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    Sears, Roebuck and Company toy department at Christmas, 530 East Colorado. Pasadena. 1931

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    Santa Claus in the toy department, 3rd floor, of Sears, Roebuck and Company at 530 East Colorado. A man dressed as Santa leans on the rail surrounding a model train set, while several adults browse the toys on display.

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    Exterior views of moderne–style building.

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    Sears, Roebuck and Company

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    The John Janney collection contains correspondence and business records related to mining in the early 20th century American West. Included are files related to John Janney's several properties and interests, most of which were in Lincoln County, Nevada, including the Ely Valley Mines, Mountain View Hotel, Pioche Mines Company, Pioche Power and Light Company, and Tenabo Mining and Smelting Company. This collection exists as an extensive and rich documentation of Nevada mining, especially during the Great Depression and World War II.

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    Microfilm reel 19 : Architectural drawings, "S"

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    Sun Realty Co.: Shop and studio building, NW cor. Wilshire and Oxford Ave., Los Angeles Sun Realty Co.: Alterations to shop and studio building, NW cor. Wilshire and Oxford Ave., Los Angeles Sun Realty Co.: Alterations to shops 2 and 3, NW cor. Wilshire and Oxford Ave., Los Angeles James E. Shelton: Private recreation building, 355 S. June St., Los Angeles Second Sepulveda Housing Corp.: Type IIIA store building (Gallenkamp's Shoe Co., lessee), 8829 Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles Second Sepulveda Housing Corp.: Type IIIA Market building, 8837 Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles Second Sepulveda Housing Corp.: Type IIIA Store building, Western Stores tenant, 8825 Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles Sears Roebuck and Co.: Additions and alterations to retail store, 5820 S. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles Sears Roebuck and Co.: Retail store, SE cor. Manchester and Hillcrest Blvds., Hollywood Sears Roebuck and Co.: Service station, 211 W. California Ave., Glendale Sears Roebuck and Co.: Additions to store building, 211 W. California Ave., Glendale Sears Roebuck and Co.: Service station, Oakland Ave. near Green St., Pasadena Sears Roebuck and Co.: Snack bar, 332 Colorado St., Pasadena R. Seeley: Two story residence, one story garage, Catalina St., Los Angeles Miss Juliet Shelby: Store building, 8150-8152 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles Security First National Bank: Bank building, NE cor. Wishon and Fern, Fresno The Serrano Corp.: Class 3 market building, NW cor. Wilshire and Norton (4101 Wilshire Blvd.), Los Angeles The Serrano Corp.: Type III building, 3710 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles The Serrano Corp.: Class "B" market building, for Atlantic and Pacific Tea. Co., 3728 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles The Serrano Corp.: Incinerator, 3710 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles The Serrano Corp.: Store building for J. J. Newberry Co., lessee, 3729-30 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles Nelson Story: 10 story Class "A" building (later the Walter P. Story Building), SE cor. Sixth and Broadway, Los Angeles Security First National Bank: Westwood Branch, NE cor. Westwood and Weyburn, Los Angeles Security First National Bank: Westwood Branch addition, 942-946-950 Westwood Blvd., Los Angeles Security First National Bank: La Brea Branch, 5207-09 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles Mrs. Kate McCoy Stamps: One story Class "D" Infants Home building, Mariposa Ave., Los Angeles Mrs. Kate McCoy Stamps: Three story brick building, Hill and Third Sts., Los Angeles Frank Simpson: Alteration to motion picture theater building (Regent Theater), 450 S. Main St., Los Angeles Frank Simpson Jr.: Alteration to storerooms, 4501-4503 S. Vermont Ave, Los Angeles Seaboard Development Co.: Market and storage building, cor. Pico and Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Stringfellow Jr.: Residence, adjoining 497 W. Grandview, Sierra Madre Los Angeles Stock Exchange Building: Alterations and new social bar to be installed on the eighth floor for Los Angeles Stock Exchange Club and Drug Store stations., 618 S. Spring St., Los Angeles Thomas B. Story Building: Additions on the roof, Los Angeles Los Angeles Stock Exchange Building: Alterations to first floor; cocktail lounge on sixth floor, Stock Exchange Club dining room, 618 S. Spring St., Los Angeles

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    Sears, Roebuck & Co

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    This is a collection primarily of negatives and photographic prints depicting the growth of Santa Monica and Los Angeles, California, from 1860s to 1980s. Many views are cityscapes or street views, showing buildings, storefronts, homes and roads, and documenting the use of railroads, trolleys, streetcars, and automobiles. There are many card photographs by early professional photographers, and also a number of snapshots made by amateurs, some in personal photo albums. The collection's scope also includes early views of many other communities in Southern California (and a few in other states); the beginnings of aviation in Santa Monica, including the first Douglas Aircraft Company buildings; a photo album of residents in Topanga Canyon, ca. 1913; automobile racing in Los Angeles and Santa Monica, 1920s; maritime views; a photo album of U.S. troops in France during World War I; a 1949 real estate development in Apple Valley, California, and others. Besides photographs, a portion of the collection consists of scarce publications and historical ephemera, primarily related to Santa Monica and Los Angeles, including brochures, advertising cards, menus, event programs and other materials. Highlights of the Santa Monica images are aerial views of the buildings along the coast and pier (1920s); several views of the Arcadia Hotel (1880s); the Long Wharf and adjoining railroad and train depot; the first bath houses on the beach; the beach club culture of the 1920s and 1930s; the amusement piers of Santa Monica, Ocean Park and Venice; and the beginnings of the Douglas Aircraft Company. There is a large set of promotional photographs made late 1920s-1930s by Powell Press Service depicting people enjoying Santa Monica's beaches, clubs and outdoor recreation. An important subset within the collection is 407 negatives made ca. 1890 - 1908 by Los Angeles historian and amateur photographer George W. Hazard (1842-1914). Hazard travelled around Los Angeles and vicinity photographing the adobes, houses, streets and storefronts that told the early history of the city. Many of Hazard's negatives have handwritten identifications, naming streets, former homeowners, ranchos, and other historical details. There are a large number of cabinet cards and other card-mounted prints and stereographs. There are 1,264 stereograph prints, highlighted by the works of photographic pioneers William M. Godfrey, Francis Parker, Hayward & Muzzall, and Carleton Watkins. Other formats represented are: glass and film negatives; panoramic prints; 7 photograph albums, photographic postcards, 20th-century color prints and transparencies; and a small number of tintypes, cyanotypes and a set of chromolithographs.

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