Banning Family Collection of Photographs, Part II, 1814-1979, bulk 1880-1920

[For oversize view of J. B. Banning, Jr. in auto, "development planning for Isthmus," see 1154. For oversize photo and collage made by J. B. Banning to illustrate Phineas Banning's ideas for Isthmus, see 1155. Detailed description on verso. For oversize view of Isthmus Harbor, see 1156.]

[Copy print of photo in HEH collection.]

[Cyanotypes by Joseph Brent Banning.]

[Negative on file.]

[Negative on file.]

[See also oversize 1160 (J. B. Banning, wife, and grown children); 1161 (collage made by Katharine Stewart Banning of Banning family children); 1164 (group photo of J. B. Banning and others on mule back).]

[See also oversize 1162 (as young boy) and 1163 (older man).]

[See also oversize 1166 for Anne McFarland Brown.]

[See: Ayer Family File, 912-914]

[See also 775-778, 781-783.]

[See 558-588.]

[See oversize 1166 for Robert and Hancock Banning, Jr.]

[See also oversize portraits 1167, 1168.]

[Photos by Schoene, San Francisco. Inscribed on verso to Capt. W. Banning and Judge Banning, compliments S. I. Andrew, Ship Ben D....]

[Photos by Schumacher.]

[In envelope for Ayer family.]

[961-963: Banning Family members. 968: in envelope for Ayer family. 968.3: William Phineas Banning in foreground?]

[Photo by Schumacher.]

[Photo by Schumacher.]

[Photo by Stanton and Burdick.]

[Photo by Morse, San Francisco.]

[Photo by Payne, Stanton and Co. Elite Gallery.]

[Photos taken by Joseph Brent Banning on his first trip to Europe. Most locales unidentified.]

[See also 1183-1186 for Oversized Portraits.]

[Portrait by F. Bauer, San Francisco.]

[Photo by Charles Roberts.]

[Fragile.]

[Photo annotated on verso.]

[1a: Isthmus road. 1b: Little Harbor, September 9, 1895. 2: Little Harbor, September 1895. 5: Summer, 1896. 6: Picnic, Mesa, Summer 1896 (Joe, Willie, Hancock). 9a: Susie. 17: The ranch. 22a: Revenue cutter, March 10, 1897. 23a: Captured deer. 23b: Avalon, February 1897 (pack animals, grocery in background). 23c: Cows. 24-25: Avalon. 26: Mrs. Wilson's, 1897 (living room). 28a: Work team, arrived March 18. 28b: Picnic, March 1897. 29a: Work team. 29c: Wagon team with hay. 30a: Seaside. 30b: Picnic on beach. 32a: Gertrude, Madelaine, and Alex King (children), July 1897. 40: Gold of Ophir Rose, Pasadena. 42a,b: Buttonshell Beach, June 1897. 45b: "Feb. 16. Today carpenters began. We have been in Cal 2 years today." 46: Moonlight at Avalon. (Commercial image) Note: "Sep 16, 1897. Anne's water party on Paloma." 48: Catalina Harbor (commercial image). 50b: Lily pond, Lake Vineyard. 51b: Ira B. Ganken (?). 52: [Yucaipa] Dairy, SE of Redlands. 53: Middle Ranch (commercial image). Note: "Original shack. Mijo Freeman." 54a,b: Old Swain and the goats (from Mrs. Holder). 59: Hermosa (commercial image). 60-61: Avalon from the South (commercial images). 62: Metropole (G and M photo). 63: Coaching party. 64: Summit of stage line (commercial image). 65: Seal Rocks (commercial image). 66: "One day's catch" (commercial image).]

[Also includes San Gabriel Mission and Mount Lowe.]

