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Description

5 items: five booklets, printed ca. 1930 [?}, featuring mild (by 21st century standards) nude photos and text. Each item, in a plastic sleeve, has a note in the sleeve reading in part, "Purchased Jan. 1985." Among the titles, Pictorial French Follies (& Fiction), Scanty Washing and Nudisme et Paysages.

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1929, 1930
Call number
mssLAT
Creator
Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
The Los Angeles Times,
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people
Bassett, James E., (1912-1978.)
Chandler, Norman, (1899-1973.)
Chandler, Otis, (1927-2006.)
Conrad, Paul, (1924-2010.)
Johnson, W. Thomas, (1941-)
Owens, Charles H.
Associated organizations
Los Angeles Times (Firm).
Los Angeles Times History Center.
Times Mirror Company.
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