Inventory of the Selected Photograph Collections
Processed by Genevieve Troka; machine-readable finding aid created by
Xiuzhi Zhou
California State Archives
1020 "O" Street
Sacramento, California 95814
Phone: (916) 653-2246
Fax: (916) 653-7363
Email: ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov
URL: http://www.sos.ca.gov/archives/
© 1999
California Secretary of State. All rights reserved.
Inventory of the Selected Photograph Collections
California State Archives
Office of the Secretary of State
Sacramento, California
Contact Information:
- California State Archives
- 1020 "O" Street
- Sacramento, California 95814
- Phone: (916) 653-2246
- Fax: (916) 653-7363
- Email: ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov
- URL: http://www.sos.ca.gov/archives/
- Processed by:
- Genevieve Troka
- Encoded by:
- Xiuzhi Zhou
© 1999 California Secretary of State. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Selected Photograph Collections
Creator:
California State Archives
Repository:
California State Archives
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
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for possible infringement which may arise from reproduction or publication of materials from the California State Archives
collections.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Selected Photograph Collections, California State Archives.
Introduction
The photographic collection of the California State Archives constitutes a rich and varied source of information about the
history of California state government and of the state as a whole. While portions of the collection have been used extensively,
most of it remains largely untapped. This is due in part to the fact that descriptive information about photographs, which
most often are an integral part of much larger groups of documentary records, is not easily accessed. If one is not familiar
with the structure and functions of state government, knowing where to start looking for photographs of railroads, for instance,
can be somewhat overwhelming. Also lacking is much in the way of cataloging of collections by subject which would allow researchers
to locate the specific images they seek.
The purpose of this guide is to give users of the State Archives an overview of the photographic collection, to increase access
to it, and above all, to encourage greater use of the collection. The guide gathers together in one place information about
photographs which already exists, for the most part, in other State Archives finding aids. Some guide entries were created
just for this purpose because original finding aid descriptions needed to be condensed or particular photographs were not
previously described separately from related records. For example, photographs are part of files of cases heard by the Public
Utilities Commission and derive most of their significance from the context in which they are found. But the photo researcher
interested in locating images of ferry boats may not be interested in the PUC case concerning ferry rates. Other guide entries
were upgraded and standardized to conform with the guide's format.
Although the guide is not comprehensive, it does include the largest and most significant photographic series in the collection.
A quick review of the guide's contents will reveal that the collection consists of primarily twentieth century, black and
white prints and negatives and that it's strengths are in the documentation of state highways and state buildings. Some 185,000
images are described in the guide, about one third of which pertain in some way to the "public works" theme. But upon closer
examination, the researcher will uncover many other interesting items: images documenting the efforts of law enforcement officials
to solve crimes and incarcerate and rehabilitate the guilty, the post-World War II expansion of the state's educational system,
the management of the state's natural and agricultural resources, state officials, politicians and political campaigns, the
celebration of the state's bounty at state and local fairs, and many others.
Using the Guide
Guide entries are arranged alphabetically by the name of the state agency which created or collected the photographs. Collections
from non-governmental agency sources are placed alphabetically following the aforementioned group. At the end of the guide
listings are placed entries pertaining to unprocessed materials to which access may be limited.
Each entry bears a unique, sequential number at the beginning of the entry. The set of numbers which follows the entry number
are collection identification numbers. Use these numbers to determine the location of a particular collection using the
Location Key also at the end of the guide. Location and identification numbers are required when requesting the retrieval of photographs
for research use.
Terminology for photographic formats and for most subject terms is derived from Research Libraries Information Network (RLIN)
online version of
The Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) and
Library of Congress Subject Headings, respectively. Some subject terms are local in origin. Photographs are black and white unless otherwise specified.
Towards the end of most entries, the researcher will see a cross reference to other finding aids which either provide more
extensive information about the collection described or about related records from the same state or local agency. Occasionally,
references to restrictions concerning access are also found here. See the California State Archives for more information.
F3741:2493-2516
Series 1
Agriculture -- Information Office, Photographs
1881-1941
Physical Description: 405 items
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: gelatin dry plate negatives, lantern slides, photomechanical prints, photographic prints, and negatives.
Subjects include avocado packing, shipping and marketing; department personnel; State Fair agricultural exhibits; war preparedness;
Governor Culbert Olson (F3741:2498:1); farm machinery; fruit harvesting, inspection and testing; insects; livestock kills;
milk production, testing and inspection; peach canning; rodents; spraying equipment; vegetable packing and inspection; weeds;
and, weights and measures.
See
Deptartment of Agriculture finding aid for more detail.
VB 3:P37(1-298)
Series 2
California Centennial Commission, Photographs
1948-1950
Physical Description: 298 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: photographic prints. Photographs document events developed by the Commission to commemorate California's
centennial including parades, stage productions with historical themes, placement of historic markers and monuments, California
history exhibits (such as the Historical Caravan, a traveling exhibit) and historic preservation projects (the Fallon House
Theater in Columbia). Then Governor Earl Warren is depicted (VB3:P37(2)) as is Richard Nixon campaigning for the U.S. Senate
(VB3:P37(290)).
See
California Centennial Commission finding aid for more information.
F3717
Series 3
Corrections -- Folsom State Prison, Identification Photograph Cards
1923-1945
Physical Description: Approx. 12,000 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically (chronologically) by prison identification number.
Access Information
Some restrictions may apply. See Reference Archivist for more information.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: photographic prints. Identification photographs are adhered to cards which may also include the following
information: prison identification number, name, county sent from, crime, occupation, race, sentence, criminal record, age,
birthplace and physical description.
See
Corrections finding aid for additional information.
F3717:1095-1113
Series 4
Corrections -- Folsom State Prison, Inmate Photograph Albums
1880-1942
Physical Description: 20 volumes
Arrangement
Arranged numerically (chronologically) by prison identification number.
Access Information
Some restrictions may apply. See Reference Archivist for more information.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: photograph albums. Identification photographs of inmates may depict individuals in both street clothes
and later in prison garb with heads shaved. Other information included: name, crime, prison identification number, county
sent from, age, birthplace, sentence and other notes.
See
Corrections finding aid for additional information.
F3717:817-871
Series 5
Corrections -- Institutions, Institutional Photographs
1945-1965
Physical Description: Approx. 3,000 items
Arrangement
Arranged by institution then alphabetically by subject.
Access Information
Some restrictions may apply. See Reference Archivist for more information.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: photographic prints.Subject categories include: "Activities/Programs/Institutional Services"; "Construction";
"Personnel"; "Physical Plant"; "Recreation/Athletics/Free Time"; and, "Vocational Training/Industries/Productive Labor".
See
Corrections finding aid for additional information.
