Series 1: Los Angeles Historical Photographs. 1924-1964
Photograph of Map of Town of McPherson, Los Angeles County (Chas. W. Bowers Memorial Museum) 1888
Photograph of Catalogue advertising excursion to McPherson (Chas. W. Bowers Memorial Museum) 1888
2 photographs of illustration of Los Angeles in 1854 (Behrendt Collection at Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Library) 1854
Photograph of illustration "East side of Main Street, between Commercial and Requena" Late 19th Century
Photograph of illustration "East side of Los Angeles Street, between Aliso and Commercial looking South" Late 19th Century
Photograph of illustration "West side of Spring Street, corner of Third Street looking South" Late 19th Century
Photograph of illustration "West side of Spring Street, from Los Angeles Theatre to Third Street" Late 19th Century
Photograph of illustration "West side of North Los Angeles Street, between Requena and Commercial looking North" Late 19th Century
Photograph of illustration "West side of Spring and Second Streets looking North" (Southern California Historical Society) Late 19th Century
Photograph of illustration "East side of Main Street, between Arcadia and Commercial" Late 19th Century
Photograph of illustration "East side of Spring Street looking North from Second Street" Late 19th Century
Photograph of illustration of junction of Main and Spring Streets looking South on Spring Street Late 19th Century
Photograph of illustration "East side of Spring Street, between Third and Fourth Streets looking South" Late 19th Century
Photograph of illustration "East side of Spring Street, between Second and Third Streets looking South" Late 19th Century
Photograph of illustration of Spring Street looking South from Temple Street Late 19th Century
Photograph of illustration "Southeast corner of Court and Spring Streets looking South" Late 19th Century
Photograph of illustration "East side North Los Angeles Street from Requena looking South" Late 19th Century
Photograph of illustration "West side of Broadway, corner of Fifth Street" Late 19th Century
Photograph of illustration "West side of Broadway from Fourth Street looking South" Late 19th Century
Photograph of illustration "East side of Los Angeles Street, between Commercial and Requena looking South" Late 19th Century
Photograph of illustration "Corner of First and Spring Streets, West side looking North" (Southern California Historical Society) Late 19th Century
2 photographs of painting of Los Angeles Chinatown looking Southeast from the plaza Late 19th Century
Photograph of illustration of town life Late 19th Century
Stephen M. White, 2 photographs (Behrendt Collection in Los Angeles County Museum Library Late 19th Century
"Dock at Wilmington" (Journal of the West) Late 19th Century
"Center of Plaza ? Los Angeles Reservoir" 1869
"Pio Pico's first house on Whittier Road" (Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection) 1885
"Ranchito de Pio Pico" (Huntington Library and Art Gallery) Late 19th Century
"Pio Pico at Ranchito" (Huntington Library and Art Gallery) circa 1880
"Pio Pico" (Journal of the West) Late 19th Century
"Wilmington breakwater" (photograph and negative) 1869
"Los Angeles Chinatown from Northeast corner" (photograph and negative) 1872
"Sisters Hospital end of Alvaro Street" (photograph and negative) Late 19th Century
"Main and Temple Streets" (photograph and negative) Late 19th Century
"Wagon tracks left by Butterfield Stages" (photograph and negative) Late 19th Century
"Main and Commercial Streets" (photograph and negative) circa 1860
Main and Commercial Streets (photograph and negative) circa 1860
"Caytano Buellna, last driver of the Butterfield Stage" (photograph and negative) Late 19th Century
"Main Street at Commercial Street, Lafayette Hotel" (photograph and negative) Late 19th Century
"Sonora Town, Los Angeles" (photograph and negative) Late 19th Century
Courthouse (photograph and negative) 1867
"Los Angeles Cable Railway" (Journal of the West) Late 19th Century
"Los Angeles Street" (Los Angeles Historical Society) 1888
Los Angeles Plaza (California Historical Society) 1888
"School of Our Lady Queen of the Angels Parish" (1875) and photograph of illustration "First school in Los Angeles" (1856) (Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection) 18,561,875
"School at Los Angeles Orphan Asylum" and photograph of "Copy of 1863 painting of Sisters of Charity returning from Los Angeles Plaza Church" (Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection) 1863, Late 19th Century
Illustration of "Little Church on the Corner", the first Protestant (Episcopal) house of worship in Los Angeles and brief history 1891
