GUIDE TO THE MCLURE FAMILY COLLECTION
COLLECTION NUMBER:
C071.
COLLECTION TITLE:
McLure Family Collection.CREATOR(S):
McLure family.DATES OF MATERIAL:
1882?-ca. 1915.EXTENT:
43 negatives: glass; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.
41 photographic prints (37 on cardboard mounts): chiefly albumen; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.LOCAL CONTROL NUMBERS:
Photographic prints: OP12423/0-27 and OP12423/459-471.
Glass negatives: 84:15263/0-42.REPOSITORY:
San Diego Historical Society
Booth Historical Photograph Archives
P.O. Box 81825
San Diego, CA 92138
1-619-232-6203ACQUISITION INFORMATION:
Gift of San Diego Public Library, 1984-1985 (543-D).RESTRICTIONS:
Access to glass negatives restricted, except by permission of curator.COPYRIGHT:
For permission to reproduce or publish, contact the curator of the Booth Historical Photograph Archives at 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: McLure Family Collection, San Diego Historical Society, Booth Historical Photograph Archives.GENERAL NOTES:
Arrangement: by format and local control number. Copy negatives available for glass negatives and original photographic prints; also, modern photographic prints from copy negatives available in San Diego Historical Society Photograph Reference Book Collection. Many photographs by L.S. McLure; other photographers include J.C. Parker and Jean Emanuel Stromberg. Forms part of: San Diego Historical Society Original Print and Negative collections and the San Diego Public Library Collection (C102).BIOGRAPHICAL OR HISTORICAL NOTE:
Born in 1848 in Marshall, Missouri, Colonel Lewis Steenrod McLure served in the 1st Missouri Brigade of the Confederate army during the Civil War. He engaged in silver mining in Montana from 1869 to 1975 and then moved to Seattle where he became an insurance agent. He married Ella Tibbits in 1880 and moved to San Diego in 1882. He built a house on the corner of 24th and Market streets and lived there with his wife and her sister Fannie M. Tibbits until his death in 1932.SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE:
The McLure Family Collection was originally with the San Diego Public Library. It contains glass negatives and card photographs of the McLure and Tibbits family. Subjects include portraits of Colonel L.S. McLure, his wife Ella, her sister Fannie M. Tibbits, friends of the family, interior and exterior views of the McLure house, and views from a windmill in back of the house. There are also images of Sweetwater Dam and a trip to Cedros Island, Baja California.SUBJECTS INDEXED:
McLure family.
Tibbits family.
Families – California – San Diego.
Dwellings – California – San Diego.
San Diego (Calif.) – Social life.
Cedros Island (Mexico) – Photographs.
Sweetwater Dam (Calif.) – Photographs.CONTENTS LIST:
Negatives Description 84:15263/0 Portrait of family members in back of house at 24th and Market, from left to right: (sitting) Jonathan H. and Louise M. Tibbits, parents of Fannie M. Tibbits and Ella T. McLure; (standing) unidentified man and woman, [ca. 1887]. 84:15263/1 Two women standing on top of windmill in back of McLure house, with Captain Matthew Sherman's house at 22nd and Market in foreground (lower left) and San Diego Bay in background. 84:15263/2. Two women standing on top of windmill in back of McLure house, with Captain Matthew Sherman's house at 22nd and Market in foreground (lower left) and San Diego Bay in background. 84:15263/3 Portrait of family members in back of McLure house, from right to left: Colonel Lewis Steenrod McLure, his wife Ella T. McLure, Fannie M. Tibbits, unidentified man, Louise M. Tibbits, unidentified woman, and Jonathan H. Tibbits. 84:15263/4 Colonel L.S. McLure seated with his wife, mother-in-law (next to phonograph), and sister-in-law (seated on ground). 