[Photograph album of a cross-country move to California].

California ; Pennsylvania, 1923-1924.

135 photographs in 1 album : gelatin silver prints ; photographs 17 x 10 cm and smaller

Purchased from Martin Hartzold on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2020.

This material is open for research.

Elsie Piersol Van Frank (1896-1981) was the daughter of George W. Piersol (1859-1934) and Margaret Rankin Piersol (1869-1948). In 1923, the Piersol family moved from Washington, Pennsylvania, to Alhambra, California. Elsie graduated from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles in 1925; she later worked as a teacher in Alhambra and Pasadena.

Photograph album with photographs compiled by Elsie Piersol Van Frank of her cross-country move via automobile to Alhambra, California, with parents George W. Piersol and Margaret Rankin Piersol, as well as the months following, 1923-1924. Photographs at the beginning of the album show identified neighbors and acquaintances in Washington, Pennsylvania; photographs in the middle of the album show the Piersols in Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico; photographs at the end of the album show the Piersol’s new residence in Alhambra, as well as Elsie Piersol with identified acquaintances at Santa Monica, San Juan Capistrano, Santa Barbara, and the University of California, Los Angeles.

English

August 28, 2020

Elsie Piersol Van Frank, Photograph Album of a Cross-Country Move to California. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Elsie Piersol Van Frank, Photograph Album of a Cross-Country Move to California. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.