COLLECTION NUMBER:
C128.
COLLECTION TITLE:
Whiting-Mead Company Collection.
CREATOR(S):
Whiting-Mead Company.
DATES OF MATERIAL:
1913-1954.
EXTENT:
368 items (365 photographic prints, 1 photomechanical print, 1 postcard, 1 negative): b&w, 1 color; 26 x 37 cm. or smaller.
LOCAL CONTROL NUMBERS:
Photographic prints: OP16872/1-371.
REPOSITORY:
San Diego History Center
Booth Historical Photograph Archives
P.O. Box 81825
San Diego, CA 92138
1-619-232-6203
ACQUISITION INFORMATION:
Gift of Cathleen C. Bezio, 1992 (811-D).
RESTRICTIONS:
Open for research.
COPYRIGHT:
For permission to reproduce or publish, contact the curator of the Booth Historical Photograph Archives of the San Diego Historical Society. Reproduction or publication of any part of this collection must include the following information next to the image(s) or in a special section of credits: Whiting-Mead Company Collection, San Diego History Center, Booth Historical Photograph Archives.
GENERAL NOTES:
Arranged by local control number. The predominant photographers are Norman T. Van Pelt and Bill Scherlis, but many are not identified. The collection is accompanied by a clipping, handbill, and miscellaneous records related to some of the photographs. Forms part of the San Diego Historical Society Original Print Collection.
BIOGRAPHICAL OR HISTORICAL NOTE:
A pioneer distributor of building materials in southern California, the Whiting-Mead Company was established in Los Angeles in 1898 by Perry Whiting and W.H. Mead. The company opened its first San Diego store in 1912 under the direction of E.A. Kavanagh. In 1916 Harvey L. Miner replaced him and headed Whiting-Mead’s San Diego branch until 1946 when it was sold to Builders’ Market.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE:
This collection documents activities of the Whiting-Mead Company’s San Diego branch. It includes exterior and interior views of stores, departments, warehouses, and lumberyards; model houses, exhibits, product displays, and company trucks; individual and group portraits of employees, including those serving in the military during World War II; banquets, picnics, and other events; branch manager Harvey L. Miner and company founder W.H. Mead; construction and demolition scenes, including Tent City in Coronado; and a fire damaged main store and office building on K Street.
SUBJECTS INDEXED:
Business enterprises — California — San Diego.
Building materials industry — California — San Diego.
Lumber industry — California — San Diego.
Commercial facilities — California — San Diego.
Fires — California — San Diego.
Remodeling.
Construction.
Demolition.
Appliances.
Hardware.
Paints & varnishes.
Trucks.
San Diego (Calif.) — Work.
Tent City (Coronado, Calif.) — Photographs.
CONTENTS LIST:
| Photograph | Location | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box 1 | |||
| Folder 1 | |||
| OP16872/1 | El Cerrito | Inside of El Cerrito store. | 1948 |
| OP16872/2 | El Cerrito | Inside of El Cerrito store. | 1948 |
| OP16872/3 | El Cerrito | Inside of El Cerrito store. | 1948 |
| OP16872/4 | El Cerrito | Inside of store after being remodeled. | 1948 |
| OP16872/5 | El Cerrito | Opening of store, lamp section. | 1948 |
| OP16872/6 | El Cerrito | Aisle of hardware supplies. | 1954 |
| OP16872/7 | El Cerrito | Kitchenware aisle with customers near cashier. | 1948 |
| OP16872/8 | El Cerrito | Black and Decker and Alumiwall displays. | 1948? |
| OP16872/9 | El Cerrito | Black and Decker portable electric tools. | 1948? |
| OP16872/10 | El Cerrito | Builders’ Hardware display. | 1948 |
| OP16872/11 | San Diego | “Martin Senour Paints, Maytag washer and press.” | 1954? |
