INVENTORY OF THE HUBERT MCCLAIN PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION, 1935-1973
Arrangement
- Series I. California Missions
- Series II. Southern California
- Series III. Kansas
- Series IV. Frank Lloyd Wright
- Series V. Long Beach
- Series VI. Antartica
- Series VII. Fabian Peterson
- Series VIII. San Fernando Dig
- Series IX. Eric Berndt
- Series X. Jet Propulson Lab, Pasadena
- Series XI. Newspaper
- Series XII. California State Parks
- Series XIII. California Nature
- Series XIV. National Parks
- Series XV. Europe
- Series XVI. Canada
Birth of a Nation (Motion Picture)
Container List
Series I California Missions ca. 1940s-1950s
Scope and Content Note
Santa Barbara Mission n.d.
La Purisima Mission n.d.
La Purisima Mission n.d.
Exterior with cars, San Miguel Mission n.d.
Front view, San Luis Rey Mission 1950
Brick ruins, possibly of old mission n.d.
Brick ruins, different view n.d.
Side of building, Baja Mission n.d.
Side of building, Baja Mission n.d.
San Diego Mission n.d.
Carmel Mission n.d.
Carmel Mission n.d.
San Gabriel Mission 1950
San Gabriel Mission 1950
San Gabriel Mission, stairwell and lamp 1950
San Gabriel Mission, stairwell with McClain 1952
San Luis Obispo Mission n.d.
San Francisco Mission, Dolores n.d.
San Francisco Mission, Dolores n.d.
San Juan Capistrano, photo of drawing n.d.
San Juan Capistrano, cooridor n.d.
San Juan Capistrano, cooridoor with person 1950
San Buenaventura Mission n.d.
La Purisima Mission, steeple n.d.
Soledad Mission n.d.
Soledad Mission n.d.
San Miguel Mission n.d.
San Fernando Mission n.d.
San Fernando Mission n.d.
San Fernando Mission n.d.
San Luis Rey Mission 1938
San Rafael Mission n.d.
Solano Mission n.d.
Solano Mission n.d.
San Diego Mission slides n.d.
San Luis Rey Mission slides n.d.
San Juan Capistrano Mission slides n.d.
San Gabriel Mission slides n.d.
San Fernando Mission slides n.d.
San Buenaventura Mission slides n.d.
Santa Barbara Mission slides n.d.
Santa Ynes Mission slides n.d.
La Purisima Mission slides n.d.
San Luis Obispo Mission slides n.d.
San Miguel Mission slides n.d.
San Antonio du Padua Mission n.d.
San Juan Bautista Mission slides n.d.
Soledad Mission slides n.d.
Carmel Mission slides n.d.
Santa Cruz Mission slides n.d.
Santa Clara Mission slides n.d.
San Jose Mission slides n.d.
San Francisco Mission, Dolores n.d.
San Rafael Mission slides n.d.
Sonoma Mission slides n.d.
Mission cross, unknown slides n.d.
Mission slides, unknown slides n.d.
San Diego, mission? n.d.
Mission slides, unknown n.d.
Belltower, San Diego Mission 1950
Companiel, San Diego Mission n.d.
Painting, San Gabriel Mission n.d.
Front view, San Francisco Mission n.d.
Exterior, San Juan Capistrano Mission 1954
Exterior, San Juan Capistrano 1954
Exterior, San Juan Capistrano 1954
Small scale replica, exterior San Juan Capistrano Mission 1954
Front view, San Juan Capistrano Mission 1954
Smale scale replica, exterior San Juan Capistrano Missions 1954
Exterior, San Juan Capistrano Mission 1954
Front view, Santa Barbara Mission n.d.
Front view with cars, Santa Barbara Mission n.d.
Front view, La Purisima Mission n.d.
Exterior, La Purisima Mission n.d.
Belltower, La Purisima Mission n.d.
Belltower, La Purisima Mission n.d.
Wall, Soledad Mission 1952
Exterior, Soledad and Carmel Missions 1956
Exterior, San Miguel Mission n.d.
Exterior, San Luis Rey Mission n.d.