F3717:1178-1204
Series 6
Corrections -- San Quentin State Prison, Inmate Photograph Albums
1880-1920
Physical Description: 46 volumes (13 volumes are duplicates)
Arrangement
Arranged numerically (chronologically) by prison identification number.
Scope and Content Note
Identification photographs of male and female inmates may depict individuals in both street clothes and later in prison garb
with heads shaved. Other information included: name, crime, prison identification number, county sent from, age, birthplace,
sentence and other notes.
See
Corrections finding aid for additional information.
F3717
Series 7
Corrections -- San Quentin State Prison, Identification Photograph Cards
1907-1946
Physical Description: Approx. 65,000 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically by prison identification number.
Access Information
Some restrictions may apply. See Reference Archivist for more information.
Scope and Content Note
Identification photographs are adhered to cards which may also include the following information: number, name, county sent
from, crime, occupation, race, sentence, criminal record, age, birthplace and physical description.
See
Corrections finding aid for additional information.
F3254:1-307
Series 8
Finance -- Administration -- Director, Historical Record Photographs (Links Collection)
1915-1938
Physical Description: 3,190 items
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by name of state agency.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photograph albums, photographic prints, negatives, and oversized photographic prints. Photographs document
state-owned buildings, equipment, structures and activities of state personnel from various agencies. The largest portion
of the collection includes images of such facilities as San Quentin and Folsom State Prisons, state parks, Exposition Park
(Los Angeles), State Fairgrounds (Sacramento), Exposition Building (San Diego), state hospitals, state colleges, the University
of California, special schools, armories, State Capitol and Capitol Park, and the Governor's Mansion. Of special interest
is a large group of images documenting the San Francisco Harbor (c.1915-1930) including the Ferry Building, State Belt Railroad,
state dredgers and tugboats, piers, warehouses, wood ships, and activities on the waterfront (F3254:59, 271-272).
A smaller portion of the collection is comprised of photos illustrating state agency activities which were collected by the
Dept. of Finance for use in legislative budget hearings. This group includes the Dept. of Agriculture's Grain Lab field work
and inspection activities; cadets in training at the California Maritime Academy; students and teachers at state colleges;
anti-aircraft, tank and artillery training of the California National Guard; registering vehicles at the Dept. of Motor Vehicles;
the drafting room at the Div. of Architecture; and, many other state agency activities.
See finding aid located with collection in folder F3254:1A.
F3722:630-1540
Series 9
Finance -- California State Fair and Exposition, Photographs
1910-1967
Physical Description: 909 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints and oversized photographic prints. The largest portion of this collection consists
of State Fair Official Photographs (1951-1958) documenting commercial, international and county exhibits; dignitaries including
Governors Warren (F3722:953) and Knight (F3722:1157-1158, 1169, 1310, 1319-1320); fair buildings; and some events such as
entertainment, beauty contests and product demonstrations. A panoramic photo of the old fairgrounds on Stockton Blvd, is included,
1910 (F3722:632).
See
California State Fair and Expositions finding aid for more information.
F3577:239(1-3)
Series 10
Governor -- Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Photographs
1980-1982
Physical Description: 4 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints and negatives. Official portraits of Governor Jerry Brown.
F3757:2a-c, VB1:P25(1-2)
Series 11
Governor -- Edmund G. Brown, Sr., Photographs
1959-1963
Physical Description: 10 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: photographic prints. Official portraits of Governor Pat Brown and photographs of him being sworn in by
Chief Justice Gibson in 1959 and 1963.
F3757:55-58a
Series 12
Governor -- George Deukmejian, Photographs
1983
Physical Description: 7 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints, negatives, and color photographs. Official portraits of Governor Deukmejian.
F3757:8-9
Series 13
Governor -- James Gillett, Photographs
1910
Physical Description: 2 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic print and oversized photographic print. Photographs of Governor Gillett at his desk in
the Governor's Office and of a banquet given in his honor at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, December 29, 1910.
F3757:43
Series 14
Governor -- Hiram Johnson, Photographs
1911-1917
Physical Description: 17 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints and negatives. Contains portraits of Hiram Johnson as Governor in the Governor's
Office, as U.S. Senator, with his grandchildren, and with members of the California delegation to the 1912 Progressive National
Convention.
F3938:56-60, F3757:3
Series 15
Governor -- Goodwin Knight, Photographs
1896-1955
Physical Description: 9 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: photographic prints. Collection includes images of Knight as a baby, his mother, the house where he was
born, his wife and children, his inaugural address (1-3-55), playing baseball, riding a bicycle, receiving a plaque concerning
the Camelia Festival, and an official portrait as Governor.
F3757:4, ODC2:15(18)
Series 16
Governor -- Culbert Olson, Photographs
1935
Physical Description: 3 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints and negative. Official portraits of Governor Olson, one inscribed to his nephew
Frank Olson and the other to Secretary of State Frank Jordan.
F3757:6
Series 17
Governor -- George Pardee, Photograph
1934
Physical Description: 1 item
Arrangement
Arranged numerically.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is photographic print. Portrait of former Governor Pardee inscribed to Secretary of State Frank Jordan.
F3577:241-242, F3757:1, 50
Series 18
Governor -- Ronald Reagan, Photographs
1967-1974
Physical Description: 21 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints, negatives, and oversized color photographs. Contains several portraits of Governor
Reagan as well as images of the Governor at a social function with advisory groups, at press conferences, with Lt. Governor
Reinecke receiving a set of commemorative pistols, and receiving a copy of the State Seal.
F3757:7
Series 19
Governor -- Friend Richardson, Photograph
1925
Physical Description: 1 item
Arrangement
Arranged numerically.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: photographic print. Portrait of Governor Richardson.
F3577:256, ODC2:15(17), F3938:61
Series 20
Governor -- James Rolph, Photographs
1931
Physical Description: 6 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints and oversized photographic prints. Official portraits of Governor Rolph and a photo
of the Governor meeting with the "Placerville 49ers" in his office. (Members of the "49ers" were descendants of Gold Rush
era pioneers.)
F3640
Series 21
Governor -- Earl Warren Papers, Photographs
1891-1953
Physical Description: Approx. 5,000 items
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints, color photographs, and negatives. This series consists of photographs, the great
majority of which were given to Governor Warren by members of the press and other news reporting media. A number were also
sent to the Governor by private citizens. The photograph file documents a wide variety of Warren activities and is not limited
to his gubernatorial years. Many photographs were used for publicity and political purposes and include a copy of Warren's
first formal portrait at the age of three months, pictures of his parents, Warren as a young man, in uniform during World
War I, as the District Attorney of Alameda County, and as father and family man. The largest number of photographs depict
Warren in his varied activities as Governor and includes photos of Warren signing specific legislative measures, delivering
addresses, campaigning for election or on the behalf of other candidates (such as Richard Nixon and Dwight D. Eisenhower,
Bx 3, unprocessed), participating in state-sponsored programs and conferences, at dedications, special events, and other activities.
