Collection Contents
Album 1.
Photograph album of Yosemite and Lake County, California
probably 1908
Physical Description:
0.6 linear feet
Album Scope and Content Summary
One photograph album measuring 32 x 26 cm and depicting Yosemite and Lake County, California. It consists of 193 black-and-white
photographs (silver gelatin) of various sizes mounted on black paper. Pages 35-36 are blank as are page 57 and following.
The photographs do not have dates or captions, but "1908" is written in pencil on the first page. The photographs focus on
four women who were part of a larger touring party. In addition to landscape shots, the photographs feature the touring party
posing in front of scenic backdrops and engaged in various leisure activities.
142 photographs are of Yosemite, including 27 panoramic shots. Photographs of Yosemite include shots of Half Dome, El Capitan,
Yosemite Valley, Yosemite Falls, the Sentinel Hotel, and the Camp Lost Arrow campground and office. Photographs also include
4 shots of "Indian Lucy" Brown, one of the original Yosemite Native Americans found in the valley at the time of its first
exploration by white men in 1851. Indian Lucy was said to have been nearly 120 years old at the time of her death (circa 1920)
and is buried in Yosemite Cemetery.
52 photographs are of Lake County, California, featuring the Seigler Springs resort area, surrounding lakes, rivers, waterfalls,
and "The Geysers," an active geothermal area within the Clear Lake volcanic field.
Album : Page number 1 : 1
Four women and one man astride horses and mules in a forest
probably 1908
Album : Page number 1 : 2-3
Interior forest, including horse drawn wagon passing through tunnel of giant tree trunk
probably 1908
Album : Page number 1 : 4-7
Panoramic views of Yosemite Valley, including Yosemite Falls, Half Dome, and El Capitan
probably 1908
Album : Page number 1 : 7
Baseball game in Yosemite Valley
probably 1908
Album : Page number 1 : 8-15
Waterfalls, rivers, and gorges, including Yosemite Falls and El Capitan
probably 1908
Album : Page number 1 : 16-17
Landscapes and geologic features, including Half Dome
probably 1908
Album : Page number 1 : 17-25
Touring party on trail rides, posing in front of scenic views, and at Lost Arrow campground
probably 1908
Scope and Content Note
Page 20 includes two photographs of Indian Lucy.
Album : Page number 1 : 26-27
Landscape photographs, including Half Dome, El Capitan, and Yosemite Falls
probably 1908
Album : Page number 1 : 28
Touring party group portraits
probably 1908
Album : Page number 1 : 29
Uniformed men racing on horseback, Lost Arrow camp meeting, and Sentinel Hotel with horse drawn wagons and passengers in front
probably 1908
Album : Page number 1 : 30
Lost Arrow camp meetings and Indian Lucy weaving a basket
probably 1908
Landscape shots and "1st Regt. League of the Cross Cadets" band playing instruments beneath a tree
probably 1908
Album : Page number 1 : 31
Unidentified river and dam from moving train
probably 1908
Album : Page number 1 : 33
Camp Lost Arrow Office and campground, and one shot of Indian Lucy
probably 1908
Album : Page number 1 : 34
Touring party group portrait
probably 1908
Album : Page number 1 : 37
Mountainous landscape, waterfall with waterwheel, and snowcapped mountain with buildings in foreground
probably 1908
Scope and Content Note
One building has "Wright's" painted on roof overhang.
Album : Page number 1 : 38-46
Rivers, lakes, gorges, waterfalls, and geysers
probably 1908
Album : Page number 1 : 47-50
Geysers and small town at the foot of a mountain
probably 1908
Album : Page number 1 : 51
Touring party crossing bridge near geysers and camp meeting
probably 1908
Album : Page number 1 : 52
Close-ups of geysers and touring party crossing bridge near geysers
probably 1908
Album : Page number 1 : 53
Seigler Springs resort and country road
probably 1908
Album : Page number 1 : 54
Lake scenes and unidentified Victorian building with automobiles parked in front
probably 1908
Album : Page number 1 : 55
Lake scenes
probably 1908
Album : Page number 1 : 56
Seigler Springs resort, out buildings, and unidentified Victorian building
probably 1908
Album 2.
