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James B. Case slides of highway construction in California
Collection — Box: P007
Identifier: PC -039
Abstract
Collection comprises 102 35 mm color Kodachrome transparency slides documenting construction of highways in Los Angeles, Orick, and San Francisco, California; training at Fort Ord army base; and a Case family vacation and recreation in Orick, California taken by James B. Case between 1949 and 1953. Case worked for the California Department of Transportation when taking many of these photographs.
Dates:
1949 - 1953
Found in:
California Historical Society
Photographs of Hollywoodland, Calif., and Orange County coastline
Collection — Box: P009
Identifier: PC -002
Content Description
Contains photos of the 1920s Hollywoodland real estate development in Los Angeles, Calif., including surrounding hills. Photos show newly built homes, and houses and roads under construction (two photos feature horse teams). Several photos have views of the Hollywoodland sign, and visible in one photo is the Woodruff developers billboard. Includes a few photos picturing two of the same men (developers?) surveying the area, holding rolled up plans. There is one photo each of an unidentified...
Dates:
circa 1924-1929
Found in:
California Historical Society
Adolph Petsch collection of photographs of Pasadena and Southern California
Collection — Box: P004
Identifier: PC -020
Scope and Contents
Consists of 51 cabinet photographs of Pasadena, California and other Southern California cities, including Long Beach and Los Angeles. The photographs document many of the houses, churches, hotels, schools, and businesses in Pasadena between the years 1881-1888. Some photographs show the Long Beach Hotel, Mission San Gabriel, and two bird's eye views of Los Angeles.
Dates:
circa 1881-1888
Found in:
California Historical Society
Scenic photographs of Southern California
Collection — Box: P005
Identifier: PC-021
Content Description
Collection comprises photographs depicting scenes, events, and destinations primarily in Southern California between 1938-1942. Seven photographs show the Los Angeles flood of 1938 and the flood damage that had occurred in North Hollywood. The bulk of the photographs show locations in Los Angeles including Chinatown; the rose garden at Exposition Park; the Fern Dell trail in Griffith Park; daytime and evening views from the Griffith Observatory; the Rose Bowl in Pasadena; the Huntington...
Dates:
1938 - 1942
Found in:
California Historical Society
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