Lantern Slides of Southern California Canada, and Other Miscellaneous Topics, approximately 1890-approximately 1930
Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- This collection contains 71 lantern slides of primarily unidentified scenes including slides depicting people, children, scenery, and farming. Many of these scenes appear to be in the Southern California area, though there are a few from other locales including Canada and England.
- Extent:
- 71 photographs in 3 boxes : lantern slides ; 8 x 10 cm. (3 x 4 in.)
- Language:
- English.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains 71 lantern slides of primarily unidentified scenes including slides depicting people, children, scenery, and farming. Many of these scenes appear to be in the Southern California area, though there are a few from other locales including Canada and England. Among the identified slides are Mission San Gabriel; the Champlain Monument in Quebec, Canada; a 1798 letter to the Maryland Freemasons; the steamship “Parisian” in Liverpool, England; the Palmdale, California, train station; the 1925 Santa Barbara earthquake; and Lucky Baldwin’s Ranch in Arcadia, California. Photographers are not identified.
- Acquisition information:
- Provenance unknown, in library as of 2012.
- Arrangement:
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The lantern slides are not arranged according to any organizational schema.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Note:
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Finding aid last updated on March 20, 2015.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.
- Location of this collection:
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1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, CA 91108, US
- Contact:
- (626) 405-2129