Administrative Series contains records relating to various facilitative operations within the Alamitos Land Company, including, but not limit to, account books, annual reports, appraisals, articles of incorporation, audits, balance sheets, bylaws,...
The papers provide a unique perspective of 20th century California history and American business history and more specifically, a view of business practices in Los Angeles. The Business Files, the largest series of the collection has 6,436 items....
The collection was assembled by author and collector Grahame H. Hardy. The documents and manuscripts demonstrate the range of legal, administrative, municipal, and real estate-related transactions initiated by railroad and mining interests,...
Construction of original monastery building, Mount Wilson Observatory. The monastery served as a dormitory for visiting scientists. In the background, a large portion of the partially-constructed building is seen. The right-hand portion of the roof...
Construction of the foundation for a new wing of Mount Wilson Observatory's office building, 813 Santa Barbara Street, Pasadena. The existing office building is seen at the far right; the construction area and formwork is seen in the center of the...
Construction of the new Mount Wilson Observatory office building, Pasadena. View is looking west at portion of basement excavation. The forms for the concrete foundation are in the foreground. Eight (8) unidentified construction workers are seen...
Construction of concrete foundation floor for water reservoir, Mount Wilson. Four unidentified construction workers are working within the reservoir construction site; one weilds a wheelbarrow while another uses a smoothing tool. The poured...
Construction of the monastery annex as seen from the courtyard, Mount Wilson Observatory. The Monastery served as a dormitory for visiting scientists. In this photograph, one sees the scaffolding and construction of the second-story walls of the...
Construction of Mount Wilson Observatory's Pasadena office & shop building. Construction of exterior brick walls. Construction workers stand amidst the construction, with some equipment in the area. Behind the construction site is a small wooden...
Stone crusher and form for pier for 60-inch telescope dome, Mount Wilson Observatory. Unidentified construction workers are spread out around the construction site. The stone crusher machine is seen on the left-hand side of the photograph. Near the...
Construction of the foundation for the monastery building, Mount Wilson Observatory. The wooden forms for concrete sections are seen around the perimeter of the foundation. Several construction workers are working within the construction site; one...
Construction of the foundation for the 100-inch telescope dome building, Mount Wilson Observatory. Four (4) unidentified construction workers stand in front of the building on the ground. Above them, three large brackets are partially constructed...
Construction of a water reservoir, Mount Wilson. Several unidentified construction workers stand near the formwork for the concrete foundation. The concerete mixer is seen on higher ground, above the construction site.
Construction of Monastery annex as seen from east, Mount Wilson Observatory. The monastery served as a dormitory for visiting scientists. In this photograph, the construction of the annex's second-story walls is underway. Scaffolding surrounds the...
Construction of a new dome and shutter on the 10-inch telescope building, Mount Wilson Observatory. Three (3) unidentified construction workers are seen standing in and aaround the steel framing for the new dome. One of the construction workers...
Construction of the first floor of a new wing of the Mount Wilson Observatory office building, Pasadena. Concrete bricks form the walls. An unidentified construction worker is seen working in front of the construction; he stands near a concrete...
Construction of a computer room addition at the base of the 150-foot tower telescope, Mount Wilson Observatory. An unidentified construction worker is seen working in the foreground. Some of the building's framing is seen behind the construction...
Construction of the Mount Wilson Observatory's Pasadena office & shop building: window frames in place. Numerous (20?) construction workers are posed around the construction site. A small house is visible behind the construction area; trees and the...
The papers consist of Francis Pease's research papers. It contains correspondence, manuscripts, Pease's notes (including his work notes, many of which contain various drawings and diagrams by him), reprints, photographs, etc. Topics covered in the...
Construction of steel framing for the Snow telescope building, Mount Wilson Observatory. Several construction workers are seen on the right-hand side of the photograph, standing on scaffolding within the frame. The stone pillars are seen at left,...