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Long Beach (Calif.) -- Pictorial works

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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

Rieder, M. , 1901-1915

 Series — Box 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This stereograph collection is comprised of 513 stereographs that date from approximately 1846-1940. There are stereoviews from 24 different publishers and photographers, made up of donations from a many different donors, many unknown. Additionally, there are 21 images with no identifying information at the end of the finding aid. Stereograph publishers often bought other photographers’ negatives, and there was much sharing and republishing of the work of certain photographers, sometimes...
Dates: 1901-1915