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Collection contains photographs and some paper materials documenting commercial and residential construction projects completed by Golden Gate Iron Works (GGIW) between 1925 and 1951. GGIW was a structural steel manufacturer located in San Francisco, California with fabrication and construction projects completed in the Alameda, Contra Costa, Kern, Marin, Mendocino, Merced, Monterey, Placer, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Sonoma, and Trinity counties.

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...

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Photograph album comprises black and white photographs and photographic postcards showing a vacation trip to Mount Hermon, Santa Cruz County in 1922. The images show the environs of Mount Hermon Park, which served as a Christian retreat camp located in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Abstract Records mainly consist of photographs created or collected by Peoples Temple members in order to support the Temple's public relations efforts, including the publication of the Peoples Forum newspaper. The collection includes approximately 53,500 black-and-white 35mm negative images; 3,500 color slides; 30,000 individual contact prints; and hundreds of photographic prints, representing over 56,000 unique images of Peoples Temple. Images extensively document...

Abstract Collection of black and white photographs taken by George Rea throughout California in the 1920s. Rea worked for Southern California Edison Company on hydroelectric projects in Tulare, Kern and Los Angeles counties. Photographs depict the construction of the Kern River Powerhouse #3 in Kernville, California and the Los Angeles Powerhouse #1 in San Francisquito Canyon, California; construction of electric transmission lines in Southern California; and the camps where Southern California...