Photograph album of Southern California and other locations
1909-1913
Physical Description:
0.6 linear feet
Album Scope and Content Summary
One photograph album measuring 37.5 x 28.5 cm and consisting of black-and-white photographs and color photomechanical reproductions
mounted on black paper. Photographs are generally captioned, some with information about the location and, less frequently,
dates. Photographs depict locations throughout Southern California, including Los Angeles, Pasadena, Santa Monica, Long Beach,
Riverside, San Diego, and the Santa Barbara, San Gabriel, and San Juan Capistrano missions. There are a large number of photographs
depicting Kern County locales, including oil fields and bathers in the Kern River, and a series documenting an automobile
journey from Los Angeles to Bakersfield in 1910. Photographs also depict other California locations, such as Santa Cruz,
Berkeley, and Paso Robles, as well as residences in Pennsylvania. The album also includes color photomechanical reproductions
of locations in Colorado and Utah.
Album : Page number 2 : 1-2
Kern County, California oil fields
1909
Album : Page number 2 : 3-4
Pasadena and Long Beach, California
1909,
undated
Album : Page number 2 : 4
Catalina Island, Avalon, California
1909
Album : Page number 2 : 5
Santa Cruz, Paso Robles, and San Carlos Borromeo Mission in Carmel, California
1909
Album : Page number 2 : 6-9
Denver, Colorado, and environs
1909
Scope and Content Note
Includes color photomechanical reproductions.
Album : Page number 2 : 10-12
Colorado Springs, Colorado, and environs
ca. 1909
Scope and Content Note
Includes color photomechanical reproductions.
Album : Page number 2 : 13-17
Colorado scenes color photomechanical reproductions
undated
Album : Page number 2 : 18
Glenwood Springs, Colorado color photomechanical reproductions
undated
Album : Page number 2 : 19-21
Colorado scenes color photomechanical reproductions
undated
Album : Page number 2 : 22-28
Salt Lake City and Saltair (amusement pier), Utah
undated
Scope and Content Note
Includes color photomechanical reproductions.
Album : Page number 2 : 29-32
Utah scenes color photomechanical reproductions
undated
Album : Page number 2 : 33
San Juan Capistrano Mission, California
undated
Album : Page number 2 : 33
Album : Page number 2 : 33-34
San Diego County, California
1909,
undated
Album : Page number 2 : 34
Pomona, California
undated
Album : Page number 2 : 35
San Gabriel Mission, California
1909
Album : Page number 2 : 35
Somerset, Pennsylvania
1909
Album : Page number 2 : 35-41
Kern County, California oil fields
1910,
undated
Album : Page number 2 : 42-48
Kern County, California domestic scenes, including bathing in the Kern River
1910,
undated
Album : Page number 2 : 49-51
Los Angeles to Bakersfield, California automobile journey, including Los Angeles and Newhall, California
1910
Album : Page number 2 : 52
Tehachapi, California
undated
Album : Page number 2 : 52
Atlantic City, New Jersey, portraits
1910-1911
Album : Page number 2 : 53-54
Kern County, California (?), "The lease"
1911
Album : Page number 2 : 55
Walker's Basin, California
1911
Album : Page number 2 : 55
San Diego, California
undated
Album : Page number 2 : 56-57
Santa Monica, California, races and domestic scenes
1912
Album : Page number 2 : 58
Los Baños, California and unidentified location
1912
Album : Page number 2 : 59
Berkeley, California
undated
Album : Page number 2 : 59
Paso Robles, California
1912
Album : Page number 2 : 59
Santa Barbara Mission, California
undated
Album : Page number 2 : 60
Santa Cruz, California and environs
undated
Album : Page number 2 : 60-63
Los Angeles and Pasadena, California residences
1913,
undated
Album : Page number 2 : 64
Kern County, California oil fields and lease
1913
Album : Page number 2 : 65
Topanga Pass, California
1913
Album : Page number 2 : 65-66
Mt. Roubidoux, Riverside, and Redlands, California
1913
Album : Page number 2 : 67
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, residence
1912-1913
Album : Page number 2 : 68
Interior views of unknown residence, loose photographic prints
undated
Album 3.
