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English
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: California family photograph album
Identifier/Call Number: 7098
Physical Description:
0.15 Linear Feet
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1900-1905
Abstract: A photograph album of an unidentified family in California with snapshots of various people and places taken circa 1900-1905.
Places pictured include Sierra Madre, Alhambra, Pasadena, Santa Monica, Laurel Canyon, Redwood City, San Francisco, the Cliff
House (San Francisco), Westlake Park (now MacArthur Park), and "E.B.B. Pasadena Home." Most of the handwritten captions in
the album that indicate names are illegible and/or first-name-only, but some names are still legible: Helen Douglass, Pauline,
Albert Stifal[?], Hubert, Mary Peters[?], Andy, Peggy, Rose, Carol, and Tom. Also included is a photograph captioned "The
Shriners" that pictures two Shriners in red fezzes driving a car with two women passengers riding in the back seat.
A photograph album of an unidentified family in California with snapshots of various people and places taken circa 1900-1905.
Places pictured include Sierra Madre, Alhambra, Pasadena, Santa Monica, Laurel Canyon, Redwood City, San Francisco, the Cliff
House (San Francisco), Westlake Park (now MacArthur Park), and "E.B.B. Pasadena Home." Most of the handwritten captions in
the album that indicate names are illegible and/or first-name-only, but some names are still legible: Helen Douglass, Pauline,
Albert Stifal[?], Hubert, Mary Peters[?], Andy, Peggy, Rose, Carol, and Tom. Also included is a photograph captioned "The
Shriners" that pictures two Shriners in red fezzes driving a car with two women passengers riding in the back seat.
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[Box/folder no. or item name], California family photograph album, Collection no. 7098, Regional History Collection, Special
Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Jane L. Butler, October 5, 2019.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Families -- California -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Photographs
MacArthur Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Photographs
Pasadena (Calif.) -- Photographs
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Photographs
Santa Monica (Calif.) -- Photographs
Sierra Madre (Calif.) -- Photographs
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