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California -- Pictorial works

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Harry Adams photographs

 Collection
Call Number: WA Photos 589
Abstract:

Photographs prints created and collected by Harry Adams, 1943-1985, that chiefly document events, activities, and individuals related to the African American community in the Los Angeles metropolitan area of California and his career as a professional photographer as well as his work for African American newspapers including the California Eagle and Los Angeles Sentinel.

Dates: 1943-1985, bulk 1951-1985
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Harry Adams photographs

Makiko Ichiyasu photograph albums of California

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Call Number: WA Photos 1271
Abstract: Photograph albums compiled by Makiko Ichiyasu of life in southern California, 1922-1945. Depicted are Ichiyasu, relatives, and acquaintances, as well as Young Women’s Christian Association events. Identified locations include San Francisco, Los Angeles, Watsonville, Sonora, and Russian River. One album documents Ichiyasu’s travels to Hawaii with YWCA acquaintances (Box 3); another documents her travels with friends to Arizona and Utah (Box 5). Multiple photographs appear to have been taken...
Dates: 1922-1945
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Makiko Ichiyasu photograph albums of California

Photographic order book for images of California, Hawaii, and Yellowstone National Park

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Call Number: WA Photos Folio 214
Abstract: Photographic order book (disbound prior to acquisition) from an unidentified photography studio (possibly Underwood & Underwood) containing photographs of California, Hawaii, and Yellowstone National Park, circa 1880-1911. Photographs of California include landscape views, street scenes, logging, and agriculture--among the identified locations are San Francisco, Stockton, and San Bernardino. Photographs of Hawaii are primarily of Honolulu and show landscape views, harbor views, Native...
Dates: circa 1880-1911
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Photographic order book for images of California, Hawaii, and Yellowstone National Park

Photographs of Migrant Agricultural Laborers in California

 Collection
Call Number: WA Photos Folio 225
Abstract:

Collection of thirty-eight photographs that document aspects of housing, medical care, and education for migrant agricultural laborers in California, 1969-1971, created by photographers Harvey Saul Columbus and Calind Lewis Potts as well as by the California Farm Workers Health Service. Many of the agricultural laborers are Hispanic Americans as well as several African Americans.

Dates: 1969-1971
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Photographs of Migrant Agricultural Laborers in California