Autographed photograph of Herbert Hoover Early 20th Century
Our Lady Queen of Angels School Early 20th Century
"First High School Graduation, Class of 1947", school unknown 1947
"Our Lady Queen of Angels Grammar School Class of 1943" 1943
"First Communion Class of 1905 children from St. Peter's School" and "Front of St. Peter's School Class of 1909" (Collection of Mr. Angelo Pirri, Bank of America) 1905, 1909
"Our Lady Queen of Angels Grammar School Class of 1937" 1937
"Class of 1951" Our Lady Queen of Angels 1951
"Mercedes" First L.A. Theater, 2 photographs Early 20th Century
Aerial view of downtown Early 20th Century
"Western Avenue North of Pico" (Los Angeles Historical Society) 1924
Photograph of "Imaginative painting of Olvera Street" with City Hall in background Early 20th Century
"Part of Olvera Street looking toward the Old Plaza" Early 20th Century
"Ralph's Market" (George Albert Ralph, founder, pictured 2nd from the left) 1906
"Los Angeles Mission" c1904-1905
"Farmer's Market at Third and Fairfax" (2 photographs) 1935, Early 20th Century
"Roses and Palms, Covina ranch home" Early 20th Century
Photograph of Century City architectural model 20th Century
Opening of Sepulveda Boulevard tunnel under Los Angeles International Airport runway, 2 photographs circa 1953
Los Angeles International Airport Control Tower, 2 photographs, and public relations memorandum 1964
Aerial view of Los Angeles International Airport and public relations memorandum 1964
Aerial view of Century City 20th Century
Aerial view of Century City 1964
Security First National Bank 20th Century
Dodger Stadium 20th Century
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 20th Century
Music Center 20th Century
Music Center 20th Century
Music Center 20th Century
Music Center 20th Century
Photograph of Music Center architectural model 20th Century
Invitation to unveiling of Bronze Plaque commemorating Saint Cabrini 1950
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena press release issued by Welton Becket and Associates 1959
Travelers Insurance Building press release issued by Welton Becket and Associates 1961
Music Center Fact Sheet issued by Welton Becket and Associates 1964
Century City Centurion, Vol. 1, No. 6 1964
Series 2: Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Photographs. 1920s-1940s
"3 yoke of oxen in main part Los Angeles. Plaza in foreground with guard" (photograph and negative) 1860
"Burlap tent where William Godfrey made pictures during camp meetings at Los Nietos, CA" (photograph and negative) 1869
Plaza Church, Sisters Hospital, Alvara Street and Avila house (photograph and negative) circa 1860s
"North Main Street, Pico House in the distance" (photograph and negative) circa 1860s
"Old Temple Courthouse" (Los Angeles County Museum) circa1860-1890
"Carreta located in Mason Building, now in Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce" (Palmer Collection) circa1896-1903
"School at Aguango during flood of Temecula Creek" (photograph and negative) 1900
"Fred Clark, discoverer of Clark Lake, Barrego Valley" (photograph and negative) 1910
Carl F. Horn's School of Dance circa 1919
"Pacific Electric Railway, Mary St. Car Barn" circa 1919
Los Angeles Soap Co. - factory interior circa 1920
Los Angeles Soap Co. - factory interior circa 1920
"924- 5th Avenue Los Angeles bungalow" 1923
"Spanish type of bungalow" 1923
House at corner of 9th Street and 4th Avenue 1923
"Los Angeles residence" 1923
Los Angeles residence with columns and front porch (2 photographs) 1923
Los Angeles bungalow 1923
Los Angeles residence with front and side porch 1923
"Medium priced home, Los Angeles" 1923
"Sperry Flour Co." 1924
"Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. formal dedication banquet speakers" 1928
Portrait of John Steven McGroarty (3 negatives) circa 1929
John Steven McGroarty (2 negatives) circa 1929
Presentation of Southern California Historical Society plaque commemorating Lieut. Edward Fitzgerald Beale, with newspaper clipping attached 1953
Landmarks Committee gathered at former site of Lake Vineyard, with newspaper clipping attached 1955
"Drying shed" (photograph 1 of 5) undated
"Planing mill" (photograph 2 of 5) undated
"End and side of cabinet shop" (photograph 3 of 5) undated
"Warehouse with lumber pile in foreground" (photograph 4 of 5) undated
"Planing mill with lumber in foreground" (photograph 5 of 5) undated
"Pico House--4th hotel in Los Angeles"(photograph and negative) undated
"Self portrait of William Godfrey, first California photographer" (photograph and negative) undated
"John circa Fremont (seated at left)" and group of men (photograph and negative) undated
