Fourteen young women seated on the sand. They sit back-to-back with legs outstretched as they look up towards the camera. Most wear bathing suits, some with blouses, and one wears a sweater. Photographed on a beach in Santa Monica.
View of a young woman seated at the cliff edge in Palisades Park with the California Incline, Pacific Coast Highway and Santa Monica Beach with beach houses below.
At some point after WWII the rustic branch fence at Palisades park was replaced with two types: a pre-cast concrete fence with a criss-cross design and a wood board fence. Bartlett photographs of Palisades Park dated 1946 show the rustic branch fence and the wood rail fence.
Henry Hebard West was a Los Angeles resident, Southern Pacific Railroad employee, and candid photographer. His photograph album contains images of Los Angeles and vicinity, but also includes many photos of travels to Northern California, the Midwest, and New England. Most of the photos are portraits of the West family in Los Angeles, where they lived at 240 S. Griffin Avenue, in a house built by the photographer's father. The photos provide a first-hand look at the architecture, interior decoration, furniture, clothing, hair styles, and transportation of the period. They document the life of the West family over a span of forty years, as they age, marry, raise children, enjoy outings to nearby city parks, beaches, hotels, and missions, and vacation together in Northern California, returning again and again to places like Yosemite, Silver Lake, Gem Lake, June Lake, Convict Lake, and Minnelusa to camp; sled; hike; trout fish; and hunt deer, rabbits, doves, and sage hens.
Men and women seated and standing behind a banquet table at University High School event. The table is decorated with flowers and a doll in a graduation gown
F. E. Olds was a manufacturer of musical instruments founded by Frank Ellsworth Olds in Los Angeles, in the early 1900s. The company made brass instruments, especially trombones, cornets, and trumpets. Olds was joined by his son Reginald Birdsall (R.B.) Olds in 1920. The company was purchased by Chicago Musical Instruments after World War II, and went out of business in 1979.
This is a picture of three young women harvesting hay. Two of them, in the foreground of the picture, appear to be tying a large bale of hay together, while the third looks out of the frame and smiles while holding a large plough.
Photograph of a surrey carriage with two white horses stopped on Main Street in front of the Fire Department at Disneyland. A sign on the carriage reads "Surrey Ride 10¢. Disneyland Livery Stables."
Miss Shirley R. Doman was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roberta Shaw Doman of Pacific Palisades. She attended University High School and then UCLA and was an Alpha Chi Omega sorority sister. She married John Axel Michelson in 1946.
The Casa Madre was a Spanish colonial style residence built for Mrs. E. W. Halliday in 1919, Francis Pierpont Davis and Walter Davis, architects. Demolished by 2012.
The 1888 horse-shoe-shaped shell art wreath made by Ina Donna Coolbrith. The wreath was composed of sea shells interwoven with moss gathered at Santa Monica. The flowers represented include Mariposa lily, Shasta daisy, Copa de Oro, camelia, rose and other flowers. The wreath was a gift to Elizabeth Dalton Perry and William Hayes Perry. At the time of this photograph the wreath belonged to the Perrys' nephew John H. Crum of Santa Monica. The shell wreath is an example of Victorian era domestic crafts.
Man in suit and tie seated at desk, with about 10 large flower arrangements in front of desk, on desk, and on another desk behind, with windows with blinds in background
Audience at Santa Monica City Hall dedication, at 1685 Main St.: about 6 people visible in folding chairs at right, about 30 standing behind decorated barrier, with uniformed Boy Scout seated on steps in foreground, in front of new city hall building, decorated with bunting. Fallen sign partially visible in foreground reads Section reserved for program participants
Scene in a Santa Monica Civic Opera production of "Rigoletto" with Enrico Porta as Rigoletto kneeling before Laurin Malcolm as Count Monterone. Supporting cast include Victor Terzo (left of Malcolm), Natalie Garrotto (1st woman on left), and Jean Kortlander (4th from right).
View of a poster with 12 photographs of a Culver City Light Opera Association production of "The Student Prince." The upper center photograph appears below clippings from the program and shows the characters of (L to R) Dr. Engel (Paul Keast), Kathy (Shirley O. Mills) and Prince Karl Franz (George Tule). The remaining photographs are group portraits of cast members in costume and production scenes of the operetta.
The cartoon references “Gen. Pete” and “Coal Oil Pete”– both are shorthand for General Petroleum Corporation. In 1954, a contractual agreement was made between General Petroleum and the Santa Monica City Council in which the oil concern was granted a 10-year lease on Santa Monica tidelands. General Petroleum offered the city $500,000 and 35% royalties from recovered oil. The contract was dependent on a voter referendum that would change pre-existing city ordinances, thus allowing for oil drilling in city-owned tidelands. The amendment proposal lost by a 3:1 margin.
20th century train in forefront, historical scene with 19th century train and workmen laying rails in background. Horses, buildings, stagecoach and wagon also in background.
20th century train in forefront, historical scene with 19th century train and workmen laying rails in background. Horses, buildings, stagecoach and wagon also in background.
Santa Monica Civic Opera performance of “Pagliacci.” The stage is filled with cast members in peasant costumes, as performers portraying Canio/ Pagliacci (in clown costume) and Canio’s wife Nedda ride onstage on a horse drawn wagon. The setting is a 19th century Calabrian village. With rolling hills and trees painted on a backdrop. To the fore stands a secondary stage resembling a Greek temple. Drawn curtains shield the interior from view. A banner painted with “I Pagliacci” is attached to the pediment. Beyond the stage, two musicians can be viewed in the orchestra pit. Opera performed at Barnum Hall, Santa Monica.
View from Palisades park along Ocean Avenue with a drinking fountain in the foreground. The location is south of Santa Monica Blvd. as the Bay Cities Guaranty Building is visible in the distance (left). People enjoy the park are strolling and seated on benches.
Statue of Dr. Chester Rowell, seated, mounted on platform with plaque showing bedside scene, with decorative fence around monument and trees in background
A woman, likely Miriam Braun, stands on the top of the Janss steps at UCLA. In her arms, she holds books. Behind her, Royce and Haines halls are visible.
Photograph of a scene in the opera "Martha" with Roger Hansen facing a female character, with Dorothy Lewis visible behind her, and men and women next to a building with a wooded landscape in the background. The orchestra is visible in the foreground.
View of a man in shorts standing at an opening in a low perimeter brick or adobe wall in front of a one story brick or adobe house with a tile roof. On one side of the house is a patio with a palm frond-covered awning.
View of a man in a lab coat facing away holding up a pencil. Next to him are a chair and promotional literature about Adohr milk, titled "Don't make this mistake about milk! Adohr...More first awards for quality and purity than all other brands combined." The promotional material includes a drawing of 2 women standing in front of 2 giant bottles of milk with a trophy in the background.