Historical Society of Southern California Collection of Photographs by Subject circa 1850-1982 (bulk 1880s-1930s)

Olympic Games (10th : 1932 : Los Angeles, Calif.)

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Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.)

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Panama-Pacific Exposition held in San Francisco, Cal. in 1915, where Illinois had a visitors' building. From the description of Register of visitors, Feb. 1915-Dec. 1915. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 49393876 History of the Panama Pacific International Exposition San Francisco hosted the Panama Pacific International Exposition in 1915. Officials from the Exposition printed postcards for the ...

Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909 : Seattle, Wash.)

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Register sign-in for visitors to the Alaska Building at the AYP Exposition, University of Washington, Seattle, summer 1909. From the description of Visitors' register, Alaska Building, Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909 Jun-Nov. (Alaska State Library). WorldCat record id: 50018045 Anna Earnest appears to have been an employee at Ezra Meeker's Pioneer Exhibit during the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in 1909. Meeker, who was then active in promoting ...

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, a leading American film production company, was established in 1924, an amalgam of three older production companies: Metro Pictures Corporation, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures, and was under the corporate control of the exhibiting concern, Loew's Inc. From the guide to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films and personalities scrapbooks, 1920-1944, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), the ...

Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition (1905 : Portland, Or.)

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Officially titled the Lewis & Clark Centennial and American Pacific Exposition and Oriental Fair, the exposition was an international event celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Lewis and Clark expedition. It was held in Portland, Oregon, from June 1 to Oct. 15, 1905, and was designed to promote trade between the Pacific Northwest and Asia; to contribute to the wealth of Oregon through its forestry and agriculture; and to encourage the arts of the region. Planning began around 1901 and th...

Garden City Foto Company.

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Selznick International Pictures

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Baker, Viroque.

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Cromwell and Westervelt.

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Paramount Pictures Corporation (1914-1927)

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American distribution and production corporation for motion pictures. From the description of Pressbooks, 1977-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122480185 ...

American Trona Corporation.

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Studebaker Corporation

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The H&C Studebaker blacksmith shop opened in 1852 in downtown South Bend, Indiana. Henry and Clement Studebaker's shop would turn into Studebaker Manufacturing Company in 1868 and become the largest wagon manufacturer in the world. Studebaker would also be the only manufacturer to successfully switch from horse drawn to gasoline powered vehicles. After the turn of the century Studebaker eased its way into the automobile market with an electric car in 1902, followed by gasoline powered cars i...

Dapprich, Fred R.

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Hecht, T. E.

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Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration of Northern California.

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Historical Background Between 1936 and 1940, the California Department of Parks and Recreation in conjunction with the Federal Writers' Project, a component of the federal Works Progress Administration, produced a series of descriptive historical essays and monographs on a variety of the state's important landmarks, monuments and state parks. The project editors were Clark Wing and Vernon Aubrey Neasham. Project writers included G...

Frashers Inc.

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Putnam Studios.

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F.H. Rogers and Company.

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Carter, Frederick William

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Epithet: Secretary to the Protestant Union British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000986.0x000324 ...

Grieve, Harold W.

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United Artists Corporation

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Lummis, Charles Fletcher, 1859-1928.

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Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway (Calif.)

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California. Dept. of Transportation.

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Streib, Art

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Tournament of Roses (Pasadena, Calif.)

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Bristol, Horace

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Dick Whittington Studio

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The "Dick" Whittington Studio was the largest and finest photography studio in the Los Angeles area from 1924 to 1987. Specializing in commercial photography, the Whittington Studio took photographs for nearly every major business and organization in Los Angeles; in so doing, they documented the growth and commercial development of Los Angeles. Clients included Max Factor, the Broadway, Bullock's, and May Co. department stores, the California Fruit Growers Association, Signal Oil, Shell Oil, Uni...

Fiesta de las Flores, Los Angeles, Calif.

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Spence Air Photos (Firm)

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Estelle Mines Corporation.

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Sturtevant, A.

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Douglas aircraft company

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Blanchard, J. B. (James B.), 1821-1916

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Moorhead, Minn. law officer, born at Dexter, Maine. From the description of Reminiscences, ca. 1917. (North Dakota State University Library). WorldCat record id: 28288741 ...

Maude, F. H. (Frederic Hamer).

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Parker, Harold A., 1878-1930

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Harold A. Parker (1878-1930) immigrated to California from Iowa, and began working as a professional photographer in 1900. He opened his Pasadena studio in 1904 and operated it until his death in 1930 at the age of 52. Parker also operated a studio in the Tahoe Tavern at Lake Tahoe between 1908 and 1910, where he produced a number of images of the Tavern, Lake Tahoe, and the surrounding areas. Parker was noted for his photographs of California, especially his images of the California Missions an...

Luckhaus Studio.

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Union Pacific railroad company

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Served Oklahoma and other Western states. From the description of Union Pacific collection, 1930-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70972329 The story of the Union Pacific Railroad's involvement with oil and the Tidelands goes back to at least 1911 when the State of California granted the City of Long Beach its tidelands properties for development of commerce, navigation, fisheries, and recreation under a public trust doctine, meaning any development and revenues from such...

Burt, Burton.

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Federal Writers' Project of Southern California (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916

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Watkins was a pioneer California photographer, most well known for his large-format photographs. From the description of Views of Thurlow Lodge by Carleton Watkins: photograph album, circa 1874. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510599 An American landscape photographer, Carleton E. Watkins was noted for his views of the Pacific Northwest and Yosemite. From the description of Carleton E. Watkins Collection. [1879]. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); ...

Stagg Photography.

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La Fiesta de Los Angeles

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Keystone Photo Service

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California Pacific International Exposition 1935-1936 San Diego, Calif.

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Shulman, Julius

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Administrative History The Getty Villa operates as a museum and educational center dedicated to the study of the arts and cultures of ancient Greece, Rome, and Etruria. The Getty Villa was designed to house J. Paul Getty's art collection when it outgrew his Ranch House in Pacific Palisades, California, which had served as a private museum since 1954. After considering various options for expanding the Ranch House, Getty decided in the fall of...

Hill, William Henry, 1845-1925

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