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Glendora Historical Society Collection of B.D. Jackson Photographs and Negatives: Finding Aid
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  • Overview of the Collection
  • Administrative Information
  • Access
  • Biographical Note
  • Scope and Contents
  • Arrangement
  • Related Material
  • Index Terms

    • Overview of the Collection

    Title: Glendora Historical Society Collection of B.D. Jackson Photographs next hit and Negatives
    Dates (inclusive): 1893-1951
    Bulk dates: 1920s-1930s
    Collection Number: photCL 448
    Collector: Glendora Historical Society
    Extent: 6.23 linear feet, 7 boxes
    Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Photo Archives
    1151 Oxford Road
    San Marino, California 91108
    Phone: (626) 405-2129
    Email: rarebooks@huntington.org
    URL: http://www.huntington.org
    Abstract: The Glendora Historical Society of B.D. Jackson previous hit Photographs next hit and Negatives consists of 1202 black-and-white and color previous hit photographs next hit (including postcards, stereographs, mounted previous hit photographs next hit , and previous hit photograph next hit albums) and 202 black-and-white and color negatives created by Southern California photographer B.D. Jackson (ca. 1850-1937) and/or collected by Jackson, his wife Cora, and his stepdaughter Ruth, between 1893 and 1951 (bulk 1920s-1930s). The collection provides a broad overview of the growth of many of the San Gabriel Valley's suburban communities as well as a survey of many notable landscapes of California and the American West. It also gives an overview of Jackson's career as a commercial, landscape, and scenic view photographer, and contains family previous hit photographs next hit . The collection supplements and complements the B.D. Jackson Collection of Negatives and previous hit Photographs next hit (photCL 332). Many of the negatives in the Jackson Collection exist in print form in the Glendora Collection, and many of the images in the Glendora Collection round out series in the Jackson Collection.
    Language of Material: English

    Administrative Information

    Publication Rights

    All requests for permission to publish previous hit photographs next hit must be submitted in writing to the Curator of previous hit Photographs next hit . Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Huntington as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

    Preferred Citation

    Glendora Historical Society Collection of B.D. Jackson previous hit Photographs next hit and Negatives. The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

    Provenance

    The Glendora Historical Society donated parts of the collection in 1969; the remainder was donated by Mrs. T.F. Wettstein from the estate of Mrs. Max L. [Ruth Jackson] Green, November 1976. The provenance of individual items is unclear.

    Processing Information

    In November 2006, Sue Luftschein rehoused, numbered and arranged the collection, and created this finding aid. Some ephemeral materials were preservation photocopied during rehousing.

    Access

    Advance arrangements for viewing the unprinted negatives in the collection must be made with the Curator of previous hit Photographs next hit . The collection is open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, please visit the Huntington's website: www.huntington.org.  

    Biographical Note

    Bradford "Dan" Jackson (1850/51-1937) was born in Sullivan, Ohio around 1850. He began his career as a portrait photographer in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 1901, in search of a better climate, he moved to Pomona, California where he purchased a portrait studio. In addition to portrait work, he began photographing the surrounding towns and the mountains and beaches of Southern California. Jackson lived and worked at various times in Pomona, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Hollywood, La Canada, Glendora, La Crescenta, and Glendale, all of which figure in his work. Eventually he gave up the portrait aspect of the business and concentrated on landscape views for the production of stereographs and postcards. As he said, "Views don't talk back."
    Jackson was one of the first photographers to document the construction and completion of the Angeles Crest Highway, and his images of the Montrose-La Crescenta flood of 1934 were used by Los Angeles County officials to document the drainage patterns of the mountains.

