, Item 800.1
"Father's Aunt Mary Lowber,"
undated
Box 10, Item 800.2
Two children. St. Paul photo,
undated
Box 10, Item 800.3
Mrs. William Lowber Banning,
undated
Physical Description: [Negative only.]
William Lowber Banning homes
Box 10, Item 801
993 Lincoln Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota,
undated
Box 10, Item 802-802.1
75 Wilkin Street, St. Paul, Minnesota,
1899
Note
[802.1 (on verso of 802): Mary Alicia Lowber and grandchildren.]
Box 10, Item 804
"Ready for his bath?" (Tin tub),
1894
Box 10, Item 806
Exterior (mounted photo),
undated
Children of Francis Porter Graves and Katharine Mary (Banning) Graves
Francis Porter Graves, Jr., 1st child
Box 11, Item 811
Baby picture (with Evangeline Victoria Banning),
undated
Box 11, Item 812
In group of 10 Culver cadets, who went directly into Army,
June 7, 1942
Jane Banning (Graves) Otten, 2nd child
Box 11, Item 814-816
Baby pictures (snapshots),
undated
Box 11, Item 817
Young child, with brothers, Selwyn Jackson Graves and Francis Porter Graves, Jr.,
undated
Box 11, Item 819
Portrait,
1941
Note
[Photo by Bachrach.]
Box 11, Item 820
Wedding picture, with Henry Otten,
May 1954
Selwyn Jackson Graves, 3rd child
Box 11, Item 821-847
Snapshots,
1938,
undated
Note
[821-845: Baby pictures; 846: on horseback; 841: at Graves home.]
Box 11, Item 848
Portrait in military uniform,
undated
Box 11, Item 849
Portrait in Culver School uniform,
undated
Grandchildren of Francis Porter Graves and Katharine Mary Graves
Box 11, Item 850
Jane Wendel Graves, 11 years old,
1969
Box 11, Item 851
Thomas Jackson Graves, 9 years old,
1969
Box 11, Item 852
Peter Wells Graves,
undated
Box 11, Item 853-857
Francis Porter Graves III,
July 26, 1969,
undated
Note
[854-855: in cowboy outfit. 856: 5 years old.]
Box 11, Item 858
Julia B. Graves, high school graduation,
1979
Box 11, Item 859
Katharine McMillan Otten,
January 1966
Box 11, Item 860
Anita Banning Otten,
January 1966
Box 11, Item 861
Elise Marie Otten,
January 1966
Box 11, Item 862
Katharine, Anita, and Elise Marie Otten,
undated
Alice H. Graves (Mrs. Jackson A. Graves)
Box 11, Item 863
In Alhambra house,
ca. 1940
Box 11, Item 864
With Francis Porter Graves, Jr.,
undated
Evangeline Victoria (Banning) Harding, daughter of William Phineas Banning
Box 11, Item 875
Silhouette. (Evangeline Victoria?),
undated
Box 11, Item 876-877
Snapshots pasted on notebook paper,
undated
Box 11, Item 878-884
Portraits,
1940-1941,
undated
Note
[882-884 by Bachrach.]
Box 11, Item 885-888
Wedding pictures,
undated
Box 11, Item 889-890
Christening liberty ship
Phineas Banning,
undated
Box 11, Item 891-892
Family members at ship christening (most identified),
undated
Robert Brent Harding, son of Robert Sewick Harding and Evangeline Victoria (Banning) Harding
William Phineas Banning, Jr., son of William Phineas Banning and Evangeline Victoria (Grier) Banning
Box 11, Item 902-905
In Culver Military School uniform (Illinois),
undated
Hancock Banning III, son of Hancock Banning, Jr. and Florence Lewers (Johnston) Banning
Box 11, Item 906
Portrait,
undated
Note
[Photo by R. Kourken.]
Robert Johnston Banning, son of Hancock Banning, Jr. and Florence Lewers (Johnston) Banning
Note
[See oversize 1166 for Robert and Hancock Banning, Jr.]
Box 11, Item 907
Portrait,
undated
Note
[Photo by R. Kourken.]
Donald Macfarland, son of John Cobb Macfarland and Eleanor Anne (Banning) Macfarland
Marion Fitzhugh Macfarland, son of John Cobb Macfarland and Anne (Banning) Macfarland
Box 11, Item 909
Marion Fitzhugh Macfarland,
1933
Note
[908 and 909 pasted on greeting card.]
Frederick Ayer
Note
[See also oversize portraits 1167, 1168.]
Box 11, Item 910
Portrait,
undated
Physical Description: [Carte-de-visite.]
Note
[Photo by Stebbings, Paris.]
Box 11, Item 911
Photo standing by auto,
undated
Ellen Barrows (Banning) Ayer, 2nd child of William Lowber Banning and Mary Alicia Banning; wife of Frederick Ayer
Box 11, Item 912-914
Ellen (Banning) Ayer,
undated
Frederick Ayer, Jr., 1st child of Frederick and Ellen Ayer
Box 11, Item 915-916
Frederick Ayer, Jr.,
undated
Beatrice Banning Ayer, 2nd child of Frederick and Ellen Ayer
Box 11, Item 917
Beatrice Banning Ayer,
undated
Katharine (Ayer) Merrill, 3rd child of Frederick and Ellen Ayer
Box 11, Item 918
At Lake Vineyard,
undated
Box 11, Item 919
Pastel-colored portrait,
undated
Keith Merrill, Sr., husband of Katharine (Ayer) Merrill
Keith Merrill, Jr., son of Keith and Katharine Merrill
Houses of Frederick Ayer, Sr.
