GUIDE TO THE WHITING-MEAD COMPANY COLLECTION
COLLECTION NUMBER:
C128.COLLECTION TITLE:
Whiting-Mead Company Collection.CREATOR(S):
Whiting-Mead Company.DATES OF MATERIAL:
1913-1954.EXTENT:
368 items (365 photographic prints, 1 photomechanical print, 1 postcard, 1 negative): b&w, 1 color; 26 x 37 cm. or smaller.LOCAL CONTROL NUMBERS:
Photographic prints: OP16872/1-371.REPOSITORY:
San Diego Historical Society
Booth Historical Photograph Archives
P.O. Box 81825
San Diego, CA 92138
1-619-232-6203ACQUISITION INFORMATION:
Gift of Cathleen C. Bezio, 1992 (811-D).RESTRICTIONS:
Open for research.COPYRIGHT:
For permission to reproduce or publish, contact the curator of the Booth Historical Photograph Archives of 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: Whiting-Mead Company Collection, San Diego Historical Society, Booth Historical Photograph Archives.GENERAL NOTES:
Arranged by local control number. The predominant photographers are Norman T. Van Pelt and Bill Scherlis, but many are not identified. The collection is accompanied by a clipping, handbill, and miscellaneous records related to some of the photographs. Forms part of the San Diego Historical Society Original Print Collection.BIOGRAPHICAL OR HISTORICAL NOTE:
A pioneer distributor of building materials in southern California, the Whiting-Mead Company was established in Los Angeles in 1898 by Perry Whiting and W.H. Mead. The company opened its first San Diego store in 1912 under the direction of E.A. Kavanagh. In 1916 Harvey L. Miner replaced him and headed Whiting-Mead's San Diego branch until 1946 when it was sold to Builders' Market.SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE:
This collection documents activities of the Whiting-Mead Company's San Diego branch. It includes exterior and interior views of stores, departments, warehouses, and lumberyards; model houses, exhibits, product displays, and company trucks; individual and group portraits of employees, including those serving in the military during World War II; banquets, picnics, and other events; branch manager Harvey L. Miner and company founder W.H. Mead; construction and demolition scenes, including Tent City in Coronado; and a fire damaged main store and office building on K Street.SUBJECTS INDEXED:
Business enterprises -- California -- San Diego.
Building materials industry -- California -- San Diego.
Lumber industry -- California -- San Diego.
Commercial facilities -- California -- San Diego.
Fires -- California -- San Diego.
Remodeling.
Construction.
Demolition.
Appliances.
Hardware.
Paints & varnishes.
Trucks.
San Diego (Calif.) -- Work.
Tent City (Coronado, Calif.) -- Photographs.CONTENTS LIST:
Folder 15
Photograph Location Description Date Box 1 Folder 1 OP16872/1 El Cerrito Inside of El Cerrito store. 1948 OP16872/2 El Cerrito Inside of El Cerrito store. 1948 OP16872/3 El Cerrito Inside of El Cerrito store. 1948 OP16872/4 El Cerrito Inside of store after being remodeled. 1948 OP16872/5 El Cerrito Opening of store, lamp section. 1948 OP16872/6 El Cerrito Aisle of hardware supplies. 1954 OP16872/7 El Cerrito Kitchenware aisle with customers near cashier. 1948 OP16872/8 El Cerrito Black and Decker and Alumiwall displays. 1948? OP16872/9 El Cerrito Black and Decker portable electric tools. 1948? OP16872/10 El Cerrito Builders' Hardware display. 1948 OP16872/11 San Diego "Martin Senour Paints, Maytag washer and press." 1954? OP16872/12 San Diego Martin Senour Paints. 1954? OP16872/13 San Diego Family in garden tool section. 1954? OP16872/14 San Diego Clerk showing water heaters. 1954? OP16872/15 San Diego Interior of store. 