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[RESTRICTED] Glass-plate Negatives and Copy Film Negatives

Description

Twenty-six boxes chiefly containing glass-plate negatives, as well as some copy negatives.

The glass negatives in boxes 1-8 (Items 1-183) measure 20 x 25 cm (8 x 10 in.); the negatives in boxes 9-26 measure 11 x 16 cm (4.25 x 6.5 in.)

Type

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Production date

approximately 1908-1937

Call number

photCL 281

Creator

Kenny, Herbert J(Opens in new tab)

Provenance

Gift of City of South Pasadena, 1985.

Restrictions

Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Glass Negatives

Visual Materials

Glass negatives in 28 boxes. The glass negatives are various sizes: 4 1/8 x 6 ½ inches, 5 x 7 inches, 5 x 8 inches, and 8 x 10 inches and are arranged to correspond to the organization of the prints. Broken glass negatives are housed in Boxes 27-28 and Folder 1.

photCL 275

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Glass-plate negatives and copy film negatives

Visual Materials

Includes nine boxes containing 189 negatives, chiefly glass-plate negatives and some copy film negatives; some of the glass-plate negatives are broken or cracked. Twenty prints do not have corresponding negatives.

Series 2

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Glass plate negatives

Visual Materials

The B.D. Jackson Collection of Negatives and Photographs consists of 804 4 x 5 in. and 8 x 10 in. glass plate negatives, 1782 film negatives (including stereo negatives), 2302 black and white photographs (including stereos, postcards, and photograph albums), and related manuscript and ephemeral materials, 1903-1950s (bulk 1920s-1930s), that provide a visual history of the growth of many of the San Gabriel Valley's suburban communities, a survey of many of California's (and the western United States') notable landscapes, and an overview of Jackson's career as a landscape and scenic view photographer.

photCL 332

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Film negatives

Manuscripts

There are 94 copy film negatives, of various sizes, for 57 images: 35mm copy film negatives for fifty-two items: 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69, 72, 73, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, and 94 10 x 13.5cm (3.75 x 4.75 inch) or 7.5 x 10 cm (3 x 4 inch) film negatives for thirty-five items: 23, 27, 29, 30, 32, 34, 35, 38, 39, 41, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 59, 60, 63, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69, 72, 77, 82, 83, 84, 85, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, and 94 12.5 x 18 cm (5 x 7 inch) film negatives for two items: 86 and 87 20 x 25.5 cm (8 x 10 inch) film negatives for five items: 40, 54, 70, 71, and 86

mssDolley; photCL 123

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Glass negatives

Visual Materials

Glass plate negatives (5 x 7 inch) for the following photographs: 83, 102, 105.1, 106, 118.1, 120, 136, 151, 182, 266-291. Contact prints were made from these negatives (see Boxes 1-4) and have the corresponding numbers.

photCL 39

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Glass plates and film negatives 2496-2537

Visual Materials

The collection consists of approximately 6,700 photographs, which includes photographic prints and 4 x 5 inch and smaller glass negatives, glass positives, film negatives and lantern slides depicting Southern California (mainly Los Angeles and nearby communities). The collection provides quite a comprehensive picture of the growth and development of Los Angeles at the turn of the twentieth century. The smaller format items are mostly copy negatives (not originals) taken by Ellis of images in other collections. Ellis copied the photographic holdings of, among others, Bancroft, Behrendt, Tyler, Hill, Ingersoll, Forman, Rowan, Foxley, Guinn, Fryer, A.W. Francisco, McPherson, Charles Prudhomme and William Burton. The collection is particularly strong in images of Central Los Angeles from the 1880s to the 1910s and Los Angeles County beach communities in the 1900s and 1910s. Also of note are images of sites and themes of historic or cultural significance, and portraits. In addition to images of central Los Angeles, the collection includes images of Los Angeles County beach communities, Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley, and Orange, Ventura, San Bernardino and San Diego Counties. The historic and cultural sites include photographs of missions and churches; commercial, municipal and residential buildings, including historic adobes; schools and parks; railroads, emigration, and stagecoach routes; Campo de Cahuenga; Busch Gardens in Pasadena; the Modjeska home in Santa Ana; the Lake Vineyard, Sunnyslope, and the Rowland properties in the San Gabriel Valley; and images of Native Americans and Native American culture. Portraits include those of California pioneers, prominent Angelinos and San Diegans, including J. Lancaster Brent, George Horatio Derby, Hillard Dorsey, the Ellis Family, Judge A.J. King and family, Vicente Lugo, Charles Prudhomme, Truman H. Rose, William Rubottom, Abel Stearns, 1st Worshipful Master of the California Masonic Lodge Levi Stowall, and the Workman family. Some of the 4 x 5 inch and smaller glass negatives and lantern slides depict historic sites of Northern California, including mining camps of the California Gold Rush. There are also miscellaneous images pertaining to themes with no direct relationship to California or the American West, such as Freemasonry and general United States history. The United States history images include copies of Abraham Lincoln portraits and the Lincoln home in Kentucky as well as early American figures including George Washington and Benjamin Franklin.

[RESTRICTED] Glass-plate Negatives and Copy Film Negatives

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