Box 11, Item 925-929
"Avalon," residence at Pride's Crossing, Massachusetts,
undated
Box 11, Item 930
Dining room of residence at 249 Pawtucket Street, Lowell, Massachusetts,
undated
Box 11, Item 931
Exterior of Lowell, Massachusetts, house,
undated
Box 12, Item 933
Alexander Horn, and wife (St. Paul Branch). Alec Horn, "favorite cousin of Katharine Stewart Banning,"
undated
Box 12, Item 934-937.9
Margaret Horn Russell (daughter of Alexander Horn),
undated
Box 12, Item 938-943
Edgar Dickson Russell, Jr.,
undated
Box 12, Item 944
Margaret Russell in goat cart,
undated
Box 12, Item 945
Margaret and Marcia Russell,
undated
Box 12, Item 945.1
Mahdie Hall Russell,
1928
Box 12, Item 947-948
Portraits,
undated
Note
[Photos by Schoene, San Francisco. Inscribed on verso to Capt. W. Banning and Judge Banning, compliments S. I. Andrew, Ship
Ben D....]
Box 12, Item 949-953
Portraits,
undated
Note
[Photos by Schumacher.]
Box 12, Item 958
Unidentified man,
undated
Note
[In envelope for Ayer family.]
Box 12, Item 959-960.3
Unidentified men,
undated
Box 12, Item 961-968.3
Group photos,
undated
Note
[961-963: Banning Family members. 968: in envelope for Ayer family. 968.3: William Phineas Banning in foreground?]
Unidentified Children
Note
[See also oversize 1169-1170.]
Box 12, Item 969-982
Unidentified children,
undated
Box 12, Item 982.1
Woman in old-fashioned bonnet,
undated
Box 12, Item 982.2
Two women sitting on front steps (Catalina?),
undated
Box 12, Item 982.3
Young women in wicker chair,
undated
Box 12, Item 982.4
Young graduate with diploma,
undated
Box 12, Item 982.5
Young woman holding bouquet,
undated
Box 12, Item 983
Mrs. Derby of Alameda, California, housekeeper for P. Banning, 1870s,
undated
Box 12, Item 984
Mrs. Derby,
Winter 1889
Note
[Photo by Schumacher.]
Box 12, Item 985
K. Matsumoto at writing desk. In charge of houses at 740 West Adams,
undated
Box 12, Item 986
"Norton," Katharine Stewart Banning's driver, and "Ken," William Banning's cook at Walnut,
undated
Box 13, Item 988
Captain Donald Jorgensen,
undated
Note
[Photo by Schumacher.]
Box 13, Item 989
William R. Rowland,
undated
Note
[Photo by Stanton and Burdick.]
Box 13, Item 990
E. J. Malony,
undated
Note
[Photo by Morse, San Francisco.]
Box 13, Item 991
William [M. Name undecipherable],
undated
Note
[Photo by Payne, Stanton and Co. Elite Gallery.]
Box 13, Item 992-992 var.
Box 13, Item 993
"Mr. Talman of San Pedro" (from Andrew Young photo collection),
undated
Box 13, Item 994
W. Rensdall and wife,
undated
Box 13, Item 995
Mahani Lockwood Moore's wedding in India,
1924
Box 13, Item 996
Mrs. Presiado, wife of "Mexican Joe,"
undated
Box 13, Item 997
"Charline at Fairmont,"
undated
Box 13, Item 998
Abby Howell (child),
1950
Box 13, Item 999
Margaret Burnap, "dear friend of Alice and Joe Banning,"
undated
Box 13, Item 1001
General John Waters and sons, John and Pat,
undated
Box 13, Item 1002
David and Caleb, Jr., Loring,
undated
Box 13, Item 1013.1
Casa Grande,
undated
Physical Description: [Cyanotype.]
Box 13, Item 1013.2-1013.7
Box 13, Item 1013.8-1013.10
Box 13, Item 1013.11
On mule back,
1916
Note
[See also oversize 1164.]
Box 13, Item 1013.12
"Sunrise" (with coach and horses by lake),
1916
European trips
Note
[Photos taken by Joseph Brent Banning on his first trip to Europe. Most locales unidentified.]
Box 13, Item 1014-1068 var.
Small snapshots,
1904
Note
[1014-1026: Netherlands (?). 1027: Venice. 1062: Pier with building sign: Heinz. Another building with sign. 1068: Family
group. 1068 var: enlargement, with members of group identified on verso.]
Box 13, Item 1069
Unidentified locale,
1904
Box 13, Item 1091
Fontainbleau Forest, France,
1904
Box 13, Item 1092-1096
Killarney, Ireland,
1904
Note
[1093-1095: Gypsies (?). 1096: Landscape.]
