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Every building on the Sunset Strip

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    Every building on the Sunset Strip

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    Accordion folded panoramic view on continuous strip 18 x 647 cm. folded to form 53 pages showing both sides of the street, with buildings, intersections, and signs viewed as if driving down the street.

    645634

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    Manuscripts

    There are 711 items in the manuscript section which are arranged alphabetically by author and then title. Materials without author and title are arranged alphabetically by type. Oversize materials are located in boxes 34 and 35. The manuscripts consist of various screenplays, television and movie treatments, biographies, and novels, both published and unpublished, written by Turney throughout her career (some written with co-authors such as Jerry Horwin and Stephen Longstreet). The collection includes an unproduced screenplay, written for Bette Davis titled "Angel Manager." A version of the screenplay for "Of Human Bondage" is located in the manuscripts. Also included is one of the first scripts for "Japanese War Bride," originally titled "East is East." There are materials related to Turney's first play, "Bitter Harvest," including two published copies with Turney's edits, and her most successful play, "My Dear Children." The manuscripts section also contains drafts of Byron's daughter and Turney's research notes for that book. Other manuscripts include: a draft of her biography "The Patriarch," which was intended to illuminate the lives of the women in George Washington's life; a fictional trilogy regarding early California entitled "Light in the Spring," "Manifest Destiny," and "Fruit of the Vine;" and a biography of Aimée Dubuc de Rivery entitled "The Beautiful One." Research notes and materials for her biographies and novels are listed under "Note cards" and "Notes." There are reviews of Turney's biographies and novels, two interviews with Catherine Turney, and poetry written by Turney while she attended Bishop's School. Of note are seventeen drawings by the artist Stephen Longstreet. There are also manuscripts relating to the creation and early days of the Pasadena Community Playhouse and two manuscripts regarding Catherine Turney's experiences with John Barrymore in the 1930s while he played the leading role in "My Dear Children."

    mssTurney papers

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    Sunset Building Company

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    2 letters to James Seymour Severance, 1842-1936.

    mssSeverance papers

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    A few palm trees

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    430342

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    Thirtyfour parking lots in Los Angeles

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    Aerial views of a variety of parking lots in Los Angeles and two in Burbank, California with captions.

    645660

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    Then & now : Ed Ruscha : Hollywood Boulevard, 1973-2004

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    A collection of photographic prints documenting Hollywood Boulevard first in July 1973 and later in June 2004. Same type of camera equipment were used to re-photograph the street. The panoramic images in black and white from 1973 run parallel to 2004 colored version - contrasting the changes over three decades.

    647496