84:15263/5 Sweetwater Dam. 84:15263/6 Lowering water in Sweetwater Dam. 84:15263/7 Lowering water in Sweetwater Dam. 84:15263/8 Lowering water in Sweetwater Dam. 84:15263/9 Four women on McLure house lawn (looking south), from top to bottom: Ella T. McLure, Martha Jorres, Fannie M. Tibbits, with unidentified woman (left), 1889. 84:15263/10 Four women on McLure house lawn (looking south), from left to right: (back) Fannie M. Tibbits and Ella T. McLure; (front) unidentified woman and Martha Jorres, 1889. 84:15263/11 Family members in back of house (servants quarters in background), from left to right: Ella T. McLure, unidentified woman, Dr. Hiram Wethem Gould, Fannie M. Tibbits, and Louise M. Tibbits. 84:15263/12 Portrait of Ella T. McLure and her mother (seated) in back of house with unidentified woman. 84:15263/13 View from top of windmill near house (looking south), with [Sherman Heights?] school on right in background. 84:15263/14 Interior view of parlor (looking toward the front of the house). 84:15263/15 View from top of windmill near house (looking west). 84:15263/16 Interior view of parlor (looking toward the front of the house). 84:15263/17 Interior view of parlor (looking toward the back of the house). 84:15263/18 Interior view of dining room. 84:15263/19 Interior view of dining room, with table set for special occasion. 84:15263/20 Interior view of parlor (looking toward the back of the house). 84:15263/21 Interior view of parlor (looking toward the back of the house). 84:15263/22 View from top of windmill near house (looking west). 84:15263/23 Portrait of family members and friends in yard, from left to right: (back) Louise M. Tibbits, Ella T. McLure, Fannie M. Tibbits, and unidentified man; (front) Mr. and Mrs. W.D. Woolwine, [ca. 1887]. 84:15263/24 Portrait of two women in back of McLure house, M. Welkins and G. Bowers [J.C. Parker, photographer]. 84:15263/25 Portrait of Fannie M. Tibbits (far right) in back of house, with M. Welkins, G. Bowers, and her mother Louise M. Tibbits. 84:15263/26 Portrait of, from left to right: unidentified man, Fannie M. Tibbits, Ella T. McLure, and Colonel L.S. McLure. 84:15263/27 Portrait of, from left to right, (standing) Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Woolwine, Ella T. McLure, unidentified man; (sitting) Louise M. Tibbits, Fannie M. Tibbits, [ca. 1887]. 84:15263/28 Portrait of Ella T. McLure and Fannie M. Tibbits with friends in back of house. 84:15263/29 Portrait of Colonel L.S. McLure with man and woman [identified as L.S. McLure's in-laws Jonathan H. and Louise M. Tibbits, but this is questionable (see OP12423/459)]. 84:15263/30 Portrait of woman [identified as L.S. McLure's mother-in-law Louise M. Tibbits, but this is questionable (see OP12423/459)]. 84:15263/31 Portrait of Martha Jorres (standing right) and three other women in back of McLure house, [1889?]. 84:15263/32 Portrait of, from left to right, Colonel L.S. McLure, Ella T. McLure, Fannie M. Tibbits, and unidentified man. 84:15263/33 Portrait of, from left to right, (standing) Ella T. McLure, Dr. Hiram Wethem Gould, Louise M. Tibbits, and (sitting) unidentified man [L.S. McLure?]. 84:15263/34 Unidentified man on McLure house porch. 84:15263/35 Interior view of sitting room with grand piano. 84:15263/36 Interior view of sitting room (looking toward dining room). 84:15263/37 Interior view of sitting room (looking toward dining room). 84:15263/38 Group of people posing in front of Escondido Hotel after hunting, with Ella T. McLure on the far right and her sister Fannie holding a double-barrel shotgun (third from right), [ca. 1887]. 