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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine
Libraries
Title: California vacation albums
Identifier/Call Number: MS.R.067
Physical Description:
3 Linear Feet
(6 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1908-1924
Abstract: This collection is comprised of six
early-20th-century albums of uncertain provenance containing photographic prints, postcards,
and photomechanical reproductions that document the vacation experiences of the creator of
each album. Locales depicted are chiefly in Southern California, but also include areas
throughout the rest of California and the Western states and, in a few cases, in the Eastern
United States. The images document the California landscape and its native flora and fauna
as they appeared during the first decades of the 20th century. Subjects depicted include
missions, national parks, street scenes, domestic scenes, historic buildings, deserts,
beaches, mountains, and lakes.
Language of Material:
English .
The collection is open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. These materials are in the public
domain. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special
Collections and Archives.
California Vacation Albums. MS-R067. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine
Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information
about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder
descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Acquired through multiple purchases: 1998, 2000, 2003, 2007.
Processed by Su Kim Chung in 1998, William Landis in 2000, and Cyndi Shein in 2007.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection is comprised of six early-20th-century albums of uncertain provenance
containing photographic prints, postcards, and photomechanical reproductions that document
the vacation experiences of the creators of each of the albums. Locales depicted are chiefly
in Southern California, but also include areas throughout the rest of California and the
Western states and, in a few cases, in the Eastern United States. The images document the
California landscape and its native flora and fauna as they appeared during the first
decades of the 20th century. Subjects depicted include missions, national parks, city street
scenes, domestic scenes, historic buildings, deserts, beaches, mountains, and lakes.
This collection consists of the following items:
- Album 1 : Photograph album of Yosemite and Lake County, California, probably 1908
- Album 2 : Photograph album of Southern California and other locations, 1909-1913
- Album 3 : Photograph album of California and the West, 1913-1914
- Album 4 : Photograph album of Southern California, 1919-1920
- Album 5 : Photograph album of Southern California, 1921-1923
- Album 6 : Photograph album of California, Oregon, and Arizona, 1922-1924
Subjects and Indexing Terms
San Bernardino County (Calif.) -- Archives.
Photograph albums -- California -- 20th century.
Photographic prints -- West (U.S.) -- 20th century.
Postcards -- California -- 20th century.
California -- History -- Sources
California -- Pictorial works.
Missions, Spanish -- California -- Archives.
Los Angeles County (Calif.) -- Archives.
Los Angeles County (Calif.) -- Pictorial works.
West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works.
West (U.S.) -- Archives.
Photographic prints -- California -- 20th century.
Photogravures -- Oregon -- 20th century.
Yosemite National Park (Calif.) -- Pictorial works.
Yosemite National Park (Calif.) -- Archives.
Tintypes -- California -- Los Angeles County -- 20th
century.
Travel -- California -- History -- Sources
Tourism -- California -- History -- Sources
San Bernardino County (Calif.) -- Pictorial works.
Vacations -- California -- History -- Sources