Henry G. Peabody Collection of Photographs and Negatives 1859-1993 (bulk 1890s-1900s)

California Institute of Technology

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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 ...

World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

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The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World’s Fair, was organized in celebration of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s landing in America. The fairgrounds, open from May 1, 1893 until October 30, 1893, were designed by Frederick Law Olmstead and covered more than 630 acres in Jackson Park and the Midway Plaisance. Daniel Burnham oversaw the construction of nearly 200 new buildings for the fair, most of which were designed in the Beaux-Arts style. 27 million peo...

Hancock, John, 1737-1793

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John Hancock (January 23, 1737 [O.S. January 12, 1736] – October 8, 1793) was an American Founding Father, merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He is remembered for his large and stylish signature on the United States Declaration of Independence, so much so that the term John Hancock or Hancock has become a nickname in the United S...

Sherman Institute (Riverside, Calif.)

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The Sherman Institute was established in 1900, as a successor to the Perris Indian School (Perris, Calif.), after the water supply to the previous school was deemed insufficient. By 1901 a site in the city of Riverside was selected, at the corner of Magnolia Avenue and Jackson Street. On July 19, 1901, the cornerstone was laid for the new school building of Sherman Institute, and the school officially opened on September 9, 1902. The Perris Indian School remained in operation until December 1904...

Notre-Dame de Paris (Cathedral)

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Bell & Howell Co.

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Hotel Virginia (Long Beach, Calif.)

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Foss Designing and Building Company.

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San Juan Bautista (Mission : San Juan Bautista, Calif.)

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Notre-Dame de Reims (Cathedral)

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Mission San Miguel Arcangel (San Miguel, Calif.)

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Allison and Allison, architects.

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Westminster Abbey

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Maryland Hotel (Pasadena, Calif.)

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Mission Inn

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Mount Wilson Observatory

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Founded in December 1904 by George Ellery Hale and funded by the Carnegie Institution, the Mount Wilson Observatory quickly became one of the 20th century's major astronomical research centers. Located just north of Los Angeles high atop the San Gabriel Mountains, the observatory took full advantage of Southern California's clear nights and uniquely steady air. The observatory's 60" telescope completed in 1908 was the largest then in existence. In 1917, another Mount Wilson telescope, 100" in di...

Hesler, Alexander, 1823-1895

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Alexander Hesler was one of the most prominent and respected regional photographers of his era. Born in 1823 near Montreal, Hesler spent much of his youth in Quebec and Vermont before moving to Racine, Wisconsin around 1833. He took employment as a clerk but tired of this work and decided, in 1847, to learn the craft of daguerreotype. He journeyed to Buffalo for training and in only ten days became skilled in this first major photographic process. For nearly fifty years beginning in 1848 Hesler ...

Wellesley College

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Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, 1869-1924

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According to Oliver, this house, which Goodhue designed for himself, was never built. In 1920 Goodhue enlarged a small house in Montecito. From the description of [Proposed house for the architect at Montecito, California] [graphic] : [perspective rendering set in evening landscape with figures] / B. G. G. ; figures by Donn Barber (under protest). 1919. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 80787120 At the time of this project the address of B.G....

Santa Ines Mission (Solvang, Calif.)

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Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850

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British poet. From the description of Letters, 1827 Jan. 12-1836 Feb. 20. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 315953362 Wordsworth, English poet. From the description of [Letters, 1826-1848] / Wm. Wordsworth. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 501844796 Wordsworth was an English poet. From the description of Miscellaneous papers, 1801-1853. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122372656 From the guide to the William Wordsw...

Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

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Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc.

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Boston and Maine Railroad

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San Antonio de Pádua (Mission)

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Peterborough Cathedral

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Frohman, Philip Hubert, 1887-1972

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Hotel Green (Pasadena, Calif.)

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Ideal Pictures Corporation (Chicago, Ill.)

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Chester Cathedral

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Lummis, Charles Fletcher, 1859-1928

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Charles F. Lummis (1859-1928) was born in Lynn, Massachusettts. He became an editor for the Los Angeles Times on February 1, 1884, working for Harrison Gray Otis. He promoted interest in the American Southwest with his photography and articles. Lummis helped found the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles and the School of American Research in Santa Fe. The items from librarian Mary Sarber concern her research of Mr. Lummis' writings. From the guide to the Charles F. Lummis Collection, S27...

Hunt, Myron, 1868-1952

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Myron Hubbard Hunt (1868-1952) was a prominent Southern California architect. From the description of Papers of Myron Hunt, 1815-1957 (bulk 1915-1932). (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122564640 Biographical Note HAROLD CHAMBERS was born on October 15, 1885, in Hampton, Nebraska. He studied architecture at the Armour Institute and later traveled in Mexico studying traditio...

Detroit Publishing Co.

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Founded in the 1890s by Edwin H. Husher and William A. Livingstone, Jr., the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the largest image publishers in the world, producing prints, postcards, lantern slides and advertisements. Famed landscape photographer William Henry Jackson became a partner in the company in 1905. From the description of Detroit Publishing Company Collection [graphic]. ca. 1885-1905. (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 479745155 The Detr...

Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel, Calif.)

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The records offer a unique insight into the pre-statehood activities of the San Gabriel Mission, establish many facts concerning the individuals married at the Mission, and provide much genealogical detail for descendants. From the description of San Gabriel Mission matrimonial investigation records, 1788-1861. (Claremont Colleges Library). WorldCat record id: 668651328 Biography of Collection The San Gabriel Mission Matr...

