Finding aid to photographs of Hollywoodland, Calif., and Orange County coastline PC 002

Jaime Henderson

California Historical Society

May 2018

678 Mission Street

San Francisco, CA 94105

reference@calhist.org

URL: http://californiahistoricalsociety.org/

Language of Material: English

Contributing Institution: California Historical Society

Title: Photographs of Hollywoodland, Calif., and Orange County coastline

Creator: Woodruff, S.H. (Sidney H.)

Identifier/Call Number: PC 002

Physical Description: 1 folder

Date (inclusive): circa 1924-1929

Language of Material: Collection materials are in English.

Scope and Content

Contains photos of the 1920s Hollywoodland real estate development in Los Angeles, Calif., including surrounding hills. Photos show newly built homes, and houses and roads under construction (two photos feature horse teams). Several photos have views of the Hollywoodland sign, and visible in one photo is the Woodruff developers billboard. Includes a few photos picturing two of the same men (developers?) surveying the area, holding rolled up plans. There is one photo each of an unidentified woman on the beach and an airplane in flight. Photographs showing a coastline are most likely of Dana Point, Orange County.

Conditions Governing Use

The California Historical Society (CHS) has no information about copyright ownership for this collection and is not authorized to grant permission to publish or reproduce materials from it.

Conditions Governing Use

CHS is not taking appointments for research at this time. Please check the Library's website updates: https://californiahistoricalsociety.org/collections/north-baker-research-library/

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Provenance unknown.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item, date]; Hollywoodland, Calif., and Orange County coastline photographs, PC 002; [box number, folder number]; California Historical Society.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Real estate development -- California -- Los Angeles County -- Photographs

Buildings--California--Los Angeles County (Calif.)--Photographs.

Signs and signboards -- California -- Los Angeles County -- Photographs

Roads -- Design and construction -- California -- Los Angeles County -- Photographs

Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Pictorial works

Coasts -- California -- Orange County -- Photographs

Los Angeles County (Calif.) -- Pictorial works

Photographic prints