| OP16872/12 | San Diego | Martin Senour Paints. | 1954? |
| OP16872/13 | San Diego | Family in garden tool section. | 1954? |
| OP16872/14 | San Diego | Clerk showing water heaters. | 1954? |
| OP16872/15 | San Diego | Interior of store. | 1954? |
| OP16872/16 | San Diego | “You can have a new home at your present address.” | 1954 |
| OP16872/17 | San Diego | Interior of store. | 1954? |
| OP16872/18 | San Diego | Kitchen sinks and porcelain lamp shades. | 1954? |
| OP16872/19 | San Diego | Fridgerators and Maytag washer machines. | 1934 |
| OP16872/20 | San Diego | Paint and “complete” bathroom outfit displays. | ca. 1934 |
| OP16872/21 | 1st and G streets | Benton Roof Company display. | ca. 1934 |
| OP16872/22 | San Diego | Bathtub section. | ca. 1934 |
| OP16872/23 | San Diego | Whiting-Mead exhibit. | 1922 |
| OP16872/24 | San Diego | Standard Paint for $2.25 a gallon. | ca. 1934 |
| OP16872/25 | San Diego | Bathtub section. | ca. 1934 |
| OP16872/26 | Imperial Valley | Imperial Valley Fair. | 1937 |
| OP16872/27 | San Diego | Whiting-Mead Exhibit. | 1922 |
| OP16872/28 | San Diego | Men standing next to bathtubs and sinks. | 1934? |
| OP16872/29 | San Diego | Tool set. | 1934? |
| OP16872/30 | San Diego | Model kitchen and bathroom. | 1934 |
| OP16872/31 | San Diego | Roofing material. | ca. 1934 |
| OP16872/32 | San Diego | Building supply warehouse. | ca. 1934 |
| OP16872/33 | San Diego | Working boy and “Little Miss Poppy.” | 1922 |
| OP16872/34 | San Diego | Customers inside store. | ca. 1934 |
| OP16872/35 | San Diego | Whiting-Mead exhibit. | 1930 |
| OP16872/36 | San Diego | Whiting-Mead exhibit. | 1930 |
| OP16872/37 | San Diego | Wooden couch, chair, and table. | 1934 |
| OP16872/38 | San Diego | Paint store. | ca. 1934 |
| OP16872/39 | San Diego | Clerk with customer. | ca. 1950 |
| OP16872/40 | San Diego | Family looking at lighting fixtures. | ca. 1950 |
| OP16872/41 | San Diego | Paint and model house displays. | ca. 1934 |
| OP16872/42 | San Diego | Tool display. | ca. 1934 |
| OP16872/43 | San Diego | Paint department. | ca. 1934 |
| OP16872/44 | San Diego | Mailboxes, chairs, and door knobs. | ca. 1934 |
| OP16872/45 | San Diego | Employees with merchandise. | ca. 1930 |
| OP16872/46 | San Diego | “Plumbing material direct from factory to you.” | ca. 1930 |
| OP16872/47 | San Diego | Paint department. | ca. 1930 |
| OP16872/48 | San Diego | Employees posing with merchandise. | ca. 1930 |
| Folder 2 | |||
| OP16872/49 | San Diego | Bathtubs and sinks. | ca. 1934 |
| OP16872/50 | Hillcrest [?] | Interior of East San Diego Branch. | 1922 |
| OP16872/51 | San Diego | Employees posing with merchandise. | ca. 1934 |
| OP16872/52 | San Diego | Employees next to bathtubs. | ca. 1934 |
| OP16872/53 | San Diego | Paint department. | ca. 1934 |
| OP16872/54 | San Diego | Employees posing with merchandise. | ca. 1934 |
| OP16872/55 | San Diego | “Plumbing material direct from factory to you.” | ca. 1934 |
| OP16872/56 | San Diego | Bathtubs and sinks. | 1913 |
| OP16872/57 | San Diego | Bathtubs and sinks. | 1913 |
| Folder 3 | |||
| OP16872/58 | San Diego | Employee in military uniform. | ca. 1942 |
| OP16872/59 | San Diego | Employee in military uniform [postcard]. | ca. 1942 |
| OP16872/60 | New Jersey | Bob West at military base, employee. | 1943 |
| OP16872/61 | Texas | Lt. Alfred R. Tagg at Camp Barkley, employee. | 1942 |
| OP16872/62 | Santa Monica | Cpl. Howard Flisrano, employee. | 1942 |
| OP16872/63 | Arkansas | Employee in uniform. | 1943 |
| OP16872/64 | San Diego | Plaque of Whiting-Mead men serving in WWII. | ca. 1945 |