Lincoln Cathedral

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Cathedrale d'Amiens

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Rosemary Hall (Greenwich, Conn.)

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York Minster

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University of California (1868-1952)

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Administrative History During the mid-twentieth century, the American Labor Movement reached a pinnacle of power and influence within society. The Second World War required that labor be managed as a strategic resource; the high productivity of workers during the war carried over in the peace time economy, which experienced a sustained economic "boom." Unlike European labor relations, where unions play an "official" role in government, the Am...

Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company

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U.S. railroad, primarily in the Midwest and West; headquarters: Chicago, Ill. Name changed from Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad to Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway after bankruptcy reorganization in 1895. From the description of Santa Fé train robberies, 1890-1895. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 228418621 The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company (AT&SF) was founded by Cyrus K. Holiday in Kansas in 1859. By 1888 the railroad s...

Swastika Educational Series.

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San Fernando, Rey de España (Mission : San Fernando, Calif.)

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San Buenaventura Mission

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Hancock-Clarke House (Lexington, Mass.)

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Withey and Davis, architects.

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Lick Observatory

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Mission San Juan Capistrano

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Cathédrale de Chartres.

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Mission San Carlos Borromeo (Carmel, Calif.)

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San Luis Rey Mission (Calif.)

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Hollywood Hotel (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.)

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Buchanan and Brockway, architects.

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Dartmouth College

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The celebration of the 150th anniversary of the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the Dartmouth College Case was held on April 9, 1969, in the Court of Claims, Washington, D.C.; the celebration also commemorated the career of Daniel Webster, the advocate who defended the case before the Supreme Court. During the ceremony Justice Earl Warren, Senator Thomas J. MacIntyre, and Dartmouth College President John Sloan Dickey spoke before an audience of legislators, jurists, historians, and alumni....

Martin, Harold H., 1879-

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Longpré, Paul de 1855-1911

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Biography / Administrative History Paul De Longpre was born in 1855 in Lyons, France and died in 1911. He was a self taught painter who moved to New York in 1880 and then to California in 1899. The home he built in Hollywood, California became to be celebrated for its magnificent flower gardens. Among his most famous paintings are "Double Peach Blossoms" and "White Fringed Poppies" (1902). From the guide to the Paul De Longpre Col...

Shepherd, W. P., engineer.

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Society for Visual Education

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Spence Air Photos (Firm)

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Orchard House Museum (Concord, Mass.)

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Mission San Xavier del Bac (Tucson, Ariz.)

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Hamm, Herbert A., engineer.

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Estudillo House (San Diego, Calif.)

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Thiene, Paul, 1880-1971

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Landscape architect Paul Thiene was born in Germany in 1880, and immigrated to the United States in 1903. He worked with Frederick Law Olmsted in Boston until 1910, then moved to San Diego to participate in the landscape design for the Panama-California Exposition with Frank Lloyd Wright. After working on the San Diego Exposition, Paul Thiene's office designed the landscapes of major estates in Southern California, including the Doheny "Greystone" estate in Beverly Hills. From the de...

Tournament of Roses

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Revere, Paul, 1735-1818

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Boston goldsmith and engraver. Helped plan and execute the destruction of the tea in Boston harbor; gave notice of the British expedition to Concord on 18 Apr. 1775. From the description of Paul Revere receipt of Nathaniel Appleton, 1786 Aug. 28. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 76893586 Silversmith, patriot, courier famous for his midnight ride announcing British forces. From the description of ADS, 1797 May 5 : Boston. Bill. (Copley Press, J S Copl...

Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917

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Buffalo Bill was employed as a scout by the United States 5th Cavalry, 1868-1872. In 1869 he participated in the Battle of Summit Springs, Colorado, in which the 5th Cavalry defeated Cheyenne Indians. From the description of Letter : Saint Louis, Missouri, to Joseph Witherspoon Cook, Greenwood, South Dakota, 1896 May 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702162229 From the description of Letter : Saint Louis, Mo., to Joseph Witherspoon Cook, Greenwood, S.D., 1896 May 23. (Unkno...

Peabody, Henry Greenwood, 1855-1951

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Henry Greenwood Peabody (1855-1951), photographer, lecturer, and publisher of educational slides and films, produced thousands of images documenting the American landscape. Peabody was born in St. Louis, Missouri and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1876. It was while a senior at Dartmouth that Peabody first became interested in photography, producing views of the Dartmouth campus and scenes along the New England coast. After leaving Dartmouth, he spent an additional year at the Massachusetts...

San Francisco de Asis Mission (San Francisco, Calif.).

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Grey, Elmer, 1871-1962

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Stanford university

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Stanford entered into a research project with the National Iranian Radio and Television agency in 1974 to study and recommend a satellite-based communication system for Iran and how to utilize it for Iran's educational radio and television. From the description of Stanford NIRT project records, 1974-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510722 The Leland Stanford Junior University was established in 1885 in memory of Leland Stanford Jr., the only child of Senator and Mrs. ...

National Geographic Society (U.S.)

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The eruption of Mount Katmai on the Alaska Peninsula in 1912 was one of the great volcanic events of modern history. The eruption covered the town of Kodiak with almost one foot of ash and the explosion was reportedly heard as far away as Juneau, 750 miles distant. To study this phenomena, the National Geographic Society launched several scientific investigating expeditions to Katmai and surrounding areas affected by the eruption. There was a brief expedition to Kodiak and Afognak Islands, led b...

Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities

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