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[Panoramic photographs of Orange County, Calif. scenes].
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Title:

[Panoramic photographs of Orange County, Calif. scenes]

Creator/Contributor:

Leonard, W. F. D., creator, photographer.

Abstract:

Various panoramic scenes from early 20th century Orange County, including :1-:2--G) Huntington Beach oil fields; :3--G) orange groves, with oil field in distance; :4--G) harvest scene; :5--G) United Walnut Growers of California truck loaded with bags of walnuts; :6--H) Laguna Heights (i.e. Laguna Beach), viewed from the east; :7--G) large group posing before Zimmerman Bros. Transfer & Storage truck; :8--G) large group of unidentified naval personnel with biplanes in background. Also includes smaller group portrait of uniformed men posing before Seventh Regiment T. armory building in Santa Ana in 1898 (:9--PIC).

Date:

1898 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Oil fields -- California -- Orange County -- Photographs
Agriculture -- California -- Orange County -- Photographs
Gisements pétrolifères -- Californie -- Orange (Comté) -- Photographies
Agriculture -- Californie -- Orange (Comté) -- Photographies
Agriculture
Oil fields
Huntington Beach (Calif.) -- Photographs
Laguna Beach (Calif.) -- Photographs
Orange County (Calif.) -- Photographs
Santa Ana (Calif.) -- Photographs
California -- Huntington Beach
California -- Laguna Beach
California -- Orange County
California -- Santa Ana

Note:

Some prints include descriptive annotations on backs.
One photograph includes name of photographer written in negative: W.F.D. Leonard. Other photographs are possibly by same photographer.
Most prints lack descriptive information.
Purchase; From Margolis & Moss ; 2016.
W.F.D. Leonard worked as a photographer in Santa Ana from at least 1916 to 1925, specializing in panoramic views.
Panoramic photographs of Orange County, Calif. scenes, BANC PIC 2017.024, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

graphic
Photographs.
Panoramic photographs.
Group portraits.

Physical Description:

photoprint
9 photographs : chiefly gelatin silver prints ; 19 x 154 cm or smaller.

Language:

English

Origin:

California