Box 13, Item 1098
St. Patrick's cottage,
1904
Box 13, Item 1099
Crinen Castle: sword dance (Scotland?),
1904
Box 13, Item 1100
Yochleven Castle (Scotland?),
1904
Box 13, Item 1101-1102
Edinburgh Castle, Scotland,
1904
Box 13, Item 1103-1105
Stirling Castle, Scotland,
1904
Box 13, Item 1106
Statue of Robert Bruce, Stirling Castle,
1904
Box 13, Item 1107-1109
York,
1904
Note
[1108: Gateway. 1109: The Golden Fleece, oldest inn in York.]
Box 13, Item 1111-1112
Chester,
1904
Note
[1112: Eton Hall, home of Duke of Westminster. Grounds (with deer?).]
Box 13, Item 1115
Guard at Windsor Castle,
1904
Box 13, Item 1116
Thomas Gray's tomb, Stoke Poges,
1904
Box 13, Item 1117
Inner Hebrides. "Our trip to Staffa and Iona,"
1904
Box 13, Item 1118
Katharine Stewart Banning,
1904
Box 13, Item 1118.1
Picture of
S. S. Baltic. Note: "Our first trip abroad,"
undated
George Smith Patton, Sr. (1861-1927)
Box 13, Item 1119
Portrait,
undated
Note
[Photo by Schumacher.]
Box 13, Item 1120
At Lake Vineyard,
undated
Note
[See also oversize 1173, Lake Vineyard living room.]
Ruth Wilson Patton (1861-1928)
Box 13, Item 1121
At Lake Vineyard,
undated
Box 13, Item 1122
Lake Vineyard dining room?,
undated
George Smith Patton, Jr. (1885-1945)
Note
[See also 1183-1186 for Oversized Portraits.]
Box 13, Item 1123
With Beatrice Ayer (both in costume),
undated
Box 13, Item 1124
Lt. Patton, Katharine Banning Graves, and Joseph Brent Banning, Sr.,
undated
Box 13, Item 1125
Lt. and Mrs. George Smith Patton, Jr.,
undated
Box 13, Item 1126
George S. Patton, Jr.,
undated
Box 13, Item 1127
Capt. And Mrs. George S. Patton and baby Margaret,
undated
Box 13, Item 1129
George S. Patton, Jr.,
1942
Box 13, Item 1130
In Europe, standing guard,
undated
Box 13, Item 1131
With Churchill (Signal Corps photo),
undated
Box 13, Item 1132
With French general (?),
undated
Box 13, Item 1133
With decorated G.I. and Lord Mountbatten (?),
undated
Box 13, Item 1133.1
Invitation to reception for General Patton,
1945
Beatrice Banning (Ayer) Patton (wife of George S. Patton, Jr.; granddaughter of William Lowber Banning)
Box 13, Item 1136
With her daughter, Beatrice Patton Waters,
1887
Box 13, Item 1137
"Dear little Beatrice Ayer Patton Waters,"
undated
Box 13, Item 1138
Beatrice Patton Waters and Ruth Ellen Patton,
undated
Box 13, Item 1139
Susan Patton Wills,
undated
Note
[Photo by Schumacher.]
Anne (Nita) Wilson Patton (daughter of George S. Patton, Sr.)
Snapshots of Patton family members
Box 13, Item 1146
George Smith Patton and George Smith Patton,
undated
Box 13, Item 1147
George Smith Patton, George Smith Patton, Jr., Ruth Wilson Patton, Joseph Brent Banning, Sr., Katharine Stuart Banning, Beatrice
Ayer,
undated
Box 13, Item 1148
George Smith Patton, Sr., George Smith Patton, III,
undated
Box 13, Item 1149
Ruth Ellen Patton, Beatrice Ayer Patton, Ruth Wilson Patton,
undated
Box 13, Item 1150
Beatrice and Ruth Ellen Patton on horseback,
undated
Box 13, Item 1152
Unidentified mother and child,
undated
Box 14
Oversize Photographs 1153-1186
Box 14, Item 1154
Joseph Brent Banning, Jr. in auto. Development planning for Isthmus,
undated
Box 14, Item 1155
Photo and collage made by Joseph Brent Banning to illustrate Phineas Banning's ideas for development of Isthmus. Detailed
description on verso,
undated
Box 14, Item 1156
Photo of Isthmus Harbor,
undated
Box 14, Item 1157-1158
Grounds of Banning House, Wilmington,
undated
Box 14, Item 1159
Dining room of William Banning House (31st and Hoover), "where Joe and I lived for the 1st seven years of our married life,"
undated
Box 14, Item 1160
Joseph Brent Banning, Katharine Stewart Banning, Katharine Mary Banning, William Phineas Banning, Joseph Brent Banning, Jr.,
undated
Box 14, Item 1161
Collage made by Katharine Stewart Banning with photos of Banning family children,
undated
Box 14, Item 1162
Joseph Brent Banning, Jr. (with knickers and boater),
undated
Box 14, Item 1163
Joseph Bent Banning, Jr.,
1920
Note
[Portrait by F. Bauer, San Francisco.]
Box 14, Item 1164
Group photo of Joseph Brent Banning and others on muleback,
undated
Box 14, Item 1165-1166
Katherine Mary Banning,
undated
Box 14, Item 1167
Anne McFarland Brown wearing tartan skirt and sporran,
undated
Box 14, Item 1168
Robert Johnson Banning and Hancock Banning III as young boys,
undated
Note
[Photo by Charles Roberts.]
