This small collection chiefly relates to the Civil War Centennial Commission and all of its related activities especially in California. There are also pieces related to the Civil War Round Table, a national organization; the California Heritage...
The collection contains correspondence and manuscripts. The correspondence and manuscripts are arranged together alphabetically. The correspondence covers the years of 1790-1876, with the majority between 1831 and 1876. The majority of the...
Image is of a table of distances listed in seven columns within a ruled border. The table gives the distances from various international points to San Francisco, and routes and distances within the mining country. There are over 500 towns and...
Edward Commentz at a table saw in Mount Wilson Observatory's machine shop, Pasadena. Photograph by Douglas Cunningham. Commentz stands at the table saw with his hands resting on the table; he is wearing eyeglasses. Handwritten note on the...
The following individuals are represented in the collection: R.L. (Robert L.) Barth; Robert Dana (b. 1929); Michael Dana Gioia (b. 1950); Thom Gunn; Donald Rodney Justice (b. 1925); Philip Levine (b. 1928); Robert Mezey; Timothy Reid Steele (b....
The collection, which spans from 1538-2002 (bulk 1548-1780), contains 927 items pertaining chiefly to Duchess Lydia's business and financial activities in the intervening six years between her husband's death and her own, as well as the activities...
Gene Hancock and Tom Nelson eating in the galleynear the 100-inch telescope dome, Mount Wilson Observatory. The men are seated at a rectangular table; a toaster and various food containers are on the table top. Two additional chairs flank the...
Bill Baum (left) and Horace Babcock in the 200-inch telescope kitchen, Palomar Observatory. Baum is standing at the table, holding a tea kettle; Babcock is seated at the table. Plates and other dishes are on the table; a small portion of the...
F. Parmer Fuller, Adaline Fuller, Edwin Powell Hubble, Grace (Burke) Hubble, and other unidentified companions, sitting at a table, on camping trip in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Note in the hand of Edwin Powell Hubble: "Breakfast at lower Big...
A view of the entrance hall of the Patton residence in San Marino. A large carpet covers the wooden floor in the center of the room. There is a heavy wooden table in the center of the carpet with three glass or crystal vases on top. A mirror is...
Original envelope is labeled [H.B. H.B. / Virtue table / Marva / Rod. Walker / House." Characteristics of the house are not easy to see but this photograph does not appear to have been taken in the home of Rodney Walker that appears elsewhere in...