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1911List2829Orangevale California 1911. 4 ½ x 7 ½ inch notebook 124 pages. Very good. A notebook belonging to Charles W. Landis 1877–1943 an Oakland-based civil engineer with Landis Bros. It is unclear with which brother Charles W. was in business as both of his brothers are listed as ranchers. The notebook contains plans for the construction of a park in Orangevale in 1909. Later entries include notes about ranches and amounts of cattle on them and what appear to be inventories or cash books. unknown
193677072San Marino California: Henry E. Huntington School 1936. A keepsake book for the Class of 1936 at Henry E. Huntington School in San Marino California with "sand pictures" of each of the 42 graduates. For instance:<br /> <br /> "BUSY BOY CARLOS HEINTZ --- ever present evervescent member of our class whose forehead denotes intelligence chin shows determination and lips denote the thinker. Has a standing record of 462 broken combs and 250 discouraged hairbrushes. Carlos is guaranteed to leave any subsitute flattened out in one hour."<br /> <br /> "MARILYN CAUNT --- Bud Norton will miss her. Marilyn hopes to become an artist and she spends much good time and much good paper making portraits even thus early in her career. Most of her masterpieces consist of nite club gals with enuf face paint to supply a fair sized building with several coats."<br /> <br /> Also includes often humorous descriptions of each of the school rooms their instructors and various classroom activities. There are also accounts of athletics music class and other extracurricular activities. The class poem and class song are also featured prominently along with congratulatory messages from District Superintendent Elmer C. Neher and Huntington Principal M. Edrys Nagle.<br /> <br /> Located at the corner of Huntington Drive and Del Mar Avenue Henry E. Huntington School was founded as the San Marino Grammar School in 1918 and renamed after the city's "first citizen" a decade later. The school expanded several times to meet growing student enrollment gradually transitioning into a middle school. The campus is now located a mile to the west on Huntington Drive adjacent to the San Marino Public Library.<br /> <br /> Mimeographed on the recto of 27 sheets of 8 1/2" x 11" white stock. The two full-page illustrations are neatly hand-colored perhaps as issued. Bound with staples in printed green paper wrappers which are toned and a trifle worn along the extremities. Henry E. Huntington School unknown
189460784San Francisco CA: Harvey Whitcher & Allen Publishers to the California Midtwinter International Exposition 1894. 12mo. 69 3 d pp. Including the 4 page added “Additional List.†Printed & illustrated tan sofcovers lettering in red & black edgewear chipping ghosting from old tape repairs archival tape repair to spine still G- copy. First edition of this very scarce handbook catalogue to the fine arts on display at the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition the first International Fair held in Golden Gate Park San Francisco which lists featured artwork from California the rest of the U.S. Canada England France Germany Italy Poland Russia & Spain. California artists displayed included R.D. Velland William Keith L.Z. Sleeth John Stanton Ernest Narjot Ernest Peixotto and more. Harvey, Whitcher & Allen, Publishers to the California Midtwinter International Exposition, unknown
193470235Auburn California: California Mining Journal 1934. First edition. Quarto 12 x 9 inches. 20 pp. including wrappers. Illustrated throughout and with a double page color map of region surrounding Auburn including Nevada City Grass Valley and Sacramento Lake Tahoe etc. Publisher's pictorial gold/yellow wrappers. Map with some offsetting in the center due to a laid in newspaper article. Small scrape to upper rear wrapper. Light general wear but a very good copy.Scarce little promotional piece published as an issue of the California Mining Journal. Of special importance is a listing of active mines in the Auburn district. Fifty-four mines are listed. Also included are numerous ads for claims and mining equipment. No copies listed in OCLC/WorldCat. California Mining Journal unknown
