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Twelve photographs by Erven Jourdan

Description: Set of 12 black-and-white photographs by Erven Jourdan consisting of an eclectic mix of subjects, many of them portraits. The following titles for the individual works were assigned by the photographer: 1. Dustin Hoffman, 1974; 2. John Barr, 1978; 3. Straw Hat, 1947 (Aerial view of man on sidewalk with straw hat); 4. Green Hotel, Pasadena, 1969; 5. Narcissa Alley - Dancer, 1930 (Alley stands in front of the Peasley Studio); 6. Alec Templeton, 1945; 7. Charles Greene - Architect, 1947; 8. Oregon Flour Mill, 1935; 9. Rain, 1932; 10. Taliesin West, 1957; 11. "Hello Dolly" set at 20th Century Fox Studios; 12. Filing Cross-Cut Saw, 1936. The prints are 4.5 x 6.5 inches, on mat boards 11 x 14 inches. Each mat is signed by the photographer in pencil. Title of collection embossed on presentation box that accompanied the collection. Erven Jourdan's name is spelled incorrectly as "Erven Jordan."
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Production date: 1930-1978.
Call number: photCL 452
Creator: Jourdan, Erven(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Betty Barr and Donald Rogers, May 2002.
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Twelve photographs by Erven Jourdan

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Set of 12 black-and-white photographs by Erven Jourdan consisting of an eclectic mix of subjects, many of them portraits. The following titles for the individual works were assigned by the photographer: 1. Dustin Hoffman, 1974; 2. John Barr, 1978; 3. Straw Hat, 1947 (Aerial view of man on sidewalk with straw hat); 4. Green Hotel, Pasadena, 1969; 5. Narcissa Alley - Dancer, 1930 (Alley stands in front of the Peasley Studio); 6. Alec Templeton, 1945; 7. Charles Greene - Architect, 1947; 8. Oregon Flour Mill, 1935; 9. Rain, 1932; 10. Taliesin West, 1957; 11. "Hello Dolly" set at 20th Century Fox Studios; 12. Filing Cross-Cut Saw, 1936. The prints are 4.5 x 6.5 inches, on mat boards 11 x 14 inches. Each mat is signed by the photographer in pencil. Title of collection embossed on presentation box that accompanied the collection. Erven Jourdan's name is spelled incorrectly as "Erven Jordan."

photCL 452

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photCL 658

Self portrait of Carl Moon

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Self portrait of Carl Moon wearing a Western-style hat and holding a well-smoked cigar. Signed in ink on mat “Karl E. Moon, 06.”

photCL 484

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Nita Patton with toy stable

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Anne Patton sits on a grass lawn playing with a wooden stable toy set, with a small doll sitting in the foreground just right of center, and a dark horse next to the play set. Anne, who looks like she is between seven and twelve here, is wearing a dark dress with a wide sailor-style collar and a shallow, wide brimmed straw hat, with her blond hair in two braids the reach just past her shoulders. There is a dog sitting on the grass in the background.

photCL 282 (51)

George Hugh Smith with grandchildren, Catalina Island, 1902

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George H. Smith sits on the steps of a porch with his granddaughter on his right and his grandson on his left. He is holding a book in his left hand and a cigar in his right. Smith is wearing a dark coat and vest, a white shirt, a dark bow tie, pinstriped pants, a white hat with a dark band, and wire-rimmed glasses, and he has a wide, gray mustache. His granddaughter has chin-length dark hair and is wearing a white dress with a frilly top, tall dark socks, and a straw hat with a big, dark bow. His grandson is wearing a white sailor outfit, tall dark socks, and a wide-brimmed straw hat.

photCL 282 (283)

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Photographs of rural Mexico

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A group of 13 photographs (small snapshots and photographic postcards) depicting life in rural Mexico in the 1930s and 1940s. The five small photographs (3 x 3.5 inches) are scenes from a parade in a small town on September 16, 1938, Mexican Independence Day. Children are seen carrying a Mexican flag, a decorated truck has a banner that reads "Viva Mexico," and boys and girls are dressed in traditional vaquero attire. They were taken by an unknown photographer and have identifications in Spanish on the back. The eight commercially-made photographic postcards include scenes in Guanajuato; packed burros on narrow cobblestone roads; rows of clay pots, plates and cups alongside buildings; a woman making tortillas; and vaqueros loading hay on a donkey. There are two portraits with captions reading "Tipos Mexicanos," most likely made for the tourist trade. One shows a young man and woman posed next to a large cactus, holding hands, and the other is of a barefoot man wearing a straw poncho around his shoulders.

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