Eight books entitled Inspirational Art, Books 1-8, published by Mentzer Bush & Co., New York, Chicago, Dallas, copyright 1932. Each is approximately 48 pages in length, and can be used independently of one another, although they do have similar...
Ruth St. Denis (born Ruth Dennis) was born in 1879 in New Jersey. She began dancing as a child. Her early training included Delsarte technique, ballet lessons with the Italian ballerina Maria Bonfante, social dance forms and skirt dancing. She...
Frances Nacke Noel, reformer, labor activist, feminist, suffragette, and socialist, came to the United States from Germany in 1893. In 1899 she moved to Los Angeles, joined the Socialist party, and worked for several labor and suffrage...
William Brydges (1681-1764) of Tibberton (or Tyberton) in Herefordshire and London, landowner and lawyer, was the son of Francis Brydges of Castle Street, Hereford (d. 1727) and a cousin of James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (1673-1744). He was...
Various members of Susan B. (Susan Brownell) Anthony's family were active nineteenth- and twentieth-century reformers, but she stood out among them. Although early involved in the temperance and anti-slavery movements, her main concern became woman...
James B. (James Benton) Clover (1870-1956) owned a substantial amount of land in Mono County, Calif., south of Mono Lake including a large portion around Rush Creek. In 1930, the City of Los Angeles began eminent domain rights proceedings on much...
The Comstock Lode, composed of silver and gold ore, was discovered in the 1850s. It was located in western Nevada (then Utah Territory). The discovery of silver and gold attracted numerous people consisting of proprietors, miners, journalists...
Francis Gladheim Pease was one of the original staff members of the Mount Wilson Solar Observatory when it was formed in 1904. His most important contribution to the Observatory was his expertise in the design and use of astronomical instruments....
Views of offices and office furniture in commercial buildings at 3354 Cahuenga; 9465 Wilshire (Bank of America building); on San Vicente; and a second site on Wilshire.
Although construction work continued through the depths of the winter of 1912-1913, the Big Creek Project seemed very isolated from the outside world. Getting the U.S. Mail from the railhead at Camp #2 to the most distant camps was a necessary, if...
Named Plant Four although it was the first hydro plant built on Bishop Creek, the facility had grown ivy-covered walls by the time this photo was taken in 1923. Pg. 70.
Although no Edison facilities were significantly damaged in the 1933 Long Beach Quake, Pacific Electric's North Long Beach Substation was virtually destroyed. Pg. 161.
Willis Moore Hawkins (1913-2004) was born in Kansas City, Missouri on 1 December 1913. As the only child of Willis Moore Hawkins, Sr. and Elizabeth Daniels, who divorced shortly after his birth, Willis was raised by his mother. He was one of five...