1910801271910. An early promotional broadsheet for the northern Orange County California city incorporated in 1888. Features photographic images of the city hall the American Legion Hall the plaza in the center of the Orange Business District the high school and the public library which appear alongside booster slogans like "The Charm of Southern California is Here in Rich Abundance" and "Queen Valencia's Court = An Annual Pageant Celebrating the Ripening of Orange County's $30000000.00 Orange Crop."<br /> <br /> Although undated the appearance of "The Public Library" suggests a date of around 1910 as the Carnegie Library at 407 East Chapman Avenue was opened in 1908.<br /> <br /> Broadsheet 9 3/8" x 12 1/4" printed on the recto only. Creasing from prior folds likely for mailing; else fresh and clean. Scarce OCLC locates only one holding at Yale. unknown
192658157Santa Ana CA: Orange County Board of Supervisors 1926. 4to. 24 pp unpaginated. printed in red & black. Photo frontisp. birds-eye of County Courthouse photo illustrations throughout including 2 centerfold panorama photos map of paved highways on back cover. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers birds-eye pictorial map of Orange County on front cover minor dustsoiling edgewear light rust marks to staples still VG copy. First edition thus of this land promotion for Orange County CA during the Roaring 20’s. This nicely illustrated piece details the the nearby beaches paved boulevards the advantages to automobile tourists and historic missions. In addition the advantages of Southern California Spanish Revival architecture are extolled and the oil industry growth touted. The map includes the major cities and towns in Orange County and photos and text include towns & cities such as Santa Ana Anaheim Fullerton Orange Huntington Beach Brea La Habra Newport Beach Laguna Beach Garden Grove and Placentia. Orange County Board of Supervisors, paperback
192852141Los Angeles CA: Pacific Electric Railway July 1928. Two pieces. 1st -- Tall 8vo. 6 pp unpaginated. triptych which folds out into oblong 12 x 9 in. 4to. printed in orange & blue illust. of oranges & trolleys on covers photo illustrations of sights in side slight shelfwear; 2nd -- lozenge silver gelatin photo sized 2.5 x 3.5 in. mounted on 4 x 6 dark gray board rounded corners minor soiling lower spot on board still VG bright image. First edition thus of this nicely illustrated brochure for the “See America First†trolley trip overing 150 miles and traveling through Los Angeles and then the San Gabriel Valley viewing the citrus groves of Southern California as well as the cities of Wilmar El Monte Baldwin Park Covina San Dimas North Pamona Claremont Riverside San Bernardino and Redlands with a cost in 1926 of $ 4.00. Pacific Electric Railway operated electric-powered passenger and freight trains in Southern California and is best remembered as the Red Car mass transit system which reached its height of popularity in the 1920s. The Pacific Electric Railway photo of the Motorman shows him dressed in full uniform with hat facing front lapel pins indicating PERy brass buttons and a stylish Jazz Age silk tie. Pacific Electric Railway, unknown
19645328New York: Photo Researchers Inc 1964. Joseph J. "Joe" Munroe 1917-2014 was an Ohio-born photographer and filmmaker who studied with Ansel Adams early on in his career. After serving in the Air Force during World War II he settled in California where he developed an interest in agriculture and rural life. "Munroe's camera caught the last days of farmers driving teams of horses and picking cotton by hand. From the 1940s through the 1970s technology brought dramatic changes to farm life in the United States. There were still families operating small farms with manual labor but fewer of them. From family-operated farms in the Midwest to the vast fields of California's Central Valley the joys challenges and sheer hard work of rural life are seen in Joe's photographs" ref.Ohio Memory Joe Munroe Collection. A rugged powerful image capturing a cowboy on horseback rounding up cattle at the Van Vleck Ranch southeast of Sacramento family-owned since 1856. Original borderless double-weight silver gelatin photograph measuring 25.5cm x 34cm ca.10" x 13 3/8" and mounted on board. Photocopied sheet mounted on verso with photographer's stamp Photo Researchers sticker holograph snipe and the following note: ".at the Stanley Van Vleck Ranch at Sloughhouse Calif. SE of Sacramento.". Light wear to extremities some "spidering" to corners with a short crease toward lower right corner; Very Good. Photo Researchers, Inc unknown
