COLLECTION NUMBER:
C135.
COLLECTION TITLE:
Harvey George North Collection.
CREATOR(S):
Harvey George North family.
DATES OF MATERIAL:
1886-1924.
EXTENT:
179 photographs: b&w; 11 x 14 in. or smaller.
LOCAL CONTROL NUMBERS:
Photographic prints: OP 12086/0-178.
Copy negatives: 84:15211/0-22.
REPOSITORY:
San Diego Historical Society
Booth Historical Photograph Archives
P.O. Box 81825
San Diego, CA 92138
1-619-232-6203
ACQUISITION INFORMATION:
Gift of Mary Elizabeth North, 1984 (488-D).
RESTRICTIONS:
Open for research.
COPYRIGHT:
For permission to reproduce or publish, contact the curator of the Booth Historical Photograph Archives at the San Diego History Center. 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: Harvey George North Collection, San Diego Historical Society, Booth Historical Photograph Archives.
GENERAL NOTES:
Arrangement by local control number. Forms part of San Diego History Center Original Print Collection. Frequently, names were written on the verso of the photographs, but the donor identified the subject of the photograph as someone else. Related materials include Harvey George North baby clothes in Curatorial Department (Accession No. 84.43). Many of the J.C. Parker, J.E. Slocum, and J.A. Sherriff photographs in this collection are available in other collections. Also, see photograph collections C3, C48, C116, C120, C125, PA170, PA184, PA232 for J.C. Parker photographs; C4 and C112 for J.E. Slocum photographs; C3, C108, C111, C116, PA170, PA182, PA186 for J.A. Sherriff images.
BIOGRAPHICAL OR HISTORICAL NOTE:
Harvey George North was born in San Diego in 1889 to James Dayton North and Lillie Juch North. In 1913, he married Agnes Jane Reidy (b. 1887). They had a son, James Dayton North, born in 1918. Harvey George North is listed in the 1932 San Diego City directory as a buyer for Klauber-Wangenheim Co., a mercantile firm.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE:
Collection documents the Harvey George North family and consists of carte de visites, cabinet cards, view cards, albumen prints, photographic prints and postcards. It includes the work of early San Diego photographers Lou Goodale Bigelow, George J. Vreeland, Fred Hartsook, J.C. Parker, J.E. Slocum, J.A. Sherriff and others. Subjects include portraits of Harvey George North, his parents James Dayton North and Lillie Juch North, wife Agnes Jane Reidy, son James Dayton North, as well as many other family members from the North, Reidy, and Juch families. Many view cards taken by photographers J.C. Parker and J.E. Slocum from ca. 1885-1910 depict downtown San Diego, San Diego Harbor scenes, railroad lines, businesses, hotels, parades and ships.
SUBJECTS INDEXED:
North family.
Reidy family.
Juch family.
Families – California – San Diego.
Ships — California – San Diego.
Business districts — California – San Diego.
Hotels — California – San Diego.
Parades & processions – California – San Diego.
Floats (parades) – California – San Diego.
Harbors – California – San Diego.
Business enterprises — California — San Diego.
CONTENTS LIST:
| Box 1 | |
| Folder 1 | |
| OP 12086 | Harvey George North as a baby |
| OP 12086-1 | Harvey George North as a baby, 1889 |
| OP 12086-2 | Harvey George North as a baby |
| OP 12086-3 | Frank Poole wearing uniform, 1895 |
| OP 12086-4 | Portrait of an unidentified young lady |
| OP 12086-5 | Portrait of a small child, either Myrtle Irwin or William James North |
| OP 12086-6 | Portrait of an unidentified man |
| OP 12086-7 | Thomas McKlintock |
| OP 12086-8 | Tony Delmazzo wearing a uniform |
| OP 12086-9 | Five people in front of a house at 725 Milton Avenue; Harvey George North in center |
| OP 12086-10 | Florence School, 7-B class photograph; fourth from right, front row is William James North, 1911 |
| OP 12086-11 | Normal School, 8 th grade; William Harvey North, top row, fourth from right, June 20, 1917 |
