22 photographs (8 x 10 inches) and 1 brochure with map. This is an album of promotional photographs and a brochure of a “Western-style” town site and housing development in Apple Valley, San Bernardino County, California. Views of small town of Apple Valley in the desert; interiors and exteriors of ranch houses; people in western clothing riding horses, dancing and working with livestock. Title devised by cataloger. Photographs are stamped with date “1949” and “Apple Valley Photo Center / Ralph H. Cowles / Box D500 LVSR / Victorville, Ca.” Photographs were in a tooled-leather album cover with title "Apple Valley Ranchos" made by “Deere. Van Nuys, Calif.” The leather cover had mold, and has been treated and sealed. Photographs were removed from deteriorated plastic sleeves and kept in original order. The community of Apple Valley was developed by Newton T. Bass and Bernard (Bud) J. Westlund (not pictured).
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