[1: Vincenti Moriciche (fisherman), Avalon, February 1897. 2: Echo Lake picnic, March 16, 1897. 3: Avalon from the Owl's Nest, March 20, 1897. 4-5: "Mother" (Mary Alicia Banning), December 1896. 6: Wagon with team, December 1896. 7: Horse-drawn carriage, November 1896. 9: Catalina beach, December 1896. 10-11: The two harbors. "We spent Christmas at Little Harbor. Mother collected bright stones and baubles to put on shelf with candles. Had good Chinese man who sprinkled the large room in most surprising fashion." 12-13: Continuation of notes on pp. 10-11. Gives Christmas menu, 1897. 16: Old Barracks. Chinese sprinkled flour. 17: Isthmus, December 1896. Mary Belle Elliott, my sister May. 19: "Don Juan," John Schumacher, December 1896. 21: Sister May (May Alice Banning) on her Pinto. 26: Mother [Mary Alicia Banning], Mary Russell, December 1896. 27: On hillside, toward Cottonwood. 29: Mother, Little Harbor. 30: Mother, Mary Russell, Pinto, December 1896. 31: 1st grade out of Little Harbor, 1897. 32: Captain with Christmas dinner (on pack horse), Christmas 1896. 33: Two Harbors, December 27, 1896. 34-35: Mother, December 29, 1896. 35: Mr. and Mrs. Harvey from Delaware. 39: Cousin Leida (Harvey) and husband from Delaware. 40: Cousin Leida, Jan 18, 1897, by Priest's House (San Gabriel Mission). 41: San Gabriel Mission. 42: Church door. 43: Old original staircase. 44: Cousin Leida. 45: Mount Lowe cable car, January 19, 1897. 46: Harveys and sister May. 47: Harveys. 48: Harvey and May on Mount Lowe, January 19, 1897 (in cable car). Inside back cover: Flyer on Santa Catalina Island.]

[1-46: Mostly family snapshots. 31-32: Kitchen help. 34: Professional band at Avalon (Swenson photo). 35: Snapshots of young musicians at ease. 36: Residence. 40: Fourth of July celebration? 44a, b: C[harles] F[rancis] Holder? 46: Landscape (Photo by Fiske).]

[On cover: "Happy Days. JBB, Jr."]

[1: Our house at Isthmus. Built and designed by Joseph Brent Banning, 1910. 3-4: Transfer of island (copied from memo of JBB). 5a, b: Transfers (5a-5e in separate envelope in album). 5c: Photo of Avalon harbor (damaged). 5d: Price list, Shatto lots, October 1887. On verso: note about steamer Ferndale. 5e: Holder photo: tuna fishing. 7: Ad for Metropole. Handwritten note at top: "Hello there my gem of rarest purity. JBB." 13, 13a: Manuscript notes on site, house plans. 14: Building of our house on the Isthmus (manuscript note). 15: Annoyances and changes (manuscript note). 17: List of builders (manuscript note). 18: List of carpenters (manuscript note). 19: Letter from C. A. Summer, September 24, 1889. Metropole to be closed because of fire. 21: List of guests, July and August 1910. 23: House dimensions. 33: List of house guests, Summer 1911. 35: List of luncheon and dinner guests, and menu. 36: Auction bridge party. 37: Sunday dinner guests and photo of pergola outside dining room. 38: Photo of guests with melons. 39: Clipping, June 26, 1911. Record run in Packard roadster, Isthmus to Avalon. 43: Photo: JBB, Jr. and Mary Katharine. 45: List of party guests, maids, 1912. 46: List of guests. 47: Lines from Tempest. 49, 51: Biographical notes on Bannings, Los Angeles Times, July 6, 1912. 52-53: Clipping on pentathlon. 53b: Photo of Katharine Mary Banning. 55a: "Our beautiful happy home, Brent Knoll, October 1910." 61b: Photo of auto. 63: JBB, Jr. (?). 68: Program for "Love Conquers All," by Compograph Co. of San Luis O'Dago (several Bannings in cast). 70-71: Clipping, Historical sketch of Avalon Congregational Church. 83-89: Manuscript notes: List of West End guests, summer 1913; guests in cottages; list of birds; household affairs; list of flowers; machines (autos); Avalon incorporation; books read. 91: Clippings: Avalon soon to be voted city (Examiner, May 18, 1913); Hermosa rescues disabled ship (Los Angeles Times, May 18, 1913). 91a: Wharf rights (note in separate envelope). 92: Clipping (Los Angeles Times, May 19, 1913): Avalon stirred up over incorporation. 93: Photogravure of St. Catherine's window in refectory, Dryburgh Abbey. 99a: Photo of stables. 104: Two stagecoaches (Reyes photo). 109-113: Manuscript notes on last evening, summer 1916. 121a: JBB, Jr. 122b: Banning and Patton villas. 122c: Rear yard, Mrs. JBB's residence. 123a: Patton residence, Avalon. 128: Two women in wicker Bath chair. 131: Our home at Descanso. 131a: Avalon harbor. 136a: Old barracks. 138: Steamer San Juan flying P*B pennant. 139a: Our house at 945 Westlake Avenue. 142: Theatre Guild flyer. 143: "Our dream" (label which was pasted on album spine. Label enclosed in envelope).]

