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Southwestern Shipbuilding Company photograph album
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Joaquin A. Gonsalves photographs of Hawaii
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A group of 30 albumen photographs, each approximately 7.5 x 9.5 inches and card mounted, depicting various subjects and sites in Hawaii, approximately 1893. Images include the Hawaiian Hotel, Lihue Mill (Kauai), Diamond Head, Honolulu Harbor, Kamehameha School, Iolani Palace, Ali'iolani Hale, the unpaved road and businesses on Wainuinui Street in Hilo, and the bustling Fort Street in Honolulu. Several images depict Volcano House on the Big Island and lava flow and craters nearby. Native Hawaiians and other people appear in several images. Each image is titled and credited to photographer J. A. Gonsalves.
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Joaquin A. Gonsalves photographs of Hawaii
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A group of 30 albumen photographs, each approximately 7.5 x 9.5 inches and card mounted, depicting various subjects and sites in Hawaii, approximately 1893. Images include the Hawaiian Hotel, Lihue Mill (Kauai), Diamond Head, Honolulu Harbor, Kamehameha School, Iolani Palace, Ali'iolani Hale, the unpaved road and businesses on Wainuinui Street in Hilo, and the bustling Fort Street in Honolulu. Several images depict Volcano House on the Big Island and lava flow and craters nearby. Native Hawaiians and other people appear in several images. Each image is titled and credited to photographer J. A. Gonsalves.
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Photograph album of a trip on S.S. Grenada : views of Cuba, Grenada, Trinidad, Venezuela, and Mexico
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A disbound photograph album with 85 commercial and family photographs documenting travel aboard the S.S. Grenada to locations including Havana, Cuba; Mexico City, Guadalajara, and Chihuahua, Mexico; Venezuela; Grenada; and Port of Spain, Trinidad. There are several port scenes in various locations, showing ships, local vendors, and coal being loaded onto ships. Photographs taken in Havana show the harbor, including the sunken remains of the USS Maine; the cathedral; and Castillo del Morro. Photographs of Venezuela show indigenous dwellings and the Orinoco River. Photographs of Mexico show views of Mexico City including interiors of the Castillo de Chapultepec, an aqueduct in Chihuahua, and the city of Orizaba.
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Photograph album of a British expatriate in China
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An album of 210 photographs of China taken sometime after the end of World War I, by an unidentified British expatriate likely working in Shanghai, China. Subjects include Shanghai, Hong Kong, Huangpu River, local residents, Westerners, naval and civil ships, coastal villages, Chinese architecture, and historical landmarks. There is no writing in the album, though one photograph of buildings along a waterfront has "my office" in pencil, with an arrow to a building. Many of the snapshots are of local people: children, fishermen, weavers, a shoe cobbler, workers with building materials, and others.
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Photograph albums of Pacific Electric Railway Company employees and advertising
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Two photograph albums compiled by the Pacific Electric Railway Company featuring employees, offices and publicity scenes of Southern California tourist destinations. Views include individual and group portraits of employees (some named); offices, workers and ticket office at the downtown Los Angeles headquarters; substations; streetcars and working equipment. There are numerous views of Mount Lowe and Echo Mountain showing people in the tavern and bungalows reached by the Mount Lowe Railway; crowds on the beaches and piers of Venice, Santa Monica and Ocean Park; the Redondo Beach Bath House; street scenes in Balboa at a crowded ceremony, and the Mission Inn, Riverside. Other views include posed scenes with models or "bathing beauties"; company exhibits at citrus fairs; a group of clowning men in "drag" (possibly employees), and a group portrait of Mexican American children and company nurses at one of Pacific Electric's section camps for Mexican American employees.
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Samson Tire and Rubber Company photographs and ephemera
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This collection contains 46 photographs and several advertising clips, business letters, and brochures related to the Samson Tire & Rubber Company in Los Angeles, dating from approximately 1917 to 1935. Fifteen photographs are construction views, 1929, of the massive manufacturing facility built 1929 to 1930 in what is now the City of Commerce. The 8 x 10-inch photographs are stamped in the corner with the company's name, followed by "Los Angeles Plant / Morgan, Walls & Clements, architects / J. V. McNeil Company Contractors Inc., builders." The images show the building site in a huge open field, with workers, horses, and lumber framing, as well as two interior factory views. Additional photographs show factory workers, possibly at an earlier location, using industrial machinery and working with rubber; Samson company executives in a group portrait; and a promotional image of actress Jean Carmen posing on a tire with Leiland Irish of McClaren Tire Company. The ephemera includes a pamphlet touting the new plant, advertising clips, and several copies of letters from satisfied customers, most likely used for promotional purposes. The letterheads are mostly California companies, such as Progress Features (film producers), automotive service stations, bus lines, and taxi companies. There is also a letter from J. A. Forthmann of the Los Angeles Soap Company confirming his purchase of stock and to act as a director for Samson Tire in 1917, and a company Christmas card from Walter P. Chrysler.
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