See
Earl Warren Papers finding aid for additional information.
F3577:244
Series 22
Governor -- Pete Wilson, Photograph
1991
Physical Description: 1 item
Arrangement
Arranged numerically.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: color photograph. Official portrait of Governor Wilson in the Governor's Office.
VB 4:P51(1-37)
Series 23
Legislature -- Assembly County and City Jails Committee, Photographs
1947
Physical Description: 37 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: photographic prints. Contains photographs of state and local law enforcement officials and others who
testified before the Committee on the subject of overcrowding in county and city jails. Facilities and operations of state
and local correctional institutions and members of the Committee are also depicted.
VB 4:P50(2-18)
Series 24
Legislature -- Assembly Judiciary Committee -- Long Beach Tidelands Subcommittee, Photographs
1898-1955
Physical Description: 74 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically by exhibit number.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: photographic prints. Photographs were used as exhibits in legislative hearings concerning the effects
of shoreline development (beach erosion, flooding...) in the Long Beach area. Some images are copies contained in a report
submitted to the Committee which provided an historical overview of tideland development.
LP229:412, 454, 511, 656, 733
Series 25
Senator Randolph Collier Papers, Photographs and Film
1939-1976
Physical Description: 113 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints and a motion picture film. Photographs depict the State Senate in session, Collier
with members of the California Highway Commission, with Governor Pat Brown and other legislators, at speaking engagements
and various ceremonial functions, and touring flood ravaged northwestern California (1964?). The 16mm film depicts Collier
traveling to various rural areas in his district probably to survey the condition of roads and bridges (1940's).
See
Senator Randolph Collier Papers finding aid for information about related records.
F3901:826-849
Series 26
Los Angeles City -- Los Angeles Police Department (Robert F. Kennedy Assassination Investigation Papers), Photographs
1968-1969
Physical Description: 4,065 items.
Arrangement
Arranged numerically by LAPD numbering system.
Access Information
Autopsy and post-operative photographs are restricted per California Code of Civil Procedure, section 129.
Scope and Content Note
Prints have been placed in albums and negatives are stored separately. Formats included are: photographic prints, negatives,
color photographs, and color negatives. Photographs are available on microfilm.
Photographs taken by Special Unit Senator and the Los Angeles Police Department during the course of their investigation and
by amateur and professional photographers who were present at the crime scene. Images depict key figures in the investigation;
evidence; the crime scene before, during, and after the assassination; investigative activities such as trajectory studies
and walk-throughs of the crime scene by officials; and, Kennedy campaign activities. Two groups of photographs, "Case prep.
notebook" (Q101-102) and "Complete set of photos taken by the FBI" (Q85), offer a good overview of the investigation. Index
included at the beginning of each photograph album and as Appendix F of the RFK finding aid.
See
RFK Papers finding aid for more information.
F3906:50-241
Series 27
Los Angeles County -- Superior Court. Case File No. A233421-People vs. Sirhan Sirhan -- (Robert F. Kennedy Assassination Investigation
Papers), Trial Exhibits
1968-1975
Physical Description: 655 items
Arrangement
Arranged by category (e.g. Grand Jury, Trial, Special Hearing), then by litigant (People or Defense) and then numerically
or alphabetically by exhibit designation.
Access Information
Autopsy and post-operative photographs are restricted per California Code of Civil Procedure, section 129.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints, color photographs, negatives, and oversized photographic prints. Photographs are
part of a larger group of items used as exhibits in court proceedings against Sirhan Sirhan and during the Special Hearing
undertaken by Los Angeles County authorities in 1975. Many of the photographs used as exhibits were originally part of the
Special Unit Senator records (see above entry).
See
RFK Papers finding aid for listing and description of exhibits.
VB 3:P27(1-153)
Series 28
Mental Hygiene -- Sonoma State Hospital, Photographs
1951-1953
Physical Description: 153 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically.
Access Information
Some restrictions may apply. See Reference Archivist for more information.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints and color photographs. Hospital facilities and grounds, patient activities (banquets,
sports, entertainment, dances, pageants, holiday celebrations, parades...), exhibits concerning hospital programs and vocational
training are depicted by this group of photographs. The collection has little or no identification information, however.
See
Mental Hygiene-Sonoma State Hospital finding aid for information about related records.
VB 4:P58(1-16)
Series 29
Mental Hygiene -- Sonoma State Hospital, Photographs
1890-1930
Physical Description: 16 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: photographic prints. Contains images of hospital buildings and grounds.
F3416:1(1-11)
Series 30
Military Department -- Adjutant General -- California National Guard, Photographs
1916
Physical Description: 11 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: photographic prints. Photographs depict Machine Gun Company, 5th Infantry, N.G.C. training with a trailer
mounted machine gun.
F3735:872-1910
Series 31
Natural Resources -- Fish and Game -- Information Office, Photographs
1910-1969
Physical Description: 1,198 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically. Prints and negatives stored separately.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: gelatin dry plate negatives, negatives, and photographic prints. Principal subjects include: portraits
of Fish and Game Commissioners and photos depicting their activities; fish hatcheries; fish screens; fish ladders; fish planting
operations; fish and game law enforcement; a variety of fish and game species; scenic photographs of rivers, lakes, etc...
some unidentified; state game farms, 1930's (F3735:1836-1892); group portraits of department personnel, c. 1926-1938, 1955,
1960 and 1969 (F3735:1901-1910). Many of these photographs were used in Fish and Game publications and were captioned. A caption
list is available in folder 1, box 1.
See
Natural Resources finding aid for more information.
F3735:2328-2371, 2372-2377
Series 32
Natural Resources -- Mines and Geology, Photographs
1870-1952
Physical Description: 50 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: oversized photographic prints. Images include portraits of State Mining Bureau Board of Trustees and staff
mineralogists, State Mining Bureau exhibits, oil derricks and refineries, placer and gypsum mining operations, dredges, the
tunneling related construction of Boulder Dam, and Boorman's Dam at Weaver Lake (Nevada County), c.1880.
See
Natural Resources finding aid for more detailed information.
F3735:2098-2137
Series 33
Natural Resources -- Mines and Geology, Photographs
1895-1910
Physical Description: 54 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: gelatin dry plate negatives and photographic prints. Contains images of masonry companies in Los Angeles,
oil refineries in Alameda and Kern Counties, mining operations in Sutter and Santa Cruz Counties and the Ferry Building in
San Francisco.
See
Natural Resources finding aid for more information.
