Collection of California and Southern California Panoramic Negatives [graphic], 1889-1958 (bulk 1920s-1930s).

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Collection of California and Southern California Panoramic Negatives [graphic], 1889-1958 (bulk 1920s-1930s).

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This finding aid brings together information about the Huntington's collections of panoramic negatives. These 436 negatives are located in three separate collections: the Verner Collection of Panoramic Negatives, the Harold A. Parker Collection of Photographs and Negatives, and the "Dick" Whittington Studio Collection of Photographs and Negatives. They depict Los Angeles and surrounding areas, and group portraits, 1889-1958. The Verner Collection includes images taken by some of the leading photographic studios of the era and depicts a significant era in regional growth, capturing the public spaces, real estate and commercial development, civic and group gatherings, industrial and manufacturing interests, and the recreational sites and activities of the period. These include downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Catalina, Long Beach, Huntington Beach, Big Bear and Palm Springs; military personnel in Anaheim; the development of Westwood Village and the University of California, Los Angeles; oil fields and derricks in Signal Hill and Culver City; airports in Alhambra, Burbank, Culver City, and Los Angeles; and views of the Rose Bowl and Rose Bowl football games. Of especial interest in the Parker Collection are the many images of the Huntington Hotel, Lake Tahoe and Tahoe Tavern, the Colorado Street bridge in Pasadena, Pasadena residences (including the St. Francis bungalow court and the Blacker House, designed by Greene & Greene), Lake Elsinore in Riverside County, and the Rose Bowl. The Whittington Collection's 70 negatives contain a number of images of undeveloped and newly developed areas of Los Angeles, including Pacific Palisades, Santa Monica, and Alhambra, views of Lido Isle in Newport, and Republic Studios in Studio City.

a436 negatives in 13 boxes (67.83 linear ft.)

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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