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Donovan Olson Colombia Photograph Album, ca. 1935-1943.
Bernath Mss 252LOCAL
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Title:

Donovan Olson Colombia Photograph Album, ca. 1935-1943

Creator/Contributor:

Olson, Donovan., creator

Creator/Contributor:

Online Archive of California

Abstract:

Album of several hundred black and white snapshots, with typescript captions in English, compiled by the son of a missionary family posted to Colombia. Includes many images of the Cali and Bogota areas; also some of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Panama Canal, Cuba and the United States. The photos span the time between Olson's youth in Colombia and Costa Rica; school years back in the U.S. (Minnesota and Nebraska); vacations in California, Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, Florida; and ending with marriage and military service during World War II. Photos feature many fellow student, teacher, and family portraits; scenic views, including volcanoes and mountains; markets, churches, street scenes; local peoples; automobiles and mountain roads; pack mules; men in military uniforms.

Date:

1935 (issued)

Subject:

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Soldiers -- United States
Soldiers
Colombia -- Pictorial works
Costa Rica -- Pictorial works
Minnesota -- Pictorial works
Nebraska -- Pictorial works
Florida -- Pictorial works
Yellowstone National Park -- Pictorial works
California -- Pictorial works
Grand Canyon (Ariz.) -- Pictorial works
El Salvador -- Pictorial works
Panama Canal (Panama) -- Pictorial works
Havana (Cuba) -- Pictorial works
Minnesota -- Ouvrages illustrés
Nebraska -- Ouvrages illustrés
Floride -- Ouvrages illustrés
Yellowstone National Park -- Ouvrages illustrés
Grand Canyon (Ariz.) -- Ouvrages illustrés
Canal de Panamá (Panamá) -- Ouvrages illustrés
Arizona -- Grand Canyon
California
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba -- Havana
El Salvador
Florida
Minnesota
Nebraska
Panama -- Panama Canal
United States
United States -- Yellowstone National Park
Olson family
Olson family

Note:

Use of the collection is unrestricted.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.
Purchase, 2007.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Donovan Olson Colombia Photograph Album. Bernath Mss 252. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Type:

Photographs.
photographs.
photograph albums.
Pictorial works.
Photographs.
Photographies.
Albums photographiques.

Physical Description:

.2 linear ft.

Language:

English

Identifier:

Bernath Mss 252LOCAL

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

Use of the collection is unrestricted.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.