F3735:2138-2313
Series 34
Natural Resources -- Mines and Geology, Photographs
1875-1915
Physical Description: 30 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photograph albums, negatives, and photographic prints. Contains photographs of mining operations and
geologic formations. Geographic areas included are Santa Cruz, San Luis Obispo, Nevada City, El Dorado County and Placer County.
See
Natural Resources finding aid for more detail.
F3735:1949-2089
Series 35
Natural Resources -- Mines and Geology, Dredge Photographs
1903-1912
Physical Description: 141 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints and cyanotypes. Contains images of dredges, dredging operations, placer mining and
related equipment. Geographic areas include: Shasta, Siskiyou, Tuolumne and Merced Counties.
See
Natural Resources finding aid for listing of dredge names.
F3735:1901-1948, 2314-2327c
Series 36
Natural Resources -- Mines and Geology, Watts photographs
1895-1898
Physical Description: 62 items
Arrangement
Arranged by size.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints and oversized photographic prints. Field photography by W.L. Watts, Assistant in
the Field for the State Mining Bureau. Subjects include: geologic formations, oil yielding geologic formations, oil well operations,
gypsum mines, asphalt mines, and other mining operations. Geographic areas included are: Fresno, Kern, Los Angeles, Santa
Barbara and Ventura Counties.
See
Natural Resources finding aid for more information.
F3725:3466a-j
Series 37
Public Utilities Commission -- Transportation, Railroad valuation working papers
1912
Physical Description: 10 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: postcards. Photographs illustrate the logging operations, saw mill, facilities and railroad equipment
of the McCloud River Railroad Co. which was owned by the McCloud River Lumber Co.
See
Public Utilities Commission-Part I finding aid for more information.
F3725:3376-3378a
Series 38
Public Utilities Commission -- Transportation, Investigation working papers-ICC docket #14,778
1918-1923
Physical Description: 13 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints, oversized photographic prints. These photographs also relate to the Commission's
investigation of Case 970 which pertained to the proposed consolidation of railroad operations into one "union terminal" in
Los Angeles. Photographs depict the interior of Union Pacific Terminal (1923) and various railroad stations and yards in Los
Angeles.
See
Public Utilities Commission-Part I for more information.
F3725:3244a, f-m
Series 39
Public Utilities Commission -- Transportation (H.G. Weeks', CRC Engineer, Working Papers), Investigation working papers-case
970
1918
Physical Description: 528 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints, gelatin dry plate negatives, negatives. These photographs were generated by a PUC
staff engineer during the course of the Commission's investigation of a case concerning a proposed "union terminal" which
would combine the operations of all railroads in Los Angeles. Photographs document railroad and street-railroad lines, equipment,
yards and stations. Included are Los Angeles street scenes which depict automobiles, trucks, and horse-drawn vehicles.
See
Public Utilities Commission-Part I finding aid for more information.
F3725:3168-3170
Series 40
Public Utilities Commission -- Transportation. Engineering Operations Branch, Special railroad crossing reports
1911-1943
Physical Description: 831 items
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: photographic prints. Contains PUC studies of railroad crossings which were illustrated with photographs.
Studies encompassed the Los Angeles area and the San Francisco Bay Area and include street scenes in Los Angeles, San Bernardino
and Riverside Counties in particular the cities of Venice, Van Nuys, San Bernardino, Redlands and Riverside. Train versus
automobile accidents and accident sites are also documented.
See
Public Utilities Commission-Part I finding aid for more information.
F3725:2975
Series 41
Public Utilities Commission -- Utilities -- General Engineering Branch, PUC Valuations
1917
Physical Description: 33 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: photographic prints. Contains a photographic report documenting the installation of electric power lines
in San Francisco. Images depict linemen preparing and erecting poles.
See
Public Utilities Commission-Part I finding aid for more information.
F3725:1454-2617b
Series 42
Public Utilities Commission, Formal Applications
1900-1923
Physical Description: 220 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically by application number.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: photographic prints. Contains photographs submitted as exhibits in formal applications heard by the Commission.
Although the PUC regulates the activities of a wide range of companies, these photographs pertain primarily to the facilities
of water companies including reservoirs, dams and rural areas. Railroad company lines and facilities are also documented including
electric railways in downtown Los Angeles (1918).
See
Public Utilities Commission-Part I finding aid for information about individual applications.
F3725:394-1313
Series 43
Public Utilities Commission, Formal Complaints
1913-1917
Physical Description: 254 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically by complaint number.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints, negatives, and photograph albums. Contains photographs submitted as exhibits in
formal complaints heard by the Commission. Although the PUC regulates the activities of a variety of companies, these photographs
primarily concern the facilities, property and activities of water companies. Photographs depict rural areas in San Mateo
and Alameda Counties, canals, dams, lakes, dredges, and the laying of water pipes in San Francisco. Also included are photos
of waterfront ares in Oakland and San Francisco.
See
Public Utilities Commission-Part I finding aid for information about individual cases.
F3725:5024-6512
Series 44
Public Utilities Commission, Formal Complaints
1920-1966
Physical Description: 677 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically by complaint number.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: photographic prints. Contains photographs submitted as exhibits in formal complaints heard by the Commission.
Photographs generally document the facilities, equipment and activities of companies regulated by the PUC including railroads,
trucks, steamships, ferries, electric and street railways, buses, warehouses, telephone and telegraph, and gas, electric and
water utilities. Indirectly, the photographs also depict street scenes in many California cities and towns, roadside businesses,
bays, rivers, and waterfronts, workers in the industries listed above, and many types of vehicles.
See
Public Utilities Commission-Part II finding aid for information about individual cases.
F3274:22-448
Series 45
Public Works -- Architecture. Design, Photographs
1925-1964
Physical Description: 807 items
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by name of state agency.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints, negatives, and oversized photographic prints. Photographs taken by Alfred Eichler,
who was an architect for the state for many years (1925-1964), document the construction of state buildings. They are an integral
part of a large collection of architectural plans and renderings. Buildings include state colleges and universities, correctional
institutions, state mental hospitals, the Benecia State Capitol, Tower Bridge (Sacramento), and Veteran's Home (Yountville).
See
Eichler Collection finding aid for complete listing.
F3253:1-326h
Series 46
Public Works -- Architecture. Office of Information, Photographs
1910-1960
Physical Description: 9,254 items
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by name of state agency.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints, negatives, color photographs, and oversized photographic prints. Collection extensively
documents the planning, construction, use and maintenance of state-owned buildings. Photographs of facilities such as state
and county fairs, correctional institutions, the California Maritime Academy, special schools, fish hatcheries, state hospitals,
armories, state parks, state colleges and the University of California, veteran's homes, and state agency offices in Sacramento,
Los Angeles, and San Francisco are included. Although this collection generally focuses more on facilities than on activities,
some images of correctional institutions, state hospitals, state colleges and veteran's homes include inmates, patients, students
or residents and staff activities.