187746051San Francisco: Compiled Printed and Published by P.J. Thomas No. 505 Clay Street 1877. 8vo. 192 pp. Woodcut-engraved frontisp. 9 plates 1 large folding of St. Mary’s College 1 folding map of The Laguna Pond of Dolores. Publisher’s brick-red cloth elaborate gilt decoration & lettering on front cover gilt lettering on spine minor bumping head & foot of spine corners minor wear to lower corners still a VG- copy w/ bookplate of the Gentlemen’s Sodality Library at St. Ignatius Church in San Francisco on front pastedown w/ stamp of book number. First edition of this rare account of the impact of the Catholic and Jesuit missionaries in California. In addition Thomas has included extensive notes on early explorations of California as well as appendices on The Pious Fund. Of interest is the description and folding map of the Laguna of Dolores which commemorated the report by Gov. Neve of 1777 referring to a Lake Dolores that was located in San Francisco near where the Protestant Orphan Asylum stood in 1877 which site is today bounded by Haight Buchanan Hermann and Laguna Streets. Compiled, Printed and Published by P.J. Thomas, No. 505 Clay Street, hardcover
194664043Los Angeles CA: N.A. Kovach 1946. 8vo. iv 60 4 pp. Illustrated title in red & black plates 1 large folding map. Beige-coloured publisher’s cloth gilt lettering on spine slight shelfwear NF copy. First Kovach facsimile edition of this early California Trail guidebook first issued in 1852 and here reprinted from the Hunting Library copy as Vol. IV in the California Centennial Series. N.A. Kovach, hardcover
193957677San Francisco CA: H.S. Crocker Company Official Publishers G.G.I.E. 1939. Oblong folio. 13.5 x 10.75 in. 24 pp unpaginated. With photo plates throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art colour photos of the Exposition by Henry Wachs yapp edges very slight shelfwear w/ original printed mailing envelope minor toning shelfwear still F/NF copy. First edition of this beautifully printed photographic excursion through the Art Deco marvels of the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition held on Treasure Island in San Francisco. Photographers included Roberts & Roberts Gabriel Moulin and George Grau. Worldcat locates 6 copies Cal. Hist. Soc. Cal State Library CS Fresno SF Public UC Berkeley Art Inst. Chicago. [H.S. Crocker Company, Official Publishers, G.G.I.E., paperback
197678705Orange and Palm Springs California: Ken and Ruth Du Maurier The Palm Springs Map Guide 1976. Tourist map to the desort resort city in Riverside County California. In addition to a large street map of Palm Springs there are smaller maps of the city bus route Cathedral City and the Coachella Valley respectively. Also provides a list with addresses of movie star and celebrity homes a brief history of the region a description of the picturesque canyon areas and descriptive lists of local shops restaurants hotels golf courses activities service stations etc. Features photographic illustrations and numerous advertisements. Printed in green and desert rose on a 30" x 25 1/2" sheet of white paper that folds to 3 3/4" x 8 1/2" 48 panels. A fresh and clean example. Scarce OCLC locates only one holding at the Library of Congress. Ken and Ruth Du Maurier, The Palm Springs Map Guide unknown
19502673N.p. but likely in or near San Mateo Ca 1950. Good. Panoramic photograph 8 x 52.25 inches. Moderate scuffing soiling some small creases a few short closed tears one repaired on verso pinholes at corners and along edges. A wider-than-usual panoramic photograph capturing for posterity many of the commercial enterprises along Main Street in San Mateo California in the mid-20th century. The unnamed photographer seems to have stood directly across from the Tecco Electric Construction Company and shot that side of Main Street from San Mateo Florist and Mohawk Gasoline to the left to well beyond the B.F. Goodrich on the right. Some of the other businesses include Sarganis Brothers Custom Interiors Peninsula Wrought Iron Works H.H. MacDonald Homes offering houses in Glenwood Heights Ferreira Paints and L.K. Ward Home Appliances. A handful of blurry automobiles are pictured driving one way or another on the main thoroughfare. A wonderful snapshot of midcentury San Mateo that would make a striking display piece in any midcentury-styled home. unknown