Photograph album of California and the West
1913-1914
Physical Description:
0.6 linear feet
Album Scope and Content Summary
One photograph album measuring 31 x 26 cm and containing black-and-white photographs mounted on black paper. The first page
of the album bears the caption "Scenes of California and West," and several of the same people appear in photographs throughout
the album. Photographs in the first two-thirds of the album are individually captioned, frequently with dates, while those
in the final third of the album are uncaptioned. Photographs depict locations throughout Southern California, including Los
Angeles, Pasadena, San Gabriel Mission, Mt. Wilson, Mt. Baldy, San Gabriel Mountains vistas, Long Beach, San Pedro and Point
Fermin, and Catalina Island. Northern California locations include the Yosemite Valley and San Francisco. Photographs of
areas in other Western states include Winslow and Flagstaff, Arizona; Denver and Trinidad, Colorado; Salt Lake City and Saltair
(amusement pier), Utah; Reno, Nevada; and the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
Album : Page number 3 : 1
Album : Page number 3 : 1-2
Album : Page number 3 : 1
Album : Page number 3 : 2, 5
Album : Page number 3 : 2
Album : Page number 3 : 2-3
Views from the Santa Fe train in Arizona
1913
Album : Page number 3 : 4-5
Los Angeles, California
1913
Album : Page number 3 : 4
Glendale, California
1913
Album : Page number 3 : 6-7
San Pedro and Point Fermin, California
1913
Album : Page number 3 : 8-9
Eaton's Canyon, San Gabriel Mountains, California
1913
Album : Page number 3 : 9
Mt. Wilson, California
1913
Album : Page number 3 : 10-11
San Gabriel Mountains, near Montrose and Pasadena, California
1913
Album : Page number 3 : 12-13
Catalina Island and Avalon, California
1913
Album : Page number 3 : 14-15
Pasadena and Arroyo Seco, California
1913
Album : Page number 3 : 15-16
Los Angeles, California
1913
Album : Page number 3 : 17
University of Southern California and Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California
1913
Album : Page number 3 : 18
San Gabriel Mission, California
1913
Album : Page number 3 : 19
San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California
1913
Album : Page number 3 : 20
Long Beach, California
1913
Album : Page number 3 : 20
Puddingstone Canyon, San Dimas, California
1913
Album : Page number 3 : 21-22
Los Angeles, California parks
1913
Album : Page number 3 : 22
Los Angeles, California
1913
Album : Page number 3 : 23-25
Mt. Wilson, California
1913
Album : Page number 3 : 26-28
Los Angeles, California buildings and residences
1913
Album : Page number 3 : 29
San Francisco, California
undated
Album : Page number 3 : 30
Salt Lake City and Saltair (amusement pier), Utah
1913
Album : Page number 3 : 31
Denver and Royal Gorge, Colorado
undated
Album : Page number 3 : 32
Rocky Mountains near Leadville, Colorado
undated
Album : Page number 3 : 32
Album : Page number 3 : 33-35
Grand Canyon, Arizona
undated
Album : Page number 3 : 36-39
Yosemite Valley, California
1914
Album : Page number 3 : 40
Mt. Baldy, California
1914
Album : Page number 3 : 41-42
Unidentified locations
undated
Album : Page number 3 : 43-48
Album : Page number 3 : 49-51
Domestic scenes, unidentified locations
undated
Album : Page number 3 : 52-56
Album : Page number 3 : 57-67
Unidentified domestic scenes and views of residences, formal gardens, mountains, and deserts, possibly in California
undated
Album 4.