Windows, San Luis Rey Mission n.d.
Close-up windows, San Luis Rey Mission n.d.
Front view, San Rafael Mission n.d.
Front view, San Antonio de Padua n.d.
Front view, San Antonio de Padua n.d.
Exterior, Solano Mission n.d.
Cross, Solano Mission n.d.
Cross, Solano Mission n.d.
29 Plams Oasis 1940
Front View, San Antonio de Padua Mission 1950
Front view, San Antonio de Padua Mission 1950
Front view, Santa Inez Mission 1950
Front view with arch, San Carlos de Carmel Mission 1950
Front view w/o arch, San Carlos Carmel Mission 1950
Front view, Santa Barbara Mission 1950
Arch, San Juan Capistrano Mission 1950
Exterior, San Juan Capistrano Mission 1950
Façade, San Luis Rey Mission n.d.
Series II Southern California ca. 1930-1950s
Scope and Content Note
Japanese farm, Rancho Palos Verde 1938
San Pedro lighhouse n.d.
Cliff at Point Firmin n.d.
Lighthouse Palos Verde 1947-48
Imperial Valley 1938
Sheep in Imperial Valley 1938
Highway 18, Fullerton 1938
Grain harvest, Laguna Canyon Blvd, Orange County 1954
Ecualyptus trees, Orange County n.d.
The Vessels and Turner women riding Palomino horses, Woodruff and Carson Streets, Long Beach 1947
Eucalyptus trees 1939
Palos Verde Pennisula, near Torrance n.d.
Santa Anita Racetrack, stable hands waiting for rain to cease. "part of book" n.d.
Oval gastank, Richfield Oil Company 1947
Richfield Refinery, Speroid pressure vessels 1947
Palos Verde n.d.
Series III Kansas ca. 1930s-1950s
Scope and Content Note
Union Station, Kansas City n.d.
Kansas City well 1935
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt 1935
Franklin Roosevelt 1935
City Street n.d.
Bridge n.d.
Snow with trees 1932
Swape Park, MO 1936
Bales Lake, MO 1936
Snow on trees n.d.
Snow w/footprints n.d.
Snow on bush n.d.
Snow w/rabbit prints n.d.
Photos for Kansas City Journal Post, Snow and parks, Kansas City, MO 1930s
Snow Flowers n.d.
Snow with tracks 1937
Snow with shadows, "Diagonals" n.d.
Trees 1936
Trees in park "Autumn Morning" 1937
Trees 1937
Trees n.d.
Trees 1939
Series IV Frank Lloyd Wright ca. 1940s-1950s
Scope and Content Note
Pond, Hollyhock n.d.
Pillars of Hollyhock n.d.
Closeup of pillar, Hollyhock n.d.
View from pillar to courtyard, Hollyhock n.d.
Courtyard of Hollyhock n.d.
Courtyard with table Hollyhock n.d.
Courtyard of Hollyhock, 2nd floor n.d.
Side of back area, Hollyhock n.d.
Pillars Hollyhock n.d.
Pond and Pillars Hollyhock n.d.
Pillars and patio, 2nd floor Hollyhock n.d.
Pond and side of Hollyhock n.d.
Pillars, Hollyhock n.d.
Pond and Pillars Hollyhock n.d.
Courtyard of Hollyhock n.d.
Series V Long Beach ca. 1930s-1970s
Scope and Content Note
Long Beach Rainbow Lagoon, aerial 1957
Oil wells n.d.
Ship christening n.d.
Young woman, ship christening n.d.
Long Beach, Smashing champagne on ship, woman n.d.
Long Beach, Smashing champagne on ship, man and woman n.d.
Long Beach, Smashing champagne on ship, back view n.d.
Long Beach shipyard n.d.
Long Beach shipyard, construction n.d.
Long Beach shipyard, construction ship n.d.
Long Beach shipyard, construction close-up n.d.
Long Beach, ship engine n.d.
Woman with ship charts n.d.
Two women marking sign for bonds n.d.
US Army MTL-1193, small boat n.d.
McClain home, exterior 1978
Queen Mary, exterior 1971
H-4 Hercules (Spruce Goose) fusilage floating bridge, Long Beach n.d.
