Three drawing books, entitled Vere Foster's Drawing Copy Book, Nos. M1, I2 and Q3., by E. Duncan, John Callow, and George Whitaker, published by Blackie & Son, London, Dublin, Edinburgh, and Glasgow, ca. 1868. These three books are part of a...
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...
Map entitled "The old Spanish and Mexican ranchos of Los Angeles County". The box in the lower left-hand corner reads:"Prepared by Title Insurance and Trust Company, Title Insurance Building, 433 So. Spring Street Los Angeles". The copyright date...
American Expeditionary Forces Identity Card: Edwin Powell Hubble. Printed information on the left-hand side of the fold; photograph of Edwin Powell Hubble, in uniform, on the right. The printed text reads: American Expeditionary Forces, Corps...
Plate of figures for Dunham's 1938 exhibit on interstellar space. In the upper left-hand quadrant is a diagram, the upper right-hand quadrant shows a diagram of a sodium atom and an electron. In teh lower left-hand quadrant are diagrams of Calcium...
Willis H. Shapley addressing guests at the dedication of the 60-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory. Shapley is standing behind a podium inside the Oscar G. Mayer memorial building that houses the telescope. Two unidentified men are also seen; one...
Aerial photograph of military trenches in an unidentified location, during World War I. Note in the hand of Grace Burke Hubble on verso: "EPH Huntington Library". Several notations are on the photograph: in the upper left-hand corner is "35...
Big Creek, Shaver Lake Dam - Looking south across Shaver Dam as it appeared on May 2nd, 1927. Please note the small house for water recorder at the left-hand side of the pond between the old and new dams. The smoke in the upper left-hand corner...
One joint drawing and tracing book entitled Drawing and Tracing Book: Boats and Houses, published by McLoughlin Bros., New York, copyright 1898. The cover title reads: Drawing and Tracing Book. This book is comprised of 8 lithograph plates of...
Two Italian pattern books. The first is entitled Album Mondiale di Disegni per Ricami. "Serie N. 51" is printed in the lower left-hand corner of the title page. Sixteen unnumbered pages in length, this is a pattern book for embroidery and lace...
One set of drawing cards entitled Easy Drawing Lessons for Blackboard or Slate, by E. Croasdale, printed by J.M. Stoddart & Co., Philadelphia, 1879. The label identifies E. Croasdale as the "Principal, Philadelphia School of Design for Women." ...
One scrapbook entitled Scrap Book, compiler not named, ca. 1905. The scrapbook is within a stamped and embossed brown cloth binding; the title is stamped on the spine. The binding is decorated with a black floral design and pattern which surrounds...
One painting book entitled Little People's Pictures Painting Book: Father Tuck's Little Artist Series, published by Kaufmann & Strauss Co., New York, ca. 1910. This 24-page painting book is comprised of lithograph images for painting and tracing...
One painting book entitled Pictorial Painting Book, published by McLoughlin Bros., New York, copyright 1898. This book is comprised of 16 unnumbered pages of chromolithograph plates and black and white images for coloring. The front cover is a...
Two drawing books entitled Bartholomew's National System of Industrial Drawing, Free Hand, No. 3 and No. 4, by William N. Bartholomew, published by Potter, Ainsworth & Company, New York and Chicago, 1874. This book is 16 pages in length and...
Four drawing books entitled Bartholomew's Drawing Book, Revised Edition, Nos. 4, 5, 7 and 8, by William N. Bartholomew, published by Woolworth, Ainsworth & Co., New York and Chicago, 1872-1873. Each of these 4 books is comprised of six numbered...
Mount Wilson Observatory's original office building (left) and new physical laboratory (right), Pasadena, California. Both buildings appear to be brick structures; windows and doorways are visible. Grass lawns, new plants, a sidewalk and street are...
View of downtown Pasadena. Inscribed on photograph: "J.A.R." with Jno. Brown's sons, Sep. 1886, Pasadena, Cal." The photograph shows crowds of pedestrians, both male and female, walking in the same direction, away from the camera. The street is...
Two photographs: Top image: arrival of first 'Big Red Car' in Monrovia, CA, 1903. Bottom: Sierra Madre Red Line station on Baldwin Avenue, Sierra Madre, CA, 1906. The top image shows the first of Pacific Electric Railway's red trolley car...
Colorado Street, downtown Pasadena, California. Photo taken from unidentified and undated book. The printed caption above the image reads: "A Pacific Electric car on Colorado Street near Fair Oaks Avenue in Pasadena stops for passengers. The car...