Subject: Carriages & coaches--American--California--San Gabriel - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Photograph of H. H. Cooper riding in a horse-drawn carriage and passing San Gabriel Mission. A dirt road spans the width of the foreground and stretches back on an angle from the lower left and up to the right. H. H. Cooper sits in a carriage in the middle of the road in the near distance, left-of-center. The carriage is pulled by a horse and faces towards the camera. The horse stands in front of the carriage and turns its head to the right. H. H. Cooper sits in the carriage and looks to the camera. Behind him, the south wall of San Gabriel Mission stretches alongside the road. The campanile and bells stand behind him and from there the building extends back towards the right.
Date:: [circa 1900]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph of an unknown boy posing in front of San Gabriel Mission while standing in a dirt road. The boy stands left-of-center and looks to the camera with his arms hanging by his sides. He dons a hat and overalls. He stands in the middle of a dirt road that spans the width of the foreground and narrows as it stretches into the distance at right. Behind and to the right of the boy, a horse-drawn carriage travels down the road towards the camera. Behind the boy and the carriage, the south-facing wall of San Gabriel Mission stands. The mission is partially out-of-frame at left and extends into the distance towards the center of the image. The bell tower rises behind the boy at left. Utility poles dot the side of the road along the front of the mission and power lines stretch overhead.
Date:: [circa 1896]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph of a horse-drawn carriage carrying 3 passengers stopped in front of a corner of the San Gabriel Mission. The carriage and its horses are viewed from the side in the near distance and face towards the left. Grassy ground stretches across the foreground on a slight angle. Beyond it, a drive runs parallel to the grass. Wooden post and wire fencing stretches alongside the drive in front of the carriage. The carriage sits in the drive. Two horses stand at left and face left. The carriage sits at right and carries 3 people. Behind the carriage, the mission stands tall and extends beyond the upper frame. The corner of the building stands along the back edge of the carriage and the rest of the building stretches to the left and out of frame. A doorway stands behind the horses and a couple of windows are inset into the stonework of the mission. In the far distance, a rolling field stretches towards trees.
Date:: [circa 1896]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph of Mertie Whitaker sitting in a horse-drawn carriage while taking a trip to San Gabriel. A dirt road spans the width of the foreground and passes through the image on an upward angle from left to right. The carriage is stopped in the middle of the road at center. It is viewed from the rear and the side, facing back towards the right. Mertie Whitaker sits in the carriage seat with her back to the camera. Ahead of her at right, a horse is hitched to the front of the carriage and faces towards the back of the image. The surrounding countryside sprawls across the background.
Date:: March 10, 1901
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Similar photograph appears with the article, "San Gabriel Festival Coronation Conducted," Los Angeles Times, 08 Sep 1935: 24.
Date:: September 7, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: A series of special events and entertainment including parades, music, and a coronation ceremony honoring the King and Queen of the festival - Thomas W. Temple and Gabriela Quiroz are some events of the three-day festival marking the Old Mission's 164th birthday anniversary.
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: San Gabriel, the oldest Christian community in Los Angeles County, is host to the Southland in a three-day festival celebrating her 164th birthday anniversary.
Date:: September 15, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: A series of special events and entertainment including parades, music, and a coronation ceremony honoring the King and Queen of the festival - Thomas W. Temple and Gabriela Quiroz are some events of the three-day festival marking the Old Mission's 164th birthday anniversary.
Date:: September 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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