H-4 Hercules (Spruce Goose) being assembled n.d.
Long Beach, Rainbow Lagoon, from air 1947
Clouds, Long Beach n.d.
Pier 50, tugboats, Long Beach Harbor 1946
Battleship Iowa 1947
US Navy "Mothball(ed) fleet of light and fast attack?" Long Beach Harbor 1947
Isle Royal and Mothball fleet 1947
US Springfield, docked 1947
Series VI Antartica ca. 1940s
Scope and Content Note
Little America, Antartica n.d.
Antartica pressure ridge n.d.
Antartica pressure ridge closer n.d.
Antartica, man drawn sled n.d.
Antartica, wind storm n.d.
Antartica, wind storm with ship in background n.d.
Series VII Fabian Peterson 1962-1963
Scope and Content Note
Fabian Peterson, fossil dig Alaska 1963
Fabian Peterson with mastodon tusks 1962
Fabian Peterson with mastodon teeth 1962
Series VIII San Fernando Dig 1968
Scope and Content Note
Indian village dig, San Fernando 1968
Men with rock 1968
Men at dig sight 1968
San Fernando Dig slides n.d.
Series IX Eric Berndt ca. 1950s-1960s
Scope and Content Note
Eric Berndt 35mm camera n.d.
Eric Berndt, Camera used to film "Birth of a Nation" n.d.
Eric Berndt, 1875 kerosene lamp n.d.
Series X Jet Propulsone Lab, Pasadena 1967
Scope and Content Note
Earth from the Moon, jet propulson lab Pasadena 1967
Moon surface 1967
Moon surface, closeup 1967
Series XI Newspaper ca. 1940s-1960s
Scope and Content Note
Portrait, Hubert McClain 1950
Gilbert Beesemyer Case, 1930 Byron Fitts and newspaper staffers with n.d.
Posed photo of newspaper staff, with names n.d.
Portrait, George Staszer editor LA Times 1952-1962 n.d.
Robert Frampton, Hayden Reece, Horace "Bud" Anderson n.d.
Suburban Staff Orange County, Robert Clyde Snyder, Henen Johnson, Rene Laursen, Georger Strauszer, Hubert McClain, Robert Frampton, Robert Gettemy 1953
Staff photo, Rland Laursen, Robert Clyde Snyder, Helen Johnson, George Strauszer, Robert Frampton, Robert Gettemy, Hubert McClain, 1953
LA press photo, opening of Hollywood Bowl Season Charlie Chaplin in right of photo 1941-42
Hubert McClain photographing Nancy Head at Ambassador Pool 1951
Portrait Hubert McClain 1962
Hubert McClain and Bob Martin 1950
Three women, Agnes Moorehead 1965
Ballet still, two women and man n.d.
Ballet still, two women and man n.d.
Ballet still, two women and man n.d.
American Gold Star Mothers 1966
Three women at event 1966
Milt Brouhard 1963
Portrait, man with pipe n.d.
Al Carr 1962
Building collapse, Los Angeles n.d.
"End of Prohibition", sandwich, pretzels, empty glass n.d.
Bristle Cone Pine Forest,Owen Valley, CA 1956
Bristle Cone Pine Forest, Owen Valley 1954
Geological Mud cracks, San Fernando Reservoir 1960
New city dedication, Rolling Hills, Article for LA Times 1957
Home, people, Rolling Hills 1957
Homes, Rolling Hills 1957
Exterior, Rolling Hills 1957
Stables, horses, Rolling Hills 1957
Ranch, hills, Rolling Hills 1957
Person, hills, Rolling Hills 1957
Panoramic view, Rolling Hills 1957
Ranch, gate, Rolling Hills 1957
Women in a kitchen, Rolling Hills 1957
Series XII California State Parks ca. 1940s-1960s
Scope and Content Note
Sugar Pine, Sequoia 1948
Lassen Volcanic Peak and lake 1953
Half Dome from Glacier point 1953
Flower in desert n.d.
Flowers in desert n.d.
Torres Pine State Park n.d.
Muir Woods n.d.
