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    • Contributing Institution: The Huntington Library
    Title: Collection of Panoramic Photographs next hit
    Identifier/Call Number: photPAN
    Physical Description: 31.58 Linear Feet (10 boxes,1 oversize folder)
    Date (inclusive): approximately 1851-2014; bulk 1920s-1930s
    Abstract: The Huntington Library's Collection of Panoramic previous hit Photographs next hit , 1851-1995, depicts a wide variety of subjects and provides an important resource for the visual history of the United States, with a particular emphasis on California and the American West. Subjects include landscapes, group portraits, and miscellaneous views. The collection also contains previous hit photographs next hit by some of the better known photographers and photographic firms of the first part of the twentieth century. Photographers and publishers represented in the collection include Charles Z. Bailey; Bailey and Ramsey; Bryant Studio; Bunnell Photo Shop; California Panorama Company; Bell Clements; Fay Foto Service; R. J. Gallagher; George. R. Lawrence Company; J.D. Givens; Gordon Panoramic Photo Company; Griffith Photo; Harris Photographic Company; Karen Halverson; George W. Hazard; L. M. Hermance; Hiller; Hughes Photos; B. Isensee; William Henry Jackson; Michael Kolster; I. L. Maduro; Mayhart Studio; C. R. Nock; Panorama Publishing Company; Pettit's Studio; Photo News Service; C. C. Pierce; A.C. Pillsbury; Pillsbury Picture Company; Prince Photo; G. H. Rice; H.H. Rideout; Sanford and Black Photo News Service; Thompson; O.A. Tunnell; H.A. Varble; Miles F. Weaver; and West Coast Art Company.
    Language of Material: English.

    Access

    Advance arrangements for viewing the panoramas 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, contact Reader Services.

    Publication Rights

    The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

    Preferred Citation

    Collection of Panoramic previous hit Photographs next hit . The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

    Provenance

    This finding aid brings together information about the Huntington's panoramic previous hit photographs next hit . These images have been collected by or donated to the Huntington over the course of many years. Acquired from James B. Barnes, August 1, 1947; Mark A. Chapman, November 11, 1949; Collectors' Council, January 2003; Dawson's, April 6, 1979, September 10, 1979, and June 2013 (photPAN 120); Ben Field, March 9, 1956; Mrs. Grace M. Grafton, 1996; Barbara Greer, January 1987; Hardy, 1946; Ernest and Elsie Heatherington, 2007; Jack Kemble, July 1987; Robert Tyler Lee; Michael Harrison McCandless, 2002?; McLaughlin, July 13, 1946; James B. McNair, May 5, 1956; Peter Palmquist; H.E. Roberts; Herman Smith, May 7, 1974; Paul Taylor, September 5, 1991; Marifrances Trivelli, September 13, 2001; Julia A. Vinock.
    (photPAN 113): Gift of Charles W. Staufenberg, January 2009.
    (photPAN 118-119): Gift of Darryl Curran, April 2012.
    (photPAN 120): Purchased from Dawson's Book Shop, June 2013.
    (photPAN 121): Gift of Mrs. Helen Rice, 1996.
    (photPAN 124-146): 23 panoramas, gift of Mary and Weston Naef, October 2015.
    (photPAN 147): Purchased from Michael Kolster, August 2019.

    Processing Information

    This finding aid was first created in 2005, and all of the previous hit photographs next hit were flattened and encapsulated by the Huntington Library Preservation Department between 1988 and 2005. Additional panoramic previous hit photographs next hit have been added to this collection, and to the finding aid in 2012, 2015, and 2019. In October 2023, Mari Khasmanyan updated the container information and included the total linear feet of the collection.

