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Huntington library photographer Bendikson pointing to the Franklin Autobiography

Description: Dr Lodewyk Bendikson stands before an easle supporting the Franklin Autobiography; he is pointing to the ink stain while looking directly at the camera. Dr. Bendikson is wearing a dark three-piece suit. Tall lights illuminate the scene. Title supplied by cataloger.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1937
Call number: photCL 507
Creator: Morkisch, Erwin F (1900-1994)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Frank Morkisch, son of Erwin F. Morkisch, via John Sullivan, August 2005.
Dimensions: various sizes.
Find out more: View in the Huntington Digital Library(Opens in new tab); View in the Library catalog(Opens in new tab)

Dr. L. Bendikson with camera for microphotography

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Dr Lodewyk Bendikson stands behind a desk with a complicated apparatus for taking photographs microscopically. Dr. Bendikson is wearing a dark three-piece suit with a light tie. Label accompanying photograph in album reads "HEH 140 Dr. L. Bendikson, in charge of Department of Photographic Reproductions, Huntington Library, with camera for microphotography."

photCL 107 vol13 pg26 (140)

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Police cars in front of Pasadena City Hall, 100 North Garfield, Pasadena. 1958

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A panoramic view of 28 police automobiles parked in a broad arc in front of Pasadena City Hall. The black and dark colored automobiles are on the left, and most of them have lights attached to the roof. The white and light-colored automobiles, parked on the right, do not have lights on them. A man in a suit stands between the dark and light vehicles.

photCL 402 (40117)

Los Angeles Times, news desk and photographer, Los Angeles. 1941

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A man seated at a desk covered with proofs and newspapers speaks with two standing men at the Los Angeles Times. One of the standing men is wearing a three piece suit and hat and holding a paper that the seated man is pointing at with his pencil. The other man is shorter, wearing a dark two piece suit and rests his hand on a camera that is on the desk.

photCL Whitt 1442 ; Whitt neg. 1225

Huntington residence from the east

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View of the southeast corner and loggia of the Huntington residence with only a few young palms and a pine tree to the east of the building. A man in a dark suit and hat stands under the palm on the left. MS note on folder reads "HEH residence: south and west facades." MS note on verso reads "HEH residence: loggia."

photCL 107 fld1 (4)

Staff photographing Gainsborough's Jonathan Buttall: the blue boy, in the Huntington residence

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A series of three photographs of the photographing of Thomas Gainsborough's Jonathan Buttall: the blue boy (1770). The man on the ground on the left holds steady the ladder that the photographer is on, another man stands on the right, and Dr. Batrig stands on a platform helping the photographer. Labels accompanying photographs in album read "Apparatus for making exposures for color plates of paintings in New Gallery. Huntington Art Gallery."

photCL 107 vol13 (26)

Staff photographing paintings in the portrait gallery in the Huntington residence

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Four men watch as Dr. Batrig helps the photographer prepare to take a picture. The camera is mounted on a tripod, and artificial lights are on either side of the picture. The painting that is the focus of their photography is Thomas Gainsborough's Jonathan Buttall: the blue boy (1770). Label accompanying photograph in album reads "HEH 25 Apparatus for making exposures for color plates of paintings in New Gallery. Huntington Art Gallery." Photograph appeared in Los Angeles Times article of November 6, 1938. Another version of this is no. 545 Pictures Archives, box 3, folder 5. MS note on verso reads "Photograph of the equipment used for making color separation plates for Life Magazine."

photCL 107 vol13 (25)

Huntington library photographer Bendikson pointing to the Franklin Autobiography

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