Photograph album of 46 pages, with 214 photographs and many handwritten captions by Robert Hutton identifying people and places. A personal snapshot album of young Robert Hutton's time spent living in a cabin in Topanga Canyon, and his activities with friends and residents. Also some views of trips to other parts of California and Oregon. Identified people: James A. Craig (Topanga postmaster); Fred and Stella McAllister; Moses and William Lee Greenleaf; the Olsens; Les Storrs; Mort Allen; Elva Plaistridge. Other views: camping in Little Rock and Swarthout Valley, Ca.; trip to the Rogue River and Crater Lake in Oregon, 1917; group portrait of Santa Monica High School English class students, 1917 (p. 3); storefronts in Pescadero, Ca., 1918 (p. 24); boys in camping gear and holding rifles, Temescal Canyon, 1914 (p. 1). Some loose photographs digitized with album, at the end: Young Robert Hutton and other children with soap box derby cars in Santa Monica, ca. 1908-1915; Judge George H. Hutton and Dolores E. Hutton (his parents); and a group of students and teachers in front of Roosevelt Elementary School in 1908, with a list of names. Title devised by cataloger. Date devised by captions inside album -- album cover says 1914 – 1921, but includes photographs dated 1913.
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