1954? OP16872/16 San Diego "You can have a new home at your present address." 1954 OP16872/17 San Diego Interior of store. 1954? OP16872/18 San Diego Kitchen sinks and porcelain lamp shades. 1954? OP16872/19 San Diego Fridgerators and Maytag washer machines. 1934 OP16872/20 San Diego Paint and "complete" bathroom outfit displays. ca. 1934 OP16872/21 1st and G streets Benton Roof Company display. ca. 1934 OP16872/22 San Diego Bathtub section. ca. 1934 OP16872/23 San Diego Whiting-Mead exhibit. 1922 OP16872/24 San Diego Standard Paint for $2.25 a gallon. ca. 1934 OP16872/25 San Diego Bathtub section. ca. 1934 OP16872/26 Imperial Valley Imperial Valley Fair. 1937 OP16872/27 San Diego Whiting-Mead Exhibit. 1922 OP16872/28 San Diego Men standing next to bathtubs and sinks. 1934? OP16872/29 San Diego Tool set. 1934? OP16872/30 San Diego Model kitchen and bathroom. 1934 OP16872/31 San Diego Roofing material. ca. 1934 OP16872/32 San Diego Building supply warehouse. ca. 1934 OP16872/33 San Diego Working boy and "Little Miss Poppy." 1922 OP16872/34 San Diego Customers inside store. ca. 1934 OP16872/35 San Diego Whiting-Mead exhibit. 1930 OP16872/36 San Diego Whiting-Mead exhibit. 1930 OP16872/37 San Diego Wooden couch, chair, and table. 1934 OP16872/38 San Diego Paint store. ca. 1934 OP16872/39 San Diego Clerk with customer. ca. 1950 OP16872/40 San Diego Family looking at lighting fixtures. ca. 1950 OP16872/41 San Diego Paint and model house displays. ca. 1934 OP16872/42 San Diego Tool display. ca. 1934 OP16872/43 San Diego Paint department. ca. 1934 OP16872/44 San Diego Mailboxes, chairs, and door knobs. ca. 1934 OP16872/45 San Diego Employees with merchandise. ca. 1930 OP16872/46 San Diego "Plumbing material direct from factory to you." ca. 1930 OP16872/47 San Diego Paint department. ca. 1930 OP16872/48 San Diego Employees posing with merchandise. ca. 1930 Folder 2 OP16872/49 San Diego Bathtubs and sinks. ca. 1934 OP16872/50 Hillcrest [?] Interior of East San Diego Branch. 1922 OP16872/51 San Diego Employees posing with merchandise. ca. 1934 OP16872/52 San Diego Employees next to bathtubs. ca. 1934 OP16872/53 San Diego Paint department. ca. 1934 OP16872/54 San Diego Employees posing with merchandise. ca. 1934 OP16872/55 San Diego "Plumbing material direct from factory to you." ca. 1934 OP16872/56 San Diego Bathtubs and sinks. 1913 OP16872/57 San Diego Bathtubs and sinks. 1913 Folder 3 OP16872/58 San Diego Employee in military uniform. ca. 1942 OP16872/59 San Diego Employee in military uniform [postcard]. ca. 1942 OP16872/60 New Jersey Bob West at military base, employee. 1943 OP16872/61 Texas Lt. Alfred R. Tagg at Camp Barkley, employee. 1942 OP16872/62 Santa Monica Cpl. Howard Flisrano, employee. 1942 OP16872/63 Arkansas Employee in uniform. 1943 OP16872/64 San Diego Plaque of Whiting-Mead men serving in WWII. ca. 1945 OP16872/65 San Diego Employees in military service. ca. 1942 OP16872/66 San Diego Employees in military service. ca. 1942 OP16872/67 San Diego "Business as Usual: Office across the street." 1939 OP16872/68 San Diego Fire damaged Whiting-Mead building. 1939 OP16872/69 K Street Fire damaged Whiting-Mead building. 1944 OP16872/70 K Street Fire damaged Whiting-Mead building. 1944 OP16872/71 K Street Fire damaged interior of Whiting-Mead building. 1944 OP16872/72 K Street Fire damaged counter and cashier. 1944 OP16872/73 K Street Fire damaged merchandise. 1944 OP16872/74 K Street Fire damaged rafters. 1944 OP16872/75 K Street Fire damaged counter and cashier. 1944 OP16872/76 K Street Collapsed roof. 1944 OP16872/77 K Street Debris. 