Box 14, Item 1169
Portrait of Frederick Ayer, Sr.,
undated
Box 14, Item 1170
"Three Frederick Ayers,"
undated
Box 14, Item 1171
Unidentified child,
undated
Box 14, Item 1172
Two unidentified children [Selwyn Jackson Graves?],
undated
Box 14, Item 1173
432 North McCadden Place when first built. Home of J. B. Banning, Jr. (Paul Williams architect),
1929
Box 14, Item 1174
Pencil sketch of 432 North McCadden Place,
undated
Box 14, Item 1175
Living room of old adobe, Lake Vineyard,
1888
Box 14, Item 1176
Side view of William Lowber Banning house, 75 Wilkin Street, St. Paul, Minnesota. Built 1855,
1899
Note
[Photo annotated on verso.]
Box 14, Item 1177
Front parlor of W. L. Banning house,
undated
Box 14, Item 1178
Dining room of W. L. Banning house,
undated
Box 14, Item 1179
Parlor ("historic corner") of W. L. Banning house,
undated
Box 14, Item 1180
Front hall, W. L. Banning house,
undated
Box 14, Item 1181
Front bedroom, W. L. Banning house,
undated
Box 14, Item 1182
Picnic, at time of early construction of Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad,
undated
Box 14, Item 1183
General George Smith Patton, Jr., with combat ribbons,
undated
Box 14, Item 1184
Painting of General Patton with pistol and sword,
undated
Box 14, Item 1185
General Patton with medals,
undated
Box 14, Item 1186
Head and shoulders photo of General Patton,
undated
Box 15, Item 1187
Photocopy of 1896 menu, Hotel Metropole, Avalon,
1896
Box 15, Item 1188
Sheet of stationery for Overland Stage Coach Club,
undated
Box 15, Item 1189
Report card for William Phineas Banning,
undated
Box 15, Item 1190
Note from "Hank" to J. B. Banning, Jr.,
March 3, 1941
Box 15, Item 1191-1192
Postcards: wreck of
S. S. Santa Rosa, near Point Arguelles,
July 7, 1911
Box 15, Item 1193
Postcard of Mission San Luis Rey,
undated
Box 15, Item 1194
Postcard of Napoli and Vesuvius,
undated
Box 15, Item 1195
Newspaper clipping with picture of stage coach driven by Herman W. Hellman between Los Angeles and San Francisco,
ca. 1960s
Box 15, Item 1196
Newspaper clipping with picture of Concord stage, 76 years old,
undated
Box 15, Item 1197
Newspaper clipping with Poems, "The Petrified Fern" and "Afton Water,"
undated
Box 15, Item 1198
Newspaper clipping, with picture of Captain William Banning's home, 31st and Hoover,
undated
Box 15, Item 1199
Constitution and by-laws of International Rope Haulers' Association,
undated
Box 15, Item 1200
Howden and Howden booklet with houses that company had built (includes 425-432 North McCadden),
undated
Box 15, Item 1201
Sales brochure for 75 Wilkin Street, St. Paul, Minnesota,
undated
Box 15, Item 1202
New York
Sunday News, with picture of General Patton,
June 10, 1945
Box 15, Item 1203
The Capitol, with picture of Captain William Banning's six-in-hand,
April 27, 1895
Box 15, Item 1204
Westways, with photos of "unknown Catalina",
April 1963
Box 16
Photograph albums, volumes 1-2
Box 16, Volume 1
Catalina,
undated
Physical Description: [109 pages.]
Box 16, Volume 2
Catalina,
1895-1897
Note
[1a: Isthmus road. 1b: Little Harbor, September 9, 1895. 2: Little Harbor, September 1895. 5: Summer, 1896. 6: Picnic, Mesa,
Summer 1896 (Joe, Willie, Hancock). 9a: Susie. 17: The ranch. 22a: Revenue cutter, March 10, 1897. 23a: Captured deer. 23b:
Avalon, February 1897 (pack animals, grocery in background). 23c: Cows. 24-25: Avalon. 26: Mrs. Wilson's, 1897 (living room).
28a: Work team, arrived March 18. 28b: Picnic, March 1897. 29a: Work team. 29c: Wagon team with hay. 30a: Seaside. 30b: Picnic
on beach. 32a: Gertrude, Madelaine, and Alex King (children), July 1897. 40: Gold of Ophir Rose, Pasadena. 42a,b: Buttonshell
Beach, June 1897. 45b: "Feb. 16. Today carpenters began. We have been in Cal 2 years today." 46: Moonlight at Avalon. (Commercial
image) Note: "Sep 16, 1897. Anne's water party on Paloma." 48: Catalina Harbor (commercial image). 50b: Lily pond, Lake
Vineyard. 51b: Ira B. Ganken (?). 52: [Yucaipa] Dairy, SE of Redlands. 53: Middle Ranch (commercial image). Note: "Original
shack. Mijo Freeman." 54a,b: Old Swain and the goats (from Mrs. Holder). 59: Hermosa (commercial image). 60-61: Avalon from
the South (commercial images). 62: Metropole (G and M photo). 63: Coaching party. 64: Summit of stage line (commercial image).
65: Seal Rocks (commercial image). 66: "One day's catch" (commercial image).]
Box 17
Photograph albums, volumes 3-4
Box 17, Volume 3
Catalina,
1896-1897
Note
[Also includes San Gabriel Mission and Mount Lowe.]
