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Southern California Views
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Southern California Views - Vacant lot at 939 E. 6th Street, Long Beach (near residential homes)
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Southern California Views
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Southern California Views - The concrete pier on the beach at Santa Monica.
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Views of Southern California
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This small, personal album of amateur photographs documents a trip through Southern California, ca. 1880s, from San Juan Capistrano through San Diego County. Of note are views of Indian schools and dwellings in the San Diego area. All of the photographs are accompanied by ink manuscript captions. Subjects are: Mission San Juan Capistrano; two views of people with horse and buggy on the shore near Oceanside; caves at La Jolla; adobe building at Old Town [San Diego, possibly Casa de Estudillo]; Indian schools in Old Mission Valley; people camping among the old olive trees on the Old Mission ranch; Sweetwater Dam; mud and brush huts at Agua Caliente; camping by the roadside before reaching Strawberry Valley [San Diego County]. The album has paper covers, tied with a ribbon binding. The cover has a hand-painted title: Views of Southern California. The compiler and photographer are unknown.
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Views of Southern California
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This small, personal album of amateur photographs documents a trip through Southern California, ca. 1880s, from San Juan Capistrano through San Diego County. Of note are views of Indian schools and dwellings in the San Diego area. All of the photographs are accompanied by ink manuscript captions. Subjects are: Mission San Juan Capistrano; two views of people with horse and buggy on the shore near Oceanside; caves at La Jolla; adobe building at Old Town [San Diego, possibly Casa de Estudillo]; Indian schools in Old Mission Valley; people camping among the old olive trees on the Old Mission ranch; Sweetwater Dam; mud and brush huts at Agua Caliente; camping by the roadside before reaching Strawberry Valley [San Diego County]. The album has paper covers tied with a ribbon binding, and a hand-painted title: "Views of Southern California." The compiler and photographer are unknown. Date has to be after 1888 when Sweetwater Dam was built.
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Album of views of Pacific Electric Railway Company and various Southern California sites
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An album with 50 photographs of Pacific Electric Railway trains and scenic views of Southern California, including Dominguez Hills, Long Beach, San Pedro, San Pedro Harbor, Santa Catalina Island, Watts, and Whittier. Many of the photographs are taken along the railway and at railroad stations, but some focus on buildings such as the Carnegie Library and Hotel Virginia in Long Beach and city hall and the public library in San Pedro; views of the harbors in San Pedro, Long Beach, and Avalon; ships in the harbors like the SS Queen of the Pacific Coast line and the USS Hopkins; and the adobe ruins of the Old Dominguez Ranch House. Other images from Long Beach feature Pacific Park, the mammoth hot salt plunge, and a winter scene in Alamitos Park. Most of the photographs are unsigned, but one is stamped by Reyes Photo.
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Juan St. north of Apalabassa St
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View of two-story brick buildings on Juan Street in Old Chinatown, Los Angeles. One building with a "For Rent" sign has broken windows. There appears to be a trunk sitting outside this building.
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