1944 OP16872/78 K Street Fire damaged Whiting-Mead building. 1944 Folder 5 OP16872/79 Camp Marston Holmes Lodge. 1953 OP16872/80 San Diego Destruction of Imperial water tank. 1940 OP16872/81 San Diego Corner lot near two water towers and Southern California Bank. 1929 OP16872/82 San Diego Demolished Imperial building. 1940 OP16872/83 San Diego Destruction of Imperial Hotel. 1940 OP16872/84 El Centro Del Rio Hotel. ca. 1940 OP16872/85 San Diego Jeanette Gay property. 1937 OP16872/86 San Diego Brawley. 1940 OP16872/87 San Diego Brawley. 1940 OP16872/88 San Diego Apartment buildings. 1929 OP16872/89 San Diego Apartment buildings. 1929 OP16872/90 San Diego Apartment buildings. 1929 OP16872/91 10th Street Yuma Garage. 1940 OP16872/92 10th Street Yuma Garage. 1940 OP16872/93 San Diego Building framework. 1929 OP16872/94 San Diego Building framework. 1929 OP16872/95 San Diego Building framework. 1935 OP16872/96 San Diego Building framework. 1935 OP16872/97 San Diego Building framework. 1935 OP16872/98 San Diego Casa De Tempo. 1935 OP16872/99 San Diego Building framework. 1935 OP16872/100 San Diego Work crew at Casa De Tempo. 1935 OP16872/101 1st and G streets Moving a house, with Whiting-Mead store in background. ca. 1930 OP16872/102 K Street Demolished building. 1939 OP16872/103 K Street K Street Inn. 1940 OP16872/104 West Side Avenue Thatcher and King Contractors and Builders. 1945 OP16872/105 West Side Avenue Thatcher and King Contractors and Builders. 1945 OP16872/106 West Side Avenue Thatcher and King Contractors and Builders. 1945 OP16872/107 West Side Avenue Thatcher and King Contractors and Builders. 1945 OP16872/108 San Diego Model house display. 1945? OP16872/109 San Diego Model house display. 1945? OP16872/110 San Diego Model house display. 1945? OP16872/111 San Diego House, exterior. ca. 1945 OP16872/112 San Diego Interior, living room with chairs and fireplace. ca. 1945 OP16872/113 San Diego Interior, living room with chairs and a piano. ca. 1945 OP16872/114 San Diego Interior, dining room. ca. 1945 OP16872/115 San Diego Interior, kitchen area with a built in fan. ca. 1945 OP16872/116 San Diego Interior, twin beds in a bedroom. ca. 1945 OP16872/117 San Diego Interior, twin bed in a room. ca. 1945 OP16872/118 San Diego Interior, study room with guns on wall. ca. 1945 OP16872/119 San Diego Interior, kitchen. ca. 1945 OP16872/120 San Diego Reproduction of architectural drawing, Barbara Worth Hotel. ca. 1930s OP16872/121 9th Street Wooden building [before repairs]. 1945 OP16872/122 9th Street Wooden building [during repairs], Acme Roofing Company truck. 1945 OP16872/123 San Diego Building construction, "Future home of Whiting-Mead." 1945 OP16872/124 Coronado Outdoor theater, Tent City. 1940 OP16872/125 Coronado Outdoor theater, Tent City. 1940 OP16872/126 Coronado Outdoor theater, Tent City. 1940 OP16872/128 Coronado Housing, Tent City. 1940 OP16872/129 Coronado Housing, Tent City. 1940 OP16872/130 Coronado Demolition by Whiting-Mead, Tent City. 1940 OP16872/131 Coronado Housing, Tent City. 1940 Folder 6 OP16872/132 San Diego Workshop. ca. 1930 OP16872/133 San Diego Information desk. 1954 OP16872/134 San Diego Home Builders Department. 1954 OP16872/135 San Diego Martin Senour housepaints and Nu-Hue Color Bar. 1954 OP16872/136 San Diego Administrative offices. 1954 OP16872/137 San Diego Customers standing near Nu-Hue Color Bar. 1954 OP16872/138 San Diego Administrative offices. 1954 OP16872/139 San Diego Employee portrait [photomechanical print]. ca. 1930 Folder 7 OP16872/140 San Diego Whiting-Mead storefront. 