Note
[1: Vincenti Moriciche (fisherman), Avalon, February 1897. 2: Echo Lake picnic, March 16, 1897. 3: Avalon from the Owl's Nest,
March 20, 1897. 4-5: "Mother" (Mary Alicia Banning), December 1896. 6: Wagon with team, December 1896. 7: Horse-drawn carriage,
November 1896. 9: Catalina beach, December 1896. 10-11: The two harbors. "We spent Christmas at Little Harbor. Mother collected
bright stones and baubles to put on shelf with candles. Had good Chinese man who sprinkled the large room in most surprising
fashion." 12-13: Continuation of notes on pp. 10-11. Gives Christmas menu, 1897. 16: Old Barracks. Chinese sprinkled flour.
17: Isthmus, December 1896. Mary Belle Elliott, my sister May. 19: "Don Juan," John Schumacher, December 1896. 21: Sister
May (May Alice Banning) on her Pinto. 26: Mother [Mary Alicia Banning], Mary Russell, December 1896. 27: On hillside, toward
Cottonwood. 29: Mother, Little Harbor. 30: Mother, Mary Russell, Pinto, December 1896. 31: 1st grade out of Little Harbor,
1897. 32: Captain with Christmas dinner (on pack horse), Christmas 1896. 33: Two Harbors, December 27, 1896. 34-35: Mother,
December 29, 1896. 35: Mr. and Mrs. Harvey from Delaware. 39: Cousin Leida (Harvey) and husband from Delaware. 40: Cousin
Leida, Jan 18, 1897, by Priest's House (San Gabriel Mission). 41: San Gabriel Mission. 42: Church door. 43: Old original staircase.
44: Cousin Leida. 45: Mount Lowe cable car, January 19, 1897. 46: Harveys and sister May. 47: Harveys. 48: Harvey and May
on Mount Lowe, January 19, 1897 (in cable car). Inside back cover: Flyer on Santa Catalina Island.]
Box 17, Volume 4
Catalina,
Summer 1899
Note
[1-46: Mostly family snapshots. 31-32: Kitchen help. 34: Professional band at Avalon (Swenson photo). 35: Snapshots of young
musicians at ease. 36: Residence. 40: Fourth of July celebration? 44a, b: C[harles] F[rancis] Holder? 46: Landscape (Photo
by Fiske).]
Box 18
Photograph albums, volumes 5-7
Box 18, Volume 5
Catalina,
1908
Physical Description: [125 photos, some pasted over others.]
Note
[On cover: "Happy Days. JBB, Jr."]
Box 18, Volume 6
West End, Catalina,
ca. 1910-1913
Note
[1: Our house at Isthmus. Built and designed by Joseph Brent Banning, 1910. 3-4: Transfer of island (copied from memo of
JBB). 5a, b: Transfers (5a-5e in separate envelope in album). 5c: Photo of Avalon harbor (damaged). 5d: Price list, Shatto
lots, October 1887. On verso: note about steamer Ferndale. 5e: Holder photo: tuna fishing. 7: Ad for Metropole. Handwritten
note at top: "Hello there my gem of rarest purity. JBB." 13, 13a: Manuscript notes on site, house plans. 14: Building of
our house on the Isthmus (manuscript note). 15: Annoyances and changes (manuscript note). 17: List of builders (manuscript
note). 18: List of carpenters (manuscript note). 19: Letter from C. A. Summer, September 24, 1889. Metropole to be closed
because of fire. 21: List of guests, July and August 1910. 23: House dimensions. 33: List of house guests, Summer 1911. 35:
List of luncheon and dinner guests, and menu. 36: Auction bridge party. 37: Sunday dinner guests and photo of pergola outside
dining room. 38: Photo of guests with melons. 39: Clipping, June 26, 1911. Record run in Packard roadster, Isthmus to Avalon.
43: Photo: JBB, Jr. and Mary Katharine. 45: List of party guests, maids, 1912. 46: List of guests. 47: Lines from Tempest.
49, 51: Biographical notes on Bannings,
Los Angeles Times, July 6, 1912. 52-53: Clipping on pentathlon. 53b: Photo of Katharine Mary Banning. 55a: "Our beautiful happy home, Brent
Knoll, October 1910." 61b: Photo of auto. 63: JBB, Jr. (?). 68: Program for "Love Conquers All," by Compograph Co. of San
Luis O'Dago (several Bannings in cast). 70-71: Clipping, Historical sketch of Avalon Congregational Church. 83-89: Manuscript
notes: List of West End guests, summer 1913; guests in cottages; list of birds; household affairs; list of flowers; machines
(autos); Avalon incorporation; books read. 91: Clippings: Avalon soon to be voted city (
Examiner, May 18, 1913); Hermosa rescues disabled ship (
Los Angeles Times, May 18, 1913). 91a: Wharf rights (note in separate envelope). 92: Clipping (
Los Angeles Times, May 19, 1913): Avalon stirred up over incorporation. 93: Photogravure of St. Catherine's window in refectory, Dryburgh Abbey.