    Scope and Contents

    The Glendora Historical Society of B.D. Jackson previous hit Photographs next hit and Negatives consists of 1202 black-and-white and color previous hit photographs next hit (including postcards, stereographs, mounted previous hit photographs next hit , and previous hit photograph next hit albums) and 202 black-and-white and color negatives created by B.D. Jackson and/or collected by Jackson, his wife Cora, and his stepdaughter Ruth, 1893-1951 (bulk 1920s-1930s). The collection provides a broad overview of the growth of many of the San Gabriel Valley's suburban communities as well as a survey of notable landscapes of California and the American West. It also gives an overview of Jackson's career as a commercial, landscape, and scenic view photographer, and contains Jackson family previous hit photographs next hit . The collection supplements and complements the B.D. Jackson Collection of Negatives and previous hit Photographs next hit (photCL 332). Many of the negatives in the Jackson Collection exist in print form in the Glendora Collection, and many of the images in the Glendora Collection round out series in the Jackson Collection.
    The first part of the collection concentrates on many of the San Gabriel Valley's growing communities and scenic landscapes, including Glendale, Eagle Rock, La Canada Flintridge, La Crescenta, Pasadena, Glendora, and the San Gabriel Mountains. previous hit Photographs next hit of Glendale, Eagle Rock, La Canada Flintridge, La Crescenta, and Glendora include panoramic views. The Pasadena images include an early previous hit photograph next hit album of Jackson's images of Busch Gardens, and views of Arroyo Seco Canyon. The previous hit photographs next hit of Glendora include numerous residential street scenes, and views of the grounds of Judge Charles Silent's home. The San Gabriel Mountains previous hit photographs next hit include a large number of the series of the newly-completed Angeles Crest Highway; views of Camp Coldbrook; Big Pines; and Mount Lowe and Mount Wilson (including many views of the Granite Gate on the Mount Lowe Railway).
    Images of the San Fernando Valley include views of Sunland; Tujunga Canyon; the ruins of the St. Francis Dam; and Chatsworth Park Lake and Twin Lakes. Images of Los Angeles County include views of the Bernheimer Gardens in Pacific Palisades; views of Antelope Valley; and previous hit photographs next hit of Vasquez Rocks.
    Jackson also ventured beyond the San Gabriel Valley and Los Angeles County for landscape views; these include views of Palm Canyon, Joshua Tree National Park, and Painted Canyon in Riverside County; Lake Tahoe and Palisades Glacier in the Sierra Nevada Mountains; Yosemite National Park; Mount Rainier; Yellowstone; and Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon in Utah.
    The collection also contains work created before Jackson's move to California in 1901, such as "Jackson's World's Fair Views," a small previous hit photograph next hit album of 26 views of the World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago, 1893); miscellaneous views of Lake Michigan; and portraits created in his Grand Rapids studio.
    The latter part of the collection contains personal previous hit photographs next hit taken by Jackson and members of his extended family. Included are a previous hit photograph next hit album with snapshots documenting a number of the photographic trips Jackson took in the 1930s.
    A presumably early previous hit photograph next hit album showcasing B.D. Jackson's work can be found at the end of the collection. It contains 26 prints depicting primarily residential and commercial interiors.
    The collection also contains miscellaneous manuscript material in the form of notebooks containing scraps of information on Jackson's stereograph series and real estate purchases.
    In addition to snapshots taken by, presumably, Cora and Ruth Jackson, the collection contains images by Angeleno Photo Service, Frasher's Fotos, and "HWM."

    Arrangement

    The collection is arranged geographically and by subject. Original ephemeral materials have been placed at the end of the collection.

    Related Material

    This collection complements and supplements the B.D. Jackson Collection of Negatives and previous hit Photographs next hit (photCL 332),   also in the Huntington's previous hit Photograph next hit Archives. It contains similar and related subjects, photographic prints of many of the Jackson Collection's unprinted negatives, and previous hit photographs next hit of Jackson and his extended family.

    Index Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog.  

    Persons:

    Jackson, B.D.
    Jackson, Cora-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Green, Ruth Jackson-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Silent, Charles, Judge--Homes and haunts-- previous hit Photographs next hit .

    Organizations:

    Angeleno Photo Service.
    Frashers Inc.
    Mount Lowe Railway-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    World’s Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .

    Places:

    Angeles Crest Highway (Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Antelope Valley (Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Arroyo Seco (Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Big Pines Camp (Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Busch Gardens (Pasadena, Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Camp Coldbrook (San Gabriel Mountains, Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Eagle Rock (Los Angeles, Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Glendale-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Glendora (Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Joshua Tree National Park (Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    La Canada Flintridge (Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    La Crescenta (Calif.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Los Angeles County (Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Lowe, Mount (Los Angeles County, Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Mount Baldy (Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Orange County (Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Palisade Glacier (Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Palm Canyon (Palm Springs, Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Pasadena (Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Red Rock Canyon State Park (Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Riverside County (Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Saint Francis Dam (Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    San Gabriel Mountains (Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Santa Ana Canyon (Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Sunland (Los Angeles, Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Tujunga (Los Angeles, Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Utah-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park (Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Wilson, Mount (Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Yellowstone National Park-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Yosemite National Park (Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Zion National Park (Utah)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .

    Subjects:

    Adobe houses--California-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Cactus--California--Glendale-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Campers (Persons)--California--San Gabriel Mountains (Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Canyons--California--Los Angeles County (Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Canyons--California--San Gabriel Mountains (Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Canyons--California--Riverside County (Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Children-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Dwellings-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Earthquakes--California--Santa Barbara--1925-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Floods--California--La Crescenta--1934-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Floods--California--Montrose--1934-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Interiors-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Joshua tree--California-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Missions--California-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Panoramas--California--Eagle Rock-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Panoramas--California--Glendale-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Panoramas--California--La Crescenta-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Panoramas--California--La Canada-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Yucca--California-- previous hit Photographs next hit .

    Document Types:

    Black-and-white negatives.
    Clippings.
    Leaflets.
    Notebooks.
    Notes.
    Positives.
    previous hit Photographs next hit .
    previous hit Photograph next hit albums.
    Postcards.
    Snapshots.
    Stereographs.

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    Collection Contents
    Container List
    Glendale
    Eagle Rock
    La Canada
    La Crescenta
    Pasadena [2 hits]
    Glendora
    San Gabriel Mountains [1 hit]
    San Fernando Valley
    Los Angeles County Miscellaneous
    Orange County
    Riverside County
    Kern County
    Santa Barbara Earthquake
    Sierra Nevada Mountains [1 hit]
    Yosemite
    Mount Rainier
    Yellowstone
    Utah
    Trees and plants
    Missions
    Unidentified panoramas
    Unidentified landscapes
    World's Columbian Exposition [1 hit]
    Miscellaneous
    Family photographs [7 hits]
    Portfolio of B.D. Jackson's work [1 hit]
    Manuscript material
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