SANTA CATALINA ISLAND POST CARDS: BENHAM COMPANY, LOS ANGELES, CAL

December 2, 1912 Los Angeles Herald

Benham Company, Los Angeles (1887-1913) was established in 1887 as the Benham Indian Trading Company [a.k.a. The Indian Store; Indian Traders]. By 1912 it had expanded to the "largest Curio Store in the World."

September 20, 1913 [Los Angeles Herald]: “H. J. Kohl, representing Burns' Indian Trading Company, successors to The Benham Company, Los Angeles made his usual semi-monthly trip to San Pedro today. He reports that San Pedro is the best town on the coast for its size in his line of goods. He carries a pretty and extensive line of Indian and Mexican handicraft, fancy beads and leather goods, Navajos and rugs.”

• SANTA CATALINA ISLAND POST CARDS: BENHAM COMPANY, LOS ANGELES, CAL
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  2031
  Avalon Bay, looking north, Catalina Island.
  The Benham Co., Los Angeles, Cal.
  postmarked January 10, 1910
  [original in SCIF archives]
• 

  2033
  Golf Links, Catalina Island.
  The Benham Co., Los Angeles, Cal.
  [original in SCIF archives]
• 

  2033
  Golf Links, Catalina Island.
  The Benham Co., Los Angeles, Cal. [variant]
  Postmarked Avalon Aug. 19, 1910
  [original in SCIF archives]
• 

  2037
  Descanso Canyon,
  Santa Catalina Island, Cal.
  The Benham Co., Los Angeles, Cal.
  postmarked August 26, 1913
  [original in SCIF archives]
• 

  2039
  Tent City
  Santa Catalina Island
  The Benham Co., Los Angeles, Cal.
• 

  2040
  Sugar Loaf and Surf, Catalina Island.
  The Benham Co., Los Angeles, Cal.
  postmarked May 2, 1910
  [original in SCIF archives]
• 

  2450
  Bringing in a record catch of Black Sea Bass
  Avalon, Catalina Island, Cal..
  The Benham Co., Los Angeles, Cal.
  [original in SCIF archives]
• 

  2827
  The Grand View Hotel & Bath HouseThe Benham Co., Los Angeles, Cal.
  [original in SCIF archives]

2831
A View of Avalon, S.S. Hermosa at Wharf, Catalina Island, Cal.
The Benham Co., Los Angeles, Cal.
[original in SCIF archives]

2838
Boat Race, Avalon, Catalina Island, Cal.
The Benham Co., Los Angeles, Cal.
[original in SCIF archives]

2839
Red Aloae in the Marine Gardens
Catalins Island, Cal.
The Benham Co., Los Angeles, Cal.
[original in SCIF archives]

2841
The Amphitheatre, Avalon, Catalina Island
The Benham Co., Los Angeles, Cal.

2842
Pebble Beach, Catalina Island, Cal.
The Benham Co., Los Angeles, Cal.
postmarked April 3, 1911
[original in SCIF archives]

2843
Avalon Bay and Ship Cabrillo from the Summit of the Incline Railway, Catalina Island, Cal.
The Benham Co., Los Angeles, Cal.

2845
Banning Residence, showing Mouth of Canyon,
Catalina Island, Cal.
The Benham Co., Los Angeles, Cal.

2854
A Record Tuna, Gamest Fish in Catalina Waters
The Benham Co., Los Angeles, Cal.
[original in SCIF archives]

2858
Tuna Club, Catalina Island, Cal.
The Benham Co., Los Angeles, Cal.
[original in SCIF archives]

2886
Mexican Joe and one of his biggest catches,
Black Sea Bass, weight 436 pounds caught with rod and reel,
Catalina Island
The Benham Co., Los Angeles, Cal.
[original in SCIF archives]

2912
Scuplin the the Submarine Gardens,
Avalon, Catalina Island, Cal.
The Benham Co., Los Angeles, Cal.
[original in SCIF archives]

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