CA State Photographic Album 9

Metadata

Title

Alternative Title

Featuring the University of California, Agricultural Branch College

Created Date

Circa 1930

Description

This album includes photographs, circa 1930, of the University of California, Agricultural Branch College. The album shows the major buildings but may also include the only known images of many minor structures which may no longer exist today. The album also contains images of state-owned land and equipment and includes statistics about state properties such as information on construction, dates, dimensions, and additions. According to State Archivist J.N. Bowman in 1955, no other state had been found with such a complete series of pictures of its buildings within such a restricted time-period. These photographs were created during the Great Depression, and because the records are Department of Finance records, one can assume that the state agencies featured in the photographs would want to look their best as they justified their existence and fought for their share of funds from the state budget.

Creators and Contributors

Creator: California. Department of Finance

Subject Topic

Depressions--1929--California

Subject Entity

University of California (1868-1952). College of Agriculture

Spatial Coverage

California

Temporal Coverage

1930 1929 to 1941