84:15263/39 Interior view looking from the dining room into the sitting room. 84:15263/40 Interior view of sitting room. 84:15263/41 Interior view of dining room. 84:15263/42 Violins and clocks of Ella and Fannie's father Jonathan H. Tibbits [a jeweler and watchmaker, he also repaired musical instruments]. Photographic prints Description Folder 1 OP12423/0 Original print of negative 84:15263/9. OP12423/1 Original print of negative 84:15263/11. OP12423/2 Original print of negative 84:15263/12. OP12423/3 Original print of negative 84:15263/23, mounted on the same board with OP12423/4 (front and back). OP12423/4 Escondido Hotel, mounted on the same board with OP12423/3 (front and back), [ca. 1887]. OP12423/5 Original print of negative 84:15263/27, mounted on the same board with OP12423/6 (front and back). OP12423/6 Original print of negative 84:15263/38, mounted on the same board with OP12423/5 (front and back). OP12423/7 View of McLure house with second story addition showing no windmills, Colonel L.S. McLure and his wife standing in front, [ca. 1915]. OP12423/8 Front view of McLure house “when a cottage” showing Star Mill windmills in back and people on steps [J.C. Parker, photographer]. OP12423/9 Miss Stewart, relative of Mrs. Seaton, target shooting in back of McLure house [J.C. Parker, photographer]. OP12423/10 Portrait of Ella T. McLure sitting in porch rocker, 1888 [Kodak Bull's-Eye camera photograph]. OP12423/11 Portrait of Ella T. McLure sitting on the porch with an unidentified woman, 1888 [Kodak Bull's-Eye camera photograph]. OP12423/12 Portrait of, from left to right, Fannie M. Tibbits, unidentified woman, and Ella T. McLure sitting on lawn, mounted on the same board with OP12423/13 (front and back). OP12423/13 Portrait of Fannie M. Tibbits and Ella T. McLure standing in the yard with an unidentified woman, mounted on the same board with OP12423/12 (front and back). Folder 2 OP12423/14 Portrait of Fannie M. Tibbits (sitting left) and Ella T. McLure (sitting right) with five unidentified people in back of house. OP12423/15 Portrait of Colonel L.S. McLure [Jean Emanuel Stromberg, photographer]. OP12423/16 Portrait of Colonel L.S. McLure, Potentate Al Bahr Temple, Masonic Temple Association, San Diego, 1913 OP12423/17 Portrait of, from left to right, Belle Henderson, Ella T. McLure, Fannie M. Tibbits, Mrs. S. Woolwine, and Colonel L.S. McLure [Sears cabinet card photograph from San Francisco Art Studio, San Bernardino, California]. OP12423/18 Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Neaher of Seattle, Washington, in back of McLure house. OP12423/19 Portrait of family members in yard, from left to right:: (standing) unidentified man, (sitting) Colonel L.S. McLure, Clara D. McLure with unidentifed infant, Fannie M. Tibbits holding Park McLure, and Ella T. McLure [J.C. Parker, photographer]. OP12423/20 Ella T. and Colonel L.S. McLure sitting on rocks at La Jolla, with unidentified group of people. OP12423/21 Portrait of Ella T. McLure, 1880 [J.C. Parker, photographer]. OP12423/22 Distant view of, from left to right, Mr. and Mrs. Heber Ingle, Fannie M. Tibbits, and Ella T. McLure at [Arrowhead?] Hot Springs. OP12423/23 Portrait of Ella T. McLure (left) and Fannie M. Tibbits (right) standing in yard. OP12423/24 Portrait of Ella T. McLure holding a bouquet of roses standing on back porch next to tree, 1895. OP12423/25 Portrait of Clara D. McLure [albumen print mounted on promenade card marked Valleto y Cia studio in Mexico]. OP12423/26 Original print of negative 84:15263/24. Folder 3 OP12423/459 Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Tibbits, San Diego, California, Ella T. McLure's parents. OP12423/460 Ship in Cedros Bay, Baja California, 1892. OP12423/461 Four men standing on the shore of Cedros Island, Baja California. OP12423/462 Colonel L.S. McLure and Dr. Derby standing on rock overlooking ocean, Cedros Island. OP12423/463 Unidentified man and Dr. Derby standing on rock overlooking ocean, Cedros Island. OP12423/464 Unidentified man and Dr. Derby sitting on rock overlooking ocean, Cedros Island. OP12423/465 Group of people standing outside Nicholson Tunnel, Cedros Island. OP12423/466 Rocky shoreline of Cedros Island. OP12423/467 Rocky shoreline of Cedros Island. OP12423/468 Rocky shoreline of Cedros Island. OP12423/469 Rocky shoreline of Cedros Island. OP12423/470 Cedros Island landscape. OP12423/471 Cedros Island landscape [showing abandoned mine?], 1892.