99a: Photo of stables. 104: Two stagecoaches (Reyes photo). 109-113: Manuscript notes on last evening, summer 1916. 121a:
JBB, Jr. 122b: Banning and Patton villas. 122c: Rear yard, Mrs. JBB's residence. 123a: Patton residence, Avalon. 128: Two
women in wicker Bath chair. 131: Our home at Descanso. 131a: Avalon harbor. 136a: Old barracks. 138: Steamer San Juan flying
P*B pennant. 139a: Our house at 945 Westlake Avenue. 142: Theatre Guild flyer. 143: "Our dream" (label which was pasted on
album spine. Label enclosed in envelope).]
Box 18, Volume 7
Catalina fire,
1915
Physical Description: [43 pages in album. Photos on every other page. Some pages empty.]
Box 19
Photograph albums, volumes 8-10
Box 19, Volume 8
Cruise on
La Paloma,
1901
Note
[1: Clipping on
La Paloma pasted on endpaper. 1a: Note by Nancy Call on
La Paloma. 2: Photo of
La Paloma. 3-28: Typed manuscript, illustrated with photocopied photos.]
Box 19, Volume 9
Cruises,
1908-1913
Note
[Poem on inside front cover, dedicated to Captain William Banning. 1: El Descanso. 2-3: Isthmus cruise, Summer 1908. 4-7:
Santa Barbara trip, Summer 1910. 8-13: At the Isthmus, Summer 1912. 14-21: San Diego trip, Summer 1912. 22-39: Campograph
Co. presents "Love Conquers." 40-41: Along the coast, Summer 1912. 42-43: Drive to Compton, June 1913 (stages). 44-51: Picnics,
Summer 1913. 52-57: San Pedro trip, July 1913. 58-59: El Descanso, Summer 1913. 60-63: Aquaplane riding, Summer 1913. 64-69:
Catalina Harbor trip, August 1913. 70-81: DVC cruise, Cherry Valley, Summer 1913. 82-95: San Diego trip, Summer 1913. 96-99:
Whale hunt, August 1913. 100-101: Seascape. 102: Woman on horseback (photo in separate envelope).]
Box 19, Volume 10
Cruises on the San Juan,
undated
Note
[Mostly unidentified; many pages empty.]
Note
[1: Sugar loaf (Reyes photo). 59a,b: 4 young women posing (separate envelope). 60a,b: Katharine Mary Banning (separate envelope).
95b: Stage. 97-101: Children.]
Box 20
Photograph albums, volumes 11-13
Box 20, Volume 11
"Happy Days at Conejo. JBB photographer, developer, and finisher!",
undated
Physical Description: [Mostly cyanotypes.]
Note
[1: (Inside front cover) Jay Stewart and Fred Banning. 2: Rancho Conejo. 3: "Beautiful country!". 4: KSB learning to ride.
5: Beautiful country! And happy days. 6: Baby Joe and his mother. 7: Landscape. 8: When the cows come home. 9: Captain,
Annie, Hancock, KSB. 10: Vermejo Rancho. 11: Cows coming home. A beautiful sight! 12: Mary Crohan (nurse) and JBB, Jr.
13: Cows. 14: Katharine Stewart Banning? 15: Landscape. 16: Cattle at sundown. 17: Landscape. 18: Mr. Halstead and Joe, Jr.
at Vermejo Ranch. 19-20: Landscape. 21: KSB and baby. 22: KSB on horseback (same as 4, but darker). 23: 8 Kodak bull's eyes.
Mr. Willard Halstead, Joe, Jr., landscape. 24: Cows-cows-cows-Beauties. 25-27: Hancock, dog Jet, "Captain's mud wagon" (bullseyes).
28: Mud wagon, mired. 29: By the water (dam?). 30a: Catalina picnic. 30b: Conejo cattle. 31: Unidentified women. 32a: Aunt
Ruth Patton. 33: JBB and son. 34: Sugarloaf in background. 35a: Cattle. 35b: Catalina, July 4. 36: Homework paper of Nancy
B, September 35, 1934. 100% (in separate envelope in album).]
Box 20, Volume 12
San Pedro,
ca. 1903-1905
Note
[1-30: Unidentified people; camping scenes; beach scenes. 31: JBB, Jr. 32: Tug Warrior. 35: Tug Falcon of San Pedro, ca. 1905.
36: Yacht Cricket. 37: Dredge San Pedro. ca. 1903. 44: Stage. 46: Outer harbor breakwater. 47: Point Fermin lighthouse. 49:
KSB, JBB, and baby (photos in separate envelope in album).]
Box 20, Volume 13
Camping trip, Los Angeles to San Francisco,
1954,
undated
Note
[Corot print, "Wood Gatherers," pasted on outside front cover. 26-29: Circus parade. 48a: Clipping: people at Los Angeles
Christmas party, 1954. 48b: Corot print. 48a,b in separate envelope in album.]
Box 21
Photograph album, volume 14
Box 21, Volume 14
Prints and negatives,
1914,
undated
Note
[Originally filed in Negative Album. Every print has a negative unless noted.]
