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Southern California family photograph albums
Wyles Mss 193
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Title: Southern California family photograph albums
Identifier/Call Number: Wyles Mss 193
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.92 linear feet
(1 oversize box)
Date (inclusive): circa 1906-1924
Abstract: Two albums of black-and-white photographs, the first containing 518 photographs and the second containing 540 photographs,
both relating to a family in Southern California.
The collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All 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 Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
[Identification of Item], Southern California family photograph albums, Wyles Mss 193. Department of Special Research Collections,
UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Library purchase, 2014.
According to the previous owner of the albums, they belonged originally to Mary Helen Ward of Carmel, California, who is most
likely the young woman who appears throughout.
Two albums of black-and-white photographs, the first containing 518 photographs and the second 540 photographs, both relating
to a family in Southern California. Highlights include camping trips; an air show with dirigibles and biplanes (possibly the
Los Angeles International Air Meet in 1910); servicemen in uniform; Santa Barbara Mission before the 1925 earthquake, Mission
San Juan Capistrano, San Gabriel, and San Fernando; a view of the Hollywood Hills and "Hollywoodland" sign.
Other images feature shots of the home and gardens, family and friends, family pets, trips to the beach, boats, automobiles,
trains, costumes made for a Shakespeare performance, and school children. Locations include Pasadena, Riverside, Catalina
Island, Balboa, Santa Monica, Santa Barbara, Oakland, Mount Tamalpais (California); Washington D.C.; Seattle, Yakima (Washington);
The Dalles, Salem, Medford (Oregon).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
California, Southern -- Pictorial works
Photographs
Photograh albums