1946 OP16872/141 San Diego Whiting-Mead storefront. 1946 OP16872/142 San Diego Whiting-Mead storefront. 1946 OP16872/143 San Diego Whiting-Mead storefront. 1946 OP16872/144 14th and K streets Whiting-Mead Store No. 2. 1923? OP16872/145 14th and K streets Whiting-Mead Store No. 2. 1923? OP16872/146 Hillcrest {?] East San Diego branch store. ca. 1930 OP16872/147 1st and G streets Whiting-Mead storefront. ca. 1925 OP16872/148 K Street Whiting-Mead storefront. 1935 OP16872/149 1st and G streets Original Whiting-Mead San Diego store. 1913? Folder 8 OP16872/150 San Diego Whiting-Mead storefront. 1937 OP16872/151 San Diego Brawley storefront. 1935 OP16872/152 14th and K streets Used Building Material Department. 1934 OP16872/153 San Diego Whiting-Mead storefront. 1941 OP16872/154 El Cajon Whiting-Mead storefront. 1941 OP16872/155 San Diego "Broadway Display." 1934 OP16872/156 San Diego Salesmen's office. ca. 1930 OP16872/157 Hillcrest [?] Whiting-Mead storefront. 1927 OP16872/158 1st and G streets Whiting-Mead storefront. 1927 OP16872/159 Hillcrest [?] Whiting-Mead storefront. 1924 OP16872/160 1st and G streets Whiting-Mead storefront. 1924 OP16872/161 San Diego Imperial construction. 1940 OP16872/162 San Diego Imperial construction. 1940 OP16872/163 San Diego Train with "carload of Maytag washers for Whiting-Mead." ca. 1930 OP16872/164 Hillcrest [?] Mr. Roberts, manager, in front of East San Diego store. ca. 1930 OP16872/165 San Diego Municipal Court building. ca. 1930 OP16872/166 San Diego Municipal Court building. ca. 1930 OP16872/167 San Diego Municipal Court building. ca. 1930 OP16872/168 El Centro Security-First National Bank building. 1940 OP16872/169 San Diego Whiting-Mead storefront. ca. 1940 OP16872/170 National City New Whiting-Mead storefront without signs. 1945 OP16872/171 National City New Whiting-Mead storefront with signs. 1945 OP16872/172 San Diego Whiting-Mead storefront. ca. 1930 OP16872/173 San Diego Various Whiting-Mead storefronts [reproduction]. ca. 1935 OP16872/174 San Diego Whiting-Mead storefront. ca. 1935 OP16872/175 San Diego Whiting-Mead/Builders' Market. 1954 OP16872/176 San Diego [Whiting-Mead?] building. ca. 1954 OP16872/177 San Diego Whiting-Mead building. ca. 1954 OP16872/178 El Cerrito Lumberyard entrance. 1948 OP16872/179 El Cerrito Whiting-Mead/Builders' Market. 1948 OP16872/180 El Cerrito Whiting-Mead/Builders' Market. 1948 OP16872/181 Hillcrest [?] Whiting-Mead storefront. ca. 1928 OP16872/182 Hillcrest [?] Whiting-Mead storefront. ca. 1928 OP16872/183 Oceanside Whiting-Mead storefront. 1928 OP16872/184 Oceanside Whiting-Mead storefront. 1928 OP16872/185 1st and G streets Whiting-Mead storefront. ca. 1928 OP16872/186 Hillcrest [?] Whiting-Mead storefront. ca. 1928 OP16872/187 El Centro Whiting-Mead storefront. ca. 1928 OP16872/188 El Centro Whiting-Mead storefront. ca. 1928 OP16872/189 1st and G streets Whiting-Mead storefront. ca. 1928 OP16872/190 1st and G streets Whiting-Mead storefront. ca. 1928 OP16872/191 14th and K streets Whiting-Mead storefront. 1928 OP16872/192 San Diego "40 acres of Whiting-Mead Industries" [exhibit?]. ca. 1930 OP16872/193 San Diego Whiting-Mead storefront. 1934 OP16872/194 San Diego Employees, heavy equipment, "Finish Lumber Shed" sign on storefront. 1939 OP16872/195 1st and G streets Whiting-Mead storefront. ca. 1930 OP16872/196 San Diego Whiting-Mead storefront. ca. 1950 OP16872/197 San Diego Whiting-Mead/Builders' Market. ca. 1950 OP16872/198 San Diego Whiting-Mead storefront. 1944 OP16872/199 University Ave Whiting-Mead storefront. ca. 1945 OP16872/200 San Diego Whiting-Mead Company trucks. 