Note
[1: Commencement parade from Yale Field. 2: Another part of field. 3: Another part of field and parade. 4-5: "Class babies,"
starting game. 6-7: Reunionists in bleachers. 8: Serpentine after Yale victory, 1914. 9-13: [Nothing in album pockets]. 14:
RMS Caronia. 15: A. E. Horn, RMS Lusitania. 16: Katharine Mary Banning. 17-18: Old Soldiers' Home, Warwick. 19-20: Street
scene, Chester. 21: Chapel, Duke of [Westminster's] estate. 22: Duke Of Westminister's palace. 23: Deer on Duke of Westminister's
estate. 24-25: Kenilworth Castle. 26: Warwick Castle. 27: [No print or neg]. 28: Anne Hathaway's cottage. 29: [No print or
neg]. 30-30.1: Kitchen, Christ Church College. (30.1 poor print). 31-32: Christ Church College chapel and dorms. 33: All Souls
College dorm. 34: Addison's Walk. 35: Mill at end of Addison's Walk. 36: London Tower and Tower Bridge. 37: St. Paul's Cathedral
and London traffic. 38: Parliament and London Bridge (2 double-decker buses with advertising signs). 39: Inn where Falstaff
met thieves (King Henry IV). 40: Gates of Canterbury. Negative only; no print. 41: Old Chequers Inn, Canterbury. 42: Canterbury.
No print. 43: Bishop of Canterbury's Palace. 44: Canterbury spires. 45: Canterbury street scene. 46: Margate Beach. 47: Saxon
gate. 48: Saxon church. 49: English landscape. 50: "Sop-o-zon and family." Negative only; no print (family by sign: Use Sop-o-zon).
51: "Use Sop-o-zon" (sign). 52: Gates of Battle Abbey. 53: Battle Abbey. 54-54.1: Battle Abbey Tea Room. 55: Brighton Harbor.
56-56.1: Dover Harbor. 57: Family at Lemington. 58: Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. 59: Barge crossing from Yarmouth to Lymington.
59.1-59.2: Barge disembarking at Lymington. 60: Winchester Cathedral. Negative only; no print. 61: Interior of Winchester
Cathedral. 62: Gravestone (1761) in Winchester cemetery. 63: Plymouth Quay. 64: Pilgrim tablet and memorial. 65: Crab Hotel,
Birdport. 66: Mont St. Michel. 67: Bridge. 68: A change to 2 Fords, Newton Abbot. 69: Cottington Forge. 70: Newquay. 71: Postoffice,
Tintagel. 72: King Arthur's Castle, Tintagel. 73: Main street, Clovelly. 74-75: Waterfront, Clovelly. 76: Quay, Clovelly.
77-92: Battleships at Portsmouth. 93: English yacht.]
Box 22
Photograph albums, volumes 15-16
Box 22, Volume 15
[Small Portrait Album; front cover missing],
undated
Note
[1: Phineas Banning. 2: William Banning (as child). 3: Joseph Brent Banning (as child). 4-5: Hancock Banning (as child). 6:
Unidentified woman. 7: Phineas Banning. 8: William Banning (young). 9-10: Joseph Brent Banning (young). 11: Hancock (as child).
12: May Alice Banning (as child; daughter of William Lowber Banning). 13: William L. Banning (Civil War). 14: Joseph Brent
Banning (as child). 15: Katharine Stewart Banning (as child). 16: William L. Banning, Jr. 17: Ellen Barrows Banning. 18: Katharine
Stewart Banning. 19: Mary Hollister Banning (Mrs. Phineas) and boy. 20: Hancock Banning (baby). 21: Joseph Brent Banning (child;
"long trousers, but copper toed boots"). 22: [No photo]. 23: Ellen Barrows Banning and friend. 24-25: Frederick Donlevy Banning
(child). 26: Katharine Stewart Banning (child). 27: Joseph Brent Banning. "Acting." 28: [No photo]. 29: Joseph Brent Banning
(child). 30-37: [No photos]. 38: William Lowber Banning (Civil War). 39: [No photo]. 40-41: Frederick D. Banning (child).
42: William Lowber Banning III. 43: Beatrice and Evangeline Banning ("Daughters of William L. Banning III"). 44-45: Frederick
D. Banning (child). 46: O[wen?] Evans. "My mother's guardian." [Added in child's hand: "and lover-Quaker"]. 47: Unidentified
women. 48: Dog. 49: "'Brother Willie.' Drowned in Mississippi River, Civil War, trying to swim across!!" [William L. Banning,
Jr.]. 50: Southworth (child).]
Box 22, Volume 16
Small Portrait Album,
undated
Note
[1: Hannah Bailey. 2: May A. Banning. 3: Emperor Napoleon. 4-6: No photos. 7: Mrs. Alex Ramsey. 8-9: Unidentified men.
10: Unidentified woman. 11: Rev. E. D. Neil. 12: Aunt Helen Sweeney. 13: Uncle Robert Sweeney. 14: Tom Bailey. 15: Unidentified
man. "Preacher." (2¢ stamp on verso). 16: No photo. 17: Ursula Stewart. 18: Jacob Stewart. 19: Unidentified child (historic
figure?). 20: woman. 21: couple. 22-24: No photos. 25: Joseph Brent Banning. 26: Unidentified baby. 27: No photo. 28: Katharine
Mary Banning Graves and Selwyn Jackson Graves. 29-33: Selwyn? 34-49: No photos. 50: Calling card: William Lowber Banning and
Mary Alicia Banning.]
