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P-1.* Adam Clark Vroman (1856-1916) Collection, 1895-1912.
Prints. Photographs, Negatives.
Negs. 54.7 linear feet (Boxes: letter, 5x7, 19 ov).
Amateur photographer and bookstore owner. Made several expeditions to the Southwest from his home in Pasadena, California, to photograph the Indians in Arizona and New Mexico. Other subjects include Pasadena, Yosemite, and the California Missions, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and the Library of Congress. Vroman photographed in Japan in 1909 and in Europe in 1912.
Many are pictured in Photographer of the Southwest and Dwellers at the Source.
Images are arranged numerically.
There is a subject card file and a shelf list.
P-2. * Al Greene (1906-1980) Collection, ca. 1880-1950.
Prints. Photographs, negatives.
Negs. 14 linear feet (Boxes: letter, ½ letter, and 3-ring binders/notebooks, 1 ov).
Commercial photographer who made some of these photographs himself, but also bought and copied many negatives from other photographers. Some of these photographers’ collections are listed immediately below as separate series within the Greene Collection. Most of the images are of Los Angeles and Southern California, but Northern California and some other states are included.
Negatives are arranged numerically with shelf lists available.
Prints are arranged geographically in 3-ring binders, mixed with the Putnam-Valentine photos.
P-2.1. Putnam-Valentine Collection, ca.1880s-1930.
Prints. Photographs, negatives.
Negs. 68.5 linear feet (Boxes: letter, ½ letter, 3-ring binders).
Los Angeles-based team who documented the growth and development of Southern California over a fifty year period with John R. Putnam primarily handling the photography and C. O. Valentine conducting the business end of the company. (Putnam’s son, Arion Putnam, was also one of this collection’s photographers.)
The negatives are arranged numerically with shelf lists available.
The prints are arranged geographically in 3-ring binders mixed with the Greene photos. Although some of the prints were made by Putnam and Valentine, most were made by Greene after he purchased the original negatives.
P-2.2. * Frederic Hamer Maude (1858-1959) Collection, ca.1890-1920.
Prints. Photographs, negatives.
Negs. 42.1 linear feet (Boxes: letter, ½ letter).
Maude was a commercial photographer who shot most of these negatives himself, but also obtained some from other photographers. Includes California, Arizona, and the West.
Arranged numerically.
There is a subject card file and a shelf list.
For a collection of original prints made by Maude himself see P-99.
For an album of prints made by Maude see P-100.
P-3.* Abel Fletcher Collection.
Prints. (Boxes: legal, 5x7, postcard all in L.C.)
Negs. Ambrotypes, daguerrotypes, Fletchotypes, negatives, family documents, carte de visites, photographs of Massilion, Ohio, books, correspondence. 1823 – 1940.
P-4.* Andrew Alexander Forbes (1862-1921) Collection, ca.1890-1915.
Prints. Photographs, negatives.
Negs. 10 linear feet (Boxes: letter, ½ letter, 4 ov).
First resident photographer in the Owens Valley, Forbes photographed primarily Paiute Indians and the eastern California scenery. He maintained a commercial studio in Bishop from 1902 to 1916. Forbes also made panoramic murals and scenic calendars.
Arranged numerically.
P-5.* Warren C. Dickerson (1853-1936) Collection, ca.1890s-1920.
Prints. Postcard albums, negatives.
Negs. 55.2 linear feet (Boxes: letter, 5x7, 3 ov).
Commercial photographer who worked for postcard companies throughout the country. About one-third of the negatives are of California. Included are several postcard albums.
Arranged geographically by state and locality.
P-6.* William Stinson Soule (1836-1908) Collection, ca.1869-71.
Prints. Photographs, negatives.
Negs. 2.5 linear feet (Boxes: letter, ½ letter).
Studio portraits of Plains Indians at the Fort Sill Indian Reservation, Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, ca.1869-71. Most images appear in Will Soule, Indian Photographer.
Arranged numerically. Shelf list and name index are available.
P-7. Frank Layton Washburn (1867-1950) Collection, ca.1900-35.
Prints. Photographs, negatives.
Negs. 2.5 linear feet (Boxes: 5x7, ½ letter).
Washburn was an inspector for the gas and electric company in Los Angeles; some photos document the company's work. Collection includes Los Angeles Chinatown photos, ca.1902-05, significant because they feature the Chinese inhabitants whereas other photographers at the time did not.
Also includes San Francisco Chinatown and Fisherman's Wharf, Aug. 1904 and Sept. 1910.
Arranged numerically.
P-8.* Postcard Collection, ca.1895-.
Prints. Postcards.
65 linear feet (Boxes: postcard, 10 ov).
Alphabetically arranged by state, then by cities within each state. Box 1-25, California; Box 26-84, other states; Box; 85-87, Canada. Also albums of postcards, including Europe, as well as some postcards arranged by subject.
P-9.* California Alligator Farm Collection, ca. 1920s-1940s.
Prints. Photographs.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter).
Photographs collected by donor, Marjorie L. Eade, documenting this Los Angeles attraction, showing women and children riding on the alligators, ostriches, and in carts.
P-10. Sam Behrendt Collection, ca.1870-1920.
Prints. Photographs.
(GC 1325) 7 linear feet (Boxes: letter, 1 ov).
Sam Behrendt was a Los Angeles collector of historical relics including photographs. Many of these photos were made by Charles C. Pierce.
Subjects include Los Angeles and Southern California communities, San Francisco and Northern California, and some subject files.
Arranged geographically and by subject.
P-11. Geographic file, ca. 1870-1930.
Prints. Photographs, negatives.
Negs. 47 linear feet (Boxes: 5x7, letter, ½ letter, legal, letter flat, ov)
Individual images (prints and negatives) not part of any other collection.
Arranged geographically.
Includes C. Scheerer Co. Scrapbook: Photo album of Los Angeles businesses, c. 1905.
P-12. Subject file, ca. 1870-1930.
Prints. Photographs, negatives.
Negs. 10 linear feet (Boxes: 5x7, letter, ½ letter, legal, ov)
Individual images (prints and negatives) not part of other collections.
Arranged by subject.
P-13.* John B(artlett) Goodman, III 1910- Collection, mid-20th cent.
Prints. Photographs, negatives
Negs. 5 linear feet (Boxes: letter, flat, ov).
(GC 1231) Goodman was active in the motion picture industry as an art director for
47 years. He worked for Paramount in the 1930s and 1940s. Many of the photos are location shots for various films including Wells Fargo (1937), The Howardsof Virginia (1940), Shadow of a Doubt (1943) and European locales as late as the 1950s.
P-14. * Del Valle Collection, ca.1870s-1900.
Prints. Photographs.
(GC 1002) 2 linear feet (Boxes: letter, flat, 1 ov).
Photos of the Ygnacio and Reginaldo Del Valle families, active in California business and government in the 19th century. Mostly family photos, including views taken at their rancho Camulos near Ventura.
Arrangement is numerically by accession number.
Part of Del Valle Family Papers (Gen. Col. 1002).
P-15. * Esther E. (Strauss) Lovell Collection, 1911-1916.
Prints. Photographs.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: letter).
Photographs taken by Esther Eva Strauss (Mrs. Rueben G. Lovell) in Juarez, Mexico, and El Paso, Texas at the time of the Mexican Revolution. Pictured are soldiers, military leaders, and civilians including Francisco (Pancho) Villa, Francisco Madero, and Pascual Orozco. A number of views show dead bodies after the fighting.
P-16. * Disney Transparency Collection, ca.1940.
Prints. Color transparencies.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: ½-width 5x7).
Sixteen 4" x 5" color transparencies of scenes from Walt Disney's animated feature films Pinocchio and Fantasia.
Given by Walt Disney to Henry Anson Wylde of the Museum's Exhibits Division in appreciation of an exhibition at the Museum in November, 1940, entitled "Retrospective of the Walt Disney Medium."
P-17. Photo Album Collection.
(Box 1-10 legal, Box 11-29 letter, Box 30-49 flat, Box 50 legal)
Container list and subject index available.
To be dismantled as a collection, and divided into individual collections where appropriate.
World War I scrapbook in Row 27-1.
P-18.* Japanese-American Collection, ca. 1900-1940s.
Prints. Photographs, negatives.
Negs. 3 linear feet (Boxes: letter, ½ letter, 5x7).
Copies of photographs made by various photographers dealing with the Japanese community in Los Angeles and Southern California.
P-19. Theodore Roosevelt Camp #9 Collection.
Prints. 3.5 linear feet (Boxes: 5x7, letter, 2 ½ legal, flat).
Photographs of the Spanish-American War, the Philippines, and the Philippine Insurrection. Also, China and the Boxer Rebellion, and Japan.
Gift of the Theodore Roosevelt Camp #9, 1940, and John J. Lubeck, 1940
P-20. Lantern Slide Collection.
Negs. Glass positives.
22 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter, 5x7)
Primarily scenic travel views but includes theater announcement cards.
P-21. Stereographic View Collection, ca. 1900-1920s.
Prints. Stereographs.
12.5 linear feet (Boxes: 5x7).
California, and other states, plus topics such as agriculture, California missions, Indians, war scenes and La Brea Tar Pit fossils. Included are five original boxes, each formed along one edge to look like a book spine, each of which contains a set of stereos of a world tour including India. One of these boxes contains a stereo viewer.
Arranged geographically and by subject.
P-21.1.* Sears Roebuck Stereographic View Collection.
Prints. Stereographs.
(Boxes: ½ 5x7)
Views of the Sears Roebuck company operations.
P-22. Exhibition Photos, ca.1960s-1980s.
Prints. Photographs.
3 linear feet (Boxes: 15 ov).
Display photos left over from various Museum exhibits, including Manzanar (1971-72), the Lando Hall, America's Black Heritage (1969-70), the Gold show (1987), the Los Angeles show, the Jack Alexander exhibit (1980), and an exhibit on photography.
P-23. Lyman J. Muchmore Collection, ca.1890-1930s.
Prints. Photographs.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: letter).
Family photos of Lyman J. Muchmore, Asst. Curator of Life Sciences at the Natural History Museum, 1923-1937. Includes a couple of Museum views.
P-24. Native American Collection, late 19th c.-early 20th c.
Prints. Photographs.
Negs. 2.5 linear feet (Boxes: letter, ½ legal).
