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Portrait by Parker's Photographic Parlors, Los Angeles
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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.
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Studio and other portrait photographs
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The Olive Percival Collection of Photographs contains approximately 875 photographs of California and Mexico, chiefly cyanotype snapshots and gelatin silver prints of locations in Los Angeles and environs and Mexico City, taken chiefly by Olive Percival (1869-1945) from approximately 1880-1941; many of the photographs contain captions written on versos by Percival. The photographs of California depict San Pedro scenes; Chinatowns in Los Angeles and San Francisco; exterior and interior views of Percival's home, collections, and garden; and cemeteries in Los Angeles. The collection also includes two sepia portraits of Percival as a young woman; one photograph of Percival with her mother; images of Indian basket collections that she used in writing articles; and photographs depicting various people and locations, chiefly in Los Angeles and environs, taken by Percival and by commercial photographers, including a set of studio portraits featuring various sitters. Photographs of Mexico depict various views of Mexico City and other areas of Mexico, including Juarez; Toluca; Guadalupe; Teotihuacan; Tocuba; Vera Cruz; Texcoco; Tlaxcola; and other locations.
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Portraits of unidentified groups by unidentified photographers (Items 646-657)
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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.
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Portraits of unidentified individuals by unidentified photographers (Items 601-645)
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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.
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Portraits of unidentified groups by identified photographers (Items 592-600)
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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.
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Portraits of unidentified individuals by identified non-California photographers (Items 571-591)
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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.
photCL 400 volume 31