[1: Clipping on La Paloma pasted on endpaper. 1a: Note by Nancy Call on La Paloma. 2: Photo of La Paloma. 3-28: Typed manuscript, illustrated with photocopied photos.]

[Poem on inside front cover, dedicated to Captain William Banning. 1: El Descanso. 2-3: Isthmus cruise, Summer 1908. 4-7: Santa Barbara trip, Summer 1910. 8-13: At the Isthmus, Summer 1912. 14-21: San Diego trip, Summer 1912. 22-39: Campograph Co. presents "Love Conquers." 40-41: Along the coast, Summer 1912. 42-43: Drive to Compton, June 1913 (stages). 44-51: Picnics, Summer 1913. 52-57: San Pedro trip, July 1913. 58-59: El Descanso, Summer 1913. 60-63: Aquaplane riding, Summer 1913. 64-69: Catalina Harbor trip, August 1913. 70-81: DVC cruise, Cherry Valley, Summer 1913. 82-95: San Diego trip, Summer 1913. 96-99: Whale hunt, August 1913. 100-101: Seascape. 102: Woman on horseback (photo in separate envelope).]

[Mostly unidentified; many pages empty.]

[1: Sugar loaf (Reyes photo). 59a,b: 4 young women posing (separate envelope). 60a,b: Katharine Mary Banning (separate envelope). 95b: Stage. 97-101: Children.]

[1: (Inside front cover) Jay Stewart and Fred Banning. 2: Rancho Conejo. 3: "Beautiful country!". 4: KSB learning to ride. 5: Beautiful country! And happy days. 6: Baby Joe and his mother. 7: Landscape. 8: When the cows come home. 9: Captain, Annie, Hancock, KSB. 10: Vermejo Rancho. 11: Cows coming home. A beautiful sight! 12: Mary Crohan (nurse) and JBB, Jr. 13: Cows. 14: Katharine Stewart Banning? 15: Landscape. 16: Cattle at sundown. 17: Landscape. 18: Mr. Halstead and Joe, Jr. at Vermejo Ranch. 19-20: Landscape. 21: KSB and baby. 22: KSB on horseback (same as 4, but darker). 23: 8 Kodak bull's eyes. Mr. Willard Halstead, Joe, Jr., landscape. 24: Cows-cows-cows-Beauties. 25-27: Hancock, dog Jet, "Captain's mud wagon" (bullseyes). 28: Mud wagon, mired. 29: By the water (dam?). 30a: Catalina picnic. 30b: Conejo cattle. 31: Unidentified women. 32a: Aunt Ruth Patton. 33: JBB and son. 34: Sugarloaf in background. 35a: Cattle. 35b: Catalina, July 4. 36: Homework paper of Nancy B, September 35, 1934. 100% (in separate envelope in album).]

[1-30: Unidentified people; camping scenes; beach scenes. 31: JBB, Jr. 32: Tug Warrior. 35: Tug Falcon of San Pedro, ca. 1905. 36: Yacht Cricket. 37: Dredge San Pedro. ca. 1903. 44: Stage. 46: Outer harbor breakwater. 47: Point Fermin lighthouse. 49: KSB, JBB, and baby (photos in separate envelope in album).]

[Corot print, "Wood Gatherers," pasted on outside front cover. 26-29: Circus parade. 48a: Clipping: people at Los Angeles Christmas party, 1954. 48b: Corot print. 48a,b in separate envelope in album.]

[Originally filed in Negative Album. Every print has a negative unless noted.]

