Visual Materials

Larger glass and film negatives

Description

Consists of 4 film negatives of various sizes and 3 glass negatives.

Film negatives: Items 122, 251, 252a, and 252c. Item 252c has no matching print.

Type

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Production date

approximately 1880s-approximately 1955

Call number

photCL 481

Creator

Thrall, William Henry (1874?-1963)(Opens in new tab)

Provenance

Gifts of William H. Thrall, April 29, 1949; March 23, 1951; and September 17, 1952.

Purchased from Mrs. W. H. Thrall, May 1963.

Restrictions

The film negatives (boxes 9-15) have been placed in cold storage for preservation. Arrangements for viewing negatives must be made in advance with the Curator of Photographs.

Film negatives

Visual Materials

This collection contains photographs, negatives, and some ephemera chiefly collected by California conservationist and editor William H. Thrall (1873-1963) for use in Trails magazine. Thrall served as managing editor of the publication from 1934 to 1939, which was produced to encourage the use of mountain trails and outdoor recreation in Los Angeles County. The collection includes approximately 1200 prints (Boxes 1-4); 68 glass negatives (Boxes 7-8); approximately 2300 film negatives; 150 slides; and miscellaneous documents and ephemera, and a folding pocket camera. The photographs primarily date from the 1930s, but also include copy prints (and some originals) of late 19th and early 20th photographs. The images depict mountain and forested landscapes and outdoor recreational activities including hiking, skiing, and camping, chiefly in the San Gabriel Mountains and surrounding mountains of Southern California. Many of the photographs include individuals involved in recreational activities as well images of historical mountain pioneers. The photographs chiefly consist of 4.5 x 2.75 inch snapshots and 8 x 10 and 6 x 10 inch prints, by photographers including Dan P. Alexander, Carl H. Bauer, Harlow Dormer, C. C. Vernon, and Thrall. There is also a group of glass plate negatives and film negatives, including a group of unprinted film negatives that appear to be personal photographs with views of nature, groups of people, family scenes, buildings, boating, and trips, in the 1930s-1950s (Box 15). The film negatives have handwritten numbers presumably assigned by Thrall. Many of the prints appear in Trails magazine, which was published quarterly by the Mountain League of Southern California from Winter 1934 to Spring 1939 (Volume 6, No. 1). In Autumn 1941, the Southern California Outdoor Federation began publishing a new edition of Trails Magazine (without Thrall as editor), but only two issues were published (Volume 2, Nos. 1-2).

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Glass negatives

Visual Materials

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Film negatives (for items 3-930)

Visual Materials

Contains film negatives for items 3, 5, 10a, 17, 18a, 21, 22, 27, 29, 35c, 35d, 46, 47, 48, 49, 87, 88, 93, 95, 96, 97, 100, 106, 107, 108, 121a, 121b, 157, 158a, 158c, 159a, 170, 172, 173, 175, 178, 179, 200, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 216, 218, 219, 220, 221, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 236, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 245, 246, 247, 248, 251 copy neg, 252a copy neg, 252b copy neg, 262, 264a, 266, 269, 270, 271, 272, 277, 279, 280, 290, 300, 300a, 301, 303, 304, 306, 307, 310, 305, 308, 311, 313, 315, 316, 319, 320, 321, 325, 326, 327, 333, 371, 372a, 372b, 373a, 375a, 375b, 376, 377, 378, 379, 381, 383, 391a, 392, 393, 394, 395, 398, 399a, 400b, 401, 402, 408, 409a, 409b, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 419a, 420, 422 copy neg, 423 copy neg, 424, 428, 429, 431, 435, 436a, 437, 445, 446, 447, 450, 454, 494, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 502, 503, 547, 605b, 612, 613, 614, 615, 616, 618, 620, 621, 622, 623, 624, 625, 703, 704, 705, 708, 710, 711, 727, 729, 730, 731, 732, 733, 758, 835, 846, 855, 858, 864a, 864b, 868a, 868b, 923, 925, 930, 951, 954, 956, 990, and 997.

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Unprinted film negatives (Items 2575-3090)

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Unprinted film negatives (Items 3091-3510)

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Unprinted film negatives (Items 1609-2079)

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photCL 481

Larger glass and film negatives

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