Includes albums and original prints.
P-25. Stokes Collection.
Prints. Photographs, negatives.
Negs. .4 linear feet (Boxes: letter, ½ letter)
Concerns the 1910 bombing of the Los Angeles Times building and the subsequent trial. Photos of individuals involved in the trial and photos of a few exhibit items. Compiled by police reporter Frank E. Stokes.
P-26. Motion Picture Collection, early-mid 20th c.
Prints. Photographs.
25 linear feet (Boxes: letter, flat, 2 ov, mc drawer in sect. 25).
Stills arranged alphabetically by actor, director, and by film title, as well as several other categories such as cameramen & studios.
P-27.* Alfred R. Waud Collection.
Prints. Photographs.
(GC 1102) .4 linear feet (Boxes: letter)
Photographs of Civil War illustrator Waud, his two wives and daughters.
Part of Alfred R. Waud Papers (Gen. Col. 1102).
P-28.* Upham Collection.
Prints. (Boxes: letter, 5x7)
(GC 1098) Photographs belonging to the Upham family.
P-29. * Henry France Rile Collection, early 20th c., circa 1914-1940
Prints. Photographs, negatives.
Negs. l linear foot (Boxes: 5x7, ½ letter).
Views of Southern California, particularly Santa Monica taken by Rile.
P-30. Cowan Collection.
Negs. (Boxes: 5x7)
Lantern slides.
Panama, maybe other subjects.
P-31. Mule Hill Collection, circa. 1971.
Prints Photographs.
3.75 linear feet (Boxes: record boxes)
Rolled, aerial photos of the Mule Hill area in San Diego County taken as part of research conducted by History Division Research Associate Konrad Schreier concerning the actual location of the site of the Mexican War Battle of San Pasqual.
P-32. Olympic Games (1932) Collection.
Prints. Photographs (1984 copy photos).
(GC 1014) 1.5 linear feet (boxes: letter, flat, 4 ov)
Copy photos of 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, from the Museum's 1984 exhibit which was part of the 1984 Olympic Arts Festival.
P-33. * Ida Husted Harper Collection of Susan B. Anthony Photographs, ca., 1870s-1906.
Prints. .4 linear feet (Boxes: letter, 1 ov)
Photographs of Anthony, her sister Mary, and associates, such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Anna Howard Shaw, Lucretia Mott, and biographer Ida Husted Harper. Also, photos of several Anthony homes.
P-34. * Hazard-Dyson Collection, ca. 1860-1905.
Prints. Photographs.
1.25 linear feet (Boxes: 3 letter).
Views of Los Angeles and environs taken by the Hazard-Dyson Studios, Los Angeles.
P-35. * Owen C. Coy Collection.
(GC 1003) Photographs.
4.59 linear feet (boxes: 11 letter)
Photographs are primarily of California historic sites, landmarks, artifacts and events, including people who have contributed to the state’s history. This includes images of California missions and Native Americans. Coverage includes the age of Spanish exploration, but the concentration is for the 19th and early 20th century. The collection grew from Coy’s work as director of the California State Historical Association and its publication, California History Nugget, as well as Coy’s involvement with the 1936 WPA Historical Records Survey, and his tenure as professor of History at the University of Southern California from 1925-1950.
See also Gen. Col. 1212 Historic American Buildings Survey, Southern California District 3.
P-36. Carl Victor Jonasson (1880-1960) Collection, ca.1898-1902.
Prints. Photographs (prints are only those filed with the negatives), negatives.
Negs. 2.5 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter).
Family photos; turn-of-the century Americana.
P-37. * Amelia Earhart (1898-1937) Collection, 1928-37, 1945.
Prints. Photographs.
(GC 1061) 1.2 linear feet (Boxes: letter, 5 x 7, 1 ov).
Photographs of aviator Amelia Earhart, publicity shots as well as photos with her husband George Palmer Putnam and friends, and of her mother Amy OtisEarhart. Includes photos of other aviators such as Charles Lindberg and Orville Wright.
Primarily from the 1930s.
Part of Amelia Earhart Papers (Gen. ol. 1061).
P-38. A. P. Miller Collection of Indian Petroglyphs.
Prints. Photographs (prints are only those filed with the negatives), negatives.
Negs. .4 linear feet (Boxes: letter).
Mojave Indian petroglyphs photographed 1927-1933 by A.P. Miller, a railroad engineer and amateur photographer who lived in Needles, California.
P-39.* Drewry Tournament of Roses Collection, ca. 1953-1969.
Prints. Transparencies (prints are only those filed with the slides), slides, motion picture film.
3.3 linear feet (Boxes: 5 x 7, letter).
Color transparencies, slides, and motion picture film of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, the Rose Bowl Game, and the Rose Queen and her Court, various years, 1953-1969. Drewry Photocolor Corporation was the official photographer for the Tournament of Roses.
P-40. E. Coll Brown Collection.
Prints. Photographs, negatives.
Negs. 2.1 linear feet (Boxes: letter, ½ letter, 5 x 7).
Mining in Baja California; and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire.
P-41. * H.D. Gibbins Collection, ca. 1890-1910.
Negs. Photographs, negatives.
Prints. 2.5 linear feet (Boxes: letter, ½ letter, 5 x 7).
Views of Southern California communities particularly the San Gabriel and San Bernardino Valleys, Catalina, and coastal cities. Photographer's first name not known; last name is dubious. (“H.D. Gibbins Photos” appears on several of the photographs, but it is not known whether the photographer himself identified them or if another person did so. Captions in the same penmanship appear on all of the photographs, many of them misspelled.)
The original gift consisted of glass negatives; prints were subsequently produced from most of the negatives by the History Division.
P-42. Edward H. Amet Collection.
Prints. Photographs.
(GC 1220) .4 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
Inventor of equipment for the motion picture industry and motion picture sound equipment. He also invented the Ethelo, a violin-like instrument.
P-43. * Joseph P. Widney Collection, ca. 1880-1903.
Prints. Photographs.
(GC 1127) 1 linear foot (Boxes: 1 letter; ½ 5x7, 1 ov)
Widney arrived in Los Angeles in 1868. He was considered a cultural leader, from his founding of the city’s first horse car road to his being an integral part of USC since its conception to having served as the school’s second president from 1892 to 1895.
Photographs circa 1848 to early 1900s, of Widney residence, Manuel Dominguez’s San Pedro Ranch, Los Angeles and Southern California, and others.
P-44. Don Louis Percival Collection, circa 1870s-1904.
Prints. Photographs.
1 linear foot (Boxes: ½ letter, ½ 5x7, 2 flat)
Photos of Native Americans in Arizona, New Mexico and California.
Includes three photos by J. K. Hillers and eight by James Stevenson.
There are also 27 of Zunis by Mrs. M. C. Stevenson.
P-45. Tom Powers Photo Album, circa 1912-1914.
Prints. Album.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: flat)
Photo album with stills from movies with silent screen actor Tom Powers including Susie to Suzanne, The Cylinder's Secret, The Great Diamond Robbery, The Haunted Rocker, Fanny's Melodrama & Under the Makeup. Some photos unidentified. Others featured include Florence Turner, Lillian Walker, and Clara Kimball Young.
P-46. Elizabeth Marsh Collection, ca. 1913-17
Prints. Photographs.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
Four photographs of logging in St. Helen’s, Oregon, provided by the donor’s father-in-law, Edward Payson Marsh, who was a clerk in a logging store ca.1913-17.
P-47. Adrienne Van Holt Dowling Collection.
Prints. Photographs, case art.
(Boxes: letter, postcard, flat)
Family photographs.
P-48. John Stoddard Portfolio of Photographs.
(Boxes: 1 ov)
Photographs of city scenes around the world. Circa 1893-1894.
P-49.* Pictorial California Collection, ca. 1926-1970.
Prints. Photographs.
30 linear feet (Boxes: letter, legal, 1 ov)
Photographs from Pictorial California magazine. Part of the collection is arranged by date and issue number of the magazine; the balance is arranged by subject.
P-50. George Steckel Collection, ca. 1900s-1920s.
Prints. Photographs, negatives.
Negs. 120 linear feet (Boxes: 5x7, letter)
(GC 1107) Studio portraits of Los Angeles citizens and family members, including
people prominent in the community.
Mostly negatives only, some original prints.
Arranged alphabetically.
Gen. Col. 1107 contains one order book from Steckel's studio.
P-51. Edward S. Curtis Coll., ca. 1910-1920s.
Prints. Photographs.
.6 linear feet (Boxes: legal, ½ legal)
Gravure prints from volumes 2, 3, 6, 14, 16 & 17 of North American Indians, plus 3 gelatin silver prints and 5 platinum prints signed by Curtis.
P-52. Black History Exhibit Collection, 1969-70.
Prints. Photographs, negatives.
Negs. 1.25 linear feet (Boxes: letter, ½ letter)
Copy photos and negatives made for the Museum's 1969-70 exhibit, “America's Black Heritage”. Many of the images are copies from books.
Arranged numerically. A card index is available.
P-53. Industrial Technology.
Prints. Photographs.
13.3 linear feet (Boxes: letter, flat, 1 ov)
Photographic holdings collected for reference and collection research by curators in charge of this section of the History Division. Includes aspects of transportation such as automobiles, aviation, ships, and railroads; and communications such as the history of photography.
P-54. Maldonado Collection.
Prints. Photographs, negatives, ca. 1900-1920.
Negs. .4 linear feet (Boxes: letter)
(Mss. Primarily photos of the Jose Maldonado family in Southern California,
494) including agriculture scenes.
P-55. Slauson Collection.
Prints. Photographs, ca.1885.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
Four matted photographs of the home of Johnathan Sayre Slauson, 2345 S. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, ca. 1885.
P-56. Arthur Cornelius Goebel (1895-1973) Collection, mainly 1920s and 1930s.
Prints. Photographs.
(GC 1079) 10 linear feet (Boxes: letter, 2 legal, 5 ov)
Personal collection of aviator, racer, and stunt pilot. Goebel's claim to fame was his victory in the Dole Race from California to Hawaii in 1927. The collection includes many publicity shots as well as "family" photographs.
Part of the Arthur C. Goebel Collection (Gen. Col. 1079).
Box 8-A has a list of photos by album.
P-57.* Viroque Baker (1889-1980) Collection.