Of particular interest are: documentation of several restoration projects at Sutter's Fort, Old Custom House (Monterey), Benecia
State Capitol, Fort Ross, Columbia and Coloma (F3253:137-154); architectural features fabricated by Gladding, McBean for the
State Printing Plant/State Archives, 1923 (F3253:240); the State Capitol and Capitol Park, 1930-1960 (F3253:235-238, 321);
models and architectural features designed for the Library and Courts Building and Office Building 1 (F3253:229); construction
of the Civic Center in San Francisco, 1915 (F3253:242b); Ralph Stackpole murals at Coit Tower, San Francisco (F3253:245a);
students lined up outside the Sherman Institute ("Indian School") in Riverside, c.1900 (F3253:221(22-23)); construction of
the Tower Bridge in Sacramento, 1930's (F3253:326b,h); and, several photographs of groundbreaking or dedication ceremonies
at state facilities which feature Governors Knight (F3253:9, 227, 232, 242b), Rolph (F3253:7(6)) and Merriam (F3253:92(6)).
See
Public Works-Architecture finding aid for detailed contents list. Copy of finding aid also located in Box 1.
F2515:24
Series 47
Public Works -- Highways, Photograph Album
1913-1916
Physical Description: 1 volume
Arrangement
Arranged numerically according to key appearing at beginning of album.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: photograph album. This album is entitled the "Book of One Hundred" and contains selected images perhaps
assembled to represent the Department's accomplishments during this time period. Depicted are primarily completed road and
bridge construction projects in each of Districts I-VII.
See
Public Works-Highways finding aid for more information about the department.
F3778:3044-3077
Series 48
Public Works -- Highways, Aerial Photographs
1938-1941
Physical Description: 629 items
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and by numeric filing system thereunder.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: photographic prints. Contains aerial contact prints from District II (Shasta, Siskiyou and Plumas Counties)
which were used to compile topographical mosaics for a report and design study.
See
Public Works-Highways finding aid for more information.
F3778:3078-3085
Series 49
Public Works -- Highways, Carquinez Bridge Photographs
1923-1929
Physical Description: 90 items
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: photographic prints. Photographs document the construction of the Carquinez Bridge including the construction
wharf, erection of falsework, cofferdams, pumps, concrete piles, fender system, beam grillages, pier anchorage and excavation,
floating caissons, pile drivers, steel cutting shoes, anchor barges, ships, viaduct approach, sewer realignment, and bronze
fog bell.
See
Public Works-Highways finding aid for more information.
F3778:2976-3043
Series 50
Public Works -- Highways, Photographs, District I-X
1912-1949
Physical Description: 5,746 items
Arrangement
Arranged by highway district number and alphabetically by county thereunder.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints, negatives, photograph albums and postcards. This series is one of the most interesting
groups from the enormous Public Works-Highways (Transportation) collection. Photographs depict various stages of highway and
road construction projects including bridges, construction workers and equipment, rural roadside structures, mule and horse
drawn equipment, road camps, convict labor, rock quarrying, flood damage, and scenic highways. Specific subjects of interest
include Folsom Prison quarry operations, Wells Fargo Station and Trading Post at Timbuctoo (Yuba Co.), opening ceremonies
at "The Rocks" (now Pinnacles National Monument, San Benito Co., 1932), construction of the Yolo Trestle (Yolo Co., 1914-1916),
plank roads in the desert (Imperial Co., 1916), African American laborers (F3778:2998, 3005-3007), an demonstration highway
at the State Fair (Sacramento Co., 1916), and, a U.S. military camp on the Mexican Border (1914, F3778:3017).
See
Public Works-Highways finding aid for more information.
F3778:3086-4324
Series 51
Public Works -- Highways -- Bridge Department, Bridge Construction Project Files
1918-1974
Physical Description: Approx. 1,500 items
Arrangement
Arranged by highway district number, alphabetically by county and chronologically thereunder.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: photographic prints. Photographs were part of project files and document bridge construction and damage
to bridges, especially from flooding. Images of railroad and covered bridges are included.
See
Public Works-Highways finding aid for detailed list of specific contracts included in series.
F2516:1-93
Series 52
Public Works -- Highways -- Bridge Department -- Toll Bridges, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Construction Photographs
1933-1937
Physical Description: Approx. 10,000 items
Arrangement
Arranged by contract number.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints and negatives. Photographs provide extremely detailed documentation of all aspects
of the Bridge's construction including: East and West approaches, piers and towers, spans, tunnels, toll plaza, cable spinning
and final painting. All images are 3 1/2 x 5 1/2" black and white contact prints.
See
Public Works-Highways finding aid for detailed description.
F3766:311-312
Series 53
Public Works -- Highways -- District I, Engineer's Photographs
1937
Physical Description: 108 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints and photograph albums. Photograph albums document sections of U.S. 101 in Humboldt
Redwoods State Park which require widening or realignment. Individual photographs show coast highways in Northwestern California.
See
Public Works-Highways finding aid for more information.
F3802:513-531
Series 54
Public Works - Highways - District III, Photographs
1915-1956
Physical Description: 868 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically by highway route number and alphabetically by county thereunder.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints and negatives. Contains photographs and negatives depicting highway and bridge sites;
road construction and maintenance projects; road construction equipment; flood damage to roads; pavement failures; accidents;
roadside and camp structures; snow removal; dredge mining; and levee erosion. Includes information about roads in the following
counties: Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lake, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba.
See
Public Works-Highways finding aid for more detailed description.
F3840:364-367
Series 55
Public Works - Highways - District IV, Appraisal Photographs
1947-1954
Physical Description: 384 items
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by county and chronologically thereunder.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: photographic prints. Prepared by property appraisers to accompany appraisal reports, photographs depict
structures and land to be purchased or condemned for highway right-of-way purposes. Includes images of downtown Oakland and
aerial photographs of rural Santa Clara County. Other areas included are Alameda, Contra Costa, Napa, San Francisco and San
Mateo Counties.
See
Public Works-Highways finding aid for more information.
F3840:372-373
Series 56
Public Works - Highways - District IV, Improvement Photographs
1935-1955
Physical Description: 262 items
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by city.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints and negatives. Photographs show streets in various San Francisco Bay Area cities
before and after street improvement projects.
See
Public Works-Highways finding aid for more information.
F3840:374
Series 57
Public Works - Highways - District IV, Railroad Crossing
1934-1935
Physical Description: 26 items
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by name of crossing.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: photographic prints. Photographs were created to illustrate a survey of railroad crossings in Contra Costa
County.
