WAUKaplanfamilyPH2016_065.xml Guide to the Harry Kaplan Family Photograph Collection 1925-1935 Kaplan (Harry) Family Photograph Collection Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries © 2016 (Last modified: 1/31/2020)
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections PH1579 Kaplan (Family : Kaplan, Harry Harry Kaplan Family Photograph Collection 1925-1935 43 photographs (1 box) Collection materials are in English. Photographs from Kaplan family trips to California and New York

Harry Kaplan was an accountant living and working in New York City in the first half of the twentieth century. He was of Russian Jewish ancestry, having been born the son of Russian immigrants. His wife, Betty, emigrated from Russia as a small child with her family. Together they had two children, Mildred and Herbert David.

Although this collection includes photographs of several Kaplan family trips, the second series contains one photographer's view of Charles Lindbergh's New York parade. Charles Lindbergh made the first successful solo transatlantic flight in 1927, traveling from New York to Paris over the course of 33 hours. His arrival in Paris on May 21st was greeted with throngs of onlookers and much adulation. He was brought back to the United States on the Navy cruiser USS Memphis , and was greeted enthusiastically in Washington D.C. President Calvin Coolidge conferred the Distinguished Flying Cross on Lindbergh during the welcome ceremonies, and he would go on to receive the Medal of Honor in December. On June 13th, New York City held a parade to greet and honor him upon his arrival, and he was lauded in person by both Mayor Jimmy Walker and Governor Al Smith. It is estimate that 200,000 people attended the New York ceremony held by Walker and Smith, and that an additional 4,000,000 saw him and his parade as it traveled through the city.

The collection is divided into three series, covering the 1925 California family trip, the 1927 Charles Lindbergh parade, and the 1935 California family trip. The photographs are arranged numerically according to numbers listed on each photograph by a previous owner. These numbers follow the chronology of the photographs, suggesting they were added by one of the Kaplans.

The collection includes photographs from Kaplan family trips to California, as well as photographs of the New York parade celebrating Charles Lindbergh. The Kaplan's had two children, Mildred and Herbert David, although only Mildred appears in this collection. Although census records place the family in New York, it is clear that they traveled to California multiple times, apparently on vacation, indicating that the Kaplans were relatively well-off. Photographs from California trips consist of locations in and around San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Santa Catalina Island. Photographs from the New York trip show the Charles Lindbergh parade passing through Madison Square on June 13, 1927.

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Donor: Possibly H. David Kaplan.

Processed by: Melody Smith, December 2018; Michael Lowry Lamble, February 2019.

Accessioned as PH2016-065.

 Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington) Kaplan, H. David--Archives Kaplan family--Photographs Talmadge, Norma, 1894-1957--Homes and haunts--Photographs Compson, Betty, 1897-1974--Homes and haunts--Photographs Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974--Photographs Family vacations--New York (State)--New York--Photographs Family vacations--California--San Francisco--Photographs Family vacations--California--Los Angeles--Photographs Family vacations--California--Santa Catalina Island--Photographs Photographs Home and Family California Photographs

 

California, 1925

This series shows trips of the Kaplan family around California in 1925, featuring museums in San Francisco, parks in and around Los Angeles, the homes of 1920s celebrities, and seaside destinations.

1/1 1 Entrance to the de Young Museum in San Francisco, California, with a family standing in front 1925 1/1 2 A family, probably the Kaplans, on the steps of the de Young Museum in San Francisco, California 1925 1/1 3 The de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California 1925 1/1 4 People at the front of the Steinhart Aquarium in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California 1925 1/1 5 Picnic grounds in the mountains near Los Angeles, California with a huge gathering of cars 1925 1/1 6 A group of people on a tram in Ocean Park, Santa Monica, California 1925 1/1 7 Betty Kaplan at the end of the incline at Echo Mountain 1925 1/1 8 Betty Kaplan at Mt. Lowe Tavern 1925 1/1 9 View from Griffith Park, near Los Angeles, California 1925 1/1 10 Mountains seen from Griffith Park, near Los Angeles, California 1925 1/1 11 House of Betty Compson, with a couple, possibly Betty and Harry Kaplan, probably in Los Angeles, California 1925 1/1 12 The Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California 1925 1/2 13 House of Norma Talmadge with a child, possibly Mildred Kaplan, in front 1925 1/2 14 House of Norma Talmadge with a family in front, possibly Betty, Harry, and Mildred Kaplan 1925 1/2 15 House of Norma Talmadge with a man and child in front, possibly Mildred Kaplan 1925 1/2 16 House of Betty Compson, probably in Los Angeles, California 1925 1/2 17 Home of Adolph Bernheimer owner of the Japanese Gardens 1925 1/2 18-19 A Japanese garden in Los Angeles, California 1925 1/2 20 A pond and pagoda in a Japanese garden, overlooking Hollywood, Los Angeles, California 1925 1/2 21 Houses on cliff and the harbor in Avalon Bay 1925 1/2 22 Avalon Bay from the sea 1925 1/2 23 Two men and two women, including Betty Kaplan, at the Palen Café in Capistrano, California 1925 1/2 24 Two women, including Betty Kaplan, at Mission San Juan Capistrano in Capistrano, California 1925 1/2 25 Betty Kaplan at the Maryland Hotel in San Diego, California 1925 Charles Lindbergh parade

This series is composed of photographs of the 1927 parade in Manhattan held in honor of Charles Lindbergh in recognition of his transatlantic flight from New York to Paris.

 1/3 26-35 A parade in New York to celebrate Charles Lindbergh June 13, 1927 1/3 36 Charles Lindbergh at the Eternal Light Flagstaff in Madison Square Park, before a crowd June 13, 1927 Santa Catalina Island, 1935

This series shows the Kaplan Family's trip to Santa Catalina Island in 1935.

 1/4 37 Catalina Casino across Avalon Bay 1935 1/4 38 Avalon Bay and part of the city of Avalon 1935 1/4 39 Al Kaplan, Trish(?) Joseph Kaplan, her mother, Mimi Kaplan, and Larry Buffwinick 1935 1/4 40 Catalina Casino from the sea, with mountains behind 1935 1/4 41 Old lighthouse near Avalon, California 1935 1/4 42 Pier and beach in Avalon, California 1935 1/4 43 Mildred Kaplan at a viewpoint in Los Angeles, California August 18, 1935