Box 23
Photograph albums, volumes 17-18
Box 23, Volume 17
Portrait Album,
1879,
1882,
1887-1889,
1891,
1897
Note
[1: Phineas Banning (Photo by Bradley and Rulofson, San Francisco). 2: William Banning, Wilmington, February 1882. (Photo
labeled: Elite Gallery, Payne, Stanton and Co., Temple Block). 3: Joseph Brent Banning and Alexander, Pasadena, 1887 ("Our
nephews"). 4-5: Joseph Brent Banning. 6-8: Katharine Stewart Banning as baby. 9: Katharine Stewart Banning, St. Paul, August
1887. 10: Hancock Banning (Schumacher photo). 11: Hancock Banning, Jr. (Instantaneous Photographs, San Francisco). 12: "Lucy"
(Lucy Tichenor Banning). 13: William Lowber Banning. 14: Mary Alicia Banning (?). 15: Family group, including Mary Alicia
Banning, May Alice Banning, Ellen Barrows Banning. 16: Ellen Barrows Banning Ayer (?). 17: Beatrice Banning Ayer (infant).
18: May Alice Banning (21 months). 19-20: May Alice Banning, 1888. 21: May Alice Banning, Avalon, 1897 (Schumacher photo).
22: Charles Banning Ayer. 23: Sophie Lacy, 1889 (Schumacher photo). 24: Annie L. Ruggles, Marblehead 1891. 25: Friend Purdy
(Schumacher photo). 26: Lawrence L. Minor, "Your centennial friend," 1879. 27: "Bruce." 28: Lucy Banning. 29: Unidentified
woman. 30: Ellen Barrows Banning.]
Note
[Cabinet cards removed from album.]
Box 23, Volume 18
Portrait Album,
1891,
undated
Note
[Photographs removed.]
Note
[1: Joseph Brent Banning and JBB, Jr. (tintype). 2-3: Katharine Stewart Banning. "Taken while visiting my beloved sister
Ellie, May '91." 4: Hancock Banning (Jarvis photo). 5-6: William Banning (?) (Schumacher photo). 7: Mary [Hollister Banning]
and Lucy [Tichenor Banning] (Schumacher photo). 8: May Alice Banning (Schumacher photo). 9: Banning children, photographed
at Lowell, May 1891. 10: General Anderson, builder of Northern Pacific Railroad, "great friend of Father's." 12: Unidentified
child.]
Box 24
Photograph albums, volumes 19-20
Box 24, Volume 19
[Loose photos from envelope marked "Removed from photo album"],
1883-1884,
1888-1889,
1896,
undated
Note
[1: G. S. Patton (Schumacher photo). 2: Unidentified. 3: Mary Alicia Banning? 4: D. S. Goodell, Jr., ship "Brown Brothers."
(Taber photo). 5: John Gibbier (?), Baltimore, 1883. 6: Jaro (?) von Schmidt (Schumacher photo). 7: Thomas J. Mackey. 8: J.
H. Stewart, July '89 (Minnesota photo). 9: Catharine Gilfillan, June 1888 (Minnesota photo). 10: "Daughter May" (Minnesota
photo). 11: Unidentified young man in fireman's uniform (Minnesota photo). 12: Unidentified baby (Minnesota photo). 13:
Unidentified couple. 14: Unidentified mother and child (Minnesota photo). 15: Unidentified woman. (Montreal photo). 16:
Unidentified man on snowshoes (Montreal photo). 17: Person being tossed in air (Montreal photo). 18: Family with toboggan
(Montreal photo). 19: Crowd with skis, snowshoes (Montreal photo). 20: Group on Mont Blanc, September 1, 1884 (signed M.A.B.).
21: Unidentified bride. 22: Unidentified woman. (Schumacher photo). 23: Unidentified woman (Payne, Stanton and Co., Elite
Gallery). 24: Unidentified man (William Banning?) (photo by Taber). 25: Unidentified man (Imperial, San Francisco). 26: Unidentified
woman. 27: Louis XVII. 28: Tzar and La Tzarine, 1896. 29: Thorwaldsen.]
Box 24, Volume 20
Small snapshot album,
undated
Box 25
Photograph Albums: volumes 22-23
Box 25, Volume 21
Empty 3-ring binder,
undated
Note
[Pasted on cover: Headline (Last Rites for Capt. Banning) and photo (Front Street, San Pedro). Note by Katharine Stewart
Banning: "My Wilmington!! Just as it was when I first knew it. 1887-1888."]
Box 25, Volume 22
Empty folder,
undated
Note
[Pasted on cover: Photo of J. B. Banning house, 945 Westlake Avenue. Note by Katharine Stewart Banning: "Katharine, Jr.,
Patrina, Joe, Jr. Our little daughter was born here." (See also 594. Note on inside cover: "Notes on historical photos;"
(however no photos included).]
Box 25, Volume 23
Scrapbook,
undated
Note
[Pasted on cover: "J B B. home at the Isthmus planned by him." Reyes photo. (Most pages in book are empty.) 1: Banning coat
of arms. 2: Family riding mules. (Same photo as oversize 1164). 3: Wild goats on Catalina (Reyes photo). 6: Captain Banning
driving coach. 27: Captain Banning, coach, and six horses. 43: Dried branch. Several pages have clippings with ads for Catalina,
Metropole, and steamer connections. Pencil notes gives monthly rates for ads (pages 4, 5, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29, 33, 37, 41).]
Negatives
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