| OP 12086-12 | Portrait of a small child, either Mary Whitmore or James Dalton North, age 3 |
| OP 12086-13 | Portrait of a young woman, either Athalie A. North or Lolita Lenira [?], 1890 |
| OP 12086-14 | Elizabeth Anne North, 1895 |
| OP 12086-15 | Jannie Josse or Christine Martha North |
| OP 12086-16 | Office workers in an office at 759 6 th Avenue, Agnes Jane North at a typewriter, 1912 |
| Folder 2 | |
| OP 12086-17 | William James North as a child, sitting in a car, 1920 |
| OP 12086-18 | Portrait of Clara Reidy, photographed by Hartsook Studio |
| OP 12086-19 | Portrait of an unidentified young woman |
| OP 12086-20 | Portrait of an unidentified young woman |
| OP 12086-21 | Myrtle Irwin |
| OP 12086-22 | Portrait of Mabel Reidy |
| OP 12086-23 | James Joseph North |
| OP 12086-24 | James Dayton North as a young boy, photographed by Hartsook Studio |
| OP 12086-25 | William James North |
| OP 12086-26 | Portrait of Ida Juch, photographed by George J. Vreeland |
| OP 12086-27 | Portrait of Agnes Jane North |
| OP 12086-28 | Harvey and George North |
| OP 12086-29 | Portrait of a baby, Earle Pohl or Elisha North |
| OP 12086-30 | Auguste North or Elizabeth Anne North, 1900 |
| OP 12086-31 | Woman, member of the Juch Family |
| OP 12086-32 | Juch children holding book |
| OP 12086-33 | Phyllis Gertrude Juch and Carol Jane Heacock, postcard |
| OP 12086-34 | Mrs. Josse |
| OP 12086-35 | George A. Doyle or William James North at 3 months |
| OP 12086-36 | Portrait of an unidentified man |
| OP 12086-37 | Portrait of an unidentified woman |
| OP 12086-38 | Agnes Jane North |
| OP 12086-39 | People by an automobile, 1919 |
| OP 12086-40 | Juch family members including Harvey, Harold, Ruth, Aunt Ida, Uncle George, Aunt Minnie at home on 857 3 rd Street, San Diego |
| OP 12086-41 | Three Juch sisters |
| OP 12086-42 | Portrait of Vivian Rich, silent film star |
| OP 12086-43 | Portrait of a young man, photographed by J.A. Sherriff |
| OP 12086-44 | Two children, either Louis and Earl Pohl or Elisha and Joseph North, May 12, 1902 |
| OP 12086-45 | Athalie North, 1896 |
| OP 12086-46 | Charley Riedy, posed in a doorway, photographed by Lou Goodale Bigelow |
| OP 12086-47 | An unidentified woman posed with chair |
| OP 12086-48 | Tomas Reidy and a woman, photographed by George J. Vreeland, 1918 |
| OP 12086-49 | Elisha North |
| OP 12086-50 | Joseph John North |
| OP 12086-51 | Stella Juch, 1914 |
| OP 12086-52 | San Diego Commercial College Class, 1905; Harvey George North in photograph [Location?] |
| OP 12086-53 | Charley (Brisco) Reidy, photographed by Lou Goodale Bigelow |
| OP 12086-54 | Agnes Jane (Reidy) North, in her 20’s [Location?] |
| OP 12086-55 | Agnes Jane (Reidy) North, in her 20’s on Pike’s Peak, 1910 [Location?] |
| OP 12086-56 | Lily Juch North, hand colored photograph |
| Folder 3 | |
| OP 12086-57 | William James North, 10 years old, photographed by George J. Vreeland, 1914 |
| OP 12086-58 | Charley Reidy, age 4, photographed by M. Otto Schellenberg |
| OP 12086-59 | Tomas Cross, age 14, 1920 |
| OP 12086-60 | Tomas Cross, age 17, photographed by George J. Vreeland, 1922 |
| OP 12086-61 | Francis Reidy, photographed by M. Otto Schellenberg |
| OP 12086-62 | Clara Reidy |
| OP 12086-63 | Clara A. Thiving, September 30, 1899 |
| OP 12086-64 | William James North as a baby |
| OP 12086-65 | Harvey George North and another man at Mount Tamalpais |
| OP 12086-66 | Group of people at a train station [?], Harvey George North is in the second row from top on right |
| OP 12086-67 | Lily Juch North, 1888 |
| OP 12086-68 | Juch couple |
| OP 12086-69 | Juch couple |
| OP 12086-70 | Athalie A. North, with a violin |
| OP 12086-71 | A child, either Louis Pohl or Hannah Beach North, 1898 |
| OP 12086-72 | Reidy family snapshots, 1924 |