| OP16872/65 | San Diego | Employees in military service. | ca. 1942 |
| OP16872/66 | San Diego | Employees in military service. | ca. 1942 |
| OP16872/67 | San Diego | “Business as Usual: Office across the street.” | 1939 |
| OP16872/68 | San Diego | Fire damaged Whiting-Mead building. | 1939 |
| OP16872/69 | K Street | Fire damaged Whiting-Mead building. | 1944 |
| OP16872/70 | K Street | Fire damaged Whiting-Mead building. | 1944 |
| OP16872/71 | K Street | Fire damaged interior of Whiting-Mead building. | 1944 |
| OP16872/72 | K Street | Fire damaged counter and cashier. | 1944 |
| OP16872/73 | K Street | Fire damaged merchandise. | 1944 |
| OP16872/74 | K Street | Fire damaged rafters. | 1944 |
| OP16872/75 | K Street | Fire damaged counter and cashier. | 1944 |
| OP16872/76 | K Street | Collapsed roof. | 1944 |
| OP16872/77 | K Street | Debris. | 1944 |
| OP16872/78 | K Street | Fire damaged Whiting-Mead building. | 1944 |
| Folder 5 | |||
| OP16872/79 | Camp Marston | Holmes Lodge. | 1953 |
| OP16872/80 | San Diego | Destruction of Imperial water tank. | 1940 |
| OP16872/81 | San Diego | Corner lot near two water towers and Southern California Bank. | 1929 |
| OP16872/82 | San Diego | Demolished Imperial building. | 1940 |
| OP16872/83 | San Diego | Destruction of Imperial Hotel. | 1940 |
| OP16872/84 | El Centro | Del Rio Hotel. | ca. 1940 |
| OP16872/85 | San Diego | Jeanette Gay property. | 1937 |
| OP16872/86 | San Diego | Brawley. | 1940 |
| OP16872/87 | San Diego | Brawley. | 1940 |
| OP16872/88 | San Diego | Apartment buildings. | 1929 |
| OP16872/89 | San Diego | Apartment buildings. | 1929 |
| OP16872/90 | San Diego | Apartment buildings. | 1929 |
| OP16872/91 | 10th Street | Yuma Garage. | 1940 |
| OP16872/92 | 10th Street | Yuma Garage. | 1940 |
| OP16872/93 | San Diego | Building framework. | 1929 |
| OP16872/94 | San Diego | Building framework. | 1929 |
| OP16872/95 | San Diego | Building framework. | 1935 |
| OP16872/96 | San Diego | Building framework. | 1935 |
| OP16872/97 | San Diego | Building framework. | 1935 |
| OP16872/98 | San Diego | Casa De Tempo. | 1935 |
| OP16872/99 | San Diego | Building framework. | 1935 |
| OP16872/100 | San Diego | Work crew at Casa De Tempo. | 1935 |
| OP16872/101 | 1st and G streets | Moving a house, with Whiting-Mead store in background. | ca. 1930 |
| OP16872/102 | K Street | Demolished building. | 1939 |
| OP16872/103 | K Street | K Street Inn. | 1940 |
| OP16872/104 | West Side Avenue | Thatcher and King Contractors and Builders. | 1945 |
| OP16872/105 | West Side Avenue | Thatcher and King Contractors and Builders. | 1945 |
| OP16872/106 | West Side Avenue | Thatcher and King Contractors and Builders. | 1945 |
| OP16872/107 | West Side Avenue | Thatcher and King Contractors and Builders. | 1945 |
| OP16872/108 | San Diego | Model house display. | 1945? |
| OP16872/109 | San Diego | Model house display. | 1945? |
| OP16872/110 | San Diego | Model house display. | 1945? |
| OP16872/111 | San Diego | House, exterior. | ca. 1945 |
| OP16872/112 | San Diego | Interior, living room with chairs and fireplace. | ca. 1945 |
| OP16872/113 | San Diego | Interior, living room with chairs and a piano. | ca. 1945 |
| OP16872/114 | San Diego | Interior, dining room. | ca. 1945 |
| OP16872/115 | San Diego | Interior, kitchen area with a built in fan. | ca. 1945 |
| OP16872/116 | San Diego | Interior, twin beds in a bedroom. | ca. 1945 |
| OP16872/117 | San Diego | Interior, twin bed in a room. | ca. 1945 |
| OP16872/118 | San Diego | Interior, study room with guns on wall. | ca. 1945 |
| OP16872/119 | San Diego | Interior, kitchen. | ca. 1945 |
