Glendale Library, Arts and Culture, Brand Library and Art Center

Tropico and Glendale Promotional Brochures, 1903-1928


Promotional Brochures of Tropico and Early Glendale, 1903-1928

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Collection context

Summary

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


Background

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.

Indexed terms

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.)

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.


Preferred citation:

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


Location of this collection:
1601 West Mountain Street
Glendale, CA 91201, US

Contact:
(818) 548-2051