Title & Author:

Beautiful Los Angeles California.

Publication:

San Francisco : Published by Van Noy-Interstate Co., 292 Second Street, [1910?]

Description:

18 leaves : all illustrations (hand-colored collotypes);! 26 x 33 cm in envelope 29 x 34 cm

Notes:
Cover title.
Publisher and place of publication from rear wrapper.
According to San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Activities 4, no. 39 (Sept. 27, 1917), the Van Noy-Interstate Co. moved to 292 Second Street in San Francisco in 1917, which suggests a range of possible publication dates beginning in 1917 and ending in 1926 when the company began operating as the Interstate Company.
Collotype prints are mounted on rectos of 18 leaves of thick cream paper with deckle edges, with printed captions below.
Not in: Rocq, M.M. California local history.
Pershing Square -- West Lake Park -- Lincoln Park -- Echo Park -- Hollenbeck Park -- Elysian Park -- Palm Drive, West Lake Park -- West Adams Street -- Chester Place -- Beverly Hills Hotel -- A Hollywood Street Scene -- St. Francis Bungalow Court, Hollywood -- Beautiful Home and Garden -- Garden Scene in a Private Residence -- Beautiful Home in the Orange Groves near the Foothills -- One of the Many Beautiful Homes -- Arroyo Seco Bridge between Los Angeles and Pasadena -- San Gabriel Mission.

Summary:

Souvenir photo view book of Los Angeles, California, containing 18 hand-colored Albertypes or collotypes of parks, homes and gardens throughout the city, probably dating from around 1917. The collotype process is a screenless photomechanical process that allows high-quality prints from continuous-tone photographic negatives.

Subject:

Architecture California Los Angeles.
Parks California Los Angeles.
Architecture Californie Los Angeles.
Architecture
Buildings
Parks
Los Angeles (Calif.) Buildings, structures, etc. Pictorial works.
California Los Angeles

Form/genre:

viewbooks.
Illustrated works
Viewbooks United States 20th century.
Illustrated works United States 20th century.
Inscriptions (Provenance) United States 20th century. CLSU
Albums souvenirs.

Added entries:

Van Noy Inter-State Company, publisher.
Albertype Co., printer.

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 126041
Call No.: ID:85-B21830
Status: Available