Guide to the Photograph Album Depicting a Fishing Trip in the California-Oregon Mountains and Auto Dealership Business MC358

Michelle Trujillo
University of California, Davis Library, Dept. of Special Collections
2023
1st Floor, Shields Library, University of California
100 North West Quad
Davis, CA 95616-5292
Telephone: (530) 752-1621
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Contributing Institution: University of California, Davis Library, Dept. of Special Collections
Title: Photo Album Depicting a Fishing Trip in the California-Oregon Mountains and Auto Dealership Business
Identifier/Call Number: MC358
Physical Description: 1 item Post-binder oblong quarto photo album with 64 unpaginated pages, on thick black paper stock (20 with photos mounted). Holds 42 original photographs sized from 2.5 x 3.5 in. up to 3.5 x 5.75 in., most with neat annotations in white ink. Contemporary embossed flexible black board post-binder, punch-sewn at gutter margin with gold silk braid.
Date: 1931
Abstract: Photo album depicting the travels and business of Earl Smith, an up-and-coming Modesto, California Chevrolet dealership owner in 1931.
Physical Location: Researchers should contact Archives and Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
Language of Material: English .

Scope and Contents

Photo album with 42 original photographs depicting a fishing trip in the California-Oregon mountains, the Walter Hinton Exchange Club Tour to Modesto in 1931, the Angels Camp Jumping Frog Jubilee, and several of the Smith Evens Chevrolet dealership in Modesto, California. Walter Hinton (1888-1981) is featured in some photographs. Hinton was a Navy pilot of a four-engine Navy-Curtiss Flying Boat which was the first plane to cross the Atlantic in 1919, landing in Portugal.

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Processing Information

Michelle Trujillo created this finding aid with information supplied by Zephyr Used and Rare Books.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Zephyr Used and Rare Books, 2023.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Photograph Album Depicting a Fishing Trip in the California-Oregon Mountains and Auto Dealership Business, MC358, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis.

Conditions Governing Use

All applicable copyrights for the collection are protected under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. Requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical items. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

California, Northern -- History -- Pictorial works
Oregon--Description and travel
Camping -- Pictorial works
Fishing -- Pictorial works
Automobile dealers