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Aerial view of Pasadena. 1949



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  • Aerial view of City Hall, Pasadena. 1949

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    Aerial view of City Hall and the surrounding area. The photograph was taken facing slightly south of east, along Holly Street, which ends at a T-junction in front of City Hall. The large building in the bottom right corner is the First Baptist Church of Pasadena.

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  • Brookside Park and the Rose Bowl, Pasadena. 1930

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  • Aerial view facing east along Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena. 1949

    Aerial view facing east along Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena. 1949

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    Aerial view of Colorado Boulevard facing east. Other major east-west streets are, from the left, Holly, Union, (Colorado,) and Green. Carmelita Gardens is in the bottom left, and City Hall is further east along Holly.

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    Pasadena. Aerial view of Pasadena

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    The Harold A. Parker Studio Collection of Negatives consists of 5157 glass plate negatives, film negatives, and panoramic negatives, 1889-1949, that depict commercial, residential and landscape sites in and around Pasadena and Southern California. The images provide a look at the commercial, residential and social development of Pasadena and surrounding areas during the early years of the twentieth century. The collection is especially rich in images of residential architecture in Pasadena, Altadena, and San Marino; images of Lake Tahoe; depictions of, and activities at, the Raymond, Maryland, and Huntington Hotels in Pasadena; and the commercial, social and cultural landscapes of Pasadena. The collection also provides, through its breadth and depth of subject matter, an example of the career activities of a commercial photographer in Southern California in the early years of the twentieth century.

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    Pasadena. Aerial view of Pasadena

    Visual Materials

    The Harold A. Parker Studio Collection of Negatives consists of 5157 glass plate negatives, film negatives, and panoramic negatives, 1889-1949, that depict commercial, residential and landscape sites in and around Pasadena and Southern California. The images provide a look at the commercial, residential and social development of Pasadena and surrounding areas during the early years of the twentieth century. The collection is especially rich in images of residential architecture in Pasadena, Altadena, and San Marino; images of Lake Tahoe; depictions of, and activities at, the Raymond, Maryland, and Huntington Hotels in Pasadena; and the commercial, social and cultural landscapes of Pasadena. The collection also provides, through its breadth and depth of subject matter, an example of the career activities of a commercial photographer in Southern California in the early years of the twentieth century.

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