Tropico and Glendale Promotional Brochures, 1903-1928

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Title:: Promotional Brochures of Tropico and Early Glendale
Dates:: 1903-1928
Creators:: Weston, Edward, 1886-1958 Tropico Improvement Association Glendale Chamber of Commerce
Abstract:
Extent:: 11 brochures
Language:
Preferred citation:: Promotional Brochures of Tropico and Early Glendale. Glendale Library, Arts and Culture, Brand Library and Art Center

Scope and content:: Brochures, selected from the holdings of Glendale Public Library's Special Collections Room, promoting Tropico and Glendale as idyllic places to live, work, and visit. Of particular interest in many of these items are the photographs of Edward Weston, who opened his first photography studio in Tropico in the 1910s.
Acquisition information:: Collected by Glendale Public Library staff and others, donors generally unknown.

Subjects:: Promotional materials
Souvenirs
Glendale (Calif.) -- Social life and customs
Glendale (Calif.) -- History
Tropico (Calif.) -- Social life and customs
Pamphlets
Booklets
Leaflets
Brochures
Names:: Brand, Leslie, C. (Leslie Coombs), 1859-1925
Places:: Glendale (Calif.)
Tropico (Calif.)

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid created by Glendale Library, Arts and Culture, Brand Library and Art Center staff.
Date Prepared:: 1903-1928
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on April 17, 2025, 11:28 a.m.

Preferred citation:: Promotional Brochures of Tropico and Early Glendale. Glendale Library, Arts and Culture, Brand Library and Art Center

Location of this collection:: Glendale Library, Arts and Culture, Brand Library and Art Center

1601 West Mountain Street

Glendale, CA 91201, US