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Photographs

Description

Contains photographic prints and photograph albums that were filed separately from those in the Files subseries; also includes photographic negatives. In a few instances, the photographs in this subseries are the only documentation found in this collection for a project; this is the case with photographs from Alta Loma Packing; Citrus State Park; Cooper Regional Museum Upland; Los Angeles City Hall; Pasadena Playhouse Theater Area; Phillips Mansion; Rancho Camulos; Virginia Robinson Gardens; Rose City Dental; W. R. Rowland Adobe; Santa Monica City Hall, Council Chamber; and Strawberry Banke and Maine. The collection contains both photographs and fragments and samples from Workman Temple and West Adams residences/commercial buildings.

Type
Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date
1964-2009.
Call number
archWeil
Creator
Weil, Martin Eli(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of the Estate of Martin E. Weil, February 2010.
Gift of Peter and June Weil, June 2014.
Associated people
Kelley, H. Roy (1892- ,)
Kelly, Arthur Rolland, (1878-1959,)
Kwan, Raymond, (1894-1980,)
Weil, Martin Eli, (1867-1959,)
Weil, Martin Eli,
Williams, Paul R.,
Wright, Frank Lloyd,
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