Southern California, Canada, and Other Miscellaneous Topics Lantern Slides, approximately 1890-approximately 1930
Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Lantern Slides of Southern California, Canada, and Other Miscellaneous Topics
- Dates:
- approximately 1890-approximately 1930
- 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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Lantern Slides of Southern California, Canada, and Other Miscellaneous Topics, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
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.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2014
- Date Encoded:
- Machine readable finding aid encoded by Diann Benti in March 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.
- Terms of access:
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The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Lantern Slides of Southern California, Canada, and Other Miscellaneous Topics, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
- Location of this collection:
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1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, CA 91108, US
- Contact:
- (626) 405-2129