190877737Pasadena California: Pasadena Board of Trade 1908. Wraps. Very good. Colorful brochure extolling the virtues of living in Pasadena from its tree-lined streets and idyllic climate to the hotels transportation and other attractions like the Cawston Ostrich Farm and the Tournament of Roses Parade. Oblong booklet 7" x 5": 32 p. Bound with staples in the original pictorial wrappers which are a little foxed; otherwise very good. Pasadena Board of Trade unknown
193163327Pasadena CA: Pasadena Chamber of Commerce 50 North Garfield 1931. 4to. 16 pp unpaginated. printed w/ green & orange borders photo-illustrated throughout. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers Art Deco cover art NF copy. First edition of this nicely printed photo-illustrated land promotion for Pasadena California in the depths of the Great Depression touting the advantages of traveling by auto over the new magnificent bridge the tournament of Roses on New Year’s Day with the Rose Bowl Game beautifully appointed homes the Huntington Library Mt. Wilson Observatory and wonderful hotels and theatre’s. Worldcat locates 2 copies Bancroft Yale. [Pasadena Chamber of Commerce, 50 North Garfield, paperback
19433521Los Angeles 1943. Jumbo post card 13 cm x 17 cm printed in color. Near fine. This card features a nice bird's-eye view of Pasadena with City Hall at one end and the Rose Bowl at the other. <br /> <br /> "Now and Tomorrow: Her war tasks geared to the complete Victory that America and the Allies cannot be denied Pasadena is prepared to give her fighting sons and daughters and all citizens the future for which they have been most willing to sacrifice. As their dreams become hopes and their hopes become plans Pasadena is destined to continue her place as the city where the goodness of life is greatest. unknown
1985List3116Los Angeles California 1985. 131 photos measuring 3 ½ x 5 inches with fourteen pieces of ephemera in a photo album. Near Fine. A photo album documenting West Hollywood’s 1985 Pride parade. Eighty-seven photos are of the parade and forty-four are of the photographer’s trip to Ventura with presumably her girlfriend. Marchers include feminist lawyer Gloria Allred The Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles Gay Vietnamese of Southern California actress and HIV/AIDS advocate Judith Light and drag queen mayoral candidate Kitty Cole. There is also one shot of protestors with signs such as “Repent Arrogant Sinners God’s Judgment and Hell are Comingâ€. The Times estimated about 8000 marchers and 50000 to 150000 “well-mannered spectatorsâ€.1<br /> <br /> The album also contains a small collection of ephemera including an admission ticket to the parade flyers for the “Girls Club†dating service and Papi’s Escandalo club a condom from The AIDS Project of Greater Los Angeles and various other events publications and so on.<br /> <br /> 1895 was the twenty-fifth anniversary of Pride in the LA area. The first LA Pride was held on Hollywood Boulevard in 1970 and commemorated the previous year’s Stonewall riot in New York City. The parade moved to West Hollywood now a notable LGBTQ neighborhood in 1979.2<br /> <br /> 1 Daryl Kelley “Thousands Turn Out for Festive Gay Pride Parade†Los Angeles Times Metro June 24 1985 1–2.<br /> 2 Shelby Grad “From gay bashing to AIDS to same-sex marriage L.A. pride parade reflects hopes dreams and despairs†Los Angeles Times June 9 2019 https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-pride-parade-los-angeles-history-20190608-story.html. unknown
1910List3319New York City: Brown Brothers 1910. Photograph measuring 5 x 7 ¼ inches with manuscript caption and Brown Brothers stamps verso. Slight damage to edges else Near Fine. A photo of a nighttime scene in San Francisco’s Chinatown the oldest and largest in the US; the caption identifies the location as Dupont Street now Grant Avenue. Grant Avenue is one of the two main thoroughfares of the city’s Chinatown and a primary location where early Chinese immigrants mainly from Guangdong settled. The neighborhood was entirely destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire and had to be rebuilt; pictured here is the iconic Sing Fat building rebuilt by Ross and Burgren. The new buildings with Chinese-styled pagodas attracted tourists and presented a cleaned-up image of the neighborhood. Brown Brothers unknown