Photograph album of Southern California
1919-1920
Physical Description:
0.4 linear feet
Album Scope and Content Summary
One photograph album measuring 28.5 x 18.5 cm and containing approximately 120 black-and-white photographs, three photographic
postcards, and clippings mounted on black paper. The album depicts family and school outings to beach and mountain destinations
in Southern California. Locales include the San Bernardino Mountains, Big Bear Lake, Little Bear Lake, Glen Ranch, Lytle
Creek, Lone Pine Canyon, Mount Lowe, Balboa Beach, and Glen Ivy Hot Springs. Dates were recorded for most groups of photographs,
and most individual photographs have captions identifying the location and/or subject.
Although the provenance of the album is unknown, the creator of the album appears in some photographs and identifies herself
as "me" in the captions. Female chaperones/teachers present in photographs of the Glendora Foothill School outing appear
in other photographs throughout the album, implying that the creator of the album may have been a coworker of these teachers.
Persons identified by name in the photographs include Mr. and Mrs. Jacobsmeyer and baby, Mrs. Johnson and baby, Lillian Lewis,
Mrs. Sutherland, Miss Weatherby, Mr. Dunn, Miss Wybro, and Ethel Lunn.
San Bernardino Mountain region, "Summer of 1919"
Album : Page number 4 : 1
"Yucca (Spanish Bayonata)"
1919
Album : Page number 4 : 2-4
Brochure clippings about the San Bernardino Mountains
1919
Scope and Content Note
Includes a map titled "Rim of the World Drive."
Album : Page number 4 : 5-6
Camp Radford and landscape
1919
Album : Page number 4 : 7-8
Album : Page number 4 : 9
"On the way to Forse Falls"
1919
Album : Page number 4 : 10-11
Album : Page number 4 : 12-15
Big Bear Lake, hiking trails, and Mt. Grayback
1919
Album : Page number 4 : 16
Pine Rest Lodge magazine clipping
1919
Album : Page number 4 : 17-18
Album : Page number 4 : 19
Album : Page number 4 : 20-22
Landscapes, including San Gabriel Range
1919
Album : Page number 4 : 23
"Eye of the World" rock and multi-passenger, convertible automobile
1919
Album : Page number 4 : 24-27
Little Bear Lake and surrounding landscape
1919
Album : Page number 4 : 28
"Pinecrest Mt. Resort" brochure clippings
1919
Balboa Beach (Balboa Island, Orange County) "Summer of 1920"
Album : Page number 4 : 30-31
Balboa Bay photographic postcards
1920
Album : Page number 4 : 32
"Hydroplane starting up" with homes in the background
1920
Album : Page number 4 : 33-38
Glendora Foothill School outing, including teachers and uniformed students at the beach
1920
Album : Page number 4 : 39
Album : Page number 4 : 40
Goodyear Blimp flying over the ocean
1920
Album : Page number 4 : 41-44
Ladies in the surf and on the sand
1920
Glen Ranch (San Bernardino County) and surrounding area
Album : Page number 4 : 46-49
Landscapes, campsite, automobile, horse and wagon, and group photos
undated
Album : Page number 4 : 50-52
Lytle Creek, "Sharp Trail," and Lone Pine Canyon
undated
Album : Page number 4 : 53
Clouds over Glen Ranch
undated
Album : Page number 4 : 56-57
Mt. Lowe (San Gabriel Mountains)
1920
Glen Ivy Hot Springs "Xmas time 1920"
Hotel Glen Ivy, Glen Ivy Hot Springs (Riverside County)
Album : Page number 4 : 58
Hotel Glen Ivy photographic postcard
1920
Album : Page number 4 : 59
Cottage and rose arbor
1920
Album : Page number 4 : 60-62
Hotel, orange groves, and surrounding area
1920
Album : Page number 4 : 63
View of Mascal Canyon and hotel
1920
Album : Page number 4 : 64-67
Views from hiking trail "on the way to the Peak"
1920
Album : Page number 4 : 68
"Seed time," shot of flora
1920
Album : Page number 4 : 69
"The lake at evening"
1920
Album 5.
