Historical Society of Southern California Collection of Lantern Slides [graphic], 1870s-1932.

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Historical Society of Southern California Collection of Lantern Slides [graphic], 1870s-1932.

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Volume 27 consists of 278 (3 x 4 inch) lantern slides, comprising a variety of different images of Southern California and its residents. The first section consists of images of central Los Angeles, primarily street scenes, including a number of images of La Fiesta celebrations and World War I-era parades. Other landscapes and cityscapes in the collection include views of Hollywood and Santa Monica; locations in the San Fernando and San Gabriel Valleys, with an emphasis on Monrovia; communities in Orange, San Bernardino and Kern Counties; scenes in Yosemite and other central California locations; and Tijuana. Also included are a number of images of Santa Barbara in the late nineteenth century. The collection is notable for a number of images of Los Angeles area high schools and universities, especially Los Angeles High School. Also included are photographs by members of, and about, the Los Angeles Camera Club; these include photographs by C.C. Pierce, W.M. Frisbie, F.H. Maude, C.C. Valentine, and O. Granicher. Studio portraits and group photographs can be found in the collection; among the identified images are a group portrait of the Los Angeles City Council in 1888; and portraits of Mrs. O.W. Childs, wife of the early Los Angeles pioneer; Isidore Dockweiler, an influential Southern California Democrat; Max Meyberg, organizer of the first La Fiesta celebration in 1894; and Caroline Severance, founder of the Friday Morning Club. The collection also contains images of Native Americans, and Chinese in Chinatown. In addition to the Los Angeles Camera Club photographers, the collection contains images created by Penney and Bennett, James B. Blanchard, and Carleton Watkins.

278 lantern slides in 9 boxes (3.75 linear ft.)

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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SNAC Resource ID: 6800020

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Dockweiler, Isidore B. (Isidore Bernard), 1867-1947

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Severance, Caroline M. Seymour (Caroline Maria Seymour), 1820-1914

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Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946

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Meyberg, Max, 1850-1934

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Friday Morning Club (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); ...

Childs, O. W., Mrs., -1935

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La Fiesta de Los Angeles

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Los Angeles High School

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Blanchard, James B.

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Maude, F. H. (Frederic Hamer)

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The photographer, F.H. Maude, had his business in Los Angeles. From the description of New Mexico : glass slides, ca. 1880-1910. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553556 ...

Penney and Bennett,

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Valentine, C.C.,

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Los Angeles (Calif.). City Council

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Frisbie, William M.

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