"Tims Hotel in San Pedro, CA" (photograph and negative) undated
"San Gabriel Mission" (photograph and negative) undated
"Looking North Mt. Wilson, Verdugo Hills and Ft. Moore Hill" (photograph and negative) undated
"Photo from Plaza looking South--Nigger Alley" (photograph and negative) undated
"Frank Clark, Widow Hamner later Mrs. Frank Clark and Doc Hopkins" (photograph and negative) undated
"Sainsevaine Winery" (photograph and negative) undated
Unidentified Los Angeles apartment building and courtyard (2 photographs) undated
"Venice" street of duplex homes, with automobiles parked in front undated
"Bungalow in Walnut Park" undated
"An English type of bungalow in Walnut Park" undated
"An original type of bungalow in Walnut Park" undated
"Street scene in Alhambra" undated
"Bungalow in Walnut Park" undated
"Annandale Country Club" undated
"San Gabriel Golf Club" undated
Unidentified house with front porch undated
"Cement bungalow in Los Angeles" undated
"Residences where Los Angeles workers live" undated
Unidentified two-story house and landscaping undated
"Los Angeles bungalow of the smaller type" undated
"John Stephen McGroarty's home after fire" undated
Illustration of Tudor houses for Milwaukee Building Co. Architectural Designers (2 photographs) undated
Three unidentified individuals in front of house undated
"Home of John Burton" undated
Whiting-Mead Co. Ready Cut House Dept. undated
"Latest type of bungalow, West Adams District, Los Angeles" undated
Los Angeles bungalow with front yard undated
Construction of bungalow undated
Small bungalow with front yard undated
Family sitting in front yard of small bungalow (2 photographs) undated
Unidentified woman standing in yard of millinery shop, next door to The-Come-On-Inn undated
"Cart from Pueblo de Laguna, NM, photo taken before cart was brought to Los Angeles" undated
"Garage and barn" undated
Two small children on bikes in front of homes undated
Hellman Bank, "Southeast corner of 7th Street and Figueroa" undated
Tree-lined sidewalk bordering homes undated
"Altadena home" undated
Spanish style home undated
"Bungalows and bungalow courts afford simplified living in Southern California" undated
"Ranch house near Lankershim" undated
"China factory, Burbank" undated
Spanish bungalow undated
Bungalow with side porch, small child standing in yard undated
House and front yard undated
Large Spanish style house with drained swimming pool undated
House under construction undated
Bungalow with front porch undated
Bungalow with stone chimney undated
Two women and young girl standing in front yard of small bungalow (2 photographs)
Drained swimming pool in backyard of house (2 photographs) undated
Man and woman in front of very small home undated
Large Spanish style house with automobile in driveway (2 photographs) undated
Man in hat and overalls standing in front yard of small home undated
Workers at building construction site undated
Two men working on house frame undated
House under construction nearing completion (4 photographs) undated
Small shack undated
Man cooking in kitchen undated
Two men and a woman standing on steps of "Arrowhead Springs Hotel" undated
Woman holding parasol sitting on porch undated
"Artistic type of bungalow in Walnut Park" undated
Small bungalow undated
Several women and young girl on bench in front of small cabin undated
Interior of "Miss Johnson's home in Glendale" undated
Large "vine-covered home in Los Angeles" undated
Spanish style church nearing completion undated
Japanese gardens undated
"Los Angeles city homes" street scene undated
"Los Angeles residence" undated
Large Los Angeles residence with fountain (2 photographs) undated
"Los Angeles apartment" building undated
Large "residence in Beverly Hills" undated
Small Los Angeles Spanish style bungalow (2 photographs) undated
Courtyard of Spanish style building undated
"Residence in Pasadena" undated
"Beverly Hills home" undated
Small Los Angeles bungalows undated
"Los Angeles city home" with automobile in drive undated
Large "Los Angeles city home" with pond in courtyard undated
Los Angeles city home undated
"Large house surrounded by orange trees in the citrus belt of Southern California" undated
Spanish style home undated
Two men working on construction of small home undated
Los Angeles residence with large palm tree in front undated
Bungalow under construction undated
Los Angeles residence undated
Municipal Power and Light Station No. 3 building undated
Municipal Power and Light Station No. 2 building undated
"Entrance to El Paseo de la Guerra, Santa Barbara, CA" undated
General Bedding Co. Building undated
Workman at factory undated
Interior of house with beam ceilings and fireplace undated