1892List3511California 1892. Albumen photograph on board very good contrast mount near fine with minimal wear. A photograph of Main St. in San Andreas in 1892 showing banners for the Democratic ticket of Grover Cleveland and Adlai E. Stevenson and the Republican ticket of Benjamin Harrison and Whitelaw Reid hanging above the street. Despite Cleveland’s national victory the Republican incumbent Harrison narrowly carried California’s electoral votes as discontent—especially among farmers and laborers—boosted support for the People’s Populist Party in California splitting the anti-Republican vote. San Andreas the county seat of Calaveras County was adapting to the post-boom economy during the period. The photograph shows the local merchants who along with assay offices and transport links to larger markets supported the town’s transition to smaller-scale hard rock and quartz mining as larger-scale placer operations dwindled. unknown
1880389800San Francisco: Bradley & Rulofson Photographers 1880. Albumen photograph 4-1/2" x 5-3/4" reproducing an early California print mounted on stiff 8" x 10" board. Image surrounded by gilt border. "Bradley & Rulofson Photographers S.F." printed beneath image within the border. Below the border is printed "San Francisco 1849. Drawn on the Spot by Henry Firks for W.H. Jones Esq. of San Francisco" followed by a legend identifying 51 items found in the picture. Light edgewear of backing minor dustsoiling. Very Good.<br /> <br /> Bancroft Library dates this photograph about 1880. A description of the original color lithograph found at the Bancroft website reads: "City and harbor looking from Rincon Point towards Telegraph Hill. Clustered buildings at left with US flag in center Portsmouth Square. Signs on buildings in foreground read 'Sherman & Ruckel' 'P.M.S.S. Co.' and 'S.H. Williams & Co.' Ships in bay one on fire names identified in legend; Yerba Buena Island at right; several tents among buildings and small military camp in right foreground." <br /> Thomas S. Sinclair is credited as the artist. Robert B. Honeyman Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material Bancroft Library UC Berkeley. <br /> OCLC 34275781 1-Bancroft Library as of February 2023. Bradley & Rulofson, Photographers unknown
192063408Los Angeles CA: Palmer Photoplay Corporation 1920. 4to. 165 1 pp. Half-burgundy simulated calf over black cloth post-binder gilt lettering & lozenge stamped on front cover punch sewn at gutter margin w/ black braid as issued minor shelfwear rubbing slight scuffing still a VG copy w/ pencil manuscript at rear endpapers with extended quote from famed Hollywood screenplay writer Charles Gardner Sullivan 1884-1965. Revised and expanded edition of one of the most successful correspondence cars promising to prepare women and men for jobs in the ever-expanding and flourishing new movie industry Hollywood “Film Capital of the World.†This revised edition is significantly expanded by over 40 pages from the others issued before World War I and intended to offer the aspiring screenwriter not only a path to self-expression but a way to experience and appreciate this new art form. Palmer 1881-1961 himself had written silent film scripts for several movies released from 1911-1913 but proved to be far more successful in establishing his screenplay writer’s school whose advisory council included Cecil B. DeMille Lois Weber Thomas Ince and guest lectures by Sullivan himself. See: Anne Morey: ‘Have You the Power’ The Palmer Photoplay Corporation and the Film Viewer/Author in the 1920s Film History Vol. 9 No. 3 1997 pp. 300-319. Palmer Photoplay Corporation, hardcover
188763320San Francisco & New York: The J.ames Dewing Company Publishers J. Dewing Publshing Co. changeover in 1888 1887-1888 i.e. 1890. Ten vols. Folio. 8 48; 2 49-96; 2 97-144; 2 145-192; 2 193-240; 2 241-288; 2 289-336; 2 337-384; 2 385-432; 2 433-478 8 pp. with titles Div. 1 & end of Div. 10 in red & black. With 120 sepia- and aqua-tinted photogravures and etchings along with illustrated printed tissue guards and 100’s of woodcut engravings etchings and tinted text engravings. Pictorial gray-blue publisher’s cloth cover art illustration of the Sierras and inset California Mission scene Div. 7 w/ ffep. as the original wrappers front & back covers couple minor closed tears to fore-edges minor gouge & chip to fore-edge of front cover Div. 4 occasional closed tears to a few leaves fore-edges occasional minor age toning some soiling & faint tide marks to a couple of the volumes dustsoiling & minor wear to a couple spines still a VG bright set. First edition thus of this version of John Muir’s Picturesque California which was originally