Prints. Photographs, 1916-1948.
2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter, 6 ov)
218 photographs made by Los Angeles photographer Viroque Baker. She attended the Clarence White Photographic School in New York, 1916. Baker had a photographic studio on Olvera Street in Los Angeles from 1930 to 1937. She won several awards for work done for Los Angeles department stores.
A number of her photos are of the early days on the revitalized Olvera Street. Other subjects include views of Europe and Mexico, construction of Hoover Dam, and displays at Bullock's Wilshire and I. Magnin stores. Also included are photographs of Agnes de Mille, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and of movie sets for Mary Pickford. Baker's mother Maude was a professional photographer in Montana and Los Angeles.
P-58.* Mode Wineman (1865-1933/4) Collection, ca. 1900s-1910s.
Prints. Photographs.
(GC 1005) 2 linear feet (Boxes: 5 ov)
Exhibit photos, matted and signed, of National Parks and the scenic western United States. Also a framed portrait of Theodore Roosevelt.
A number of contact prints are pasted into two books with typed text by Wineman (TR 647 .W 726 W.H. vol. 1 & 2).
Part of the Mode Wineman Papers (Gen. Col. 1005).
P-59. Elmer Clifton Collection, ca. 1910s-1920s.
Prints. Photographs, album.
1 linear foot (Boxes: letter, flat, 1 ov)
Location shots (West Indies, India), postcards, some movie stills relating to the career of silent screen star Elmer Clifton. Clifton appeared in the D.W. Griffith films Birth of a Nation and Intolerance.
P-60. Hoopes Collection, ca. 1900-1905.
Prints. Slides.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: letter)
Copy slides of southwest Indians, ca. 1900-1905. Many of these images have similarities to Vroman photos (see P-1).
P-61. Westwood Hills Business Village Collection, ca. 1920s.
Prints. Photographs.
.2 linear feet (boxes: ½ letter)
Contains property development illustrations in the area of Westwood Village.
P-62.* Eddie O’Donnell Collection, ca. 1913-1920.
Prints. Photographs.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: letter)
81 black-and-white photographs of race car driver Eddie O’Donnell, some picturing the Duesenbergs that he drove, and of other race car drivers.
P-63. R. Rolleston West Collection.
Negs. Negatives.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: 5x7).
Travel views including the Orient, early 20th century.
P-64. Olympic Games (1984) Collection.
Negs. Aperture cards.
3.75 linear feet (Boxes: 5x7)
"Construction, Look, & Signage" aperture cards for the various sports and venues for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games.
Gift of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, 1985.
P-65. Theodore G. Lemmon (1855-1932) Collection, circa 1885-1916.
Prints. Prints, negatives.
Negs. 1 linear foot (Boxes: 2 letter).
(GC 1034) Lemmon served as a teacher, then as superintendent of Indian Schools at San Carlos,
New Mexico, at Grand Junction, Colorado, and at Keams Canyon, Arizona. He was also involved with Jesse Walter Fewkes of the Smithsonian Institution in the excavations at Mesa Verde (circa 1916).
Photos include Taos, Grand Junction Indian School, Keams Canyon, Fort Mojave Indian School, Mesa Verde Cliff Dwellings, and studio portraits.
P-66.* Bransford Collection.
Photographs.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
14 images of Southern California locales and 3 images of Santa Cruz, including one of General Fremont and family.
P-67. Leadabrand Collection, circa 1890-1910.
Prints. Album.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: letter)
Loose pages from an album of photos of the Philippines, Hawaii, and the South Seas. Approximately 190 images, albumen prints, sepia-toned. Most are identified and in good condition.
P-68. Case Art Collection, circa 1850-1910.
12 linear feet (Boxes: postcard, ov, and record storage in L.C.)
P-69. American Mutoscope and Biograph Company Collection.
Prints. Albums.
1.25 linear feet (Boxes: postcard in L.C.)
Six small volumes containing the catalog of Biograph films. There are three proofs each from approximately 3000 short films. Catalog includes title and running length.
P-70.* Arthur Barr Collection, ca. 1970s.
Prints. Photographs, negatives.
Negs. 2.25 linear feet (Boxes: 2 legal, 5x7).
Stills from commercial film-maker Barr's educational films on California history including Indians, Rancho Life, Mining, Trapping, etc., produced in the 1970s.
List of subjects is available.
P-71. Esther Stanley Collection, 1910.
Prints. Photograph album.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
Album of prints from a 1910 railroad excursion trip from Boston to the Southwest and up the Pacific coast and into Western Canada. Photos appear to have been taken by various people on the trip and subsequently combined into the album.
P-72. Crary Magic Lantern Slide Collection.
Negs. Glass positives.
.2 linear feet (boxes: ½-width 5x7)
Eleven hand-painted slides, showing people and animals, used for story illustrations. Ten fit into magic lantern projector that is part of same donation.
P-73. Pemberton Collection, ca. 1906-07.
Prints. Scrapbook and photograph album.
l linear foot (Boxes: flat letter, 1 ov)
Scrapbook of John Roy Pemberton (1884-1968) of his college days at Stanford University. There are also loose pages from a photo album showing Stanford sports teams for rugby, track & field, and rowing. Photos of away competitions show the Portland (Oregon) Rowing Club, and Vancouver, B.C., where the rugby team had a match and went sightseeing.
There are also cyanotypes of earthquake damage at Stanford resulting from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
Pemberton served on the Museum's Board of Governors from 1945-1963.
P-74. Film Frame Collection.
Individual frames and pieces of motion picture film collected by former curator Earl Theisen to demonstrate film widths, color processes, etc.
[In process]
P-75.* William S. Hart (1864-1946) Collection, ca. 1890s-1940s.
Prints. Photographs, negatives.
Negs. 33 linear feet (Boxes: letter, 5x7, 6 ov).
(GC 1012) Views of the Hart Ranch in Newhall during construction and after completion;
pictures of silent screen cowboy star William S. Hart, his sister Mary Ellen, and others at the Ranch; stills from Hart films arranged by film title; portraits of Hart with his horse Fritz, with fellow actors and co-stars. There are numerous portraits of Hart from his early theater days through his film career.
Includes Plains Indian photos by David F. Barry (see P-75.1 below).
Part of the William Surrey Hart Papers (Gen. Col. 1012). See also: P-98 (William S. Hart County Park Research Files.)
P-75.1 David F. Barry (d.1934) Collection, ca late 19th-early 20th century.
Prints. Photographs.
2 linear feet (Boxes: letter, ½ letter, 1 ov)
Barry was a Plains Indian photographer who had a studio in Bismark, North Dakota, in the 1880s. Many of his photographs are at the Denver Public Library.
P-76.* Stereoscopic Protean Views Collection
(Boxes: ½ 5x7)
P-77. C. C. Pierce Collection, ca. late 19th-early 20th century.
Prints. Photographs.
(Boxes: letter, 5x7).
Photographs of Los Angeles and Southern California by prominent local photographer Charles C. Pierce.
P-78.* Portrait Collection, ca. 1860s-1950s.
Prints. Photographs.
9.6 linear feet (Boxes: letter, 2 ov)
Portraits, mostly of Southern Californians, arranged alphabetically.
P-79. Los Angeles Fire Department Collection, ca. 1908.
Prints. Photographs, photograph album.
(GC 1170) 1 linear foot (Boxes: letter, ½ 5x7, 2 ov)
Photo album with "Los Angeles Fire Department, 1908, compiled by Edwards-Hostetler Studio" printed on cover. Assembled by Thomas A. Carmichael, Financial Secretary for the Los Angeles Firemen's Relief Association, who also provided descriptions, updated through 1944. There are also views of fire stations, portraits and group shots of firemen.
Part of the Los Angeles Fire Department Collection (Gen. Col. 1170).
P-80. Harrison Gray Otis (1837-1917) Philippine Island Album, 1899.
Prints Photograph album.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: 1 ov)
Views of the Philippine Islands, 1899, during the Spanish-American War, including Manila, battle scenes, and tourist views; with hand-written descriptions by Harrison Gray Otis, a brigade commander, U.S. Army.
See also: P-240: Philippine Lantern Slides Collection
P-81. Los Angeles County Free Library.
Prints. Photographs.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: 2 ov)
Includes views of California Missions, Catalina, Southern California and sheep.
P-82. Carleton E. Watkins (1829-1916) Collection, ca. 1880.
Prints. Photographs.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: 1 ov)
Twelve mounted photographs of California missions.
P-83. Pierce/McConnell Album, ca. 1894.
Prints. Photograph album.
.4 linear feet (boxes: 1 ov)
Photographs taken by Charles C. Pierce advertising business establishments in Los Angeles, ca.1894. The views are mostly interiors of the stores, and the images are somewhat faded.
P-84. Panama-Pacific Exposition Collection, 1915.
Prints. Photographs.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: 1 ov)
Photos from the 1915 Pan-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco.
P-85. World's Columbian Exposition Collection, 1893.
Prints. Photograph album.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: 2 ov)
Photo album from the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, the World's Columbian Exposition.
P-86. * Ramsey Collection, ca. 19th century
Prints. Photographs.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: 1 ov)
Mostly 19th century studio stills and outdoor images of individuals and groups, including animals and a tree.
P-87. Elizabeth J. Harris Collection, ca. 1940s.
Prints. Photograph album.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: 1 ov)
Scrapbook with photos and memorabilia from W.W.II, belonging to Elizabeth J. Harris, one of the first women in the U.S. Marine Corps.
P-88. Ben Abril Collection, mid-20th century.
Prints. Two photograph albums, photographs.
.6 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter, 1 ov)
Photographs of paintings by Los Angeles artist Ben Abril depicting historic buildings and scenes in Los Angeles. Also some publicity (newspaper clippings) connected with his paintings, some of which are in the Museum collections. Also black/white and color photos of the artist at work.
P-89.* Alexander Gardner (1821-1882) Collection, 1868-1869.
Prints. Photographs.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: 1 ov)
Photographs of construction on the Union Pacific Railway from Across the Continent. Several photos are of cities in Kansas, where Gardner went in 1967 to photograph the country and the railroad construction. Thirty-five of these one hundred fifty views are in the collection. Gardner is best known for his Civil War photographs. He was in charge of Mathew Brady's gallery in Washington, D.C., from 1858 until 1863, when he opened his own business, and he made the last known photograph of Abraham Lincoln.