See
Public Works-Highways finding aid for more information.
F3840:368-371
Series 58
Public Works - Highways - District IV, Route Photographs
1920-1954
Physical Description: 438 items
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by county and chronologically thereunder.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints and negatives. Contains photographs of road construction and maintenance activities
in Alameda, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Sonoma Counties. Of particular interest are photographs of the
Broadway Tunnel (Oakland, 1936) under construction, downtown Oakland in the 1930's and flooding in the town of Mayfield (now
Palo Alto) in 1920.
See
Public Works-Highways finding aid for more information.
F2515:11-14
Series 59
Public Works -- Highways - District V, Photograph Albums
1913-1923
Physical Description: 4 volumes
Arrangement
Arranged by county, route and section number.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: photographs albums. Road and bridge construction in Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara
Counties are documented. Included are images of road construction crews and equipment (some of it horse-drawn), construction
camps, and flood and storm damage to roads and bridges, and to towns such as Santa Maria (January, 1914). Of particular interest
are photographs depicting construction of the Santa Ynez River Bridge (Santa Barbara Co., 1917) and the Cuyama Road (San Luis
Obispo Co., 1921-1923).
See
Public Works-Highways finding aid for more information about District V.
F3807:150
Series 60
Public Works - Highways - District V, Photographs
1935-1946
Physical Description: 82 items.
Arrangement
Arranged by subject.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints and negatives. Road construction activities in Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo
and Santa Barbara Counties are documented. Included are images of highway maintenance stations, convict labor camps, and blasting
and earth removal operations along the San Simeon to Carmel highway.
See
Public Works-Highways finding aid for more information.
F3789:177-182
Series 61
Public Works - Highways - District VI, Route Photographs
1912-1936
Physical Description: 41 items
Arrangement
Arranged by county, route and section number.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints and photograph albums. Contains photographs of road and bridge construction activities
in Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Merced, Mono, Mariposa and Tuolumne Counties. Road construction equipment and work crews, rural communities,
roadside signage, many types of motor vehicles and horse-drawn wagons and carriages, road camps, and flood damage are depicted.
See
Public Works-Highways finding aid for more information.
F3790:103-106
Series 62
Public Works - Highways - District VII, Contract Photographs
1912-1918
Physical Description: 4 volumes
Arrangement
Arranged by county, route and section.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: photograph albums. Photographs depict road and bridge construction primarily in the rural areas of Los
Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego Counties. Included are images of storm and flood damage, road construction
equipment, road camps, laborers and survey crews. The construction of Route 4 over the Tehachapi Mountains is documented.
See
Public Works-Highways finding aid for more information.
F3790:142-143
Series 63
Public Works - Highways - District VII, Miscellaneous Photographs
1915-1929
Physical Description: 142 items
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints and negatives. Photographs document road conditions, hazards and construction work
on three Los Angeles County highways to be acquired by the state (Pasadena to Pomona, Los Angeles to Saugus, and Los Angeles
to Whittier-1915). Also included are images of road hazards and recent improvements to the "Old Trails Highway" between Los
Angeles and the Imperial Valley (1920's) as well as a group of photographs taken to depict "desirable" and "undesirable" roadside
business - gas stations, eating establishments and other businesses with unique architecture are featured (1929).
See
Public Works-Highways finding aid for more information.
F3790:107-123
Series 64
Public Works - Highways - District VII, Appraisal Photographs
1944-1963
Physical Description: 457 items
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by county and chronologically thereunder.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: photographic prints. Prepared by the District Right-of-Way Agent to accompany appraisal reports, this
series includes photographs of houses, commercial buildings, barns and vacant land purchased or condemned for highway right-of-way
purposes. Properties in Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura Counties are included.
See
Public Works-Highways finding aid for more information.
F3790:124-140
Series 65
Public Works - Highways - District VII, Photographs of Winter Storms
1934-1938
Physical Description: 932 items
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and numerically by route number.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints and photograph albums. Photographs document storm damage (flooding, slides, accumulated
debris...) to roads, bridges and nearby structures in Los Angeles, Ventura and Orange Counties. Also shown are salvage and
road repair work as well as several rivers at flood stage including the San Gabriel and Santa Ana Rivers.
See
Public Works-Highways finding aid for more information.
F3790:141
Series 66
Public Works - Highways - District VII, Relief Camp C Photographs
1931
Physical Description: 43 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included is: photographic prints. Photographs depict relief camp workers constructing an unemployment relief camp
(Relief Camp C) in Los Angeles County and various road construction projects undertaken by Camp C.
See
Public Works-Highways finding aid for more information.
F2515:22
Series 67
Public Works - Highways - District X, Photograph Album
1914-1935
Physical Description: 1 item
Arrangement
Arranged by county, route and section number.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: photograph album. Asphalt and gravel plants, road construction, bridges, work crews, and road construction
equipment are depicted in this album. Geographic areas included are Amador, Calaveras, San Joaquin, Solano, Stanislaus and
Tuolumne Counties.
See
Public Works-Highways finding aid for more information about District X.
F3762:67-75a
Series 68
Public Works - Highways - District X, Contract Photographs
1926-1950
Physical Description: Approx. 4,000 items
Arrangement
Arranged by county, route and section, then grouped by contract number.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints and negatives. Photographs document road construction projects in Alpine, Amador,
Calaveras, Mariposa, Merced, Napa, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Stanislaus, Tuolumne and Yolo Counties. Depicted are construction
equipment, work crews, and rural communities.
See
Public Works-Highways finding aid for more information.
F3762:76-77
Series 69
Public Works - Highways - District X, District Engineer's Photographs
1926-1939
Physical Description: Approx. 1,000 items
Arrangement
Arranged by county, route and section number.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints and negatives. Road and bridge construction projects in Alpine, Amador, Calaveras,
Mariposa, Merced, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Stanislaus, Tuolumne and Yolo Counties are documented. Included are images
of flood and storm damage, highway work crews, construction equipment and materials, roadside structures and signage, small
towns in the Sierra Nevada foothills and Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys, construction of the Boulder Dam, San Francisco-Oakland
Bay Bridge construction, the relocation of the Modesto arch (1934), and logging operations (Tuolumne Co.).
See
Public Works-Highways finding aid for more detailed information.
F3762:64-66
Series 70
Public Works - Highways - District X, Photographs
1922-1942
Physical Description: 216 items
Arrangement
Arranged by county, route and section.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: photographic prints. Contains photographs of road construction and maintenance in Alpine, Amador, Calaveras,
Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano and Stanislaus Counties. Includes images of road construction equipment, road materials testing
and Isleton canneries.
See
Public Works-Highways finding aid for more information.