Bungalow with small front porch undated
Large group of men gathered at building site of Firestone of California undated
Llewellyn Iron Works "boilers for Pasadena" undated
"Los Angeles residence" with stone porch undated
Sidway Baby Carriages warehouse undated
"Lincoln Heights Branch Library" undated
"Boiler shop showing punches, shears, etcirca" with men at work undated
Factory interior undated
"Gay Engineering Corporation view of general machine shop" undated
"Robert Morton Organ Co. finishing department" undated
"Robert Morton Organ Co. chest department" undated
A.B. Stove Sales Co. warehouse undated
"Lumber truck used to transport lumber in Los Angeles Harbor yards" (torn) undated
Organ factory workroom undated
Stove factory workroom undated
Davis Upholstering and Furniture Co. showroom undated
Los Angeles Spring Bed Co. showroom undated
Wickercraft Co. showroom undated
Three men at Newmark Bros. Coffee plant "cupping coffees at Newmark Bros. plant to insure quality and uniformity" undated
"Modern vacuum sealing machines in operation in Newmark Bros. Coffee plant" undated
Woman worker at Puritas Coffee factory undated
Exterior of "Tank Manufacturing Co., manufacturer of piano benches" undated
Factory interior undated
"Interior view Gilfillron Bros.factory, manufacturers of radio equipment" undated
Exterior of "Baily-Schmitz Co." undated
"Packing room of White King Soap" company undated
Two men in factory interior undated
Exterior of Pacific Faucet Manufacturing Co. undated
Gasoline Absorption Plant machine undated
Interior of U.S. Motors factory undated
Exterior of "Golden State Woolen Mills factory in Long Beach" undated
Exterior of "Union Tank and Pipe Co." and large truck loaded with pipes undated
Interior of "Westinghouse" plant undated
"East exterior exposure of Vitrefraxplant at 51st Street and Pacific Avenue" undated
Freight depot undated
HammondLumber Co. undated
"Hammond Lumber Co." undated
"Hammond Lumber Co." undated
Angelus Furniture Mfg. Co. showroom undated
Robinson's Furniture Co. showroom undated
Furniture showroom undated
L. circa Phenix Company showroom undated
Los Angeles Furniture Mfg. Co. showroom undated
Illustration of "Theme Hosiery Co." undated
Aerial view of "Blue Diamond Plaster Co." undated
Illustration of Buttonlath Manufacturing Company undated
Seven unidentified negatives undated
Panoramic view of unidentified drying shed, loading station, warehouse, cabinet shop and planing mill
Series 3: Southern California Families Photographs. 1899-1953
Essay by William Lauren Rhoades entitled "The Early History of Southern California" 1943
Newspaper clippings re Avila family, Los Angeles and early Southern California history 1889-1900
Photocopies of newspaper clippings re Avila family, Los Angeles and early Southern California history 1889-1900
Reproduction of photograph of Don Juan Abila and family in front of home at San Juan Capistrano undated
"Juana Machado (far left) with group of people in front of the American Hotel" (Union Title Insurance and Trust Co. Historical Collection) undated
"Juana Machado in the patio of the home at Old Town" (Union Title Insurance and Trust Co. Historical Collection) undated
"Juana Machado in the patio of her home at Old Town" (Union Title Insurance and Trust Co. Historical Collection) undated
"Dona Juanita and cactus hedge at Old Town" (Union Title Insurance and Trust Co. Historical Collection) 1802
Portrait of Andres Pico undated
Portrait of George Stanley, "Brother of Bennie Pico" 1908
Pio Pico with Maria Ygnacia Alvarado de Pico and two other women undated
Pico brothers as young men undated
Mr. and Mrs. Romulo Pico with daughter undated
Mrs. Romulo Pico, "Mother of Bennie Pico and George Stanley" undated
"Pio de Jesus Pico" undated
Mr. Juan Forster, "Father of the boys" undated
Mrs. Ysidora Pico de Forster undated
"Pico children", two young girls undated
Lena Pico, "Madame at the 'White House' " undated
"Tomb of Pio Pico in Calvary Cemetery" undated
Reproduction of photograph of "Mercer Slaughter Rancher, Chino, CA" undated
Pico brothers (?) dressed in formal robes undated
Three members of Pico family (?) on front steps of porch undated
Two members of Pico family (?) on front steps of porch undated
Members of Pico family (?) indoors undated
Pico portrait undated
Romulo Pico prayer card 1915
Funeral notice of Maria Ignacia Alvarado de Pico, wife of Pio Pico 1854
Page from History of Pasadena featuring map of historic points in 1847 undated
Photographs (from newspaper clippings) of Tiburcio Vasquez and Miguel Leonis; flyer re reward for recovery of the body of Edward McGowan; and arrest warrant for Gabriel Ramones 1856