A list of the photos is available.
P-90. Florence Turner (1888?-1946) Collection, 1915-1933.
Prints. Photograph albums, photographs.
(GC 1016) .8 linear feet (Boxes: letter)
Photographs of silent motion picture actress Florence Turner in four of her films, one album per film. These are: "Far from the Madding Crowd" (1915), "Gum Justice" (1916), "Lost and Won" (1915), and "My Old Dutch" [1915].
Also stills from films, and portraits.
Part of the Florence Turner Scrapbooks (Gen. Col. 1016).
Box 2 letter contains photocopies of a large portion, but not all, of the contents of the two scrapbooks.
P-91. Mervyn Freeman Collection, ca. 1940s-1950s.
Prints. Photograph album.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: 1 ov)
Scrapbook of news correspondent/photographer Mervyn Freeman, ca. 1940s-1950s, including World War II Pacific theater, and China (Manchuria) in 1933.
P-92. Russell E. Danforth Collection.
Prints. Postcard albums.
(GC 1221) .4 linear feet (Boxes: 1 ov)
P-93. Harry White Family Collection.
Prints. Photograph album.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: flat)
Album of an African-American family living in Lectonia, Ohio, late 19th century.
P-94. William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877) Collection.
Prints. Photographs. circa 1844-1846.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: 1 ½ letter and 1 flat in L.C.)
Photographs from photographic pioneer Talbot's Pencil of Nature.
P-95. Miriam Spicer Collection.
Prints. Photographs.
(GC 1183) 1.25 linear feet (Boxes: letter, 5x7)
Portraits and family photos.
Part of Miriam Spicer Papers (Gen. Col. 1183).
P-96. Sepulveda-Mott Collection.
Prints. Photographs and albums.
1.7 linear feet (Boxes: letter, 5 x 7, 1 ov)
P-97. J. F. Jack Collection, 1906.
Prints. Photograph album.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
Album with captioned views of Virginia. Documents a trip taken mid-summer of 1906 on the steamer Middlesex up the Rappahannock River from the Fredericksburg Wharf to the Walsingham Estate and Belle Grove "birthplace of President Madison." Also Curl Neck Farm on the James River, Port Royal, the York River, and "Negro Quarters" on a plantation near West Point, Virginia.
P-98. William S. Hart County Park Research Files.
Prints. Photographs.
(GC 1192) .2 linear feet (Boxes: 5x7, flat)
Photographs and slides of Hart Park as part of the Los Angeles County Department of Parks & Recreation activities. Part of William S. Hart County Park Research Files (Gen. Col. 1192).
See also P-75 (William S. Hart Collection.)
P-99.* Frederic Hamer Maude (1858-1959) Original Print Collection, ca.1890-1920.
Prints. Photographs.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: 1 letter)
Original prints made by F. H. Maude. Includes Mt. Lowe, Los Angeles, Redlands, Catalina Island, agricultural scenes, and Missions Santa Barbara and San Fernando.
For original Maude negatives see P-2.2.
For an album of Maude prints of Southwest Indians see P-100.
For an album of Maude prints of California Missions see P-132.
P-100. Frederic Hamer Maude (1858-1959) Photograph Album of
Prints. Southwest Indians, ca. 1890s.
Album.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
Album of 40 photographs of Southwest Indians made by F.H. Maude.
For original Maude negatives see P-2.2.
For other original Maude prints see P-99.
For an album of Maude prints of California Missions see P-132.
P-101. * General Photo File.
Prints. Photographs (ca. 1860-1980s.)
Negs. 58 linear feet (Boxes: 5x7, letter, ½ letter, 3-ring binders, 1 ov)
P-102. Stuart S. Towne Collection.
Prints. Photo album dismantled (ca. 1900).
.2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
Loose pages from a family album. Photos taken at East Aurora, New York, ca.1900; Pasadena and Redondo Beach, CA, 1910-20; Statue of Liberty, ca.1918; San Francisco and the Pan-Pacific Exposition, 1915.
P-103. D. C. Vinson Collection.
Prints. Photo album, late 19th c.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: letter)
Family portrait album containing many albumen prints.
The album covers are ornately decorated with metallic (brass?) bells, and a mirror. Vinson was a Sergeant with the 53rd Illinois Volunteer Regiment during the Civil War.
P-104. United Nations Collection.
Prints. Photographs, 1946-47.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
Variety of photos from the U.N. Department of Public Information showing various United Nations activities and buildings in the early days after the organization's formation.
P-105. Hawaii Collection.
Negs. Negatives, ca. 1900.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: 5x7)
Collection of 4 x 5" copy negatives that appear to be made from photos in album. Some captions appear below each image.
P-106. * Caribbean Trade Cruise Collection.
Negs. Negatives, ca.1920.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: 5 x 7)
Collection of 4 x 5" negatives with scenes from the Caribbean Islands, Columbia, the Panama Canal, Venezuela, and Mexico.
A numbered list with descriptions is available.
P-107.* American Institute of Architects Collection.
Prints. Photographs, ca. 1950s.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: letter)
Southern California chapter photos. Includes public buildings, residences, churches, schools, offices, and factories.
A numbered list with descriptions is available.
P-108.* Los Angeles City Schools Travel Collection.
Prints. Photographs, ca. 1910-30.
2.1 linear feet (Boxes: letter)
Photographs collected by the Los Angeles City Schools Division of Visual Education, covering a variety of topics, and intended as a supplement to classroom instruction. Primarily foreign countries, with some of the United States.
A numbered list with descriptions is available.
P-109. H. G. Kaiser Collection.
Negs. Negatives, ca. 1900-1921.
.6 linear feet (Boxes: letter, ½ letter)
Views of early 20th century Alaska, most taken by Kaiser, although some appear to be copies of other photographers' work. Includes Eskimos, dog sleds, native wildlife, Nome, Anchorage, and mining towns.
P-110. Carroll Photo Services Collection, ca. 1920-1947.
Prints Negatives.
Negs. 75 linear feet (Boxes: letter, ½ letter)
David Carroll was a freelance news photographer in Los Angeles.
Collection formerly known as the La Opinion Newspaper Collection.
[In process]
P-111. Union Station Collection.
Prints. Photographs, ca. 1939.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: 1 letter)
Photographs of Union Passenger Terminal, Los Angeles, just after completion in 1939. Includes some shots of maintenance staff, and of the interior of the dining car and the lounge car. The photos were taken by the Luckhaus Studios. Arthur Luckhaus operated a photographic studio in Los Angeles from 1926 at least through 1942, according to city directories.
See also P-228 Hoffman-Luckhaus collection.
P-112. Hammer Collection.
Prints. Postal card photographs, ca. 1898-1900.
.6 linear feet (Boxes: 4 x 5, 5 x 7)
Spanish-American War views of soldiers in camp training, the U.S. Army and civilian population in the Philippines, plus general views of California and Japan.
P-113. Robert Fergusson Collection.
Prints. Photographs, albums, ca. 1890-1915.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: 1 letter, 1 ov)
Includes the Spanish-American War in the Philippines and various Forts and Army posts in the United States afterwards.
P-114. * Henry Raub Collection.
Prints. Photographs, negatives, ca. 1900-1920.
Negs. .4 linear feet (Boxes: ½ legal, 1 legal)
Primarily photos of Whittier, with some other Southern California views.
P-115. Ralph Hamlin Collection.
Prints. Photographs.
.8 linear feet (Boxes: 1 letter, 3 ov)
Hamlin was an early Los Angeles bicycle racer and dealer, as well as a Franklin Automobile dealer. The collection consists of items related to his business and career.
P-116. Lugo Family Collection, late 19th-early 20th c.
Prints. Photographs.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: 1 ov)
Photos of family members.
P-117. Civil War Exhibit Collection.
Prints. Photographs.
.8 linear feet (Boxes: 1 postcard, 1 letter flat)
Photographic portion of a traveling exhibit on the Civil War mounted by Security Pacific National Bank in the early 1980s; the final exhibit stop was the Natural History Museum.
P-118. Lincoln Portrait Collection.
Prints. Photographs.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: 1 letter flat)
Copies of many of the photographs made by various photographers of Lincoln; originals are in the Meserve Collection, N.Y.C.
P-119. Charles F. Holder Collection.
Prints. Photographs.
.8 linear feet (Boxes: 3 letter)
Collection consists primarily of photos mounted on cardboard of Southwest Indians and California scenes circa 1900. Some are credited to other photographers, so Holder may have only compiled the collection.
P-120. Du Shane Collection.
Prints. (Boxes: ½-width 5x7)
Postcards, including real photo postcards, primarily depicting Pennsylvania, Michigan and Ohio. Some are addressed to Joe Du Shane, with postmarks ranging 1909 – 1924.
P-121.* Putnam-Valentine Original Print Collection, ca. 1900-1910.
Prints. Photographs.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
Photographs made by Putnam and Valentine, obtained independently of and subsequent to collection P-2.1 and intended to complement that collection.
P-122. Bausch and Lomb Optical Company Collection, circa 1950.
Prints. Photographs.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
Twenty-six photographs from an exhibit illustrating the manufacture and use of optical glass.
P-123.* George N. Wilkie (1879-1941) Collection, circa 1905-1915.
Prints. Photographs.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: ½-width 5x7)
Fifty photographs by Wilkie, who was photographer for the Cawston Ostrich Farm in South Pasadena. Twenty-nine are of Cawston's. The others are Southern California recreational views (parks, beaches, etc.).
P-124. Index of American Design, circa 1940.
Prints. Photographs.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: 1 letter flat)
Photos of paintings of the "Stations of the Cross" made at San Gabriel Mission by Indian neophytes, ca. 1779.
P-125. Mrs. M. C. Frederick Collection, circa 1885.
Prints. Photographs, daguerreotype.
.2 linear feet (boxes: ½ letter)
Cabinet photos of Seattle, Washington, taken by Mrs. Frederick. They are mostly of buildings but also included are son John, coal mines, and Judkin's Photo Studio where she learned to take pictures.
P-126. James E. House Collection, circa 1917-1918.
Prints. Photographs.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
Nineteen photos of the U.S.Army in Mexican border service and in France during W.W.I. Several photos show the same young U.S. soldier in uniform, who may be House.