| OP16872/120 | San Diego | Reproduction of architectural drawing, Barbara Worth Hotel. | ca. 1930s |
| OP16872/121 | 9th Street | Wooden building [before repairs]. | 1945 |
| OP16872/122 | 9th Street | Wooden building [during repairs], Acme Roofing Company truck. | 1945 |
| OP16872/123 | San Diego | Building construction, “Future home of Whiting-Mead.” | 1945 |
| OP16872/124 | Coronado | Outdoor theater, Tent City. | 1940 |
| OP16872/125 | Coronado | Outdoor theater, Tent City. | 1940 |
| OP16872/126 | Coronado | Outdoor theater, Tent City. | 1940 |
| OP16872/128 | Coronado | Housing, Tent City. | 1940 |
| OP16872/129 | Coronado | Housing, Tent City. | 1940 |
| OP16872/130 | Coronado | Demolition by Whiting-Mead, Tent City. | 1940 |
| OP16872/131 | Coronado | Housing, Tent City. | 1940 |
| Folder 6 | |||
| OP16872/132 | San Diego | Workshop. | ca. 1930 |
| OP16872/133 | San Diego | Information desk. | 1954 |
| OP16872/134 | San Diego | Home Builders Department. | 1954 |
| OP16872/135 | San Diego | Martin Senour housepaints and Nu-Hue Color Bar. | 1954 |
| OP16872/136 | San Diego | Administrative offices. | 1954 |
| OP16872/137 | San Diego | Customers standing near Nu-Hue Color Bar. | 1954 |
| OP16872/138 | San Diego | Administrative offices. | 1954 |
| OP16872/139 | San Diego | Employee portrait [photomechanical print]. | ca. 1930 |
| Folder 7 | |||
| OP16872/140 | San Diego | Whiting-Mead storefront. | 1946 |
| OP16872/141 | San Diego | Whiting-Mead storefront. | 1946 |
| OP16872/142 | San Diego | Whiting-Mead storefront. | 1946 |
| OP16872/143 | San Diego | Whiting-Mead storefront. | 1946 |
| OP16872/144 | 14th and K streets | Whiting-Mead Store No. 2. | 1923? |
| OP16872/145 | 14th and K streets | Whiting-Mead Store No. 2. | 1923? |
| OP16872/146 | Hillcrest {?] | East San Diego branch store. | ca. 1930 |
| OP16872/147 | 1st and G streets | Whiting-Mead storefront. | ca. 1925 |
| OP16872/148 | K Street | Whiting-Mead storefront. | 1935 |
| OP16872/149 | 1st and G streets | Original Whiting-Mead San Diego store. | 1913? |
| Folder 8 | |||
| OP16872/150 | San Diego | Whiting-Mead storefront. | 1937 |
| OP16872/151 | San Diego | Brawley storefront. | 1935 |
| OP16872/152 | 14th and K streets | Used Building Material Department. | 1934 |
| OP16872/153 | San Diego | Whiting-Mead storefront. | 1941 |
| OP16872/154 | El Cajon | Whiting-Mead storefront. | 1941 |
| OP16872/155 | San Diego | “Broadway Display.” | 1934 |
| OP16872/156 | San Diego | Salesmen’s office. | ca. 1930 |
| OP16872/157 | Hillcrest [?] | Whiting-Mead storefront. | 1927 |
| OP16872/158 | 1st and G streets | Whiting-Mead storefront. | 1927 |
| OP16872/159 | Hillcrest [?] | Whiting-Mead storefront. | 1924 |
| OP16872/160 | 1st and G streets | Whiting-Mead storefront. | 1924 |
| OP16872/161 | San Diego | Imperial construction. | 1940 |
| OP16872/162 | San Diego | Imperial construction. | 1940 |
| OP16872/163 | San Diego | Train with “carload of Maytag washers for Whiting-Mead.” | ca. 1930 |
| OP16872/164 | Hillcrest [?] | Mr. Roberts, manager, in front of East San Diego store. | ca. 1930 |
| OP16872/165 | San Diego | Municipal Court building. | ca. 1930 |
| OP16872/166 | San Diego | Municipal Court building. | ca. 1930 |
| OP16872/167 | San Diego | Municipal Court building. | ca. 1930 |
| OP16872/168 | El Centro | Security-First National Bank building. | 1940 |
| OP16872/169 | San Diego | Whiting-Mead storefront. | ca. 1940 |
| OP16872/170 | National City | New Whiting-Mead storefront without signs. | 1945 |
| OP16872/171 | National City | New Whiting-Mead storefront with signs. | 1945 |
| OP16872/172 | San Diego | Whiting-Mead storefront. | ca. 1930 |