| OP 12086-73 | Reidy family snapshots, 1924 |
| OP 12086-74 | Reidy family snapshots, 1924 |
| OP 12086-75 | Reidy family snapshots, 1924 |
| Folder 4 | |
| OP 12086-76 | Reidy family snapshots, 1922 |
| OP 12086-77 | Reidy family snapshots, 1922 |
| OP 12086-78 | Reidy family snapshots of baseball team [?], 1922 |
| OP 12086-79 | Reidy family snapshots, 1922 |
| OP 12086-80 | Reidy family with a car and motorcycle |
| OP 12086-81 | Reidy family snapshots, 1922 |
| OP 12086-82 | Reidy family snapshots |
| OP 12086-83 | Reidy family with a horse and buggy |
| OP 12086-84 | Tom Reidy as a teenager, 1918 |
| OP 12086-85 | James Dayton North as a small child |
| OP 12086-86 | James Dayton North, about 10 years old, feeding pigeons in Balboa Park |
| OP 12086-87 | Baby in buggy, James Dayton North II |
| OP 12086-88 | Agnes Jane North, photographed by Mitchell |
| OP 12086-89 | Agnes Jane North as a young woman |
| OP 12086-90 | Agnes Jane North in Confirmation clothing |
| OP 12086-91 | Agnes Jane North as a young woman |
| OP 12086-92 | Agnes Jane North as a young woman |
| OP 12086-93 | Agnes Jane North at Tent City, Coronado |
| OP 12086-94 | North family child |
| OP 12086-95 | Harold Rotner, 1900 |
| OP 12086-96 | Portrait of James Dayton North I |
| OP 12086-97 | Harvey George North as a little boy |
| OP 12086-98 | Harvey George North as a young man |
| OP 12086-99 | Harvey George North, 9 years old, 1899 |
| OP 12086-100 | Reidy family photograph including Francis Reidy, Agnes Reidy North, Agnes’s mother |
| OP 12086-101 | James Dayton North |
| OP 12086-102 | Agnes North with baby James Dayton North II |
| Folder 5 | |
| OP 12086-103 | Large group in front of the Marston house, Harvey George North seated in front row |
| OP 12086-104 | Portrait of Agnes North [?] |
| OP 12086-105 | Balloon Route Excursion Party group photograph at the National Soldier’s Home in Sawtelle, California |
| OP 12086-106 | Interior of a soda fountain or cafeteria [?] |
| OP 12086-107 | Agnes Reidy and others inside a dry goods store [?] |
| OP 12086-108 | Employees of Bay City Market, 1909 |
| OP 12086-109 | Launching of the [ship] Cuyamaca |
| OP 12086-110 | Up Soledad Grade Coast Line, Southern California Railway, Sante Fe Route, photograph by J.E. Slocum |
| OP 12086-111 | Rembrandt painting of an eagle grasping a baby |
| OP 12086-112 | North residence [?], postcard |
| OP 12086-113 | Mrs. Pedot’s residence in Mission Valley, North friend |
| OP 12086-114 | Decorated aerial truck in a parade, postcard |
| OP 12086-115 | Battleships in harbor |
| OP 12086-116 | Horses pulling farm equipment |
| OP 12086-117 | North residence [?], August 30, 1921 |
| OP 12086-118 | North residence in Houston, Texas, September 1903 |
| OP 12086-119 | Balboa Park Prado entrance, ca. 1915 |
| OP 12086-120 | Balboa Park Prado entrance, ca. 1915 |
| OP 12086-121 | Street scene in front of Palace Hotel |
| OP 12086-122 | A pair of woman’s legs in stockings |
| Folder 6 | |
| OP 12086-123 | Skyline view of 12 th and B streets, photograph by J.E. Slocum |
| OP 12086-124 | Skyline view of 5 th and B streets, photograph by Sheriff, 1886 |
| OP 12086-125 | Brewster Hotel at 4 th and C streets |
| OP 12086-126 | Florence Hotel and cable street car on 4 th and Fir, photographed by J.C. Parker, 1886 |
| OP 12086-127 | Florence Hotel and cable street car on 4 th and Fir, photographed by J.E. Slocum |
| OP 12086-128 | Cabrillo Celebration, photographed by J.E. Slocum |
| OP 12086-129 | South Pacific Hotel in Oceanside, photographed by J.C. Parker |
| OP 12086-130 | South Pacific Hotel in Oceanside, people on beach, photographed by J.C. Parker |
| OP 12086-131 | Del Mar Hotel, photographed by J.C. Parker [Location?] |
| OP 12086-132 | Company B, 7 th Infantry, Spanish-American War, May 5, 1898 |
| Folder 7 | |