P-127. * W. L. Watts Collection, circa 1895-1902.
Prints. Photographs.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: 1 legal)
Photos taken by Watts, mostly of Nevada and California desert and mining scenes. Also, some Los Angeles and Southern California.
P-128. Alexander F. Harmer (1856-1925) Collection of Southwest Indian
Prints Photographs, circa 1880-1900.
Photographs.
.6 linear feet (Boxes: 1 letter; ½ letter)
Photos collected by western artist Harmer, mostly of Southwest Indians, but also of the U.S.Army, Mexico, and Dakota Indians.
P-129. Munroe McFarland (1867-1924) Collection, circa 1884-1922.
Prints. Photographs, album, & stereoviews.
(GC 1135) 1 linear foot (Boxes: 2 letter, 1 5x7)
Photographs relating McFarland's career in the U. S. Army. Included is a photo album of his classmates at West Point (class of 1888), including wedding announcements of some of the cadets. He was stationed in Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota and photos include of the U.S. Army and Indians in the 1890s. McFarland served in Cuba and in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War; stereopticon views show the war in the Philippines and Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War.
Part of the Monroe McFarland Papers (Gen. Col. 1135).
P-130. Jones Stables Album, circa. 1900.
Prints. Album.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: 1 letter)
180 photos of wagons, coaches, and other horse-drawn vehicles. "Fat Jones Stables" printed on cover.
P-131. Allard Arms Album, circa 1900.
Prints. Album.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
Album of 35 photographs, including 11 cyanotypes, showing firearms, edged weapons, and accessories of J.J.Allard, a St. Louis, Mo., arms dealer. Some of the pieces in the Museum collections are illustrated in this album.
P-132. Frederic Hamer Maude (1858-1959) Photograph Album of California Missions, circa
1890s.
Prints. Album.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: 1 flat letter)
Thirty-three photographs of California missions including San Diego, San Luis Rey, San Juan Capistrano, San Gabriel, San Fernando, Santa Barbara, and Carmel. Some of the prints have Maude's name on them.
For original Maude negatives see P-2.2.
For original Maude photographs see P-99.
For album of Maude photographs of Southwest Indians see P-100.
P-133. Herbert Royston Motion Picture Films, circa 1940s.
Film .2 linear feet (Boxes: letter)
reels Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parades, circa 1940-45, 2 reels, 16 mm.
Also 1 reel, 16 mm, early Kodachrome color: "Horseless Carriage Days. Early Meet at Auto Club of Southern California."
P-134. Motion Picture Films
Film 1.5 linear feet (Boxes: 5 letter, ½ 5x7, 1 ov)
Reels
P-135. Atlas Imperial Gas Engine Company Collection, circa 1912-18.
Negs. Negatives.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: letter)
Views of the San Francisco plant, interiors and individual engines including 2-and 3-cylinder stationary gas engines.
P-136. J. Stuart Blackton Collection, 1921.
Negs. Glass positives.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
Scenes from the first feature-length (5-reel) color motion picture, The Glorious Adventure, 1921, which Blackton produced. The transparencies are black & white.
P-137. Charles Patterson Stereograph Collections, circa 1890-1910.
Prints. Stereographs.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: 1 5 x 7)
Views of Europe and the United States collected by Patterson.
P-138. Helen Wheeler Bassett Stereograph Collection, ca. 1890-Prints.
Stereographs. .6 linear feet (Boxes: 1 5 x 7, 1 1/2-width 5 x 7)
Views of the United States, South America, and Europe collected by Bassett.
P-139. Logging Industry Collection, c. 1868-70.
Prints. Photographs.
.5 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter, 1 ov)
Photos of the logging industry operations in Eureka, California.
P-140. James N. Gillette Aviation Collection, circa 1930-1950s.
Prints. Scrapbooks.
.6 linear feet (Boxes: flat letter)
Two scrapbooks including clippings, correspondence, and photographs on general aviation.
P-141. Willis O'Brien Scrapbooks, c. 1929-30, 1933.
Prints. Scrapbooks.
.5 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter, 1 ov)
Two scrapbooks of photos compiled by special effects genius Willis O'Brien, best known for his work on King Kong. One album contains production shots from Son of Kong (1933), including views of the crew at work. The other album contains matte shots for First National Pictures' films, 1929 and 1930, including work by artists Mario Larrinaga and Bryon Crabbe who worked with O'Brien.
A black and white photograph of O’Brien inscribed by him in 1932 for the Museum’s then curator of motion pictures, Earl Theisen.
P-142. William J. Cleveland Native American Collection, 1872-1907.
Prints. Photographs.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: 1 legal)
Rev. Wm. J. Cleveland was a missionary at Rosebud and Pine Ridge Indian Agencies in South Dakota from 1871-1907. The photos were collected and preserved by Rev. and Mrs. Cleveland.
P-143. Toy Projector Film Collection, ca. 1940s.
Films. .4 linear feet (Boxes: 5x7)
Eight 8-mm films for toy projector also in Museum Collection.
P-144. Chevrolet Sales Managers Institute Film Strips, circa 1950s.
Film .4 linear feet (Boxes: 5 x 7)
Strips. Twelve black/white instructional filmstrips for Chevrolet sales managers
showing various aspects of how to sell automobiles. Titles range from "Finding Prospects" to "The Road Demonstration" to "Women!"
A list of individual titles for each strip is available.
P-145. Glyphoscope Stereo View Collection, circa 1899.
Film .4 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter, 5 x 7)
Positives. Eight boxes of stereo views of France taken with the Glyphoscope stereo
Prints camera which is also in the Museum collection. The stereo views are sepia film positives. Also includes two prints.
P-146. Zettler Exposition Park Collection, 1919-1922.
Prints Photographs, negatives.
Negs. .4 linear feet (Boxes: ½ legal)
Wide-angle, panoramic views of Exposition Park taken by Ferd J. Zettler, a realtor and general building contractor in Los Angeles. Shown are the Natural History Museum, the Science & Industry Museum, and the Armory. Events include the Oct. 19, 1919 livestock show and the Nov.11, 1919 Armistice Day Celebration, both at the Grandstand; and an April 1922 parade and patriotic celebration at the newly completed Coliseum.
P-147. San Francisco Earthquake & Fire Lantern Slides, 1906.
Negs. Lantern Slides.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: 5x7)
Thirty-two lantern slides produced by the Perry Vitascope Co. of Los Angeles, showing fire and earthquake damage.
P-148. T. K. Peters Collection.
Prints Photographs, negatives.
Negs. .4 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter, 1 ov)
(GC 1026)Materials related to the history of film making.
P-149. Donovan Roberts Collection, 1961-65.
Prints. Photographs, slides.
1 linear foot (Boxes: 2 5x7, 1letter)
Photos of Los Angeles including Victorian houses in the Bunker Hill area.
Also views of Sonora and Chihuahua, Mexico. Photos were taken by Roberts, who handled public relations for the Museum. Included are photos of Luz Villa, widow of Pancho Villa.
P-150. Columbus Tower Bell Photos, 1916.
Prints. Photographs.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: letter flat)
Photographs relating to the 1916 removal of a bell from the Columbus Tower in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Bell is listed in the Museum collection.
P-151. Los Angeles Schools Activities Collection, c.1917-1930s.
Negs. Negatives.
2 linear feet (Boxes: 5x7, ½ letter)
Scenes of activities at various schools including John Burroughs and the 14th Street School. Included are World War I wartime activities such as planting gardens. Also plays and cast.
P-152. Fire Arms Slides.
Prints. Slides.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: 5x7)
Slides of firearms in the History Division collections.
P-153. Aubrey S. Howell, W.W.I Collection, c. 1915-1919.
Prints. Photographs, postcards.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: 5x7)
Items collected by and relating to Howell while he was serving in the U.S.Navy in World War I. Also includes a Navy song book and joke cards.
P-154. * Frank L. Park Collection, c. 1900.
Prints. Photographs.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
Park was a Los Angeles landscape photographer. Local recreation spots including Westlake Park and Ostrich Farm at South Pasadena.
P-155. * Edward Allen Biby (1884-1952) Collection.
Prints. Photographs. (ca. 1915-1935)
Negs. .6 linear feet (Boxes: 5x7, 2 ½ letter, 1 letter)
Photos of actors and actresses and film making in Hollywood during the silent era, collected by Biby and his wife Marion Strauch Biby. He was one of the first casting directors in Hollywood. He discovered Jackie Coogan, and he was also a director and publicity agent who worked with Charlie Chaplin, who appears in some of the photos. Also included are typescripts of a play "The Red Virgin" by Biby, 1933-1939.
There are also family photos including his post-film career as a real estate agent in Orange County.
P-156. Exposition Park-Monroe Doctrine Centennial Exposition, 1923.
Prints. Photographs.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
Fourteen photos showing an artist's rendering for and construction of temporary buildings built between the Coliseum and Figueroa, including pictures of the construction crews. The exposition was held in 1923.
P-157. * Antonio Franco Coronel (1817-1894) Collection.
Prints. Photographs, ca. 1850-1900.
(GC 1001) 1.25 linear feet (Boxes: 4 letter)
Photographs of the Coronel family members and friends and of Southern California views.
P-158. George Fiske (1835-1918) Collection, c.1880s-1900s.
Prints. Photographs.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: flat letter)
Seventeen photographs of Yosemite, plus three others of the Monterey coast that may be by Fiske. Fiske was the first resident photographer in Yosemite, living there for nearly forty years. All of his negatives were destroyed in two fires (1904 and 1943); only his prints remain today.
P-159. Camp Pendleton Yearbook, 1945.
Prints. Photographs.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: flat letter)
Mock-up publication with photos and some captions, showing U.S. Marine Corps training activities at Camp Pendleton, San Diego County, 1945.
P-160. Philippine Islands Collection, c. 1905.
Prints. Photographs.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ 5x7)
Views of native life of the Bontoc and Igorot natives, photographed on the island of Luzon in 1905.
P-161. Oriental Mine Research Collection.
Prints. Photographs (prints are only those filed with the negatives), negatives.
Negs. .4 linear feet (Boxes: letter)
Photographs made by Don Chaput and Bill Cumiford of the Museum's History Division staff during July 1984 and 1986 field trips to the Oriental gold mine in Sierra County, CA., near the town of Allegheny.