1929 OP16872/201 San Diego Whiting-Mead Store No. 2. 1923? OP16872/202 El Cerrito Whiting-Mead/Builders' Market. ca. 1950 OP16872/203 San Diego Whiting-Mead storefront. ca. 1950 OP16872/204 Hillcrest [?] East San Diego store, "Old Gildersleeve Schilling, Landlord.” ca. 1930 OP16872/205 El Centro Whiting-Mead storefront. ca. 1930 OP16872/206 1st and G streets Whiting-Mead storefront. ca. 1930 OP16872/207 San Diego Whiting-Mead Store No. 2. 1923? OP16872/208 El Centro Warehouse No. 2. ca. 1930 Folder 9 OP16872/209 San Diego Lumberyard. ca. 1940 OP16872/210 El Cajon Store mill. 1937 OP16872/211 San Diego Store mill. 1929 OP16872/212 San Diego Lumberyard. 1929 OP16872/213 San Diego Lumberyard. 1929 OP16872/214 San Diego Lumberyard. 1929 OP16872/215 San Diego Whiting-Mead Public Market for Building Material. 1927 OP16872/216 San Diego Lumberyard. 1927 OP16872/217 San Diego Whiting-Mead wrecking yard. 1927 OP16872/218 San Diego Lumberyard. 1935 OP16872/219 San Diego Lumberyard. 1935 OP16872/220 San Diego Second-hand yard. 1935 OP16872/221 San Diego Lumberyard. 1935 OP16872/222 San Diego Lumberyard. ca. 1930 OP16872/223 San Diego Store mill. ca. 1930 OP16872/224 San Diego Lumberyard. ca. 1935 OP16872/225 San Diego Lumberyard. ca. 1935 Box 2 Folder 10 OP16872/226 San Diego Company gathering. ca. 1940 OP16872/227 San Diego Company picnic. 1937 OP16872/228 San Diego Company picnic. 1937 OP16872/229 San Diego Company picnic. 1937 OP16872/230 San Diego Company picnic. 1937 OP16872/231 San Diego Company picnic. 1937 OP16872/232 San Diego Company picnic. 1937 OP16872/233 San Diego Company picnic. 1937 OP16872/234 San Diego Employees in a lunchroom. ca. 1930 OP16872/235 San Diego Company banquet or dinner. ca. 1930 OP16872/236 San Diego Company gathering. ca. 1950 OP16872/237 San Diego Company gathering. ca. 1950 OP16872/238 San Diego Company gathering. ca. 1950 OP16872/239 San Diego Company gathering. ca. 1950 OP16872/240 San Diego Company gathering. ca. 1950 OP16872/241 San Diego Company gathering. ca. 1950 OP16872/242 San Diego Company gathering. ca. 1950 OP16872/243 San Diego Company gathering. ca. 1950 OP16872/244 San Diego Company gathering. ca. 1950 OP16872/245 San Diego Company picnic. 1948 OP16872/246 San Diego Company picnic. 1948 OP16872/247 San Diego Company picnic. 1948 OP16872/248 San Diego Company picnic. 1948 OP16872/249 San Diego Company picnic. 1948 OP16872/250 San Diego Whiting-Mead Prosperity Banquet at Park Manor Hotel. 1936 OP16872/251 San Diego Montage: Prosperity Banquet, [Will Hahn?], Thanksgiving turkeys. 1936 OP16872/252 San Diego Company banquet. ca. 1940 Folder 11 OP16872/253 San Diego Man standing next to lumber truck. ca. 1935 OP16872/254 San Diego Man standing next to plumbing service truck. 1935 OP16872/255 San Diego Whiting-Mead truck. 1935 OP16872/256 San Diego Whiting-Mead truck. 1935 OP16872/257 San Diego Lumber truck. 1927 OP16872/258 San Diego Lumber truck. 1927 OP16872/259 San Diego "Ernie" driving company truck. 1935 OP16872/260 San Diego Lumber truck. ca. 1930 OP16872/261 San Diego Heavy eguipment. 1940 OP16872/262 San Diego Lumber truck. ca. 1930 OP16872/263 San Diego New Whiting-Mead "semi." 1940 OP16872/264 San Diego Plumbing Installation Department truck. 1937 OP16872/265 San Diego Whiting-Mead truck. 1937 OP16872/266 San Diego Whiting-Mead truck. 1937? Folder 12 OP16872/268 San Diego "Men, horses, wagons, machinery." 191-? OP16872/269 San Diego Group portrait of Whiting-Mead truck drivers [8 x 10 in. film negative]. 1937 OP16872/270 San Diego Group portrait of Whiting-Mead employees [H.L. Miner, center?]