[1: Commencement parade from Yale Field. 2: Another part of field. 3: Another part of field and parade. 4-5: "Class babies," starting game. 6-7: Reunionists in bleachers. 8: Serpentine after Yale victory, 1914. 9-13: [Nothing in album pockets]. 14: RMS Caronia. 15: A. E. Horn, RMS Lusitania. 16: Katharine Mary Banning. 17-18: Old Soldiers' Home, Warwick. 19-20: Street scene, Chester. 21: Chapel, Duke of [Westminster's] estate. 22: Duke Of Westminister's palace. 23: Deer on Duke of Westminister's estate. 24-25: Kenilworth Castle. 26: Warwick Castle. 27: [No print or neg]. 28: Anne Hathaway's cottage. 29: [No print or neg]. 30-30.1: Kitchen, Christ Church College. (30.1 poor print). 31-32: Christ Church College chapel and dorms. 33: All Souls College dorm. 34: Addison's Walk. 35: Mill at end of Addison's Walk. 36: London Tower and Tower Bridge. 37: St. Paul's Cathedral and London traffic. 38: Parliament and London Bridge (2 double-decker buses with advertising signs). 39: Inn where Falstaff met thieves (King Henry IV). 40: Gates of Canterbury. Negative only; no print. 41: Old Chequers Inn, Canterbury. 42: Canterbury. No print. 43: Bishop of Canterbury's Palace. 44: Canterbury spires. 45: Canterbury street scene. 46: Margate Beach. 47: Saxon gate. 48: Saxon church. 49: English landscape. 50: "Sop-o-zon and family." Negative only; no print (family by sign: Use Sop-o-zon). 51: "Use Sop-o-zon" (sign). 52: Gates of Battle Abbey. 53: Battle Abbey. 54-54.1: Battle Abbey Tea Room. 55: Brighton Harbor. 56-56.1: Dover Harbor. 57: Family at Lemington. 58: Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. 59: Barge crossing from Yarmouth to Lymington. 59.1-59.2: Barge disembarking at Lymington. 60: Winchester Cathedral. Negative only; no print. 61: Interior of Winchester Cathedral. 62: Gravestone (1761) in Winchester cemetery. 63: Plymouth Quay. 64: Pilgrim tablet and memorial. 65: Crab Hotel, Birdport. 66: Mont St. Michel. 67: Bridge. 68: A change to 2 Fords, Newton Abbot. 69: Cottington Forge. 70: Newquay. 71: Postoffice, Tintagel. 72: King Arthur's Castle, Tintagel. 73: Main street, Clovelly. 74-75: Waterfront, Clovelly. 76: Quay, Clovelly. 77-92: Battleships at Portsmouth. 93: English yacht.]

[1: Phineas Banning. 2: William Banning (as child). 3: Joseph Brent Banning (as child). 4-5: Hancock Banning (as child). 6: Unidentified woman. 7: Phineas Banning. 8: William Banning (young). 9-10: Joseph Brent Banning (young). 11: Hancock (as child). 12: May Alice Banning (as child; daughter of William Lowber Banning). 13: William L. Banning (Civil War). 14: Joseph Brent Banning (as child). 15: Katharine Stewart Banning (as child). 16: William L. Banning, Jr. 17: Ellen Barrows Banning. 18: Katharine Stewart Banning. 19: Mary Hollister Banning (Mrs. Phineas) and boy. 20: Hancock Banning (baby). 21: Joseph Brent Banning (child; "long trousers, but copper toed boots"). 22: [No photo]. 23: Ellen Barrows Banning and friend. 24-25: Frederick Donlevy Banning (child). 26: Katharine Stewart Banning (child). 27: Joseph Brent Banning. "Acting." 28: [No photo]. 29: Joseph Brent Banning (child). 30-37: [No photos]. 38: William Lowber Banning (Civil War). 39: [No photo]. 40-41: Frederick D. Banning (child). 42: William Lowber Banning III. 43: Beatrice and Evangeline Banning ("Daughters of William L. Banning III"). 44-45: Frederick D. Banning (child). 46: O[wen?] Evans. "My mother's guardian." [Added in child's hand: "and lover-Quaker"]. 47: Unidentified women. 48: Dog. 49: "'Brother Willie.' Drowned in Mississippi River, Civil War, trying to swim across!!" [William L. Banning, Jr.]. 50: Southworth (child).]

[1: Hannah Bailey. 2: May A. Banning. 3: Emperor Napoleon. 4-6: No photos. 7: Mrs. Alex Ramsey. 8-9: Unidentified men. 10: Unidentified woman. 11: Rev. E. D. Neil. 12: Aunt Helen Sweeney. 13: Uncle Robert Sweeney. 14: Tom Bailey. 15: Unidentified man. "Preacher." (2¢ stamp on verso). 16: No photo. 17: Ursula Stewart. 18: Jacob Stewart. 19: Unidentified child (historic figure?). 20: woman. 21: couple. 22-24: No photos. 25: Joseph Brent Banning. 26: Unidentified baby. 27: No photo. 28: Katharine Mary Banning Graves and Selwyn Jackson Graves. 29-33: Selwyn? 34-49: No photos. 50: Calling card: William Lowber Banning and Mary Alicia Banning.]