The Oriental mine began operations in the 1860s, was most active at the turn of the century, and ore was still mined there in the 1990s. There are also views of China Camp (the Gold Star mine) and the Del Norte stamp mill.
P-162. Schreier Family Photo Collection, c. 1924-25.
Prints. Photographs.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter; 1 reel in L.C.)
Many taken in Santa Barbara where the family lived including the Santa Barbara earthquake, July, 1925. Also, outings to San Diego and San Juan Capistrano. There are loose photos plus 15 unbound pages from an album with a number of views of Santa Barbara Mission.
P-163. MOX Wrecking Company, c. 1950.
Prints. Photographs.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
A dozen photos of buildings to be demolished by the MOX Wrecking Co., all Los Angeles except for the Miramar Hotel in Santa Barbara. Also, Hoffman family photos (donor’s parents).
P-164.* Henrietta Waters Cole Memorial Collection.
Prints. Photographs.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ legal)
A collection of fifteen historic photographs on several different subjects: J.W. Waters (San Bernardino mountain man and farmer of 1830s and 1840s); the San Jacinto (San Bernardino) earthquake of 1899; various scenes in El Paso, Texas and Mexico City; two photos of Asst. Surgeon William F. Edgar, U.S. Army.
P-165. Harold Lloyd Collection, c. 1910s-1920s.
Prints. Photographs.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
Production stills and publicity shots of Lloyd, of his films, and of his wife and father. Films include "Girl Shy", "Grandma's Boy", "Kid Brother", "Lonesome Luke", "Movie Crazy", "Speedy", and "Why Worry". (Note: Some of the stills are very brittle and require great care in handling.)
P-166. * Richardson Film Personalities Collection, c. 1930s-1940s.
Prints. Photographs.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: 1 letter)
Collected by Ruth R. Richardson, old-time vaudeville and circus performer, during the years 1923-1950s. She lived and worked in Hollywood, and she had friends in the entertainment industry. She was the mother of the donor.
P-167. Strong Family Collection, c. 1880-1910.
Prints. Photographs, album.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: letter)
Family portraits, activities, outings in album and loose photographs. Harriet Williams Russell Strong was a rancher and an inventor after she became widowed. She was also active in the suffragette movement in Los Angeles.
P-168. Col. Fred B. Inglis (c.1885-1962) Collection, 1916-1945.
Prints. Photographs.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: ½ legal, ½ 5x7)
Colonel Inglis graduated from West Point in 1916 and served in the Philippines under McArthur. Photos are primarily of the Philippines and Camp Stosenberg, 1923-25. The photos have descriptions written on the back by Inglis.
There is also a diary for March 24-28, 1924.
P-169.* Florence Lawrence (1886-1838) Collection.
Prints. Photographs. (ca. 1910s-1920s)
(GC. 1011) .2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter, 1 letter)
Photos of silent screen star Florence Lawrence including portraits and stills from her movies.
P-170. * Bennie Pico Collection
Prints. Photographs.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: 1 letter, 1 ov)
Pico family photos and views of Southern California.
P-171. Mathew Brady (1823-1896) Civil War Collection, 1862-65.
Prints. Photographs.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ legal)
Many are carte-de-visite views of Civil War scenes with the Brady studio imprint on the back.
P-172.* Mt. Lowe Collection.
Prints. Photographs, negatives.
Negs. .2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter; 2 ½ letter)
Scenes of Mt. Lowe including construction of the Mt. Lowe Railroad. Many snow scenes. All by W.H. Hill, Pasadena photographer, except for one by George Wharton James.
P-173. U. S. Navy WW II Collection.
Prints. Photographs.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
Official U. S. Navy photographs of leading officers and sea action by the Naval forces in the Pacific.
P-174. Brousseau WW I Collection.
Prints. Photographs.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
Photos of soldiers and war scenes in Europe. Miss Kate Brousseau was a psychologist who served in the French army and worked with shell-shocked soldiers.
P-175. Balsley WW I Collection.
Prints. Photographs.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
Collected by Dr. John A. Balsley, Capt., U.S. Army, who served in England and France. Included are war scenes in France.
P-176. Marion Hollenbach WW II Hawaii Collection.
Prints. Photographs.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
Hollenback was a WAVE and served in Hawaii during WW II. Photographs of WAVE training as well as native Hawaiian life.
P-177. Chadwick Collection of European Scenes and Costumes.
Prints. Photographs.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter, ½ 5x7)
Mostly hand-colored carte-de-visite photos of people wearing 19th folk costumes. Many are by Julius Hahn of Hamburg, Germany. There are also unmounted albumen prints of European countries, Egypt and India, apparently acquired by the Chadwicks during their travels.
P-178. Australian Law Enforcement, WW I.
Prints. Photographs.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
Photos of insignia, law enforcement officers, and armed forces personnel in Australia during WW I.
P-179. * Hotel del Coronado Collection, c. 1890.
Prints. Photographs.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
Boudoir photos of the hotel, interiors and exteriors, by San Diego photographer Parker. Appear to have been taken shortly after the hotel was built in 1888.
P-180. Madeline F. Wills Collection.
Prints. Photographs.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter, ½ 5x7)
Part A) Scenic views of Yellowstone National Park, circa 1900, by F. Jay Haynes, the official photographer of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Part B) Views of Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and France.
P-181. Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977) Collection, ca.1920s-1930s.
Prints. Photographs.
(Gen.Col. .4 linear feet (Boxes: 1 letter)
Photographs of Chaplin working on films, sets from his movies, and stills from films including "City Lights", "The Circus", and "The Gold Rush". Also, Chaplin at his home in Beverly Hills.
P-182. Chaplin Studio Collection, c.1900s-1980s.
Prints. Photographs.
.8 linear feet (Boxes: 1 letter, 1 ov)
Photographs and memorabilia relating to Charlie Chaplin and films made at the Chaplin Studio at 1416 North La Brea Ave. in Hollywood.
Collected by David Alpert circa 1970s-1990s during his years as president of A&M Records which occupied the old Chaplin Studio.
P-183. California Artists Collection, c. 1900.
Prints. Photographs.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
Photos of artists and their studios, mostly friends of donor California painter J. Bond Francisco (1863-1931).
P-184. News Service Photo Collection.
Prints. Photographs.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: 1 ov)
Primarily 16”x20" photos and captions from the Dispatch Photo News Service and the Elliott Service Co. Many were used in window displays.
P-185. Banning Collection, ca. late 19th-early 20th century.
Prints. Photograph album.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: 1 letter, 1 ov)
Many photographs are identified “JBB” possibly for Joseph Brent Banning. Includes construction of family home in Wilmington, California, ca. 1877 – 1885.
P-186. Alice W. Alden Collection, late 19th c.
Prints. Photographs.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
Views of late 19th century frontier including U.S. Army posts and Native Americans.
P-187. Spanish-American War in the Caribbean.
Prints. Photograph album, photographs.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: flat letter)
P-188. Harry J. Kizer Collection, c.1898.
Prints. Photograph album, postcards.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: flat letter; 1 ov folder)
Album of photos from the Spanish-American in the Philippines, where Kizer served. Folder holds photograph of a ship taken by J. D. Givens.
P-189. Howland and Chadwick Collection, 1890s.
Prints. Photographs.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
Views of a farm with a large house and barn. Frederick T. Howland and Redmond A. Chadwick operated a stock photo company on S. Main St. in Los Angeles from 1890-1899.
P-190. Earl Theisen Collection.
Prints. Negatives. Also 4 rolled panoramic photos of Universal Studios under construction, 1915.
Negs. (Boxes: ½ 5x7; 1 record storage in Row 27)
Material related to early 20th century motion picture film history.
P-191. Harrison Gray Otis (1837-1917) Mexican Military Photos.
Prints. Photographs.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: 1 ov)
Mounted photos of the Mexican military, circa early 20th century.
P-192.* C.B. Waite Collection, c. 1900.
Prints. Photographs.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
Various views of Los Angeles and Mexico.
P-193. Pingrey Family Photo Album, late 19th c.
Prints. Photo albums.
1 linear foot (Boxes: ½ letter, 1 5x7)
Album of portraits, most identified, and many are named Pingrey. Some portraits were made by Pingrey's Gallery, River Falls, Wisconsin. A second album of unidentified portraits also includes a number made by Pingrey's Gallery.
P-194. Photograph Album of Automobile Camping Trip, c. 1914.
Prints. Photo album.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
People vacationing at California Missions, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Pasadena's Raymond Hotel, Lake Tahoe, Redwoods, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Coachella and Imperial Valleys, and the San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains. A Cadillac and a Ford are featured.
P-195. Los Angeles Flower Show Collection, c. 1930.
Prints. Photographs.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
Photographs of an indoor Los Angeles Flower Show with model garden displays created by various nurseries. The photos are by Albert R. Hromatka.
P-196. Louis R. Bostwick "Welcome to the Fleet at San Francisco"
Prints. Photograph Album, 1908
(Boxes: 1 bundle in ov) 1 vol.; 30 x 37 cm.
Cover reads: "Welcome to the Fleet at San Francisco [;] Tour of Gov. Geo. L. Sheldon and Party April 26th to May 8 1908 [.] Photographs by Louis R. Bostwick [,] Omaha U.S.A. Note inside indicates that Amy M. Carpenter owned the album. Photographs are of Governor Sheldon and his family in California and the Southwest. In San Francisco the Governor was photographed on the battleship "Nebraska." Included are two panoramic color postcards.
P-197. Peru Photograph Album, ca. 1900
Prints. (Boxes: 1 ov) 2 vols.; 28 x 40 cm.
Photographs of Rev. M. J. Pusey's travels in Peru.
See also Gen. Col. 1262 for articles written by Pusey while in Peru.
P-198. San Diego, Calif. Views, 1920s
Prints. (Boxes: 1 bundle in ov) 1 vol.; 26 x 32 cm.
Printed photographic views of San Diego published by I. L. Eno of San Diego. Printed by the Albertype Co. of Brooklyn, NY.
P-199. Java and other Islands of the Indian Archipelago
Prints. (Boxes: 1 bundle in ov) 1 vol.; 27 x 31 cm.
Printed photographs glued into an album. Shows people, houses, boats, scenery.
P-200. Family Photograph Album
Prints. (Boxes: 1 flat letter)
1 vol.; 26 x 20 cm.
