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Postal Square Building (National Postal Museum), Washington, D.C., 1947

Description:
Text from negative sleeve: 2367. Eastern trip October 1947. Washington D C. 1 Mertie West looking across at Supreme Court bldg. 2 Looking down street toward entrance to White House, when entrance closed and no visitors. 3 Mertie West entering White House grounds. 4 The City Post office. 5 Our first view of Washington taken at depot as we stepped out. Dome in rear. 6 Mertie West crossing street to White House fence. 7 Front view of White House thru fence. 8 Southern entrance White House taken thru fence.
Date:
October 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Postal Square Building (National Postal Museum), Washington, D.C., 1947

Plan for Glen Haven Memorial Park, San Fernando, circa 1940

Description:
Park is now (2012) called Glen Haven & Sholom Memorial Park. The Park offers graves, crypts, niches, above and below ground, scattering garden, and private gardens in a grassy space in the Los Angeles National Forest between Kagel and Lopez Canyons in the San Gabriel Mountains. Plan includes a sketch of the park and a road map showing its location
Date:
[circa 1940]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Plan for Glen Haven Memorial Park, San Fernando, circa 1940

Landscape study for Territorial Normal School, Honolulu, 1931

Description:
From University of Hawaii College of Education web site: "In 1929, the TNS, which had outgrown its buildings on the side of Punchbowl, acquired land at the corner of University Avenue and Metcalf Street, and a building plus an annex were erected. A large campus with several buildings was planned for the site. However, in 1931, the legislature merged the TNS with the University, creating the Teachers College ... [in 1951] the Regents named the TC Building Wist Hall"
Date:
June, 1931
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Landscape study for Territorial Normal School, Honolulu, 1931

California Poppies blooming, Tehachapi Mountains, 1935

Description:
Specimen photograph of California poppies. The Tehachapi Mountains is a mountain range in California that extends for approximately 40 miles in southern Kern County and northeastern Los Angeles County. The California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) is a perennial and annual plant native to the United States. The plant is the official state flower of California.
Date:
March 13, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
California Poppies blooming, Tehachapi Mountains, 1935

Wright Saltus Ludington residence, view of oval reflecting pool, Montecito, 1931

Description:
The Ludington estate, also known as Val Verde, Dias Felices, the Henry Dater house, and the Dr. Warren Austin home, was designed by the architect Bertram Grovenor Goodhue, constructed in 1918 and then purchased by Charles H. Ludington in 1924. His son, Wright Saltus Ludington (who inherited the estate in 1927 or 1930), engaged the landscape architect Lockwood de Forest to design the gardens in 1925. Retaining the geometry of Goodhue's design and much of the wilderness, Lockwood transformed the gardens over a period of twenty-three years.
Date:
March 28, 1931
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Wright Saltus Ludington residence, view of oval reflecting pool, Montecito, 1931

Wright Saltus Ludington residence, view of courtyard with oak tree and fountain, Montecito, 1931

Description:
The Ludington estate, also known as Val Verde, Dias Felices, the Henry Dater house, and the Dr. Warren Austin home, was designed by the architect Bertram Grovenor Goodhue, constructed in 1918 and then purchased by Charles H. Ludington in 1924. His son, Wright Saltus Ludington (who inherited the estate in 1927 or 1930), engaged the landscape architect Lockwood de Forest to design the gardens in 1925. Retaining the geometry of Goodhue's design and much of the wilderness, Lockwood transformed the gardens over a period of twenty-three years.
Date:
March 28, 1931
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Wright Saltus Ludington residence, view of courtyard with oak tree and fountain, Montecito, 1931

California Poppies blooming, Tehachapi Mountains, 1924-1925

Description:
Specimen photograph of California poppies. The Tehachapi Mountains is a mountain range in California that extends for approximately 40 miles in southern Kern County and northeastern Los Angeles County. The California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) is a perennial and annual plant native to the United States. The plant is the official state flower of California.
Date:
1924-1925
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
California Poppies blooming, Tehachapi Mountains, 1924-1925

Hell's Half Acre, Wyoming, 1931

Description:
There are several locations called Hell's Acre (Hell's Half Acre more specifically). This is probably Hell's Half Acre between Rock Springs and Casper, Wyoming. It is a desert landscape similar in aesthetics to Badlands National Park. Rocks have been formed into canyons and towering formations by the wind. In this picture there is some low brush and several palm trees.
Date:
February 22, 1931
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Hell's Half Acre, Wyoming, 1931

Hell's Half Acre, Wyoming, 1931

Description:
There are several locations called Hell's Acre (Hell's Half Acre more specifically). This is probably Hell's Half Acre between Rock Springs and Casper, Wyoming. It is a desert landscape similar in aesthetics to Badlands National Park. Rocks have been formed into canyons and towering formations by the wind. In this picture there is some low brush and several palm trees.
Date:
February 22, 1931
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Hell's Half Acre, Wyoming, 1931

Hell's Half Acre, Wyoming, 1931

Description:
There are several locations called Hell's Acre (Hell's Half Acre more specifically). This is probably Hell's Half Acre between Rock Springs and Casper, Wyoming. It is a desert landscape similar in aesthetics to Badlands National Park. Rocks have been formed into canyons and towering formations by the wind. In this picture there is some low brush and several palm trees.
Date:
February 22, 1931
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Hell's Half Acre, Wyoming, 1931

Sand verbena growing in the desert with mountains in the background, Indian Wells, 1926

Description:
Specimen photograph of sand verbena (abronia). The plant is native to western North America and grows in dry sandy soil. There are many species of abronia and the most common abronia in the Indian Wells area and Coachella Valley Preserve are the Desert Sand Verbena and the Purple Sand Verbena.
Date:
January 1, 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Sand verbena growing in the desert with mountains in the background, Indian Wells, 1926