| OP16872/173 | San Diego | Various Whiting-Mead storefronts [reproduction]. | ca. 1935 |
| OP16872/174 | San Diego | Whiting-Mead storefront. | ca. 1935 |
| OP16872/175 | San Diego | Whiting-Mead/Builders’ Market. | 1954 |
| OP16872/176 | San Diego | [Whiting-Mead?] building. | ca. 1954 |
| OP16872/177 | San Diego | Whiting-Mead building. | ca. 1954 |
| OP16872/178 | El Cerrito | Lumberyard entrance. | 1948 |
| OP16872/179 | El Cerrito | Whiting-Mead/Builders’ Market. | 1948 |
| OP16872/180 | El Cerrito | Whiting-Mead/Builders’ Market. | 1948 |
| OP16872/181 | Hillcrest [?] | Whiting-Mead storefront. | ca. 1928 |
| OP16872/182 | Hillcrest [?] | Whiting-Mead storefront. | ca. 1928 |
| OP16872/183 | Oceanside | Whiting-Mead storefront. | 1928 |
| OP16872/184 | Oceanside | Whiting-Mead storefront. | 1928 |
| OP16872/185 | 1st and G streets | Whiting-Mead storefront. | ca. 1928 |
| OP16872/186 | Hillcrest [?] | Whiting-Mead storefront. | ca. 1928 |
| OP16872/187 | El Centro | Whiting-Mead storefront. | ca. 1928 |
| OP16872/188 | El Centro | Whiting-Mead storefront. | ca. 1928 |
| OP16872/189 | 1st and G streets | Whiting-Mead storefront. | ca. 1928 |
| OP16872/190 | 1st and G streets | Whiting-Mead storefront. | ca. 1928 |
| OP16872/191 | 14th and K streets | Whiting-Mead storefront. | 1928 |
| OP16872/192 | San Diego | “40 acres of Whiting-Mead Industries” [exhibit?]. | ca. 1930 |
| OP16872/193 | San Diego | Whiting-Mead storefront. | 1934 |
| OP16872/194 | San Diego | Employees, heavy equipment, “Finish Lumber Shed” sign on storefront. | 1939 |
| OP16872/195 | 1st and G streets | Whiting-Mead storefront. | ca. 1930 |
| OP16872/196 | San Diego | Whiting-Mead storefront. | ca. 1950 |
| OP16872/197 | San Diego | Whiting-Mead/Builders’ Market. | ca. 1950 |
| OP16872/198 | San Diego | Whiting-Mead storefront. | 1944 |
| OP16872/199 | University Ave | Whiting-Mead storefront. | ca. 1945 |
| OP16872/200 | San Diego | Whiting-Mead Company trucks. | 1929 |
| OP16872/201 | San Diego | Whiting-Mead Store No. 2. | 1923? |
| OP16872/202 | El Cerrito | Whiting-Mead/Builders’ Market. | ca. 1950 |
| OP16872/203 | San Diego | Whiting-Mead storefront. | ca. 1950 |
| OP16872/204 | Hillcrest [?] | East San Diego store, “Old Gildersleeve Schilling, Landlord.” | ca. 1930 |
| OP16872/205 | El Centro | Whiting-Mead storefront. | ca. 1930 |
| OP16872/206 | 1st and G streets | Whiting-Mead storefront. | ca. 1930 |
| OP16872/207 | San Diego | Whiting-Mead Store No. 2. | 1923? |
| OP16872/208 | El Centro | Warehouse No. 2. | ca. 1930 |
| Folder 9 | |||
| OP16872/209 | San Diego | Lumberyard. | ca. 1940 |
| OP16872/210 | El Cajon | Store mill. | 1937 |
| OP16872/211 | San Diego | Store mill. | 1929 |
| OP16872/212 | San Diego | Lumberyard. | 1929 |
| OP16872/213 | San Diego | Lumberyard. | 1929 |
| OP16872/214 | San Diego | Lumberyard. | 1929 |
| OP16872/215 | San Diego | Whiting-Mead Public Market for Building Material. | 1927 |
| OP16872/216 | San Diego | Lumberyard. | 1927 |
| OP16872/217 | San Diego | Whiting-Mead wrecking yard. | 1927 |
| OP16872/218 | San Diego | Lumberyard. | 1935 |
| OP16872/219 | San Diego | Lumberyard. | 1935 |
| OP16872/220 | San Diego | Second-hand yard. | 1935 |
| OP16872/221 | San Diego | Lumberyard. | 1935 |
| OP16872/222 | San Diego | Lumberyard. | ca. 1930 |
| OP16872/223 | San Diego | Store mill. | ca. 1930 |
| OP16872/224 | San Diego | Lumberyard. | ca. 1935 |
| OP16872/225 | San Diego | Lumberyard. | ca. 1935 |
| Box 2 | |||
| Folder 10 | |||
| OP16872/226 | San Diego | Company gathering. | ca. 1940 |
| OP16872/227 | San Diego | Company picnic. | 1937 |
