Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.); College buildings; College presidents; Gates, George Augustus, 1851-1912; Clergy; Authors; Abbott, Lyman, 1835-1922; Deans (Education)
An unidentified man (left) shakes hands with the Rev. Lyman Abbott (right), a well-known author and Congregationalist minister, on the steps of Holmes Hall. President Gates stands in front of them with his back to the camera. Dean Norton stands...
San Gabriel Mountains (Calif.); Camping; College students; Young men; Camping Equipment and supplies; Clotheslines
Three Pomona College students camping in the San Gabriel Mountains north of Claremont. A clothesline with laundry is hung up and the men appear to be eating. The man in the striped shirt is Howard Ross. Morrill Boynton is sitting with his back...
Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.); College sports; Award presentations; College students; Sports spectators; Crowds; Athletic fields; Hats
A large crowd of men and boys in suits gather on the Pomona College athletic field. A table and chairs are set up for an awards ceremony. A woman in a white dress is pinning something on a man in a robe. Wallace Robb is seated at the table...
United States presidents; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.); College buildings; Crowds; Flags; Electric lines; Horse-drawn vehicles
President Theodore Rooseveolt makes a speech to a large gathered crowd from a platform constructed in front of Pearsons Hall. College officials and dignitaries sit on the platform. A giant American flag hangs over the entrance to Pearsons Hall...
Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.); College theater; Actors; College students; Blackface entertainers; Costume
Pomona College juniors of the class of 1904 perform a play on the stage of Holmes Hall chapel. From left to right: Ada Coy, Lucy Atwater, Willliam Jencks, George Hume, Marjorie Sprague (in blackface), Ralph Noble, Bertha Eldridge, James...
Los Angeles (Calif.); Church buildings; Scaffolding
The front of the First Baptist Church of Los Angeles facing Flower Street during construction in 1897. Scaffolding covers parts of the building. A man is standing on the construction site beside a large pile of sand.
Los Angeles (Calif.); Church buildings; Photography of interiors; Organ (Musical instrument)
View of the organ and interior of the First Baptist Church of Los Angeles from the balcony. A man at the front stands next to a large portrait on an easel. The front of the church is decorated with calla lilies and other flowers.
Santa Monica (Calif.); University of Southern California; College sports; Track and field athletes; Hammer throwing; Athletic fields; Grandstands
A track and field athlete releases a hammer during a hammer throw event at a USC field day held in Santa Monica. A crowd sits in the bleachers in the background and a man [possibly a judge or a photographer] is crouched on the field.
Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.); College students; College freshmen; Academic rites and ceremonies; Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.); Coffins; Drum
Members of the class of 1904 stand around a small coffin with kindling under it and sing from a sheet of paper as they prepare to burn their freshman class canes. Students identified from left to right, beginning with man with drum: Winston...
The front of the Squire house located on the west side of Harvard Avenue below Third Street [now Bonita Avenue] in Claremont. A man is sitting in a rocking chair on the porch and a woman in a hat is sitting along the steps.
The front of the Squire house located on the west side of Harvard Avenue below Third Street [now Bonita Avenue] in Claremont. A man with a horse is standing in the back.
Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.); College theater; Theater, Open-air; Parks; Costume; Trees; Chaparral
Student actors perform on a makeshift stage with a white canopy in Blanchard Park on Wash Day, 1901. A tent set off to one side likely serves as a dressing room. A group of actors in dark robes are gathered around a man in tights seated on a...
Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.); College theater; Theater, Open-air; Parks; Costume; Trees; Chaparral
Student actors perform on a makeshift stage with a white canopy in Blanchard Park on Wash Day, 1901. A tent set off to one side likely serves as a dressing room. A small removable placard next to the tent indicates a scene location. On the left...
Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.); College theater; Theater, Open-air; Parks; Costume; Trees; Chaparral
Student actors perform on a makeshift stage with a white canopy in Blanchard Park on Wash Day, 1901. A tent set off to one side likely serves as a dressing room. A group of actors in dark robes is gathered around a man in tights seated on a...
Claremont (Calif.); Photography of families; Architecture, Domestic; Porches
The Chapman family sits on the front steps of their house in Claremont wearing dark, formal clothing. Stanley Chapman is the young man on the first row.