| OP 12086-133 | Canon Diablo Bridge on Arizona and Pacific railroad, photographed by J.C. Parker |
| OP 12086-134 | Cabrillo Celebration reenacting landing, photographed by J.E. Slocum |
| OP 12086-135 | Corpus Christi celebration at San Diego Mission, photographed by J.E. Slocum, 1894 |
| OP 12086-136 | Schiller & Murtha Dry Goods store at 5 th and Broadway, ca. 1897 |
| OP 12086-137 | Lakeside Hotel in El Cajon, photographed by J.C. Parker |
| OP 12086-138 | Hotel Del Coronado reading and chess room, photographed by J.C. Parker |
| OP 12086-139 | Hotel Del Coronado group gathered for rabbit chase, photographed by J.E. Slocum |
| OP 12086-140 | Santa Fe wharf, railroad end and windjammers, photographed by J.C. Parker |
| OP 12086-141 | View of Lakeside in El Cajon Valley, photographed by J.E. Slocum |
| OP 12086-142 | Stingaree District, Joseph Supple Boat Builder buildings and pier, photographed by J.C. Parker |
| Folder 8 | |
| OP 12086-143 | US cruiser ship Philadelphia in harbor, photographed by J.E. Slocum |
| OP 12086-144 | Unloading material on the pier at the San Diego Harbor, photographed by J.C. Parker |
| OP 12086-145 | Group on deck of the Coronet , photographed by J.C. Parker |
| OP 12086-146 | Rowing club group on floating deck preparing for annual swim |
| OP 12086-147 | Interior of the South Pacific Hotel in Oceanside, photographed by J.C. Parker |
| OP 12086-148 | Avenue in botanical gardens in Hotel del Coronado, photographed by J.E. Slocum |
| OP 12086-149 | Coronet in dry dock, photographed by J.C. Parker |
| OP 12086-150 | Interior of Ensenada Woolen Mills, Baja, photographed by J.C. Parker |
| OP 12086-151 | Duncan Brothers dairy in South Chollas Valley, photographed by J.E. Slocum |
| OP 12086-152 | Corliss Engine at the Stonewall Mine, photographed by J.C. Parker |
| Box 2 | |
| Folder 9 | |
| OP 12086-153 | Flume in process of construction, photographed by J.C. Parker |
| OP 12086-154 | View of early Del Mar town |
| OP 12086-155 | Coastline, rocks and beach, photographed by J.C. Parker |
| OP 12086-156 | Family group at the beach |
| OP 12086-157 | Beach scene with a man on rocks |
| OP 12086-158 | La Jolla coastline, horse and buggy, photographed by J.E. Slocum |
| OP 12086-159 | La Jolla cove, photographed by J.E. Slocum |
| OP 12086-160 | La Jolla coastline, photographed by J.E. Slocum |
| OP 12086-161 | Interior of Iron Works [?], photographed by J.E. Slocum |
| OP 12086-162 | Downtown San Diego, foot of Broadway, rail line and Cornwall Vankirk and Lawson Building, photographed by J.C. Parker |
| Folder 10 | |
| OP 12086-163 | Spanish Fiesta at Coronado Beach, photographed by J.E. Slocum |
| OP 12086-164 | Camphor trees at the botanical garden, Coronado, photographed by J.E. Slocum |
| OP 12086-165 | Cabrillo Celebration parade, photographed by J.E. Slocum |
| OP 12086-166 | Float in Cabrillo Celebration, photographed by J.E. Slocum |
| OP 12086-167 | Float in Cabrillo Celebration, photographed by J.E. Slocum |
| OP 12086-168 | Float in Cabrillo Celebration, photographed by J.E. Slocum |
| OP 12086-169 | Float in Cabrillo Celebration, photographed by J.E. Slocum |
| OP 12086-170 | USS Charleston in harbor, photographed by J.C. Parker |
| OP 12086-171 | USS Charleston at San Diego |
| OP 12086-172 | View of San Diego Harbor |
| Folder 11 | |
| OP 12086-173 | View of San Diego Harbor from Packing House of Gilman and Co., photographed by J.E. Slocum |
| OP 12086-174 | Yachting in San Diego Bay, photographed by J.E. Slocum |
| OP 12086-175 | Aboard USS Monterey in San Diego Harbor, photographed by J.E. Slocum |
| OP 12086-176 | San Diego Marine Railway, photographed by J.C. Parker |
| OP 12086-177 | General view of Lakeside, trees, hills photographed by J.C. Parker |
| OP 12086-178 | Captain Gerald in front of house at Ballast Point, Point Loma, photographed by J.C. Parker |