| OP16872/228 | San Diego | Company picnic. | 1937 |
| OP16872/229 | San Diego | Company picnic. | 1937 |
| OP16872/230 | San Diego | Company picnic. | 1937 |
| OP16872/231 | San Diego | Company picnic. | 1937 |
| OP16872/232 | San Diego | Company picnic. | 1937 |
| OP16872/233 | San Diego | Company picnic. | 1937 |
| OP16872/234 | San Diego | Employees in a lunchroom. | ca. 1930 |
| OP16872/235 | San Diego | Company banquet or dinner. | ca. 1930 |
| OP16872/236 | San Diego | Company gathering. | ca. 1950 |
| OP16872/237 | San Diego | Company gathering. | ca. 1950 |
| OP16872/238 | San Diego | Company gathering. | ca. 1950 |
| OP16872/239 | San Diego | Company gathering. | ca. 1950 |
| OP16872/240 | San Diego | Company gathering. | ca. 1950 |
| OP16872/241 | San Diego | Company gathering. | ca. 1950 |
| OP16872/242 | San Diego | Company gathering. | ca. 1950 |
| OP16872/243 | San Diego | Company gathering. | ca. 1950 |
| OP16872/244 | San Diego | Company gathering. | ca. 1950 |
| OP16872/245 | San Diego | Company picnic. | 1948 |
| OP16872/246 | San Diego | Company picnic. | 1948 |
| OP16872/247 | San Diego | Company picnic. | 1948 |
| OP16872/248 | San Diego | Company picnic. | 1948 |
| OP16872/249 | San Diego | Company picnic. | 1948 |
| OP16872/250 | San Diego | Whiting-Mead Prosperity Banquet at Park Manor Hotel. | 1936 |
| OP16872/251 | San Diego | Montage: Prosperity Banquet, [Will Hahn?], Thanksgiving turkeys. | 1936 |
| OP16872/252 | San Diego | Company banquet. | ca. 1940 |
| Folder 11 | |||
| OP16872/253 | San Diego | Man standing next to lumber truck. | ca. 1935 |
| OP16872/254 | San Diego | Man standing next to plumbing service truck. | 1935 |
| OP16872/255 | San Diego | Whiting-Mead truck. | 1935 |
| OP16872/256 | San Diego | Whiting-Mead truck. | 1935 |
| OP16872/257 | San Diego | Lumber truck. | 1927 |
| OP16872/258 | San Diego | Lumber truck. | 1927 |
| OP16872/259 | San Diego | “Ernie” driving company truck. | 1935 |
| OP16872/260 | San Diego | Lumber truck. | ca. 1930 |
| OP16872/261 | San Diego | Heavy eguipment. | 1940 |
| OP16872/262 | San Diego | Lumber truck. | ca. 1930 |
| OP16872/263 | San Diego | New Whiting-Mead “semi.” | 1940 |
| OP16872/264 | San Diego | Plumbing Installation Department truck. | 1937 |
| OP16872/265 | San Diego | Whiting-Mead truck. | 1937 |
| OP16872/266 | San Diego | Whiting-Mead truck. | 1937? |
| Folder 12 | |||
| OP16872/268 | San Diego | “Men, horses, wagons, machinery.” | 191-? |
| OP16872/269 | San Diego | Group portrait of Whiting-Mead truck drivers [8 x 10 in. film negative]. | 1937 |
| OP16872/270 | San Diego | Group portrait of Whiting-Mead employees [H.L. Miner, center?]. | 1944 |
| OP16872/271 | San Diego | Portrait of [Paul Stake?]. | ca. 1935 |
| OP16872/272 | San Diego | Portrait of unidentified man. | ca. 1920 |
| OP16872/273 | San Diego | Inventory staff at Brawley. | 1935 |
| OP16872/274 | San Diego | Man in lab coat. | 1935 |
| OP16872/275 | San Diego | Secretaries and other employees at their desks. | 1937 |
| OP16872/276 | San Diego | Secretaries and other employees at their desks. | 1937 |
| OP16872/277 | San Diego | Inventory staff at Brawley. | 1935 |
| OP16872/278 | San Diego | Inventory staff at Brawley. | 1935 |
| OP16872/279 | San Diego | Man in suit. | 1935? |
| OP16872/280 | San Diego | Man in lab coat. | 1934 |
| OP16872/281 | San Diego | Man in suit. | 1934 |
| OP16872/282 | San Diego | Man in suit. | 1935 |
| OP16872/283 | San Diego | Man in suit standing next to truck. | 1935 |
| OP16872/284 | San Diego | Man in suit in front of Used Building Material Department. | 1934 |
