Von Blon (John L.) Photograph Collection
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2022-040
Content Description
Three hundred sixteen (316) scenic black and white photographs, primarily of the Western U.S., but includes some images of a Mexican railroad and Argentina. Three (3) typewritten manuscripts accompany Von Blon photographs of Death Valley Junction (1922), water lilies in Bishop, Calif., and marble top picnic tables at Texas Springs Campground, Death Valley.
Acquisition Type
Donation
Provenance
Gift of unknown donor, although it was likely donated by John L. Von Blon's wife, Henriette Von Blon.
Restrictions Apply
No
Dates
- 1920 - 1940
Creator
- Von Blon, John L. (John Litchfield), 1871-1957 (Photographer, Person)
Extent
316 Photographic Prints
- Adobe brick
- Amargosa Opera House (Death Valley Junction, Calif.)
- Argentina
- Bishop (Calif.)
- Bishop Creek (Inyo County, Calif.)
- Bridges -- Design and construction
- Carson and Colorado Railroad
- Cattle herders
- Charcoal kilns
- Coachella Valley (Calif.)
- Dams
- Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)
- Death Valley Junction (Calif.)
- Devils Postpile National Monument (Calif.)
- Gold mines and mining
- Long Valley (Mono County, Calif.)
- Los Angeles County Fair (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
- Mammoth Lakes (Calif.)
- Maps
- Mexico
- Mojave Desert
- Mono Lake (Calif.)
- National Park-to-Park Highway
- Owens Lake (Inyo County, Calif.)
- Owens River Gorge (Calif.)
- Owens Valley (Calif.)
- Pacific Coast Highway (Calif.-Wash.)
- Railroads
- Rhyolite (Nev.)
- San Gabriel River Valley (Calif.)
- Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
- Scott, Walter E., 1872-1954
- Scotty's Castle (Calif.)
- Sunset Highway (Wash.)
- Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center (Calif.)
- Traffic congestion
- Twenty-mule teams
Creator
- Von Blon, John L. (John Litchfield), 1871-1957 (Photographer, Person)
- Packwood, Dave (Photographer, Person)
Source
- Automobile Club of Southern California (Organization)
- Von Blon, Henriette B. (Henriette Boeckmann), 1891-1961 (Donor, Person)