Southern California photograph album, between 1880 and 1899?

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Summary

Title:
Photograph album of Southern California
Dates:
between 1880 and 1899?
Abstract:
Disbound leaves of an album containing mounted black-and-white photographs of Southern California views, probably taken between 1880 and 1899.
Extent:
1 album (37 photographic prints) : albumen ; 21 x 29 cm (leaves)
Language:
Finding aid is written in English. and Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Photograph album of Southern California (Collection 94/21). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Background

Scope and content:

Several photographs show towns--San Luis Obispo, and possibly Riverside or Redlands, California-- in the early stages of their settlement, revealing scattered homes among broad agricultural fields, orchards, and vineyards, with mountains in the background. There is also a view of Redlands from the Terrace Villa Hotel, the first hotel in the city, then called Lugonia, built in 1886 by D.L. Clark, and a view of the Du Bois Residence, "Casa Blanca", in Riverside, signed "Parker Photo" by J.C. Parker. Other photos, possibly taken in or near these towns, include shots of a wide tree-lined avenue, still unpaved; a large Italianate house on lush grounds, a rose-covered cottage, women and child standing on a bridge over a canal, men fishing in a rocky pond, two ladies on a rocky hillside overlooking a waterfall, horses and buggies on the beach, and a rocky coastline. Agricultural photographs focus on cultivation of oranges, grapes, and calla lilies; one photo shows two Chinese field workers drying grapes in a [raisin?] vineyard. Photographs of San Diego include views of San Diego Bay, San Diego Mission with adobe fence and palms in foreground, and Hotel Del Coronado, one signed "Coonley Photo." Other mission photographs include views of Santa Barbara Mission, San Juan Capistrano, and San Luis Rey Mission. Five photographs--three signed "Parker Photo"--depict Native Americans: bare-breasted Moqui, or Hopi, women in Winslow, Arizona; Pueblo women from Isleta, carrying pots on their heads, and Mojave women in Needles, Calif.; an unidentified Indian family "at home" in a wretched shelter of poles and blankets; and an old Indian wood carrier, a heavy bundle of sticks tied to his back.

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.
Physical facet:

Photographs (11 x 19 cm) are mounted on both sides of 19 leaves of thin white cardboard, with captions along lower margin of many of the photos.

Spec. Coll. copy: in modern beige and white woven cloth clamshell box with velcro closure; printed spine label with title "Southern California."

Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Jane Carpenter with assistance from Simon Elliott; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
Date Prepared:
© 2013
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, encoding added via Notetab Pro. Date of source: 2013 . Supplementary encoding and revision by Caroline Cubé.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Photograph album of Southern California (Collection 94/21). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
AskLSC@library.ucla.edu
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