Point Lobos n.d.
Pinnacles n.d.
Mt. Lassen n.d.
Yosemite, Tiago summit n.d.
Joshua Tree n.d.
Mt. Lassen n.d.
Mt. Lassen n.d.
Yosemite Valley 1950
Yosemite, Vogelsang Camp n.d.
Yosemite, Vogelsang Camp and Tuolumne Meadow n.d.
Crater Lake, Mt. Whitney n.d.
Huntington Lake 1963
Six Rivers National Forest 1970-72
Pinnacles monument 1959
Pinnacles monument 1959
Gateway trees, Sequoia n.d.
Trees with family, Sequoia 1938
Tunnel tree, Sequoia 1949
The Minaretts rango of the Sierras 1961
Kings River Park 1939
Lake Mary, Mammoth n.d.
Snow, Yosemite n.d.
Snow, Yosemite n.d.
Sentinal, Yosemite n.d.
Backside of Half Dome, Yosemite n.d.
Half Dome, evening, Yosemite n.d.
Mirror Lake, J. Lloyd O'Donnel 1940
Yosemite 1938
Bridge, Half Dome, Yosemite n.d.
Minerette Range, Sierra Mts. 1961
Twin Lakes, Mammoth 1958
Mt. Conness, Yosemite n.d.
Cathedrial Peak, Yosemite n.d.
Lembert Dome, Tuoulume Meadow, Yosemite n.d.
Washington Arch, Yosemite n.d.
Granit, May Lake, Yosemite 1957
Yosemite Falls 1959
Vogelsang area, Yosemite 1957
Tree, May Lake, Yosemite 1957
Jeffery Pine, Yosemite n.d.
Yosemite n.d.
Yosemite n.d.
Vogelsang Peak, Yosemite 1957
Small lake, Vogelsang Peak, Yosemite n.d.
High country, Yosemite n.d.
Half Dome, Yosemite n.d.
May Lake, Yosemite n.d.
Vogelsang Peak, Yosemite 1957
Tree, May Lake, Yosemite n.d.
Vogelsang Peak and camping area 1957
Back country, Yosemite n.d.
Sugar Pine, Sequoia n.d.
Mt. Cornell, Glacier, MT 1959
Tree, Sequoia n.d.
Mt. Shasta 1949
Redwood Park, Sequoia n.d.
Mt. Lassen Park n.d.
Mirror Lake (bridge westside), Yosemite 1938
Vernal Falls, Yosemite 1938
Mirror Lake ,Falls, Yosemite 1938
Portal trees near entrance, Sequoia 1948
Cathedral Grove, Sequoia 1948
Sugar Pine, Sequoia 1948
Moro Rock, Sequoia 1948
Roaring river, Sequoia 1944
Dawn at Mirror Lake, Yosemite 1938
Tree, Yosemite 1940
Yosemite Falls 1946
Yosemite Falls 1943
Laccolith, Yosemite 1950
Laccolith, Yosemite 1950
Glacier point, Yosemite n.d.
Half Dome from Glacier point, Yosemite 1953
Tuolomne Meadow, Yosemite 1957
Vogelsang, Yosemite 1957
Mt. Vogelsang, Yosemite 1957
Mt Vogelsang Pk, Yosemite 1957
Mt.Vogelsang, Yosemite 1957
Mt. Vogelsang mountain area 1957
Mt.Vogelsang, Yosemite 1957
Vogelsang campsite, Yosemite 1957
Glen Avlin camp area, Yosemite 1957
May Lake area, Yosemite 1957
Laccolith, Yosemite 1957
May Lake, Yosemite 1957
Tenya Lake, Yosemite 1957
Trees, Yosemite 1957
Mountains, Joshua Tree 1975
Desert with clouds n.d.
Moro Rock, Yosemite 1947
Vogelsang, Yosemite n.d.
Series XIII California Nature ca. 1940s-1960s
Scope and Content Note
Redwoods n.d.
Sunset, ocean and palm trees 1956
Sierra Shooting Star Flower, Bridal Veil Falls Campground n.d.
Poppies slides n.d.