[1: Phineas Banning (Photo by Bradley and Rulofson, San Francisco). 2: William Banning, Wilmington, February 1882. (Photo labeled: Elite Gallery, Payne, Stanton and Co., Temple Block). 3: Joseph Brent Banning and Alexander, Pasadena, 1887 ("Our nephews"). 4-5: Joseph Brent Banning. 6-8: Katharine Stewart Banning as baby. 9: Katharine Stewart Banning, St. Paul, August 1887. 10: Hancock Banning (Schumacher photo). 11: Hancock Banning, Jr. (Instantaneous Photographs, San Francisco). 12: "Lucy" (Lucy Tichenor Banning). 13: William Lowber Banning. 14: Mary Alicia Banning (?). 15: Family group, including Mary Alicia Banning, May Alice Banning, Ellen Barrows Banning. 16: Ellen Barrows Banning Ayer (?). 17: Beatrice Banning Ayer (infant). 18: May Alice Banning (21 months). 19-20: May Alice Banning, 1888. 21: May Alice Banning, Avalon, 1897 (Schumacher photo). 22: Charles Banning Ayer. 23: Sophie Lacy, 1889 (Schumacher photo). 24: Annie L. Ruggles, Marblehead 1891. 25: Friend Purdy (Schumacher photo). 26: Lawrence L. Minor, "Your centennial friend," 1879. 27: "Bruce." 28: Lucy Banning. 29: Unidentified woman. 30: Ellen Barrows Banning.]

[Cabinet cards removed from album.]

[Photographs removed.]

[1: Joseph Brent Banning and JBB, Jr. (tintype). 2-3: Katharine Stewart Banning. "Taken while visiting my beloved sister Ellie, May '91." 4: Hancock Banning (Jarvis photo). 5-6: William Banning (?) (Schumacher photo). 7: Mary [Hollister Banning] and Lucy [Tichenor Banning] (Schumacher photo). 8: May Alice Banning (Schumacher photo). 9: Banning children, photographed at Lowell, May 1891. 10: General Anderson, builder of Northern Pacific Railroad, "great friend of Father's." 12: Unidentified child.]

[1: G. S. Patton (Schumacher photo). 2: Unidentified. 3: Mary Alicia Banning? 4: D. S. Goodell, Jr., ship "Brown Brothers." (Taber photo). 5: John Gibbier (?), Baltimore, 1883. 6: Jaro (?) von Schmidt (Schumacher photo). 7: Thomas J. Mackey. 8: J. H. Stewart, July '89 (Minnesota photo). 9: Catharine Gilfillan, June 1888 (Minnesota photo). 10: "Daughter May" (Minnesota photo). 11: Unidentified young man in fireman's uniform (Minnesota photo). 12: Unidentified baby (Minnesota photo). 13: Unidentified couple. 14: Unidentified mother and child (Minnesota photo). 15: Unidentified woman. (Montreal photo). 16: Unidentified man on snowshoes (Montreal photo). 17: Person being tossed in air (Montreal photo). 18: Family with toboggan (Montreal photo). 19: Crowd with skis, snowshoes (Montreal photo). 20: Group on Mont Blanc, September 1, 1884 (signed M.A.B.). 21: Unidentified bride. 22: Unidentified woman. (Schumacher photo). 23: Unidentified woman (Payne, Stanton and Co., Elite Gallery). 24: Unidentified man (William Banning?) (photo by Taber). 25: Unidentified man (Imperial, San Francisco). 26: Unidentified woman. 27: Louis XVII. 28: Tzar and La Tzarine, 1896. 29: Thorwaldsen.]

[Pasted on cover: Headline (Last Rites for Capt. Banning) and photo (Front Street, San Pedro). Note by Katharine Stewart Banning: "My Wilmington!! Just as it was when I first knew it. 1887-1888."]

[Pasted on cover: Photo of J. B. Banning house, 945 Westlake Avenue. Note by Katharine Stewart Banning: "Katharine, Jr., Patrina, Joe, Jr. Our little daughter was born here." (See also 594. Note on inside cover: "Notes on historical photos;" (however no photos included).]

[Pasted on cover: "J B B. home at the Isthmus planned by him." Reyes photo. (Most pages in book are empty.) 1: Banning coat of arms. 2: Family riding mules. (Same photo as oversize 1164). 3: Wild goats on Catalina (Reyes photo). 6: Captain Banning driving coach. 27: Captain Banning, coach, and six horses. 43: Dried branch. Several pages have clippings with ads for Catalina, Metropole, and steamer connections. Pencil notes gives monthly rates for ads (pages 4, 5, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29, 33, 37, 41).]