William A. Parish photographs of late-19th century architecture in Southern California photCL 182
Suzanne Oatey
The Huntington Library
June 2020
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San Marino, California 91108
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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington LibraryPhoto Archives
Title: William A. Parish photographs of late-19th century architecture in Southern
California
Creator:
Parish, William
A. (William Alfred), 1906-1982
Identifier/Call Number: photCL 182
Physical Description:
1.42 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date: approximately 1942
Abstract: A collection of photographs taken
approximately 1942 of Southern California structures built in the late 19th century.
Huntington Library curator William A. Parish took the photographs to accompany a proposed
book on regional architecture, and his typescript draft is also part of the
collection.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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[Identification of item]. William A. Parish photographs of late-19th century architecture
in Southern California, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of William A. Parish, approximately 1960s-1970s.
William A. Parish (1906-1982) held several positions at the Huntington Library, rising to
Acting Art Curator and Curator of Prints. He authored a number of Huntington Library
exhibition catalogs, including one on English eighteenth-century architecture, published in
1941.
This collection contains photographs and an unpublished draft typescript on Southern
California architecture, 1870-1900, by Huntington Library curator William A. Parish, dating
from approximately 1942. Parish traveled all over the region to take photographs of
late-19th century buildings, which include churches, houses, businesses, railway depots,
warehouses, and schools. There are about 100 black-and-white prints, 8 x 10 inches and
smaller, with Parish's identifications written on the back. Images are mostly exteriors with
some close-ups of architectural details. The draft typescript, written for a proposed
Huntington Library Press book, includes.demographic statistics for Southern California in
the late-19th and early-20th centuries, and a list of Southern California architects, some
with dates and names of their buildings. Photographs include structures in the Los Angeles
area, Ventura County, San Luis Obispo County and Santa Barbara County. Some residences
pictured are those of Theodore Lukens, Jackson Graves, and Charles Fernald.
Processed by Huntington Library staff, circa mid-20th century. In 2020, Suzanne Oatey
created a finding aid derived from a collection file.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Architecture -- California -- 19th
century
Architecture, Domestic -- California --
19th century
Church buildings -- California -- 19th century
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Pasadena (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
San Luis Obispo (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Santa Barbara (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Ventura County (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Drafts (documents)
Photographs
Fernald, Charles, 1830-1892 -- Homes
and haunts
Graves, J. A. (Jackson
Alpheus), 1852-1933 -- Homes and haunts
Lukens, Theodore Parker,
1848-1918 -- Homes and haunts
Box 1
William A. Parish photographs of late-19th century architecture in Southern California