The text is in black ink, but like other magical books, the beginning of each prayer and some magical names ('asmat') are in red ink. The magical images are drawn with black and red inks.
According to the negative sleeve, the photographs in this group were taken in 1931. Key features of these images were nonexistent in 1931. Penguins were not exhibited at the San Diego Zoo until 1933. Alpha the Robot did not appear in the states until late 1934 and was a special attraction in San Diego during the California Pacific International Exposition (1935-1936). Based on this, it is most likely that the images were taken about 1935 during the exposition.
According to the negative sleeve, the photographs in this group were taken in 1931. Key features of these images were nonexistent in 1931. Penguins were not exhibited at the San Diego Zoo until 1933. Alpha the Robot did not appear in the states until late 1934 and was a special attraction in San Diego during the California Pacific International Exposition (1935-1936). Based on this, it is most likely that the images were taken about 1935 during the exposition.
According to the negative sleeve, the photographs in this group were taken in 1931. Key features of these images were nonexistent in 1931. Penguins were not exhibited at the San Diego Zoo until 1933. Alpha the Robot did not appear in the states until late 1934 and was a special attraction in San Diego during the California Pacific International Exposition (1935-1936). Based on this, it is most likely that the images were taken about 1935 during the exposition.
H. H. West Jr. poses in his R. O. T. C. uniform. He has his hands in his pockets and his foot up on the curb. He wears boots and a hat. There are houses, bushes, and other plants in the background.
Photograph of the exterior of Eddie's Dining Room standing alongside a trail in Santa Anita Canyon. The trail stretches along the bottom edge of the image and narrows as it curves out of frame to the right. The dining room stands at left in partial view. It extends out of frame at left and back along the trail towards the right. A sign high over the door reads, "DINING ROOM." A couple of trees rise from the trail at center in front of the restaurant. A sign posted to one of the trees reads, "Eddie's DINING ROOM." Along the right side of the building, a posted sign reads, "HEADQUAR[TERS...] FOR PACK ANI[...] [????] ANIMAL [...] AND FROM [...] [????] [....] OR PHONE SER[VICE?] [...] MADRE [???]-[...]." Two horses stand tethered to a tree on the trail at right. Trees stand on the hillside in the distance at right.
Photograph of the north side of the Santa Anita Dam wall as viewed from above in Santa Anita Canyon. Trees and brush line the canyon wall along the right side of the image. Santa Anita Creek flows below from the left and into the mid-ground where the dam wall stands. The dam is viewed on a tilted angle. It stretches on an arc from left to right across the canyon. Beyond the dam, canyon walls rise in the distance.
Photograph of Santa Anita Creek flowing through the canyon and towards the camera. The creek flows towards the camera at center. It narrows as it stretches into the distance. The creek flows over rocks and between trees. Low rock walls line both sides of the creek. A trail runs up and alongside the creek at left. A tree branch spans the creek in the near distance. It stretches between the 2 rock walls on either side of the creek.
Photograph of a man sitting on top of boulders and fishing in a pool beneath him. The pool is viewed from above the boulders that surround it. Boulders span the lower half of the image. The pool sits at center in the top half of the image. Boulders line it on the left and right. A man sits atop a boulder at right. He faces left as he fishes in the pool below him. The pool flows out of frame at the top of the image.
H. H. West Jr. poses in his R. O. T. C. uniform. He has his hands in his back pockets. He wears boots and a hat. There are houses, bushes, and other plants in the background.
H. H. West Jr. poses in his R. O. T. C. uniform. He has his hands in his pockets. He wears boots and a hat. There are houses, bushes, and other plants in the background.
Half-length portrait photograph of Elizabeth (Lissie) Hannah Butler Hutchinson Miser, who gave birth to a child (Robert Cascade Hutchinson) on her way to the Oregon territory while crossing the Cascade Mountains.
George Miller West travelled with the Butler (wagon) Train, (organized by the Butler family, members of the Disciples of Christ Church) from Monmouth, Illinois to Polk County, Oregon in 1853. West made the journey to mine in Oregon and California. He wrote a memoir relating incidents of crossing the plains to Oregon and his experiences in the goldfields of southern Oregon and northern California. The memoir was prepared in the form of a 49-page typescript by his son, H. H. West, who distributed the memoir to several libraries and archives, along with copied photographs of members of the Butler Train and one or two mining associates. The photographs were collected by H. H. West from about 1935 to 1942.
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.
Double portrait of Ruth Iva Cornell, wife of landscape architect Ralph D. Cornell. One of the portraits is obscured by a white rectangle, maybe a piece of tape that was stuck on the negative. Ruth is wearing a hat and not smiling in the pictures, she appears to be seated on a stool.
Double portrait of Ruth Iva Cornell, wife of landscape architect Ralph D. Cornell. In one portrait she is looking at the camera, in the other she is looking up and off into the distance. Ruth is wearing a hat and not smiling in the pictures, she appears to be seated on a stool.
Below the landscaping plan there is also a distant perspective view of the cutting garden. The house on the property was probably designed by the architecture firm of Webber, Stanton and Spaulding. It was constructed in 1927 by the firm Chisholm, Fortine & Meikle, Architecture, Engineering & Construction. The house was featured in Architectural Digest in 1928. The date for the cutting garden is from the nitrate negative sleeves for the photographic images.
Below the landscaping plan there is also a distant perspective view of the cutting garden. The house on the property was probably designed by the architecture firm of Webber, Stanton and Spaulding. It was constructed in 1927 by the firm Chisholm, Fortine & Meikle, Architecture, Engineering & Construction. The house was featured in Architectural Digest in 1928. The date for the cutting garden is from the nitrate negative sleeves for the photographic images.
Specimen photograph of larrea divaricata growing in Coachella Valley. Larrea divaricata is also known as chaparral. Coachella Valley is located in Riverside County and extends for approximately 45 miles.
Specimen photograph of larrea divaricata growing in Coachella Valley. Larrea divaricata is also known as chaparral. Coachella Valley is located in Riverside County and extends for approximately 45 miles.
Two views of the cutting garden area during site preparation with boards used as walkways placed on the ground: looking towards the house and the upper level walled garden (above) and looking away from the house (below)
View of the wooden parterre, walkway and lathhouse frames of cutting garden during construction of the cutting garden, with man visible in the lathhouse area in the background
Plan is a three dimensional sketch of the garden.Arthur Chichester Stewart (possibly this Arthur C. Stewart), who died in 1998, was the senior vice president of Union Oil Co.
Specimen photograph of larrea divaricata growing in Coachella Valley. Larrea divaricata is also known as chaparral. Coachella Valley is located in Riverside County and extends for approximately 45 miles.
Two pictures of Rosita Dee Cornell, daughter of landscape architect Ralph D. Cornell, in one she is sitting cross-legged on the floor; in the other she is holding a housecat
The negative sleeve states that this is the intersection of Second Street and Broadway, but it appears to be the intersection of Second Street and Hill Street.
According to the negative sleeve, this photograph was taken about 1930. The breakwater was not open until 1931, it is likely that this photograph was taken later than 1930.