Photograph copy of an article page titled, "The train that brought 5 states into the Union." The page has been photographed or cropped to capture the image on the top half of the page. The image is of a locomotive bedecked with garlands and American flags. A sign posted on the front of the locomotive reads: "N.P.R.R. St. Paul Minnesota to Portland Oregon." Several men wearing late 1890s attire stand on and next to the train, while roughly a dozen men and boys are viewed standing on the platform. Most look toward the camera.
Bird's-eye view of crowded beach with sunbathers, umbrellas, and swimmers, Lick Pier and Ocean Park Pier with amusements, including roller coaster and lighthouse slide
The Children's Home Society of California is a non-profit child welfare agency founded in 1891. It became the first licensed child placement agency in California in 1911. It was located at 919 E. 25th St. from the 1920's up to 1942, when the organization moved to the Ozro W. Childs mansion at 3100 W. Adams Blvd. where it remained until 1977.
Carolyn Bartlett seated on a fence at a coral with other young people standing beside her watching a cowboy work with a horse. There are 4 additional horses in the background.
Copy print photograph of a round woven granary on a raised platform made of logs, with cloth satchels resting beneath the platform. The granary is surrounded by soil and shrubbery – landscape features that continue into the background.
View of a cowboy on a bucking bronco during the saddle bronc riding event at a rodeo the Palm Springs Field Club. Another cowboy rides away on a horse and observers watch from behind a fence on the right.
Crowd gathered at the bottom of the California incline for the official opening of the Roosevelt Highway (Pacific Coast Highway) after it had been widened in Santa Monica. A sign at the entrance to a beach-side parking lot behind the crowd reads "Beverly Beach Club Parking, Members and Guests Only. Open to Public To Day."
Appears to be a copy print photograph of five people at the D'Anza monument at San Carlos Pass. Two women stand closest to the monument (one leans on it). They stand a few paces left from three other females, including one who appears to be holding out a jacket, and a younger girl who looks directly at the camera. The plaque reads: "On March 16, 1774, Juan Bautista De Anza, Indian fighter, explorer, and colonizer, led through this pass (named by him San Carlos) the first white explorers to cross the mountains into California. The party traveled from Tubac, Arizona, to Monterey, California. On December 27, 1775, on a second expedition into California, Anza led through this pass the party of Spaniards from Sonora who became the founders of San Francisco. Tablet placed by Historic Landmarks Committee, Native Sons of the Golden West. 1924."
Copy print photograph of a home constructed of logs, stone, and clay. One adult male can be viewed in the doorway at left, while three children can be viewed near the tree and behind a wood rail. Trees surround the dwelling that is situated below cliffs with craggy, weather hewn rock formations at top.
Dr. Hutchins (right), associated with the philanthropic Santa Barbara Foundation, interviewed by a reporter for KNX Radio, seated at a table with a leather satchel with the KNX logo and a microphone.
Dr. St. Louis Estes with five uniformed men (probably firefighters), one man in a cowboy hat, and one woman, on a street corner with a fire wagon in the background. Dr. Estes and most of the men have fists raised, elbows out, as if exercising.
A row of men on horseback face the Desert Circus Rodeo audience in the grandstands (not visible, on the right). The riders wear hats and are dressed in western style attire, with the rider on the far left in a shiny silk shirt and broad brimmed cowboy hat. The riders carry an American flag, and two other flags (illegible)
Helena Burnett, child actress and dancer, stands holding what appears to be a toy flower. She wears a dress, fingerless gloves and bonnet made of a light netted material. The dress appears to have hoopskirts, and is trimmed with flower appliqués. The bonnet also has a flower appliqué and ties under her chin with a ribbon. The photograph was taken at the home of Adelbert Bartlett, located at 535 15th St., Santa Monica.
H. H. West's family poses in front of an orange tree by Wayne West's home. Myrtle West holds an orange and a bouquet of flowers. Evert West holds oranges. A house is visible at the right of the photograph.