. 1944 OP16872/271 San Diego Portrait of [Paul Stake?]. ca. 1935 OP16872/272 San Diego Portrait of unidentified man. ca. 1920 OP16872/273 San Diego Inventory staff at Brawley. 1935 OP16872/274 San Diego Man in lab coat. 1935 OP16872/275 San Diego Secretaries and other employees at their desks. 1937 OP16872/276 San Diego Secretaries and other employees at their desks. 1937 OP16872/277 San Diego Inventory staff at Brawley. 1935 OP16872/278 San Diego Inventory staff at Brawley. 1935 OP16872/279 San Diego Man in suit. 1935? OP16872/280 San Diego Man in lab coat. 1934 OP16872/281 San Diego Man in suit. 1934 OP16872/282 San Diego Man in suit. 1935 OP16872/283 San Diego Man in suit standing next to truck. 1935 OP16872/284 San Diego Man in suit in front of Used Building Material Department. 1934 OP16872/285 San Diego Man wearing work apron. 1935 OP16872/286 San Diego Man wearing knee/high boots standing next to stacked lumber. 1935 OP16872/287 San Diego Man wearing knee/high boots standing next to stacked lumber. 1935 OP16872/288 San Diego Woman at switchboard. 1937 OP16872/289 San Diego Man sitting at desk. 1935 OP16872/290 San Diego Man sitting at desk. 1925 OP16872/291 San Diego Man sitting at desk. 1925 OP16872/292 San Diego Man in lab coat. ca. 1935 OP16872/293 San Diego Man in lab coat. ca. 1935 OP16872/294 San Diego Man in suit displaying fence gate. ca. 1935 OP16872/295 San Diego W.H. Mead [standing?] and H.L. Miner, looking at blueprints and framed photograph of first San Diego Whiting-Mead store. ca. 1940 OP16872/296 San Diego Man talking on telephone. ca. 1935 OP16872/297 San Diego Man in suit. 1927 OP16872/298 San Diego Man in suit. 1927 OP16872/299 San Diego Whiting-Mead truck drivers. 1935 OP16872/300 San Diego Men sitting on automobile sideboard. 1928 OP16872/301 San Diego Men standing next to automobile in front of D.C. Collier Real Estate. 1928 OP16872/302 San Diego Man in suit. ca. 1940s OP16872/303 San Diego Man in suit. ca. 1940s OP16872/304 San Diego Man in suit. ca. 1940s OP16872/305 San Diego Man in suit. ca. 1940s OP16872/306 San Diego Man in suit. ca. 1940s OP16872/307 San Diego Man in suit. ca. 1940s OP16872/308 San Diego Man in suit. ca. 1940s OP16872/309 San Diego Man in suit. ca. 1940s OP16872/310 San Diego Man in lab coat. ca. 1940s OP16872/311 San Diego Man in suit. ca. 1940s OP16872/312 San Diego Man wearing tie and suspenders. ca. 1940s OP16872/313 San Diego Man in suit. 1946 OP16872/314 San Diego Man with hand tools standing at counter. ca. 1940s OP16872/315 San Diego Man in suit. ca. 1940s OP16872/316 San Diego Man in suit. ca. 1940s OP16872/317 San Diego Man in suit. ca. 1940s OP16872/318 San Diego Man in suit. ca. 1940s OP16872/319 San Diego Man in suit. ca. 1940s OP16872/320 San Diego Man in lab coat. ca. 1940s OP16872/321 San Diego Man in suit. ca. 1940s OP16872/322 San Diego Man in suit. ca. 1940s OP16872/323 San Diego Man in suit. ca. 1940s OP16872/324 San Diego Five men standing in lumberyard. 1935 OP16872/325 San Diego Three men in front of automobile. 1934 OP16872/326 San Diego Two men at desk. ca. 1935 OP16872/327 San Diego Man in lab coat. 1938 OP16872/328 San Diego Man in suit. ca. 1935 OP16872/329 San Diego Man in hat at company picnic. ca. 1935 OP16872/330 San Diego Two men in suits walking by Miramar Hotel. ca. 1935 OP16872/331 San Diego Man in suit. ca. 1940s OP16872/332 San Diego Man in company truck. ca. 1940s OP16872/333 San Diego Carl Jonsson reaching for can of varnish. ca. 1940s OP16872/334 San Diego Man with clipboard standing next to stacked lumber. ca. 1940s OP16872/335 San Diego George handing piece of his retirement cake to [H.L. Miner?]