issued in 30 monthly parts featuring hundreds of etchings photogravures and wood etchings of California and Western scenery drawing inspiration from Bryant’s Picturesque America. Featuring such authors alongside Muir as Joquin Miller Kate Field George Hamlin Titch Ernest Ingersoll Albert Gray C.C. Goodwin and others this wonderfully illustrated set fulfills “the mission of this work is to make the best possible representation of the marvelous scenery and sublime natural wonders of†California and West. Of additional interest is that this version includes Muir’s article on “Alaska†which appeared in all the 1888 editions but was omitted later in the 1894 printings. The array of artists and their photogravure’s opens with Thomas Moran’s “The Half Dome†and others of his as well as etchings and gravures from art by Keith Julian Rix Frederick Remington Arthir I. Keller John Durkin Frank Tabor Charles Dorman Robinson and more. See: Kimes John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes 187. The J.[ames] Dewing Company, Publishers, J. Dewing Publshing Co. (changeover in 1888), hardcover
1870List3119California: Higgins & Hunt 1870. Carte de visite measuring 2 ½ x 4 inches. Fine. A portrait of a well-dressed young woman taken by Higgins & Hunt a Californian photography studio active at least in the 1870s. No date or location information is given but newspapers from the time indicate that Higgins & Hunt were based in San Francisco and worked briefly in Fresno in 1877. Higgins & Hunt unknown
193578709Santa Ana California: Post Brothers Tractor Rental Service 1935. This scarce trade catalogue illustrates and provides the specifications for three heavy duty plows. Includes photographic images of the plows in use on agricultural land in Orange County California. The Post Brothers built what is thought to be the world's largest plow measuring 37 feet long 12 feet high and 11 feed wide with a blade of 86 inches. Built in 1937 it is now on display at the Westminster Historical Society. Quarto: 8 pp. including the wrappers 8 1/4" x 10 5/8". Light edgewear; else very good or better. OCLC locates no holdings. Accompanied by an original 8" x 10" photograph showing a Post Brothers plow in use in Westminster California. Post Brothers Tractor Rental Service unknown
18555250London: May 19 1855. About very good. 2pp. on a bifolium. Previously folded. Light wear along top edge; short closed tear at right margin. Scattered faint foxing. With original mailing envelope. This two-page printed circular dated May 19th 1855 from the Anglo-California Gold Mining Company in London offers to convert "unissued shares" of company stock into "preference shares." The first page of the circular reads in part:<br /> <br /> "You will observe from the enclosed report not present of the adjourned General Meeting that circumstances have arisen in California rendering it imperative that the Director should immediately have at his command a further sum of £6600. You will also observe that the Board have power to convert the unissued shares into preference shares at par to be offered in the first instance to the present holders of shares. The advantage offered to persons taking those Shares is that they are guaranteed a dividend of 25 per cent per annum before any dividend is paid on the other Shares."<br /> <br /> The second leaf of the bifolium prints a blank form for recipients to purchase said preferred shares. During the first years of the California gold rush approximately 120 companies formed in Great Britain to offer mining shares in the booming goldfields to the public. Many saw these companies as an opportunity to invest in the boom without facing the expense or the danger of traveling to California. Most however ended in failure and investors collectively lost almost £2 million at the time.<br /> <br /> The Anglo-California Gold Mining Company formed by Luke Williams in March 1849 was one of the first and largest of these British ventures and it sold thousands of ten shilling shares to the public. Williams sent a former Royal Navy Captain Henry Vere Huntley to the Calaveras River in early 1850 to start the operation. When he failed Williams arranged a deal with Fremont's Quartz Rock Mariposa Gold Company to crush and refine their ore and the ore of smaller ventures. To that end the company sent two steam-powered crushing mills to California and when those proved useless to the task the company failed. May 19 unknown
