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William M. Godfrey/Sunbeam Art Gallery (Los Angeles)

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William M. Godfrey/Sunbeam Art Gallery (Los Angeles)

Description: The collection consists of 809 portrait photographs in a variety of formats. It is a reference collection of individual and group portraits and contains portraits of both prominent and lesser-known Los Angelenos and Southern Californians from both the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection contains images created by a number of well-known California photographers.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1850s-1977.
Call number: photCL 400 volume 31
Provenance: Donated by the Historical Society of Southern California, 1992.
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