Framed aurotype portrait photograph of Eliza A. Otis, wife of Harrison Gray Otis, from 1903. Seated in straw chair, facing forward and three-quarter length view, wearing dark dress, fur stole and hat. Photo is in red ornate lacquer frame. Frame is...
A portion of the steel framed mount for the 50-foot interferometer, Mount Wilson. This frame structure is on a pickup truck, parked on Mount Wilson. Trees are visible in the background.
Man and woman in room filled with framed awards and medals for marksmanship. Woman is holding a sharpshooters rifle and man is holding a blank un-carved rifle stock. - no documentation.
Man and woman in room filled with framed awards and medals for marksmanship. Woman is holding a sharpshooters rifle and man is holding a blank un-carved rifle stock. - no documentation.
Image of a lemon on branch with leaves and blossoms; framed landscape of lemon groves or orchards with mountains. "Schmidt Litho. Co. S.F. 101"--text, bottom left margin. Title supplied by cataloger.
Image of an orange with leaves and blossoms; framed landscape of orange groves or orchards with mountains. "Schmidt Litho. Co. S. F. 148"--text, bottom left margin. Title supplied by cataloger.
Image of oranges with leaves and blossoms with a framed image of orchards or orange groves and mountains. "121 / Western Litho Co. Los Angeles, Cal. 1222"--text, bottom left margin. Title supplied by cataloger.
Image of oranges with leaves and blossoms with a framed image of orchards or orange groves and mountains on paisley wallpaper. "Western Litho. Co. Los Angeles, Cal. 625"--text, bottom left margin. "No. 121"--text, bottom right margin. Title...
98 albumen prints 170 x 290mm to 260 x 330mm, many retouched, on letterpress mounts in original leather gold-stamped binding. Captions on mounts. Numbered, with some descriptive text in negatives
"The value of a night of Sleep is hard to Estimate until the morning after a sleepless night"--text, large type, between the two images of the car. "Security"--text, in italics, framed in a box, on the left side of the title. "Comfort"--text, in...
The Albert R. Hibbs Papers, 1884-2009 (80 boxes) document the personal life and career of Hibbs as a manager and scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), the relationships between JPL, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration...
The collection has several strong subject points for the purpose of research including journalism and the writing process and the history of Los Angeles. There are many letters written during World War II that discuss life in America as well as...
Night photograph of a forest fire in the west fork of the San Gabriel River. Photo taken between 7:30 and 8:00 PM. Photograph has been framed with tape.
Night photograph of a forest fire in the west fork of the San Gabriel River. Photo taken between 8:00 and 8:30 pm. The photograph has been framed with tape.
Edwin Powell Hubble and Grace Burke Hubble, standing on the deck of the S.S. Statendam, on their way to England. Note in the hand of Edwin Powell Hubble on verso: "Grace & Edwin, En Route to England, 1936. S.S. Statendam." A sitting area is...
Edwin Powell Hubble and Grace Burke Hubble on the deck of the S.S. Statendam, on their way to England. Note in the hand of Edwin Powell Hubble on verso: "En Route to England, S.S. Statendam, 1936." The Hubbles are standing near a sitting area,...
Construction and framing of a computer room addition at the base of the 150-foot tower telescope, Mount Wilson Observatory. An unidentified construction worker is seen below the framing for the roof. A truck is parked nearby, seen in the lower...
Construction and framing of a computer room addition at the base of the 150-foot tower telescope, Mount Wilson Observatory. Two unidentified construction workers, seen in the lower right-hand corner of the photograph, work near the framed building....