Promotional Brochures of Tropico and Early Glendale

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Glendale Library, Arts and Culture. Brand Library and Art Center

1601 West Mountain Street

Glendale, California 91201

(818) 548-2051

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2018

Descriptive Summary

Title: Promotional Brochures of Tropico and Early Glendale

Dates: 1903-1928

Collection Number: Consult library

Creator/Collector: Weston, Edward, 1886-1958 Tropico Improvement Association Glendale Chamber of Commerce

Extent: 11 brochures

Online items available

Repository: Glendale Library, Arts and Culture. Brand Library and Art Center

Glendale, California 91201

Abstract: Brochures, selected from the holdings of Glendale Public Library's Special Collections Room, promoting Tropico and Glendale as idyllic places to live, work, and visit.

Language of Material: English

Access

Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Promotional Brochures of Tropico and Early Glendale. Glendale Library, Arts and Culture. Brand Library and Art Center

Acquisition Information

Collected by Glendale Public Library staff and others, donors generally unknown.

Scope and Content of Collection

Brochures, selected from the holdings of Glendale Public Library's Special Collections Room, promoting Tropico and Glendale as idyllic places to live, work, and visit. Of particular interest in many of these items are the photographs of Edward Weston, who opened his first photography studio in Tropico in the 1910s.

Indexing Terms

Promotional materials

Souvenirs

Glendale (Calif.) -- Social life and customs

Glendale (Calif.) -- History

Tropico (Calif.) -- Social life and customs

Glendale (Calif.) -- History

Brand, Leslie, C. (Leslie Coombs), 1859-1925

Glendale (Calif.)

Tropico (Calif.)

Pamphlets

Booklets

Leaflets

Brochures