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[California and other western locations postcard album].
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Title:
[California and other western locations postcard album]Abstract:
Includes pictorial postcards and other prints with scenic views, primarily of California, but also Mexico, Nevada, Arizona,
Oregon and Washington. Views likely represent locations visited during a south-to-north tour of the region by the album's
compiler. Among the specific locations depicted are Tijuana, Agua Caliente, Palm Springs, the Mojave Desert, San Diego, San
Juan Capistrano, Laguna Beach, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Las Vegas, Portland and Seattle. Includes one view each
from Montana and Ohio. Also includes many printed holiday greeting cards, a few addressed to "Velma".
Date:
1930 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- n-us-az -- n-us-or -- n-us-wa -- n-mx---Washington -- Photographs
Tourism -- California
California -- Photographs
Arizona -- Photographs
Oregon -- Photographs
Mexico -- Photographs
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Compiler uncertain, possibly "Velma".
Hand-written captions on album leaves.
Generic photograph album disbound by library staff, with covers and leaves housed in multiple folders in the order received.
California and other western locations postcard album, BANC PIC 2019.012, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Type:
graphicPhotograph albums.
Postcards.
Greeting cards.
Photomechanical prints.
Physical Description:
print
approximately 165 prints in 23 folders : chiefly color photomechanical prints and lithographs ; sheets various sizes (postcard
and greeting card formats), album covers 24 x 32 cm
Language:
English