Huntington Library, Photo Archives Collections

Altadena, Los Angeles, and Southern California (Scenes), approximately 1890

Summary

Title:
Scenes of Altadena, Los Angeles, and Southern California
Dates:
approximately 1890
Abstract:
Collection of 53 late 19th century photographs depicting scenes of popular Southern California destinations including the Andrew McNally residence and grounds on Mariposa Drive, Altadena. Views include Pasadena (streets and Raymond Hotel); Los Angeles (Chinatown, Courthouse, Plaza Church, street railway); San Diego (Hotel del Coronado); Ostrich farm. This was an amateur album possibly taken by a relative of the McNally family.
Extent:
53 photographs on 14 board pages : Kodak bull's eye prints (gelatin silver); image diameter 8.5 cm, sheet 18 x 26 cm
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

Scenes of Altadena, Los Angeles, and Southern California, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of 53 circular snapshots depicting scenes of popular Southern California tourist destinations including the Andrew McNally residence and grounds on Mariposa Drive, Altadena. Views include Pasadena (streets and Raymond Hotel); Los Angeles (Chinatown, Courthouse, Plaza Church, street railway); San Diego (Hotel del Coronado); and an ostrich farm. The photographs are pasted to 14 disbound pages of an amateur album possibly taken by a relative of the McNally family.

Acquisition information:
Purchased from Dawson's Book Shop, October 1997.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Note:

Finding aid last updated on January 27, 2015.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Jennifer A. Watts.
Date Prepared:
© 1998
Date Encoded:
Machine readable finding aid created by Gabriela A. Montoya in 1998 and updated by Diann Benti in January 2015 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, please visit the Huntington's website: www.huntington.org.

Terms of access:

The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Preferred citation:

Scenes of Altadena, Los Angeles, and Southern California, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2129
reference@huntington.org
Website

Contents

Photographs

Contents

Lily and fish pond at McNally residence, Altadena. Two unidentified people standing at the edge of pond.

Exterior view of McNally residence looking up front walk and through the trellis. Caption in pencil reads: "Aunt Kate's home in Pasadena."

Unidentified man, woman, and dog on porch of McNally residence, Altadena.

Horse and buggy on an Altadena Street. Colonel C.C. Green residence in background.

Chinatown, Los Angeles. Views of Chinese men walking through the streets. One scene of policeman standing on sidewalk. View of Chinese men crossing Los Angeles street.

Chinatown, Los Angeles. Street scene.

Unidentified scenes in Southern California, possibly Los Angeles and Altadena. Exterior view of small Victorian residence. Palm trees on the west side of San Pedro Street, Los Angeles.

Palm trees on the west side of San Pedro Street between Second and Fourth Streets, Los Angeles.

Raymond Hotel, Pasadena, California. Exterior views of building and cactus garden in foreground. View of woman reclining in a chair on the Raymond Hotel veranda.

Scenes in Los Angeles. Street scenes with horse and buggy as well as cable car.

Hotel del Coronado, San Diego. Exterior views of building.

Hotel del Coronado, San Diego. Exterior view of building as well as view of woman feeding a mule.

Ostrich farm. Unidentified location.

Unidentified harbor and beach scenes in southern California.

Andrew McNally residence, Altadena. View of woman underneath a pergola of roses and four girls seated on steps leading up to McNally porch.

Horse and buggy posed under a giant oak tree. Pasadena?

Courthouse building, Los Angeles.

North Spring Street, Los Angeles.

Plaza Church, Los Angeles.

Los Angeles Trust building on the corner of Second and Spring Streets.

Unidentified street scenes, Los Angeles.

Unidentified scenes including a group of women on a train excursion.

Snow scenes, unidentified location.

View of the porch and the lily and fish ponds at the McNally residence, Altadena.

Unidentified miscellaneous scenes including a mule on the beach and a man reclining on the sand.

Unidentified single-story dwelling with a tile roof., southern California?