F3778:1361a-1371f
Series 71
Public Works - Highways - Highway Engineer, Miscellaneous Photographs
1918-1935
Physical Description: Approx. 13,000 items
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject and thereunder by district, county, route and section. A numbering system devised by the
agency correlates prints and their respective negatives which are filed separately.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints and negatives. Subject categories include: bank protection (protection dikes, floodgates,
retaining walls, levees, dams...); beautification (landscaping, plank roads, roadside picnic areas...); bitumens (road surfacing
activities, materials and equipment); bridges (timber, steel, stone, suspension and covered bridges); bridge crew pictures
(sandblasting, painting...); defective road conditions; detours; drainage (washouts, dams, muddy roads); dust palliative (oiled
roads); earthquake damage (damage to Southern California bridges and buildings); earth roads (road conditions and construction);
encroachment (signs, Death Valley Mining); equipment (shovels, spreaders, road construction equipment...); gravel roads; gutters;
maintenance sites (office buildings, yards, shops...); mud jack work; oil material roads; oil processing in progress; out-of-state;
patching; permits (survey work...); railroad crossings (signs, signals, covered railroad bridge...); relief employment; safety
devices (guard rails, signs, damaged devices...); sand drifts (highways in Imperial and Monterey Counties); shoulders; signs,
signals; slides, slide removal; snow fences; snow removal; storm damage (St. Francis Dam failure...); subways; towns and cities
(street views...); traffic census (Los Angeles Co.); traffic stripe; traffic studies (trucks, street cars, buses, stages...);
trees (safety issues); Truckee River Experimental Section (experimental road materials); unclassified roads (prison road camp,
Death Valley, borax wagons...); miscellaneous (auto wrecks, convict camp, fires, rock quarries...).
See
Public Works-Highways finding aid for more extensive description.
F3778:1322-1351
Series 72
Public Works - Highways - Highway Engineer, Records of the Joint Bank Protection Committee
1937-1959
Physical Description: Approx. 3,000 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically by highway district number.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: photographic prints. This committee was established to investigate means of preventing water erosion along
highways and bridges. Photographs document bank protection projects including installation and bank failures.
See
Public Works-Highways finding aid for more information about the committee.
F3761:28
Series 73
Public Works - Highways - Joint District X, Photographs
1928-1950
Physical Description: 63 items
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: photographic prints. Series documents the efforts of San Mateo and San Francisco Counties to extend Junipero
Serra Blvd. Property and structures in the right of way are depicted including the Ning Yung Cemetery.
See
Public Works-Highways finding aid for more information.
F3778:1877-1922
Series 74
Public Works - Highways - Maintenance, Central File
1927-1960
Physical Description: 2,304 items
Arrangement
Arranged by agency numeric filing system.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints and negatives. Photographs removed from subject files document: mud jacking of cracked
roadways (1943); new paving techniques (1955-1959); road maintenance, snow removal, slides and weed control (1941-1960); encroachment
of highway right-of-ways (1936-1945); reflector signs (1932); neon signs at railroad crossings (1929); road signs erected
by automobile clubs (1931-1947); erosion control (1944); road beautification (1932-1942); drainage (1938); armor coating of
roads (1927-1930); and, extensive surveys of storm damage to roads (1936-1965).
See
Public Works-Highways finding aid for more detail.
F3778:2051-2057
Series 75
Public Works - Highways - Maintenance, Miscellaneous photographic reports
1928-1946
Physical Description: 825 items
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: photographic prints. Reports document: alternate routes for U.S. 101 and 199 through incorporated cities
(includes street scenes in Salinas, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, Santa Ana, La Jolla, 1928); maintenance
yards (1930); road maintenance (1935-1936); failure of road surfaces (1942); and, street railways and utilities in Los Angeles
(1946).
See
Public Works-Highways finding aid for more detail.
F3778:2140-2141
Series 76
Public Works - Highways - Maintenance - Materials and Research, Road test photographic essays
1930-1941
Physical Description: 305 items
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: photographic prints. Photographic reports were prepared on pavement test results and include the Truckee
River experimental road (1930) and the Brighton Test Track (1940-1941).
See
Public Works-Highways finding aid for more information.
F3778:1791-1795
Series 77
Public Works - Highways - Operations - Construction, Records of the convict labor system
1915-1949
Physical Description: 267 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints, negatives and gelatin dry plate negatives. The use of convict labor for road construction
projects is documented. Included are images of road construction equipment, labor camps and department personnel.
See
Public Works-Highways finding aid for more information.
F3778:1796-1808
Series 78
Public Works - Highways - Operations - Construction, Miscellaneous Photographs
1916-1941
Physical Description: 297 items
Arrangement
Arranged by subject.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints and negatives. Subject categories include "Roadtrip" (a road trip by the Inyo Good
Roads Club to publicize the need for better roads, 1916-1917); "Headwalls" (1935); "Debris Control" (at culvert entrances,
1940); and, "Washouts" (flood damage to roads and bridges, 1938-1941).
See
Public Works-Highways finding aid for more information.
F3778:2376-2740
Series 79
Public Works - Highways - Right-of-Way, Bay toll crossing appraisal file
1956-1973
Physical Description: 607 items
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by name of bridge.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints and color photographs. Contains photographs relating to the appraisal of property
to be condemned for the expansion of toll bridge facilities. Bridges included are: Carquinez, Dumbarton, Martinez-Benecia
Ferry, Richmond-San Rafael, San Francisco-Oakland Bay, San Diego Coronado, San Pedro Terminal Island and Vincent Thomas.
See
Public Works-Highways finding aid for more extensive description.
F3778:2801-2803
Series 80
Public Works - Highways - Right-of-Way, Slides
1950-1963
Physical Description: 446 items
Arrangement
Arranged into categories as described below.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: color slides and black-and-white slides. Contains three slide programs: 1) Economic Development Survey
(1953-1954) - using images and graphs/charts depicts the impact highways have on various geographic areas and includes aerials
of urban areas and images of roadside businesses; 2) Service Station and Motel Study (c.1950) - includes images of these establishments
along Highway 99 and in West Sacramento; and 3) a set of training slides covering the basic principles of surveying, property
appraisal and acquisition including charts, graphs and cartoons (c.1950, 1963).
See
Public Works-Highways finding aid for more information.
F3778:2683-2695
Series 81
Public Works - Highways - Right-of-Way, State building site appraisals
1945-1954
Physical Description: 607 items
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by geographical location.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints. Photographs document property and structures proposed for condemnation or acquisition
by the state. Includes the following sites: Fresno and Sacramento (state colleges); Indio, Los Angeles, and Salinas (state
office buildings - downtown Los Angeles in 1948 is documented); Norwalk (Youth Authority facility); and, Sacramento (state
buildings, proposed Governor's Mansion - numerous Victorian-era houses in the downtown area are included).