Photograph album of Southern California
1921-1923, undated
Physical Description:
0.4 linear feet
Album Scope and Content Summary
One photograph album measuring 28.5 x 18.5 cm and containing black-and-white photographs mounted on black paper. Each photograph
has a caption, and infrequently a date, written on the lower border. The provenance of the album is unknown, though it is
clear from one caption that the album's creator lived in Claremont, California. The album may possibly have belonged to a
member of the Duvall or Hart families, who are identified by these surnames in the caption of one photograph.
Photographs in the album appear to document travels of the creator and family members around Southern California in the early
1920s. Southern California locales pictured include Claremont; Pasadena; the San Gabriel, San Fernando, and San Juan Capistrano
missions; Camulos Rancho; the California desert; Riverside, Catalina Island, Laguna Beach, and San Diego. In addition, there
are photographs of a camping trip into San Antonio Canyon in the San Gabriel Mountains.
Album : Page number 5 : 1-5
Domestic scenes in Claremont area, including the Claremont colleges campus
1921-1922
Album : Page number 5 : 3
Album : Page number 5 : 4
San Gabriel Mission
undated
Album : Page number 5 : 6
San Fernando Mission
undated
Album : Page number 5 : 7
Camulos Rancho, "Ramona's birthplace"
undated
Album : Page number 5 : 8
Album : Page number 5 : 9-10
Scout camp scenes, possibly in the San Gabriel Mountains
undated
Album : Page number 5 : 11-13
California desert scenes, including Mecca, Painted Canyon, and Palm Canyon
1922
Album : Page number 5 : 14
Domestic scenes, possibly Claremont
1922
Album : Page number 5 : 15-16
Mission Inn, Riverside
undated
Album : Page number 5 : 17
Mojave Desert and Joshua trees
1922
Album : Page number 5 : 18
Laguna Beach coastline
undated
Album : Page number 5 : 18
La Jolla coastal cave
undated
Album : Page number 5 : 19, 24-25
Camping in San Antonio Canyon, San Gabriel Mountains
1922
Album : Page number 5 : 20, 22-23
San Juan Capistrano Mission
undated
Album : Page number 5 : 20-21
San Diego, "Ramona's marriage place"
undated
Album : Page number 5 : 22-23
San Diego, Sunset Cliffs
undated
Album : Page number 5 : 26
Album : Page number 5 : 27
Boy Scout camp in Barrett Canyon, San Gabriel Mountains
1922
Album : Page number 5 : 28
Domestic scenes, possibly Claremont
undated
Album : Page number 5 : 29-33
Catalina Island and Avalon
1922
Album : Page number 5 : 34
Domestic scenes, possibly Claremont
undated
Album : Page number 5 : 35
Loose photographs, domestic scenes, Berkeley and possibly Claremont
1922-1923
Album 6.
Photograph album of California, Oregon, and Arizona
1922,
1924
Physical Description:
0.4 linear feet
Album Scope and Content Summary
One album of vacation photographs and postcards depicting locations throughout California from 1922 and 1924. Measuring 28.5
x 18 cm, the album contains more than 250 black-and-white photographs, postcards, and photogravures mounted on black paper.
Each item is labeled with its location, subject(s), and in some instances, the month and year it was taken. Southern California
locales include Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Riverside, Fullerton, Laguna Beach, San Juan Capistrano, and Catalina
Island. Northern California locales include Monterey, the San Francisco Bay area, and Stanford University. Outdoor recreation
areas such as the California Redwood Park, Big Basin State Park, the Muir Woods, Camp Baldy, and Arrowhead Lake are also featured.