La Quinta, overlook 1970
Wild flowers, San Juan area Orange and Riverside County 1971
Wild flowers, Joshua Tree n.d.
Wildflowers, coast Highway 1 1972
Nature photos, trees, flowers, unknown n.d.
Devil's Postpile, Mammoth Lake n.d.
Monument Valley, sheep hearding n.d.
Goldfinch feeding on sugar water n.d.
River and side of mountain n.d.
Mountains n.d.
High Sierras n.d.
Trilobite, oldest indication of animal life, Glacier n.d.
Wild azelies 1971
Flower n.d.
Flower n.d.
Trilobite Onellius, Amboy, CA n.d.
Trilobite Onellius, Amboy, CA n.d.
Young Santa Lucia Fir Tree, Cone Park 1960
Butterflies, CA n.d.
Butterflies, Butterfly Lane, CA n.d.
Trilobite Onellius n.d.
Catus and mountains, Josha Tree area 1975
Lighthouse, ocean n.d.
Flowers n.d.
Tree n.d.
Woman in poppy field 1947
Flowers n.d.
Lilies n.d.
Series XIV National State Parks ca. 1940s-1970s
Scope and Content Note
Grand Teton, WY 1964
Grand Canyon, AZ 1973
Bryce Canyon, UT 1973
Snowbent popular trees, Grand Teton, WY 1953
Teewinof Mt., Grand Teton,WY n.d.
Grand Teton Mt, WY n.d.
Grand Teton Mt., WY n.d.
Grand Teton Range, WY n.d.
Grand Teton Mt., WY n.d.
Grand Teton Mt., WY n.d.
Grand Teton Mt. from Lake, WY n.d.
Yellowstone River, WY n.d.
Yellowstone River, WY n.d.
Fairyland Formation, Bryce Canyon, UT n.d.
Temple of Vishnu, Grand Canyon, AZ 1960
From watchtower near Marble Canyon, Grand Canyon, AZ 1956-7
Grand Canyon, AZ 1960
Marble Canyon, AZ n.d.
Near Yava Pt., Grand Canyon, AZ 1960
Bryce Canyon 1941
Sand stone cliff, Grand Canyon, AZ 1941
Mt. Grinnell, Glacier Park, MT 1959
Grand Teton Range, WY 1954
Grand Teton Range, WY n.d.
Specimen Ridge, Yellowstone 1959
Yellowstone Falls 1953
Mt. Moran, Jackson Hole, WY 1954
Colonial algae, Glacier National Park n.d.
Fairyland, Bryce Canyon, UT n.d.
Colonial algae, Glacier, MT 1959
Colonial algae, Glacier, MT 1959
Cedar Breaks, Grand Teton, Bryce Canyon n.d.
Mt. Rushmore 1947
Artist's point , Yellowstone 1952
Fairlyland, Bryce Canyon n.d.
Mt. Rushmore n.d.
Grand Teton Pk. n.d.
Crazy Horse Monument, ND 1949
Geyser, Yellowstone n.d.
Mountains, Teton, WY n.d.
Fairyland, Bryce Canyon, UT n.d.
Fairyland, Bryce Canyon, UT n.d.
Mt. Clemens, Glacier, MT n.d.
Series XV Europe ca. 1970s
Scope and Content Note
Wetzlar, Germany 1972
Heidelberg Castle, Germany 1972
Kelsterbach, Germany 1972
Lucern, St. Niklausen, Switzerland 1973
Zermatt, Saas Fee, Switzerland 1972
Schweiz, Switzerland 1972
Heidelberg Castle, Germany 1972
Schwartzwald, Germany 1972
Wetzlar, Germany 1972
Matterhorn, Switzerland n.d.
Matterhorn, with greenry n.d.
Series XVI Canada 1969
Scope and Content Note
Banff, Alberta, Canada 1969
Lake Louise, Banff, Alberta, Canada 1969
Jasper, Alberta, Canada 1969
Totem poles, Vancouver, Canada 1969
Jasper, Alberta, Canada 1969
Grouse Mountain, Vancouver,British Columbia, Canada 1969
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 1969
Buchart Garden, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 1969