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Postal Square Building (National Postal Museum), Washington, D.C., 1947

Description:
Text from negative sleeve: 2367. Eastern trip October 1947. Washington D C. 1 Mertie West looking across at Supreme Court bldg. 2 Looking down street toward entrance to White House, when entrance closed and no visitors. 3 Mertie West entering White House grounds. 4 The City Post office. 5 Our first view of Washington taken at depot as we stepped out. Dome in rear. 6 Mertie West crossing street to White House fence. 7 Front view of White House thru fence. 8 Southern entrance White House taken thru fence.
Date:
October 1947
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
Postal Square Building (National Postal Museum), Washington, D.C., 1947

Plan for Glen Haven Memorial Park, San Fernando, circa 1940

Description:
Park is now (2012) called Glen Haven & Sholom Memorial Park. The Park offers graves, crypts, niches, above and below ground, scattering garden, and private gardens in a grassy space in the Los Angeles National Forest between Kagel and Lopez Canyons in the San Gabriel Mountains. Plan includes a sketch of the park and a road map showing its location
Date:
[circa 1940]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Plan for Glen Haven Memorial Park, San Fernando, circa 1940

Landscape study for Territorial Normal School, Honolulu, 1931

Description:
From University of Hawaii College of Education web site: "In 1929, the TNS, which had outgrown its buildings on the side of Punchbowl, acquired land at the corner of University Avenue and Metcalf Street, and a building plus an annex were erected. A large campus with several buildings was planned for the site. However, in 1931, the legislature merged the TNS with the University, creating the Teachers College ... [in 1951] the Regents named the TC Building Wist Hall"
Date:
June, 1931
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
Landscape study for Territorial Normal School, Honolulu, 1931

California Poppies blooming, Tehachapi Mountains, 1935

Description:
Specimen photograph of California poppies. The Tehachapi Mountains is a mountain range in California that extends for approximately 40 miles in southern Kern County and northeastern Los Angeles County. The California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) is a perennial and annual plant native to the United States. The plant is the official state flower of California.
Date:
March 13, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972
California Poppies blooming, Tehachapi Mountains, 1935