Adolph Petsch collection of photographs of Pasadena and Southern California

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Title: Adolph Petsch collection of photographs of Pasadena and Southern California
Contributor: Petsch, Adolph
Date: 1881-1888
Identifier or Call Number: PC-020
Scope and contents: Consists of 51 cabinet photographs of Pasadena, California and other Southern California cities, including Long Beach and Los Angeles. The photographs document many of the houses, churches, hotels, schools, and businesses in Pasadena between the years 1881-1888. Some photographs show the Long Beach Hotel, Mission San Gabriel, and two bird's eye views of Los Angeles.
Finding Aid: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8bp07h4/

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Title: Adolph Petsch's house
Description: Written on back: Built in 1882. Second house in Hermosa district. Hard gravel ground, cement foundation, rustic house on top,...
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Title: Arroyo Vista
Description: Written on back: Mrs. Bangs
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Title: Arroyo Vista Hotel
Description: Written on back: Arroyo Vista Hotel
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Title: Arroyo Vista Hotel
Description: Written on back: Arroyo Vista Hotel. BLB = Bloody Long Brigade
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Title: Bird's eye view of Los Angeles, California
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Title: Bird's eye view of Los Angeles, California
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Title: Bird's eye view of Pasadena
Description: Written on back: Center of Pasadena on left dry goods store and bakery.
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Title: Celebrating the opening of Santa Fe Railroad
Description: Written on back: Celebrating the opening of the Santa Fe Railroad, 1883?
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Most likely this is the celebration of the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad, which opened between Los Angeles and ...

Title: Celebrating the opening of Santa Fe Railroad
Description: Written on back: Celebrating the opening of the Santa Fe Railroad, 1883?
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Most likely this is the celebration of the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad, which opened between Los Angeles and ...

Title: Central School
Description: Written on back: Southeast corner of Colorado and Fair Oaks Avenue, about 1882
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Title: Colorado Street, Pasadena during a hailstorm
Description: Written on back: Colorado Street, Pasadena during a hailstorm, 1884. Williamson Store, foreground. On right: plumbing shop, b...
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Title: Eaton's Canyon
Description: Written on back: Eaton's Canyon, 1884
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Title: Hermosa Vista
Description: Written on back: Hermosa Vista Hotel in South Pasadena, about 1881.
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Title: Interior of the old Mission
Description: Written on back: San Gabriel
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Title: La Cañada
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Title: Lake Vineyard
Description: Written on back: Lake Vineyard Reservoir (Marengo Avenue and [illegible] about 1882, looking south
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Title: Long Beach
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Title: Long Beach
Description: Written on back: Long Beach Hotel (run by Carlie Cowley and Mitchell). Only [illegible] in back of [illegible] just two or th...
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Title: Long Beach
Description: Written on back: Third and seventh from right: Hancock [illegible] C. Frese; 1883 or 84, Long Beach Hotel.
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Title: Los Angeles House, Pasadena
Description: Written on back: Los Angeles, Pasadena, 1884, Northwest corner of Fair Oaks and Colorado (tourist hotel).
Sign in photographs reads: Livery and feed stable
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