Unidentified family photograph album. Several images missing.
P-201. William M. Ferry Family Photograph Albums, 1860s
Prints. (Boxes: 1 letter)
(GC 1263) 2 vol.; 16 x 14 cm. and smaller.
Photographic albums of portraits probably of family members. Nearly all are unidentified except for a few historical personages.
See also: William M. Ferry Papers, Gen. Col. 1263.
P-202. Knight Family Photograph Albums, ca. late 1800s
Prints. (Boxes: 1 ov) 2 vol.; 28 x 22 and 26 x 20.
Family photographs, some identified. Also two 1912 Progressive Party Membership certificates, one signed by Margaret V. Knight.
P-203. Prevot F. Marshall World War II Pacific Theater
Prints. Photograph Album
(Boxes: 1 ov) 6 items; 30 x 39 and smaller.
Collection includes photo album of scenes in Pacific Theater of the war, Oct. 1943 to July 1945; Los Angeles Times VE Day issue, May 7, 1945; single issue of All Hands, Feb. 2, 1944; four issues of Guinea Gold, Dec. 1943-Feb. 1944; and nine pieces of American propaganda aimed at Japanese.
P-204. Family Photograph Album, 1920s
Prints. (Boxes: ½ letter)
1 vol.; 17 x 25 cm.
Album has been taken apart. Photographs of scenery and people at various locations (rather than formal portraits). Some views are of the Northwest coast and show totem poles and forested coastline.
P-205. West Indies Cruise Photo Album, 1928
Prints. (Boxes: ½ letter)
1 vol.; 17 x 23 cm.
Book kept by Mrs. Elizabeth Y. Yuell of Highland Park, Illinois. There are photographs of Cuba, Panama, Puerto Rico, and Bermuda. There is also a passenger list for the cruise on the S.S. Veendam and an itinerary.
P-206. Illustrated Photograph Album, ca. 1880s
Prints. (Boxes: 1 flat letter)
1 vol.; 30 x 24 cm.
Decorative photo album with color illustrations (chromolithographs?) and a built-in music box that plays Toreador song from Carmen and another musical composition. There are fourteen photographic portraits in the album. Only one has a name associated with it: William King. One is a tintype.
P-207. Ellen Soo Moon Photograph Albums, ca. 1905-55
Prints. (Boxes: ½ letter)
2 vols.; 27 x 18 and smaller.
Photographs and clippings pertaining to the Moon family. Photos are from Texas, Missouri and California (?). Chinese, ca. 1904 – 1958.
P-208. Family Photograph Album, ca. 1890-1910
Prints. (Boxes: 1 letter)
1 vol.; 27 x 22 cm.
Album of unidentified formal portraits.
P-209. Photograph Album of Broken Hill, Rhodesia, 1927
Prints. (Boxes: 1 ov) 1 vol.; 29 x 39 cm.
Photograph album with captions. From the estate of Esther L. Morris Dietz. Dietz was married to Stewart A. Morris, an engineer on the Victoria Dam Project at the time this album was compiled.
P-210. Family Photograph Album
Prints. (Boxes: 1 ov) 1 vol.; 41 x 19 cm.
Damaged velvet-covered album with metal clasp. Cover decoration is made of white plastic. The album contains unidentified portraits of men, women and children, some from Stockton, California.
P-211. Family Photograph Album
Prints. 1 vol.; 28 x 18 cm.
Photograph album, upright on stand. Yellow plush with celluloid decoration on cover. Secret compartment in base. Compartment contains fragments of New Year and Christmas decorations. Album contains portraits of men and women done by commercial photographers.
P-212. Family Photograph Album, 1902-1906
Prints. (Boxes: 1 ov) 1 vol.; 29 x 38 cm.
Family photograph album of scenes taken in California, Washington, Kansas, Indiana, Canada, and Alaska. Includes some photographs of destruction from the San Francisco Earthquake.
P-213. "A Photographic Record of the Allied Air Effort in Support of the Invasion of the Continent of Europe", by Col. M. H. Mckinnon
(Boxes: 1 ov) 1 vol.; 35 x 51 cm.
Largely aerial photographs of air bombardments in Europe during World War II.
P-214. Taber Photo (San Francisco, Calif.) California
Prints. Photograph Album, ca. 1886.
(Boxes: 1 ov) 1 vol.; 35 x 50 cm.
Album of 47 (21 x 31 cm.) photographs of California. Commercially produced by Taber Photo. Album is bound in blue velvet.
P-215. Album of California Mission Photographs, ca. 1950
Prints. (Boxes: 1 ov) 1 vol.; 46 x 38 cm.
Commemorative album of original photographs "Presented to Armand Maurer in Recognition and Gratitude for Outstanding Service Rendered to the Franciscan Fathers."
P-216. Leah Hellman Photograph Album, 1898
Prints. (Boxes: 1 ov) 1 vol.; 29 x 40 cm.
(GC 1132) Photographs, ca. 1892-1912, of Leah Hellman and others. Most of the views are of
recreational activities and show people at various Southern California tourist locations. There are several tintypes.
See also: Leah Hellman Meyberg scrapbook, General Collection 1132.
P-217. Photograph Album, ca 1917-1930s
Prints. (Boxes: 1 ov) 1 vol.; 36 x 50 cm.
Many of the photographs are of the training at Camp Kearny, California (WWI). There are also views of Southern California, including ostrich and alligator farms and mountain scenery.
P-218. Tourist Photograph Albums, ca. 1890
Prints. (Boxes: 5 ov) 7 vols. ; 30 x 40 cm. and smaller.
Albums of commercially produced photographs of California and the West. No personal photographs. California photos include images by F. H. Maude, C. B. Waite and Slocum.
P-219. T. E. Boudinot Scrapbook, ca. 1926-27
Prints. (Boxes: 1 ov) 1 vol.; 29 x 39 cm.
Scrapbook of photographs of 12th Signal Company, Philippine Scouts, Capt. T. E. Boudinot commanding. Album is a mixture of official Signal Corps photographs and personal snapshots. Includes photographs of Philippines, China, Singapore and other unidentified locales in the Far East.
P-220. Stereographs of Southern California, ca. 1880
Prints. (Boxes: 1 5x7)
4.5 linear inches ; 12 x 18 cm. and smaller.
Views of Los Angeles and vicinity. Many have annotations on verso.
P-221. Keystone Photo Service, Inc. Photograph Albums of Scenes of Southern California, ca. 1920
Prints. (Boxes: 7 ov) 10 vols.; 34 x 55 cm.
Photo albums produced by the Keystone Photo Service, Inc. of Los Angeles. Shows animals in Southern California.
P-222. Keystone View Company Photo Albums of Scenes from Around the World, ca. 1920
Prints.
(Boxes: 3 ov) 4 vols.
Photo albums produced by the Keystone View Company of Meadville, Pennyslvania. Shows various scenes from around the world.
P-223. August Berg Photographs.
Prints. .4 linear feet (Boxes: 1 letter)
(GC 1104) Transferred from Gen. Col. 1104: August Berg Military Papers (Spanish American War).
P-224.* Woodworth Collection.
Prints. .2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
(GC 1250) Photographs relating to Perry, Woodworth, & Co., a local business.
P-225. Southern California Scenes Collection, ca. 1900.
Negs. .2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
The Museum has made prints of some of these images.
P-226. Harmon Pacific General Contractors Collection.
Negs. .2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
Photographs of construction projects in Southern California, mostly public buildings. Interiors of Union Station.
The Museum has made prints of some of these images.
P-227. California Bungalow.
Prints. .2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
Negs. Interior and exterior shots of a California bungalow.
P-228.* Hoffman-Luckhaus Studio of Photography Collection, ca. 1940.
Prints. .8 linear feet (Boxes: 2 letter)
Negs. Prints and negatives of commercial and industrial building interiors and business products.
Hoffman-Luckhaus was a Los Angeles firm.
See also P-111 Union Station collection.
P-229. “The Fire Brigade” Stills.
Prints. Photographs.
.2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
Photographs of scenes from this circa 1926 film by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Also includes a three-page synopsis of the film.
P-230.* Hearne Lantern Slide Collection.
Lantern
A collection of 887 slides, many of which are hand-colored. Some of slides have the names of Los Angeles photographers such as Dresser, C.C. Pierce, Putnam-Valentine, and F.H. Maude. There are also quite a few with the marking of the Passenger Department of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
Container list includes locations and subjects.
P-231. Toy Magic Lantern Film Strips.
Film. (Boxes: 2 5x7)
P-232. Long Beach Earthquake of 1933 Scrapbook of Photographs and Clippings.
Prints. Scrapbook is in fragile and piecemeal condition.
(Boxes: 1 ov)
P-233. * Carnival Photographs.
Prints. .2 linear feet (Boxes:½ letter)
7 photographs of a carnival troupe, circa 1910; location unknown.
P-234.* W.E. Jones Theatre Collection, 1916-1933.
Prints. Photographs and scrapbook.
(Boxes: 1 letter, 1 ov)
Photographs and clippings concerning Los Angeles and San Diego theatres associated with W.E. Jones, theatre manager.
P-235. Victor Scheurich Collection.
Prints. .2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
Photographs of motion picture sets, cameramen, etc.
P-236. George J. Teague Collection.
Prints. .2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
Assorted motion picture stills of projection and effect shots in pictures.
P-237. Herbert L. Riggins Collection, ca.1895.
Prints. .2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
Negs. 8 photographs & corresponding negatives of Alaskan gold rush scenes in area of Yukon
known as Eldorado. Also one photo of Herbert Riggins.
P-238.* California Missions Collection, ca.1901.
Glass 53 glass negatives of California missions, ca. 1901.
negs.
P-239.* Max Factor Collection, ca. 1930.
Prints .2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
(GC 1292) 24 black and white publicity stills of make-up artist Max Factor, the make-up studios,
including the chemistry lab, cosmetic factories, and consultation rooms; various actresses being applied make-up by Max Factor.
P-240.* Philippine Lantern Slides Collection
Lantern 113 lantern slides (3 boxes) on Philippine ethnology taken during the Spanish-American War,
Slides 1895-1902. Images are of natives, dwellings, landscapes, and cultural activities.