Although the majority of the photographs depict places in California, the album also contains views of Crater Lake, Oregon;
Glacier National Park, Montana; and a 1922 horseback excursion to Arizona's Grand Canyon. Many of the images of Oregon's
Crater Lake and the redwood parks are postcards, both in color and black and white.
Although the provenance and the photographer of the album are unknown, it is possible that both are connected with a man and
woman who appear in many of the photographs and are identified in the captions as D.M. Carroll and Jean Miller Carroll, respectively.
The album's provenance also could be connected to a woman identified in the captions as Mrs. Florence Sands Murray, whose
Alhambra, California home appears in the album.
The leather-bound album includes, in addition to the photographs and postcards mentioned above, one small tintype depicting
an image similar to a San Gabriel Mission photograph in the album. A large photograph of the San Juan Capistrano mission
and one of Camp Baldy are both hand tinted.
Album : Page number 6 : 1-7
Los Angeles, California
1924
Scope and Content Note
Places depicted include Lafayette Park, views from Bryson Apartments, Wilshire Blvd., Westlake Park, Laurel Canyon, Sycamore
Grove, Griffith Park, and Exposition Park.
Album : Page number 6 : 6-7
Album : Page number 6 : 8-12
San Gabriel Mission, California
1924
Scope and Content Note
One 6 x 4.5 cm tintype in an envelope at the back of the album is of an image that closely matches a photographic print on
page nine of two Native American men and one Caucasian woman in front of the San Gabriel Mission, 1924.
Album : Page number 6 : 12-13
D. M. Carroll and Jean Miller Carroll with friends
1924
Album : Page number 6 : 14
Riverside, California
1924
Album : Page number 6 : 14-15
Fullerton, California
1924
Album : Page number 6 : 15-16
Pasadena, California "Flower parade" (Rose Parade)
1924
Album : Page number 6 : 16-17
San Fernando Mission, California
1924
Album : Page number 6 : 17-21
San Juan Capistrano Mission, California
1924
Album : Page number 6 : 21-22
Laguna Beach, Arch Beach, California
1924
Album : Page number 6 : 23
Dana Point and San Juan Capistrano, California, views of the Pacific Coast
1924
Album : Page number 6 : 24
Camp Baldy, California
1924
Album : Page number 6 : 24-25
Alhambra, California home of Florence Sands Murray
1924
Album : Page number 6 : 25
San Gabriel, California home of W. S. Prough
1924
Album : Page number 6 : 26-34
Camp Baldy, California
1924
Album : Page number 6 : 35-39
Arrowhead Lake and Big Bear Lake, California
1924
Album : Page number 6 : 39
Mrs. W. E. Adair and friends
1924
Album : Page number 6 : 40-43
Catalina Island, Avalon, California
1924
Album : Page number 6 : 43-45
San Francisco Bay, California area
1924
Album : Page number 6 : 45-47
Palo Alto, California and Stanford University
1924
Album : Page number 6 : 47-53
Santa Barbara, California photographs and color postcards
1924
Album : Page number 6 : 51
San Luis Obispo Mission, California
1924
Album : Page number 6 : 54-59
Monterey, California
1924
Album : Page number 6 : 60-64
California Redwood Park, Big Basin State Park, Muir Woods
1924
Album : Page number 6 : 64-67
Album : Page number 6 : 68-71
Crater Lake, Oregon postcards
undated
Physical Description: Hand-colored photogravures
Album : Page number 6 : 72-77
Glacier National Park, Montana
1924
Album : Page number 6 : 78-79
Crater Lake, Oregon, series of mini postcards
undated
Physical Description: Hand-colored photogravures
Album : Page number 6 : 80-85
Glacier National Park, Montana
1924
Album : Page number 6 : 87
San Antonio Canyon, Camp Baldy, tinted photograph
1924
Album : Page number 6 : 89
San Juan Capistrano Mission, tinted photograph
1924
Album : Page number 6 : 90-94
Grand Canyon, Arizona
1922
Album : Page number 6 : 95
Wawona, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park
1922
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