    Scope and Contents

    The Huntington Library's Collection of Panoramic previous hit Photographs next hit , 1851-1995, contains 117 panoramas that depict a wide variety of subjects and provide an important resource for the visual history of the United States, with a particular emphasis on California and the American West. Subjects include landscapes, group portraits, and miscellaneous views. The landscapes include views of Los Angeles and vicinity (including central Los Angeles, Hollywood, East Los Angeles, Pasadena, and Mount Lowe); views of San Francisco (including balloon views of San Francisco after the earthquake and fire created by the George R. Lawrence Company); miscellaneous landscapes (including Yosemite Falls; Tehachapi Loop; Los Gatos, California; Camp Bowie, Texas; Big Bear Lake in the San Bernardino Mountains; Furnace Creek in Death Valley; Hoover Dam; Thermopolis, Wyoming; and unidentified views); views of industry (including the Newport News shipyard and the Venice-Del Rey oil fields); desert and mining towns (including Virginia City, Nevada; Bisbee, Arizona; and Ouray, Colorado); the Panama Canal; and Norris Dam (Tennessee). The group portraits include clubs; employees; school children; professional organizations; military personnel; pageant and play participants (including two portraits of casts of the Mission Play); birthday parties; and miscellaneous groups. The miscellaneous views include views of the Ascot Park Racetrack in Gardena, California; a revival held by Aimee Semple McPherson in Balboa Park (San Diego); opening ceremonies of the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics; and the raising of the U.S.S. Battleship Maine in Havana Harbor.
    The collection also contains previous hit photographs next hit by some of the better known photographers and photographic firms of the first part of the twentieth century. Photographers and publishers represented in the collection include Charles Z. Bailey; Bailey and Ramsey; Bryant Studio; Bunnell Photo Shop; California Panorama Company; Bell Clements; Fay Foto Service; R.J. Gallagher; George. R. Lawrence Company; J.D. Givens; Gordon Panoramic Photo Company; Griffith Photo; Harris Photographic Company; Karen Halverson; George W. Hazard; L. M. Hermance; Hiller; Hughes Photos; B. Isensee; William Henry Jackson; I.L. Maduro; Mayhart Studio; C.R. Nock; Panorama Publishing Company; Pettit's Studio; Photo News Service; C.C. Pierce; A.C. Pillsbury; Pillsbury Picture Company; Prince Photo; G.H. Rice; H.H. Rideout; Sanford and Black Photo News Service; Thompson; O.A. Tunnell; H.A. Varble; Miles F. Weaver; and West Coast Art Company.
    Titles in brackets are supplied; otherwise all titles come from the previous hit photographs next hit themselves.

    Arrangement

    The collection is arranged broadly by subject as follows: landscape; group portraits; and miscellaneous. It is further subdivided by subject within each broad category.

    Related Material

    1. Collection of California and Southern California Panoramic Negatives   photCL 402, photCL 470, photCL Whitt.
    2. previous hit Photographs next hit : Raising of the U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor, Cuba   photCL 410.
    3. Henry E. Huntington Estate previous hit photograph next hit collection   photCL 107.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Balboa Park (San Diego, Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Belvedere Gardens (Los Angeles, Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Big Bear Lake (Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Bisbee (Ariz.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Camp Bowie (Fort Worth, Tex.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Gaillard Cut (Panama)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Gatun Dam (Panama)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Los Gatos (Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Lowe, Mount (Los Angeles County, Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Miraflores Locks (Panama)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Norris Dam (Tenn.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Ouray (Colo.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Panama Canal (Panama)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    San Francisco-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Thermopolis (Wyo.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Virginia City (Nev.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Yosemite National Park (Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Beauty contests--California--Ocean Park-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Beauty contests--California--Redondo Beach-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Birthday parties--California-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Business districts--California--Los Angeles-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Canals--Panama--Design and construction-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Clubs--California--Los Angeles-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Congresses and conventions--Lowe, Mount (Los Angeles County, Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Country clubs--California--Pasadena-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Dairy farms--California-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Dam construction--Tennessee-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Delegations--California--1912-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Harbors-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    High school students--California--Los Angeles-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Historic sites--California--Los Angeles County-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Hotels--Lowe, Mount (Los Angeles County, Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Junior high school students--California--Pasadena-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Los Angeles River (Calif.) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Meetings--California--Los Angeles-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Meetings--Ulster County (N.Y.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Meetings--Washington (D.C.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Mining camps-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Nurses--Texas-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Oil wells--California--Venice (Los Angeles, Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Pageants--California--San Gabriel-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Parades -- California -- Los Angeles -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Parks-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Picnicking--California-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Railroad yards--California--Los Angeles-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Railroads--Track--California--Tehachapi Mountains-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Real estate development--California--Los Angeles-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    School children--California--Eagle Rock (Los Angeles, Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    School children--California--Pasadena-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Schools--California--Eagle Rock (Los Angeles, Calif.)-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Schools--California--Pasadena-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Schools--California--Santa Monica-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Shipyards-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Soldiers--California-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    United States. Army -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Valleys-- previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Panoramas.
    previous hit Photographs next hit .
    Portraits.
    Ambrotypes ( previous hit photographs next hit ).
    Art photography
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    Los Angeles and vicinity [2 hits]
    San Francisco [8 hits]
    California (miscellaneous)
    New York [1 hit]
    Miscellaneous Locales [4 hits]
    Views of Industry
    Desert and Mining Towns [1 hit]
    Panama Canal
    Norris Dam, Tennessee
    Group Portraits and Events
    Clubs
    Employees [2 hits]
    Schools
    Professional Organizations [1 hit]
    Military [1 hit]
    Pageants and Plays
    Birthday Parties
    Miscellaneous
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