See also: P-80: Harrison Gray Otis Philippine Island Collection, 1899
P-241.* William M. Dennis Collection
Lantern (Boxes: 2 negative boxes; ½ letter)
Slides Lantern slides, photograph, film.
40 three-picture GEM lecture slides of various scenes and subjects, ca. 1900. One ten-picture demonstration slide for the Edison Home Kinetoscope, ca. 1905. Photograph of Centaur Film Co., ca. 1913. Roll of Edison Home Kinetoscope Film—“The Tramp’s Revenge”—ca. 1905.
P-242.* Haloid Company Collection, ca. 1920s
Prints Photographs.
(Boxes: 1 ov)
10 black-and-white studio photographs apparently used as samples of various types and textures of photographic papers manufactured by the company.
The subjects of the photographs are young women in “studio” poses—holding, in example, flowers or a telephone.
P-243.* Kenneth D. Peach, Jr. Lantern Slides Collection
Lantern Lantern slides.
slides (Boxes: 5x7 negative)
28 lantern slides of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
6 lantern slides of miscellaneous California scenes.
P-244. Bob’s Airmail Service Collection, c.1932-35
Prints Photographs.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
7 photographs of a Mobil station at Wilshire Blvd. and Cochran in Los Angeles, some featuring an airplane on display and some featuring John McCormick, an employee and the donor of the collection.
P-245.* Jackson Rose Collection
Prints Photographs, newsletters.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: 1 legal)
Photographs of cameraman, Jackson Rose, and Essanay Studios. Includes photos of Rose with Bell & Howell cameras. Some publicity newspapers from Essanay Studios, c. 1911-1914.
P-246. The Automobile in Southern California Project
Photocopies Photocopies of General Photo File photographs. Manuscript.
3-ring binder.
Errol Stevens’s essay and compilation of Seaver photographs (photocopies) relating to “Southern California in the Age of the Automobile,” (1993).
Photocopying this collection is prohibited.
P-247. Andrew Alexander Forbes (1862-1921) Oklahoma Collection, ca.1889
Prints .6 linear feet (Boxes: 1 letter, ½ letter)
14 mounted prints (on 13 mounts) of Oklahoma scenes: Sac and Fox Indians, railroad bridge construction, etc.
P-248.* Mary Pickford Collection
Prints (Boxes: ½ letter, 1 flat, 1 mc folder)
23 images from 13 of Pickford’s films. The collection also includes 2 issues of the magazine “The Theatre,” 1915-1916.
P-249.* Stan Laurel Collection
Prints .2 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
14 items of ephemera relating to Stan Laurel’s vaudeville days with the Karno Company where he served as Charlie Chaplin’s understudy and occasional roommate. Most of the items are clippings from Karno performances from 1910 to 1913. There are a few photos of the Karno troupe circa 1910.
P-250.* Louis Loober Collection
Prints .4 linear feet (Boxes: ½ letter)
Loober was a furrier.
33 photographs of actresses and clients of Louis Loober.
P-251. Rollie Totheroh Collection
Prints Photographs.
.4 linear feet (Boxes: 1 letter)
Totheroh was Charlie Chaplin’s cameraman. Various stills relating to Chaplin.
P-252. Vue D’Optiques
1.4 linear feet (Boxes: 1 ov)
Etchings.
19 etchings of European countries and 1 case.
P-253. Florence E. “Betty” Purdy Collection
Prints. (Boxes: ½-width 5x7)
9 photographs of the donor’s father in the 1930s and 1940s, during which he drove a Helms Bakery truck, and then later franchised a gas station with another Helms colleague. Two of the photos depict the Helms Bakery truck; the remaining seven are views of the gas station which was located at Wilshire Blvd and Mansfield. The gas station photos each have 3” x 5” enlargements of the originals (which were 2 ½” x 3 ½”).
P-254. J.L. Roop Scrapbook
(Boxes: 1 flat in L.C.)
A scrapbook of photos and clippings organized in chronological order outlining the career of J.L.Roop from his origins in the Midwest as a sculptor, to his model and miniature work on a number of stop-motion pictures in the 1920s, including The Lost World. The scrapbook was most likely given to the Museum by Roop himself while he was an employee here in the late 1920s. Roop also worked at the Natural History Museum’s satellite facility at the La Brea Tar Pits, making models and casts of prehistoric animals found at the site.
P-255. RKO Photo Collection
Prints. (Boxes: ½ letter)
Radio-Keith-Orpheum Productions, Inc.
P-256. Fatty Arbuckle Glass Negatives
Negs. (Boxes: ½ 5x7)
A series of images pictured with fire truck(s), 1920.
P-257.* Chris Morland Collection
Prints. (Boxes: 6 ov)
87 black and white photographs, people and cityscapes of Los Angeles, including Ted Hayes. 1986 – 1991.
14 black and white photographs of downtown Los Angeles by Chris Morland. 1985-1987. Produced under the auspices of the Community Redevelopment Agency, City of Los Angeles.
P-258. Paul Slaughter Collection
Prints. (Boxes: 2 ov)
Color photographs relating to the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Produced under the auspices of the Community Redevelopment Agency, City of Los Angeles.
P-259. Evelyn Bernstein Collection
Prints. (Folders: 2 mc)
2 24x36 photographs: “Albino in the Flower Fields” and “Dunes.”
P-260. * Prudhomme Collection
Prints 2.09 linear feet (Boxes: 5 letter)
(GC 1238) 19th century photographs.
Charles J. Prudhomme (1854-1934) was the son of Frenchman Leon Victor Prudhomme and a Californio mother, Mercedes Tapia. He was an active member of the Historical Society of Southern California, and he was a collector of historical artifacts and photographs.
Series 1: portraits of people. Series 2: views of Los Angeles.
P-261. Los Angeles City Schools Study Prints Collection
Prints. Black and white education prints used in the Los Angeles city schools. Circa 1950s – 1960s.
[In process]
P-262 * Hathaway-Garbutt Photo Collection on 1910 Dominguez Air Meet
Prints Nitrate negatives of stereo views. Museum has reproduced prints of negatives 1 through 39.
Negs. Print number 40 is an authorized reproduction of a stereo view image currently owned
by the donor.
P-263 Roy Knabenshue Collection
Prints (Boxes: 2 legal, 1 ov)
Book of photos of dirigible showing development from 1903 to 1908.
Knabenshue raced in airship competitions. He was the first aeronaut to fly an airship in America at the 1904 St. Louis Exposition. He participated in the 1910 Dominguez Air Meet.
P-264 Krug Photograph Collection
Prints (Boxes: 1 flat)
A photograph album containing images related to the production of the film “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse”, circa 1920 and family photos possibly at Lake Arrowhead. Also photographs of a bra factory, circa 1940, motion picture sets and a souvenir trolley trip.
P-265 *Early Railroad and Locomotive Photo Collection
Prints (Boxes: 4 letter; 5 ˝ letter)
Negs
This is a hybrid artificial collection that brings together small collections pertaining to early American railroad transportation and locomotive engines. Covers throughout the United States. Circa 1860s – 1954.
P-266 * Historical Society of Southern California Photo Collection
Prints (Boxes: 2 legal)
(GC 1321)
The organization was formed in 1883 to collect and preserve manuscripts, periodicals, newspapers, and both written and oral historical accounts regarding the history of the Pacific Coast in general and of Southern California in particular. Another purpose of the organization, as reflected in this collection, was to maintain a photographic record of the changing views of the city and surrounding landscapes and persons prominently associated with the regional history. 1883 - 191-
P-267 * Sachtleben Collection
Prints (Boxes: ½ letter, 1 ov in Row 23-7-1)
Photographs relating to a world tour on bicycle which Sachtleben began from England and completed in New York City, from 1890 to 1893. Also contains prints, letters, clippings and other papers relating to his stay in Turkey from 1895 to 1896, where he was sent by Outing Magazine to investigate the disappearance of a fellow American cyclist, Frank G. Lenz.
P-268 * Aviation Photo Collection
Prints (Boxes: 1 letter, 6 ½ letter)
This is a hybrid artificial collection bringing together small photo collections pertaining to aviation and flight. 1906 – 1954.
P-269 * Photographic Views Collection
Prints This is a hybrid artificial collection, bringing together small photo collections consisting of
views of Los Angeles, Southern California and other regions in California. Some of the collections cover areas outside of California, such as the Arizona Territory. Additionally, there are some portraits of people. c.1860 – c.1950s.
P-270 * Thomas A. Edison Photographs
Prints (Boxes: ½ letter)
Group of photos of Edison and some of his associates, with notes by Francis Jehl, laboratory assistant to Edison and author of Menlo Park Reminiscences. Also family photos including Edison’s father and grandmother. Also two pieces of correspondence.
P-271 Harry Park Photographs and Other Material
Prints (Boxes: 2 letter, 1 legal)
Negatives Park (1869 – 1955) was an aerial stunt bicyclist, as well as an automobile aerialist, in a career
that began in 1885. He performed stunts throughout the U.S., and in Mexico City. Married in 1895, he also teamed with his wife Gertrude, under the name “the Bretons.” He originated from Baltimore, but later settled in Los Angeles, thus many of the photos show early Los Angeles and fellow bicycle enthusiasts. Noteworthy are the items reflecting Park having earned his flying license from instructor Glenn H. Curtiss. Also, there are items demonstrating some of the earliest moving picture images taken by inventor C. Francis Jenkins. Box 1 contains photos related to Harry and Gertrude Park. Box 2 contains photos of other people and places. Box 3 contains Park’s correspondence and documents, as well as papers of former museum curator Ransom Matthews, who corresponded with Park. 1886-1953 (photos of Ransom Matthews dated 1955).
P-272 * Transportation Photo Collection
Prints (Boxes: 2 ½ letter)
This is a hybrid artificial collection, bringing together small photo collections pertaining to transportation, in particular, steam and energy-powered vehicles. Geographic emphasis is on Los Angeles and Southern California. 1885-c.1937.
See also other photo collections pertaining to aviation and railroads.
P-273 * Wallace Reid Photographs and Papers
Prints (Boxes: 1 ½ legal, 1 ½ letter, 2 letter)
Reid (1891-1923) was a movie actor who rose to prominence in the early 1920s but died prematurely. Small amount of papers, family photographs and publicity stills of his wife Dorothy Davenport, an actress in her own right. Large collection of film stills of Reid's movies. 1873-1928, undated.
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