| OP16872/285 | San Diego | Man wearing work apron. | 1935 |
| OP16872/286 | San Diego | Man wearing knee/high boots standing next to stacked lumber. | 1935 |
| OP16872/287 | San Diego | Man wearing knee/high boots standing next to stacked lumber. | 1935 |
| OP16872/288 | San Diego | Woman at switchboard. | 1937 |
| OP16872/289 | San Diego | Man sitting at desk. | 1935 |
| OP16872/290 | San Diego | Man sitting at desk. | 1925 |
| OP16872/291 | San Diego | Man sitting at desk. | 1925 |
| OP16872/292 | San Diego | Man in lab coat. | ca. 1935 |
| OP16872/293 | San Diego | Man in lab coat. | ca. 1935 |
| OP16872/294 | San Diego | Man in suit displaying fence gate. | ca. 1935 |
| OP16872/295 | San Diego | W.H. Mead [standing?] and H.L. Miner, looking at blueprints and framed photograph of first San Diego Whiting-Mead store. | ca. 1940 |
| OP16872/296 | San Diego | Man talking on telephone. | ca. 1935 |
| OP16872/297 | San Diego | Man in suit. | 1927 |
| OP16872/298 | San Diego | Man in suit. | 1927 |
| OP16872/299 | San Diego | Whiting-Mead truck drivers. | 1935 |
| OP16872/300 | San Diego | Men sitting on automobile sideboard. | 1928 |
| OP16872/301 | San Diego | Men standing next to automobile in front of D.C. Collier Real Estate. | 1928 |
| OP16872/302 | San Diego | Man in suit. | ca. 1940s |
| OP16872/303 | San Diego | Man in suit. | ca. 1940s |
| OP16872/304 | San Diego | Man in suit. | ca. 1940s |
| OP16872/305 | San Diego | Man in suit. | ca. 1940s |
| OP16872/306 | San Diego | Man in suit. | ca. 1940s |
| OP16872/307 | San Diego | Man in suit. | ca. 1940s |
| OP16872/308 | San Diego | Man in suit. | ca. 1940s |
| OP16872/309 | San Diego | Man in suit. | ca. 1940s |
| OP16872/310 | San Diego | Man in lab coat. | ca. 1940s |
| OP16872/311 | San Diego | Man in suit. | ca. 1940s |
| OP16872/312 | San Diego | Man wearing tie and suspenders. | ca. 1940s |
| OP16872/313 | San Diego | Man in suit. | 1946 |
| OP16872/314 | San Diego | Man with hand tools standing at counter. | ca. 1940s |
| OP16872/315 | San Diego | Man in suit. | ca. 1940s |
| OP16872/316 | San Diego | Man in suit. | ca. 1940s |
| OP16872/317 | San Diego | Man in suit. | ca. 1940s |
| OP16872/318 | San Diego | Man in suit. | ca. 1940s |
| OP16872/319 | San Diego | Man in suit. | ca. 1940s |
| OP16872/320 | San Diego | Man in lab coat. | ca. 1940s |
| OP16872/321 | San Diego | Man in suit. | ca. 1940s |
| OP16872/322 | San Diego | Man in suit. | ca. 1940s |
| OP16872/323 | San Diego | Man in suit. | ca. 1940s |
| OP16872/324 | San Diego | Five men standing in lumberyard. | 1935 |
| OP16872/325 | San Diego | Three men in front of automobile. | 1934 |
| OP16872/326 | San Diego | Two men at desk. | ca. 1935 |
| OP16872/327 | San Diego | Man in lab coat. | 1938 |
| OP16872/328 | San Diego | Man in suit. | ca. 1935 |
| OP16872/329 | San Diego | Man in hat at company picnic. | ca. 1935 |
| OP16872/330 | San Diego | Two men in suits walking by Miramar Hotel. | ca. 1935 |
| OP16872/331 | San Diego | Man in suit. | ca. 1940s |
| OP16872/332 | San Diego | Man in company truck. | ca. 1940s |
| OP16872/333 | San Diego | Carl Jonsson reaching for can of varnish. | ca. 1940s |
| OP16872/334 | San Diego | Man with clipboard standing next to stacked lumber. | ca. 1940s |
| OP16872/335 | San Diego | George handing piece of his retirement cake to [H.L. Miner?]. | ca. 1935 |
| OP16872/336 | San Diego | George handing piece of his retirement cake to [H.L. Miner?]. | ca. 1935 |
| OP16872/337 | San Diego | Man in overalls with clipboard. | ca. 1935 |
| OP16872/338 | San Diego | Whiting-Mead truck drivers. | 1937 |
| OP16872/339 | San Diego | Whiting-Mead truck drivers. | 1937 |
