Guide to the Alice Gulick Gooch photographs MS.R.024
Finding aid prepared by Lynette Stoudt; machine-readable finding aid created by Brooke Dykman Dockter, 1998.
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
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Note
History --History, California --History,Los Angeles AreaArts and Humanities --Fine Arts --PhotographyGeographical (by Place) --California --Los Angeles Area
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title: Alice Gulick Gooch photographs
Creator:
Gooch, Alice Gulick
Identifier/Call Number: MS.R.024
Physical Description:
0.2 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1899-1932
Abstract: This collection contains 131 photographs taken and developed by Alice Gulick Gooch between 1899-1932. These photographs document
various Southern California locations in the counties of Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego;
however, the bulk of the photographs were taken in San Diego County.
Language of Material:
English
.
Access
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Preferred Citation
Alice Gulick Gooch Photographs. MS-R24. Special Collections, The UCI 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.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Edna W. Phelps, August 1975. Background notes written by Mrs. Phelps are located in the Phelps collection file, MS-R43.
Processing History
Processed by Lynette Stoudt, October 1998.
Biography
Alice Gulick Gooch was one of four daughters of Martin Nicholas Gulick and his wife Annis C. Phelps Gulick. The Gooch family
moved from Illinois to California in the late 1880's.
It is unclear where the Gooch family first settled in California, but we do know that they lived in National City in San Diego
County for approximately 3 years (around 1899). They later relocated to Corona due to a demand for Mr. Gooch's citrus orchard
fumigation business.
It was while living in Corona that Alice Gulick Gooch discovered her love of photography. She had her own dark room and did
her own developing and printing. She even sold a few of her prints to family members in California and Illinois. She often
experimented in the process of developing prints, which led her to produce more than one copy of the same negative. This collection
contains many of these duplicate prints, generally darker or lighter versions of the original print.
According to notes made by the donor, Alice Gulick Gooch used to go up to the attic of the Gooch home in Corona and take panoramic
pictures from the window. This collection contains panoramic prints of both "Old Baldy" (Mt. San Antonio) and the "Greyback
Mountains" (the San Gorgonio Mountains).
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection contains 131 photographs taken and developed by Alice Gulick Gooch between 1899-1932. These photographs document
various Southern California locations in the counties of Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego;
however, the bulk of the photographs were taken in San Diego County.
Most of the photographs taken by Alice Gulick Gooch are of scenes or houses; very few contain people. There are no portraits
in this collection. Panoramic shots taken by Alice Gulick Gooch are in folder 2 (Los Angeles County) under "Old Baldy" and
in folder 3 (Orange County) under "Santa Ana Mountains." In order to see the entire panoramic image, the researcher must place
the set of images next to each other in the order noted on the back of each print.
This collection contains multiple copies of some prints. Alice Gulick Gooch's experimentation with developing techniques led
her to develop the same print up to eight times using different methods. These duplicates were retained in order to document
Gooch's photographic developing techniques; they are located in folder 8 at the end of the collection.
Most of the information in the container list for this collection represents caption information transcribed from the back
of the photographs.
Related Collections
The following collection in Special Collections at the UCI Libraries contains related materials:
Missing Title
- MS-R26, Gulick Family Photographs
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Photographic prints -- California -- San Diego County -- 19th century.
Photographers.
San Diego County (Calif. ) -- Photographs.
Los Angeles County (Calif.) -- Photographs.
box 1, folder 2
Los Angeles County, and
1932 undated
box 1, folder 2
Old Baldy panorama
Physical Description: 7 prints)
General Physical Description note: no content
General note
(i.e., Mt. San Antonio;
box 1, folder 2
Pomona, Mrs. Minnie Smith
box 1, folder 3
Orange County, and
1904, 1906 undated
box 1, folder 3
Park in Orange County
General Physical Description note: (6 prints)
box 1, folder 3
Pun 'Kinville, Orange County
box 1, folder 3
Santa Ana churches
General Physical Description note: (2 prints)
box 1, folder 3
Santa Ana Mountains, panorama
General Physical Description note: (3 prints)
box 1, folder 3
Tustin's Orchard fumigation
box 1, folder 4
Alice's house
General Physical Description note: (2 prints)
box 1, folder 4
Magnolia Avenue, between Corona and Riverside
General Physical Description note: (3 prints)
box 1, folder 4
Train derailment
General Physical Description note: (5 prints)
box 1, folder 5
San Bernardino County, undated
box 1, folder 5
Greyback Mountains
Physical Description: 3 prints)
General Physical Description note: no content
General note
(i.e., the San Gorgonio Mountains;
box 1, folder 6
San Diego County, and
1899-1906 undated
box 1, folder 6
Dr. Lily's house near Kimball Station, where Alice lived
General note
(1 print and 1 hand-drawn sketch of house with notes)
box 1, folder 6
J.B. Gooch's house
General Physical Description note: (11 prints)
box 1, folder 6
Scenes
General Physical Description note: (4 prints)
box 1, folder 6
Paradise Valley
General Physical Description note: (4 prints)
box 1, folder 6
San Diego Harbor, U.S. Cruiser "Boston"
General Physical Description note: (8 prints)
box 1, folder 6
San Diego, travelling to or from
box 1, folder 6
Sweetwater Dam
General Physical Description note: (9 prints)
box 1, folder 6
Boats
General Physical Description note: (3 prints)
box 1, folder 6
Zoo
General Physical Description note: (2 prints)
box 1, folder 7
Unidentified Locations
undated
box 1, folder 7
Unidentified houses
General Physical Description note: (12 prints)
box 1, folder 7
Unidentified scenes
Physical Description: 31 prints)
General Physical Description note: no content
General note
(includes adobe ruins, Gulick orchard, Mr. Crane, sail makers,