Brief handwritten family history of Pio Pico with photocopies undated
Brief family history of Pio Pico and extensive handwritten family tree with photocopies undated
Brief Pico family history, typewritten with handwritten notes in margins with photocopies undated
Brief Pico family history, typewritten with handwritten notes in margins with photocopies undated
Newspaper clipping re engagement of Mendora Pico, great-great-great-great-granddaughter of Don Pio Pico 1953
Southern California home with covered patio undated
Map of City of Los Angeles by H.J. Stevenson 1884
Series 4: Frank A. Schilling Photographs. probably 1920-1953
"McKinley School, San Fernando Valley" circa 1920
Carl Horn's School of Dance hall 1921
Carl Horn's School of Dance hall 1921
Federal Linen Supply and Laundry Corp. building 1922
"Gymnasium, Jefferson High School" 1923
"Los Angeles City school" 1923
"School addition, Highland Park Methodist Episcopal Church" 1924
"Pile foundation Bath House, Pacific Palisades" 1925
Bath House on ocean front, north of Santa Monica" 1925
Bath House The Lighthouse, Santa Monica 1925
"Old Plaza School" 1925
"San Pascual School, South Pasadena" 1926
"Dominguez Memorial Seminary, Compton" 1927
"Dominguez Memorial Seminary Chapel entrance" 1927
"Dominguez Memorial Seminary choir loft" 1927
"Dominguez Memorial Seminary, Compton" 1927
"First Church of Christ front entrance, Fillmore" 1928
"First Church of Christ side entrance, Fillmore" 1928
"First Church of Christ, Fillmore" 1928
"First Church of Christ interior, Fillmore" 1928
"First Church of Christ roof interior, Fillmore" 1928
"First Church of Christ, Fillmore" 1929
"Apartment building on Detroit Avenue near 3rd "Street 1930
"Apartment building on 3rd Street and Detroit Avenue" 1930
Melrose Theatre interior 1940
Lakewood Theatre on Carson Blvd., Long Beach undated
"59th Street School near 2nd Avenue" undated
Los Angeles City school at corner of Aragon Avenue and Loosmore Street undated
Rose Marie Reid Swim Suits building undated
Rose Marie Reid Swim Suits building in Los Angeles International Airport Industrial Tract 1951
"Setting concrete panels" at construction site undated
"Vacuum curing wall panels" at construction site undated
"Vacuum lifter" at construction site undated
Exterior of Modern Plating Co. undated
"Setting foundation panels" at construction site undated
"Lifting and planing wall panels" at construction site undated
"Broken wall panel due to failure of vacuum lifter" at construction site undated
"Trusses in place" at construction site undated
"Trusses in place" at construction site undated
"Placing lifting bolts" at construction site undated
Large crane at construction site undated
"Steel reinforcing dowels" at construction site undated
"Setting wall panels" at construction site undated
"Lifting wall panels" at construction site undated
Exterior of Modern Plating Co. undated
"Pouring concrete footings" undated
"Hughes Airport Corporation, Summerbell trusses, 5510 W. Century Blvd." 1952
Bonner Machinery Company in Los Angeles International Airport Industrial Tract 1951
Mattel Creations in Los Angeles International Airport Industrial Tract 1951
Aerial view of Los Angeles International Airport Industrial Tract 1951
Aerial view of Los Angeles International Airport Industrial Tract 1951
Los Angeles International Airport Industrial Tract roof framing 1951
Construction site of Los Angeles International Airport Industrial Tract 1951
"Bracing of wall panels" at construction site of Los Angeles International Airport Industrial Tract circa 1951
"Front wall panels" at construction site of Los Angeles International Airport Industrial Tract circa 1951
Los Angeles International Airport Industrial Tract roof framing circa 1951
Los Angeles International Airport Industrial Tract roof framing circa 1951
Los Angeles International Airport Industrial Tract roof framing circa 1951
Aerial view of Los Angeles International Airport Industrial Tract 1951
Article re developing land adjoining Los Angeles International Airport by Frank A. Schilling 1951
"Los Angeles Airport Industrial Tract looking west" circa1952-1953
"Los Angeles Airport Industrial Tract Hayden-Lee Corp building" circa1952-1953
Los Angeles Airport Industrial Tract Map undated
"Aerial view of Los Angeles International Airport Industrial Tract looking east" circa1952-1953
"Aerial view of Los Angeles International Airport Industrial Tract looking northwest" circa1952-1953
Aerial view of Los Angeles International Airport Industrial Tract 1952
Envelope addressed to Frank Schilling undated
Two men weaving wire for baskets undated
Blueprint of Los Angeles International Airport Industrial Tract