| OP16872/340 | San Diego | Whiting-Mead truck drivers. | 1937 |
| OP16872/341 | San Diego | George cutting his retirement cake, with [H.L. Miner?]. | ca. 1935 |
| OP16872/342 | San Diego | Robert Sage with his wife and child. | ca. 1935 |
| OP16872/343 | San Diego | Family in front of automobile. | ca. 1935 |
| OP16872/344 | San Diego | H.L. Miner (left) receiving scroll from W.H. Mead (right) on his 70th birthday. | 1943 |
| OP16872/345 | San Diego | W.H. Mead [standing?] and H.L. Miner, looking at blueprints and framed photograph of first San Diego Whiting-Mead store. | ca. 1940 |
| OP16872/346 | San Diego | W.H. Mead [standing?] and H.L. Miner, looking at blueprints and framed photograph of first San Diego Whiting-Mead store. | ca. 1940 |
| OP16872/347 | San Diego | H.L. Miner sitting at desk with blueprints and other Whiting-Mead employees standing behind him. | ca. 1940 |
| OP16872/348 | San Diego | George with his retirement cake. | ca. 1935 |
| OP16872/349 | San Diego | W.H. Mead [standing?] and H.L. Miner looking at blueprints. | ca. 1940 |
| OP16872/350 | San Diego | Portrait of H.L. Miner. | ca. 1930s |
| OP16872/351 | San Diego | KSON radio announcer on location in Whiting-Mead store. | ca. 1940s |
| OP16872/352 | San Diego | KSON radio announcer on location in Whiting-Mead store. | ca. 1940s |
| OP16872/353 | San Diego | Montage: H.L. Miner (center) and other Whiting-Mead executives. | 1944 |
| OP16872/354 | San Diego | Employees standing in front of lumber trucks. | 1922 |
| OP16872/355 | San Diego | Man in suit. | ca. 1930 |
| OP16872/356 | Los Angeles | Group portrait of Whiting-Mead employees in front of Los Angeles Office and Stores Departments. | 1934 |
| OP16872/357 | San Diego | Man standing next to water heaters. | ca. 1935 |
| OP16872/358 | San Diego | Employees standing in front of lumber trucks. | 1922 |
| Folder 13 | |||
| OP16872/359 | Balboa Park | Whiting-Mead exhibit at California Pacific International Exposition. | 1935 |
| OP16872/360 | Balboa Park | “Memories of 1935”: Chimpanzee and man, “Jack and John.” | 1935 |
| OP16872/361 | Balboa Park | Whiting-Mead exhibit at California Pacific International Exposition. | 1935 |
| OP16872/362 | Balboa Park | Man in suit. | 1935 |
| OP16872/363 | Balboa Park | Whiting-Mead exhibit at California Pacific International Exposition. | 1935 |
| OP16872/364 | Balboa Park | “California’s Most Elaborate Building Material” exhibit. | 1935 |
| Folder 14 | |||
| OP16872/365 | Horton Plaza | “Example of Better Housing” Plaza. | 1935 |
| OP16872/366 | Horton Plaza | “Example of Better Housing” Plaza. | 1935 |
| OP16872/367 | San Diego | View of house with two people sitting on front porch. | 1935 |
| OP16872/368 | Horton Plaza | “Example of Better Housing” Plaza. | 1935 |
| OP16872/369 | Horton Plaza | “Example of Better Housing” Plaza. | 1935 |
| OP16872/370 | Horton Plaza | “Example of Better Housing” Plaza. | 1935 |
| OP16872/371 | Horton Plaza | “Example of Better Housing” Plaza. | 1935 |
| OP16872/372 | San Diego | Whiting-Mead display of model homes with list prices, noting “payments per month include insurance and taxes.” | ca. 1935 |
Folder 15
Accompanying material:
2 typed letters from H.G. Jones [Masonite Corporation] to Everett E. Miner [Whiting-Mead], 1937.
2 invoices from Whiting-Mead to Masonite Corporation, 1937.
1 hand-written note from F. E. M. to Paul Stake, 1937.
1 Whiting-Mead Family Reporter newsletter (vol. 3, no. 9), 1944.
1 clipping [from the San Diego Union] headlined “Officials Probe $100,000 Fire in Supply Firm,” 1944.
1 handbill [2 copies], [1954?]
2 Whiting-Mead forms, 1988.