. ca. 1935 OP16872/336 San Diego George handing piece of his retirement cake to [H.L. Miner?]. ca. 1935 OP16872/337 San Diego Man in overalls with clipboard. ca. 1935 OP16872/338 San Diego Whiting-Mead truck drivers. 1937 OP16872/339 San Diego Whiting-Mead truck drivers. 1937 OP16872/340 San Diego Whiting-Mead truck drivers. 1937 OP16872/341 San Diego George cutting his retirement cake, with [H.L. Miner?]. ca. 1935 OP16872/342 San Diego Robert Sage with his wife and child. ca. 1935 OP16872/343 San Diego Family in front of automobile. ca. 1935 OP16872/344 San Diego H.L. Miner (left) receiving scroll from W.H. Mead (right) on his 70th birthday. 1943 OP16872/345 San Diego W.H. Mead [standing?] and H.L. Miner, looking at blueprints and framed photograph of first San Diego Whiting-Mead store. ca. 1940 OP16872/346 San Diego W.H. Mead [standing?] and H.L. Miner, looking at blueprints and framed photograph of first San Diego Whiting-Mead store. ca. 1940 OP16872/347 San Diego H.L. Miner sitting at desk with blueprints and other Whiting-Mead employees standing behind him. ca. 1940 OP16872/348 San Diego George with his retirement cake. ca. 1935 OP16872/349 San Diego W.H. Mead [standing?] and H.L. Miner looking at blueprints. ca. 1940 OP16872/350 San Diego Portrait of H.L. Miner. ca. 1930s OP16872/351 San Diego KSON radio announcer on location in Whiting-Mead store. ca. 1940s OP16872/352 San Diego KSON radio announcer on location in Whiting-Mead store. ca. 1940s OP16872/353 San Diego Montage: H.L. Miner (center) and other Whiting-Mead executives. 1944 OP16872/354 San Diego Employees standing in front of lumber trucks. 1922 OP16872/355 San Diego Man in suit. ca. 1930 OP16872/356 Los Angeles Group portrait of Whiting-Mead employees in front of Los Angeles Office and Stores Departments. 1934 OP16872/357 San Diego Man standing next to water heaters. ca. 1935 OP16872/358 San Diego Employees standing in front of lumber trucks. 1922 Folder 13 OP16872/359 Balboa Park Whiting-Mead exhibit at California Pacific International Exposition. 1935 OP16872/360 Balboa Park "Memories of 1935": Chimpanzee and man, "Jack and John." 1935 OP16872/361 Balboa Park Whiting-Mead exhibit at California Pacific International Exposition. 1935 OP16872/362 Balboa Park Man in suit. 1935 OP16872/363 Balboa Park Whiting-Mead exhibit at California Pacific International Exposition. 1935 OP16872/364 Balboa Park "California's Most Elaborate Building Material" exhibit. 1935 Folder 14 OP16872/365 Horton Plaza "Example of Better Housing" Plaza. 1935 OP16872/366 Horton Plaza "Example of Better Housing" Plaza. 1935 OP16872/367 San Diego View of house with two people sitting on front porch. 1935 OP16872/368 Horton Plaza "Example of Better Housing" Plaza. 1935 OP16872/369 Horton Plaza "Example of Better Housing" Plaza. 1935 OP16872/370 Horton Plaza "Example of Better Housing" Plaza. 1935 OP16872/371 Horton Plaza "Example of Better Housing" Plaza. 1935 OP16872/372 San Diego Whiting-Mead display of model homes with list prices, noting "payments per month include insurance and taxes." ca. 1935
Accompanying material:
2 typed letters from H.G. Jones [Masonite Corporation] to Everett E. Miner [Whiting-Mead], 1937.
2 invoices from Whiting-Mead to Masonite Corporation, 1937.
1 hand-written note from F. E. M. to Paul Stake, 1937.
1 Whiting-Mead Family Reporter newsletter (vol. 3, no. 9), 1944.
1 clipping [from the San Diego Union] headlined "Officials Probe $100,000 Fire in Supply Firm," 1944.
1 handbill [2 copies], [1954?]
2 Whiting-Mead forms, 1988.