See
Public Works-Highways finding aid for more extensive description.
F3778:2767-2770
Series 82
Public Works - Highways - Right-of-Way, Water resources appraisal file
1960-1968
Physical Description: 572 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically by Dept. of Water Resources district number.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: photographic print. Contains photographs relating to the appraisal of property to be purchased for state
water projects. Projects include Oroville Dam and Reservoir, Perris Reservoir, Southern California Aqueduct and Bethany Reservoir
to San Luis Forebay.
See
Public Works-Highways finding aid for more information.
VB 259:P64
Series 83
Secretary of State - California State Archives, California archives month proclamation
1967
Physical Description: 11 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: photographic prints. Governor Reagan, State Archivist W.N. Davis and members of the California Heritage
Preservation Commission are shown at the signing of the proclamation.
F3480:2-75
Series 84
Social Welfare, Photographs
1935-1969
Physical Description: 83 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints and negatives. Photographs depict aid recipients (children, families, Native Americans,
and older people); homeless people (including several hobo camps or transient camps in Sacramento along the river); children
participating in school lunch programs; and department personnel (field agents).
See
Social Welfare finding aid for more information about agency programs.
F3729:143
Series 85
Social Welfare - War Services - Wartime Civilian Control Administration, Photographs
1942
Physical Description: 42 items
Arrangement
Unarranged.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: photographic prints.
Contains images of Japanese-Americans at unidentified control stations en route to internment camps during World War II.
See
Social Welfare finding aid for related records.
F3811:1-47
Series 86
Supreme Court - Sacramento Office, Photographs of Chief and Associate Justices
1850-1970
Physical Description: 307 items
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: photographic prints. Includes group and individual portraits of justices, Governors Warren and Knight
administering oaths of office to Chief Justice Gibson (1943-1955), and Charter Day at the University of California (1954)
depicting then U.S. Chief Justice Earl Warren with the justices of the State Supreme Court. Many of the images are copies
from other sources.
See
Supreme Court transfer lists for listing of justices included.
F3738:98-153
Series 87
Youth Authority - Fred C. Nelles School for Boys (Whittier State School), Inmate History Registers
1892-1948
Physical Description: 56 volumes
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: photograph albums. Inmate identification photographs (boys and girls) were included along with newspaper
clippings, correspondence and other information concerning their family background and criminal history.
See
Youth Authority finding aid for additional detail.
Records concerning juveniles are restricted. See the Reference Archivist for more information.
F3738:271, ODC 2:9(3-8)
Series 88
Youth Authority - Fred C. Nelles School for Boys (Whittier State School), Photographs
1891-1964
Physical Description: 159 items
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints and oversized photographic prints. Includes the following subjects: educational
programs; athletics; boys (cadets); institutional buildings and grounds; Camp Whittier; dedication services (1934, 1964);
dental and medical care; dining area; school employees; religious services; Youth Authority Board; and former President Herbert
Hoover.
See
Youth Authority finding aid for additional detail.
Records concerning juveniles are restricted. See the Reference Archivist for more information.
F3738:65 (1-14a), ODC2:21(10-14)
Series 89
Youth Authority - Preston School of Industry, Photographs
1910-1984
Physical Description: 236 items
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints, oversized photographic prints, and negatives. Subject headings include: agricultural
and vocational education; athletics; institutional buildings and grounds; dedication services; school employees; fire fighting
activities; and, military.
See
Youth Authority finding aid for additional detail.
Records concerning juveniles are restricted. See the Reference Archivist for more information.
F3938:62-86
Series 90
(Munsey Collection), Photographs
1900-1902
Physical Description: 25 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically.
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: photographic prints. Consists of photographs created by Munsey Photo primarily of Southern California
such as the city of Los Angeles (Broadway and Third St; Court House; East Lake Park...); the Hotel Green in Pasadena; Catalina
Island; various missions (San Luis Rey, San Juan Capistrano, San Diego, and Santa Barbara); and Alpine Tavern on Mt. Lowe.
F3938:50-52
Series 91
Lake Elsinore
1927-1929
Physical Description: 3 items
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: oversized photographic prints and oversized color photographs (hand-tinted). Photographs document the
development of Country Club Heights at Lake Elsinore (Riverside County) and include views of the resort marina on opening
day June 5, 1927, the employees of the Clevelin Realty Co. (construction crew with equipment), and the Clevelin Country Club
under construction.
F3938:1
Series 92
Oil Wells
1920
Physical Description: 1 item
Arrangement
No arrangement
Scope and Content Note
Format included is: oversized photographic print. Aerial view of oil wells in Santa Fe Springs (Los Angeles County).
Note: Access to unprocessed or partially processed collections may be limited. See Reference Archivist for more information.
F3933
Series 93
Education - Special Programs and Support Services. Office of Information, Photographs
1947-1972
Physical Description: Approx. 20,000 items
Arrangement
Arranged numerically and chronologically by photographer's numbering system.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints, negatives, color slides, and black-and-white slides. Images depict agency programs,
activities, and workshops and reflect such post-World War II educational trends as special and vocational education. Majority
of photographs were taken by William Stabler, photographer for the Dept. of Education, and were used in department news releases
and publications.
See
Education finding aid for information concerning related records.
F3937
Series 94
Natural Resources - Forestry, Photographs
1880-1970
Physical Description: Approx. 500 items
Arrangement
Unarranged.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints, negatives, and oversized photographic prints. Collection includes photographs depicting
logging operations (c.1880-1900) in Northern California; Forestry personnel; fire fighting activities, facilities and equipment.
Several images show State Forester M.B. Pratt receiving a fire prevention poster from its designer, Walt Disney, 1942 (F3937:2(1-2)).
See
Forestry finding aid for more information about related records.
F3840
Series 95
Public Works - Highways. District IV, Photographs
1924-1940
Physical Description: Approx. 2,400 items
Arrangement
Arranged by subject and by county.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints and negatives. Road construction and maintenance activities in Alameda, Contra Costa,
Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz Counties. Although unprocessed, this collection is well-organized
and identified.
AC 94-06-27
Series 96
(Olson Photo Collection), Photographs
1920-1950
Physical Description: Approx. 9,000 items
Arrangement
Some of the prints are arranged alphabetically by subject; balance of collection is unarranged.
Scope and Content Note
Formats included are: photographic prints, negatives and gelatin dry plate negatives. The collection consists of stock photos
from several commercial photo labs in Southern California. Subjects include general California landscapes and aerial views,
sporting events, aviation, oil industries, and Long Beach earthquake.
See accession sheet for additional information.
