Chapman Park Hotel, Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, 1934

Chapman Park Hotel, Wilshire Boulevard between Mariposa and Alexandria Avenue, Los Angeles, 1934. Formerly named the Alexandria Hotel, it was built in 1906 and enlarged in 1909. The Santa Ysabel Land Company, controlled by Charles C. Chapman and his son, Stanley Chapman, purchased the hotel in 1930. It housed the United States women for the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles.

Garden of the Chapman Park Hotel, Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, 1935

Garden of the Chapman Park Hotel, Wilshire Boulevard between Mariposa and Alexandria Avenues, Los Angeles, 1935. Formerly named the Alexandria Hotel, it was built in 1906 and enlarged in 1909. The Santa Ysabel Land Company, controlled by Charles C. Chapman and his son, Stanley Chapman, purchased the hotel in 1930. It housed the United States women for the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles.

Ruth Knox Dowling Chapman, California Christian College, Los Angeles, California, 1921

Ruth Knox Dowling Chapman, wife of George Arthur Chapman, by steps of a building at California Christian College [Chapman College], Los Angeles, California, 1921.

Anna E. Stover Chapman, Los Angeles, California

Portrait of Anna E. Stover Chapman, taken in the Witzel Studio, Los Angeles, California, ca. 1919.

Anna E. Stover Chapman and Samuel James Chapman

Anna E. Stover Chapman and Samuel James Chapman, posing outside by a trellis.

Portrait of Ruth Knox Dowling Chapman, 1922

Portrait of Ruth Knox Dowling Chapman, Los Angeles, California, 1922. Wife of George Arthur Chapman, Sr. Signature of photographer hard to read--Yartel Howlett?

Samuel James Chapman, Illinois, ca. 1880

Portrait of a young Samuel James Chapman, taken in Illinois, ca. 1880.

President G. T. "Buck" Smith presents Irvin C. "Ernie" Chapman with 50th year diploma at Commencement, 1983

President G. T. "Buck" Smith presents Irvin C. "Ernie" Chapman with 50th year diploma at Commencement, Chapman College, Orange, California, May 29, 1983.

The 50th reunion of the Class of 1933, Chapman College, Orange, California, May 19, 1983

The 50th reunion of the Class of 1933, Chapman College, Orange, California, May 19, 1983. First row, left to right: Ruth (Mercer) Dorrance, Toribio Castillo, Melva (Carlmark) Haskell, Felix Pascua, Henry Searle, and Lois (Huntley) Todd. Back row, left to right: Ruta (Pelley) Upham, Paul Dear, John Parker, Howard Metzger, Irvin C. "Ernie" Chapman and Tom West.

Packing house workers with Old Mission Brand crates and oranges, Covina, California, 1907

Packing house workers with Old Mission Brand crates and oranges, Covina, California, 1907. [Label: Old Mission Brand, Frank M. Chapman, Covina, California]

Mary Louise Tea Room, in the Barker Brothers Department Store in downtown Los Angeles, California

Halftone photographic postcard showing the Mary Louise Tea Room, in the Barker Brothers Department Store in downtown Los Angeles, California. The tea room was run by Dolla Harris, sister of C. C. Chapman.

E. Joe Clarke, Monmouth, Illinois

Cabinet card photographic portrait of E. Joe Clarke, taken in the Root studio, Monmouth, Illinois.

Residence, Sterling, Illinois

Residence [written over photograph: "Home 1916-1919"], possibly Sterling, Illinois, ca. 1919.

Central Park, Sterling, Illinois

Written on front: "Central Park, Sterling, Illinois, 24729." Written on back: "My playground 1911-13 and 1916-19."

Reverend Frank Dowling and his wife, Bethia Paul Dowling, 1935

Reverend Frank Dowling and his wife, Bethia Paul Dowling, 1935.