http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8pz5fd1 Online items available Ernest Marquez Photograph Collection: Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Suzanne Oatey. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Photo Archives 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2191 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org © 2016 The Huntington Library. All rights reserved. Ernest Marquez Photograph photCL 555 1 Collection: Finding Aid Overview of the Collection Title: Ernest Marquez Photograph Collection Dates (inclusive): 1860-2009 Bulk dates: 1880s–1930s Collection Number: photCL 555 Creator: Marquez, Ernest, 1924- Extent: Approximately 10,900 photographs and negatives + ephemera, in 97 boxes. Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Photo Archives 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2191 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org Abstract: The Ernest Marquez Photograph Collection contains photographic prints, negatives, photograph albums and ephemera compiled by collector Ernest Marquez, focused on the development of Santa Monica and Los Angeles from 1860s to 1980s, as well as other cities throughout California. The collection notably contains many 19th-century cabinet cards and stereographs, and a rare group of negatives, ca. 1890-1908, by early Los Angeles historian and amateur photographer George W. Hazard documenting the city at the turn of the century. Language: English. Access Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services. Publication Rights The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Ernest Marquez Photograph Collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Provenance Purchased from Ernest Marquez, January 2014. Biographical Note Ernest Marquez (b. 1924) is a descendant of Mexican land grantees who owned the 6,656-acre Rancho Boca de Santa Monica, comprising what is now Santa Monica Canyon and parts of Santa Monica and Pacific Palisades, California. He grew up in Santa Monica Canyon and attended Canyon School and Santa Monica High School, then served in the Navy during World War II. For most of his professional career, he worked as a commercial artist for aerospace companies, retiring in the 1980s. He began collecting historical photographs in an effort to learn more about the history of his family and Santa Monica. His curiosity and interests soon reached beyond his own family's history, and he became a keen and well-known collector of images of Santa Monica, as well as early Los Angeles and Southern California. Over a period of 50 years, Marquez scoured flea markets, postcard shows and book fairs, and made discerning trades and purchases, amassing more than 10,000 photographs depicting the history of Southern California from 1860 through the 1980s. Marquez also devoted time to researching and writing several books about the region's history, including: Santa Monica Beach: A Collector's Pictorial History (Angel City Press, 2004); Port of Los Angeles: An Illustrated History from 1850 to 1945, with Veronique De Turenne, (Angel City Press, 2007); and Noir Afloat: Tony Cornero and the Notorious Gambling Ships of Southern California (Angel City Press, 2011). In 2015, Marquez completed a personal project to create 34 decorative crosses for the graves in the small, historic Marquez Family Cemetery on San Lorenzo Street in Santa Monica Canyon. Marquez and his family care for and maintain the cemetery, which was established in the late 1840s. Sources consulted Marquez, Ernest and Veronique De Turenne. Port of Los Angeles: An Illustrated History from 1850 to 1945 (Angel City Press, 2007) Marquez, Ernest. Santa Monica Beach: A Collector's Pictorial History (Angel City Press, 2004) Ernest Marquez Photograph photCL 555 2 Collection: Finding Aid Newmark, Harris; edited by Maurice Harris Newmark, Marco Ross Newmark. Sixty Years in Southern California, 1853-1913, Containing the Reminiscences of Harris Newmark (The Knickerbocker Press, 1926) Johnson, Michele, ed. The Topanga Story - Expanded edition (Topanga Historical Society, 2012) Scope and Content This is a collection primarily of negatives and photographic prints depicting the growth of Santa Monica and Los Angeles 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. Alternative Form of Materials Available Visit the Huntington Digital Library: Photographs to view digitized items from this collection. • California's Romantic Ranchos by Verne Dyson (unpublished manuscript and photographs, mssHM 26404) • Hazard-Dyson Photograph Collection (includes photographs by George W. Hazard) Arrangement The collection is arranged in the following 10 series: • Series 01. Photographic prints (stereographs and panoramas are in separate series) Series 02. Photograph albums and accompanying items • Vol. 1 Robert Hutton Topanga Canyon album, 1913-1921, + 5 folders of loose photographs • Vol. 2 Robert Hutton Santa Monica High School album and scrapbook, 1917-1921. • Vol. 3 Theresa Sletton Topanga Canyon album, ca. 1913 • Vol. 4 Apple Valley Ranchos photograph album, 1949 • Vol. 5 Travel album of San Diego and vicinity, ca. 1910s • Vol. 6 Photograph album of California and travels in the West, ca. 1915 -1933 • Vol. 7 World War I photograph album: "Photographic History of the A.E.F. in France, 1917-1919" + 6 folders of photographic postcards (accompanying album) • Series 03. Stereographs • Series 04. Panoramas • Series 05. Glass negatives Series 06. Film negatives • George W. Hazard negatives, ca. 1890-1908 • Powell Press Service negatives, ca. 1930s Ernest Marquez Photograph photCL 555 3 Collection: Finding Aid • George Haley, "Los Angeles Evening Herald" negatives (bulk 1940s-50s) • Bob Plunkett negatives (ca. 1928–1953) • Other film negatives – various dates • Series 07. Ephemera and publications • Series 08. Copy prints • Series 09. Copy negatives • Series 10. Research files and original negative envelopes Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog. Subjects Biscailuz, Eugene W., 1883-1969 -- Photographs. Bowron, Fletcher, 1887-1968 -- Photographs. Douglas, Donald W. (Donald Wills), 1892-1981 -– Photographs. Gage, Henry Tifft, 1852-1924 – Homes and haunts – Photographs. Garfias, Manuel – Homes and haunts – Photographs. Guinn, J. M. (James Miller), 1834-1918 -- Photographs. Jones, John P. (John Percival), 1829-1912 – Homes and haunts – Photographs. King, Andrew Jackson, 1833-1923 -- Photographs. Machado family – Homes and haunts – Photographs. Oldfield, Barney, 1878-1946 -- Photographs. Peralta