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Los Angeles Documentary Project photograph collection
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Los Angeles Documentary Project photograph collection
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A collection of 21 photographs and three promotional publications from the Los Angeles Documentary Project, a photographic survey of the city of Los Angeles in celebration of its bicentennial in 1981. Alan Jutzi and John Humble created the project for the Photography Museum, with financial assistance from the National Endowment for the Arts. The original project comprised 120 prints by eight photographers; these 21 prints are a sampling from the project and represent the work of six photographers: Joe Deal (1 print); Robbert Flick (6 prints, each containing a series of images); Douglas Hill (1 print); John Humble (2 prints); Bill Owens (9 prints, including self-portraits); and Susan Ressler (2 prints). Robbert Flick's photographs depict scenes in Marina del Rey, Venice Beach, Manhattan Beach, Los Angeles International Airport, and Centinela Park. The collection contains color photographs (some Cibachrome) and black-and-white photographs, and most are signed by the photographers. Works for the project were exhibited in Los Angeles at Mount Saint Mary's University, the Watts Towers Arts Center, and the San Pedro Art Gallery.
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Los Angeles Documentary Project photographs by Robbert Flick
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Set of 15 prints by photographer Robbert Flick taken for the Los Angeles Documentary Project, a photographic project documenting various aspects of the city of Los Angeles for its 200th anniversary in 1981. Each 61 x 51 cm (20 x 24 inch) print consists of 100 black-and-white systematic views along the streetscapes of Los Angeles, each 3 x 4.5 cm presented in a 10 x 10 grid. Works for the project were exhibited at the Watts Tower Arts Center from April 20 to May 14, 1981.
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Museum Project Photograph Collection
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This collection contains 19 photographic prints by eight American photographers that were selected by Jennifer Watts, The Huntington Library Curator of Photographs, in 2013 and donated by the artists as part of the Museum Project. The images themselves date from 1970 to 2013, with the prints primarily made in 2012 and 2013, and include a variety of still-life subjects, portraits, and landscapes primarily related to California and the American West. The set includes 1 photograph by Laurie Brown; 3 photographs by Darryl Curran, printed by Nash Editions; 1 photograph by Robert W. Fichter; 2 photographs by Betty Hahn; 2 photographs by Jane O'Neal; 1 photograph by Kenda North; 6 photographs by Robert von Sternberg; and 3 photographs by Todd Walker (1917-1998). The images are primarily printed with inkjet color, though the two items by Betty Hahn are gum bichromate images.
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Notes on photographs in collection: Los Angeles and vicinity (2 folders)
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This is a collection primarily of negatives and photographic prints depicting the growth of Santa Monica and Los Angeles, California, from 1860s to 1980s. Many views are cityscapes or street views, showing buildings, storefronts, homes and roads, and documenting the use of railroads, trolleys, streetcars, and automobiles. There are many card photographs by early professional photographers, and also a number of snapshots made by amateurs, some in personal photo albums. The collection's scope also includes early views of many other communities in Southern California (and a few in other states); the beginnings of aviation in Santa Monica, including the first Douglas Aircraft Company buildings; a photo album of residents in Topanga Canyon, ca. 1913; automobile racing in Los Angeles and Santa Monica, 1920s; maritime views; a photo album of U.S. troops in France during World War I; a 1949 real estate development in Apple Valley, California, and others. Besides photographs, a portion of the collection consists of scarce publications and historical ephemera, primarily related to Santa Monica and Los Angeles, including brochures, advertising cards, menus, event programs and other materials. Highlights of the Santa Monica images are aerial views of the buildings along the coast and pier (1920s); several views of the Arcadia Hotel (1880s); the Long Wharf and adjoining railroad and train depot; the first bath houses on the beach; the beach club culture of the 1920s and 1930s; the amusement piers of Santa Monica, Ocean Park and Venice; and the beginnings of the Douglas Aircraft Company. There is a large set of promotional photographs made late 1920s-1930s by Powell Press Service depicting people enjoying Santa Monica's beaches, clubs and outdoor recreation. An important subset within the collection is 407 negatives made ca. 1890 - 1908 by Los Angeles historian and amateur photographer George W. Hazard (1842-1914). Hazard travelled around Los Angeles and vicinity photographing the adobes, houses, streets and storefronts that told the early history of the city. Many of Hazard's negatives have handwritten identifications, naming streets, former homeowners, ranchos, and other historical details. There are a large number of cabinet cards and other card-mounted prints and stereographs. There are 1,264 stereograph prints, highlighted by the works of photographic pioneers William M. Godfrey, Francis Parker, Hayward & Muzzall, and Carleton Watkins. Other formats represented are: glass and film negatives; panoramic prints; 7 photograph albums, photographic postcards, 20th-century color prints and transparencies; and a small number of tintypes, cyanotypes and a set of chromolithographs.
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Los Angeles History Project
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This interview bank consists of 92 3/4 inch videocassettes and 2 binders of corresponding transcripts collectively entitled "Los Angeles History Project." The videotapes include interviews with prominent Los Angeles residents and were used to create volumes 2 and 3 of the "Los Angeles History Project".
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Los Angeles Railway Corporation Collection of Photographs
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The collection consists of 1165 black-and-white photographs, 97 glass negatives, clippings, correspondence, manuscripts, notes, a card file, and a ledger book related to the Los Angeles Railway, 1851-1939, collected and created by Edwin L. Lewis, a longtime employee of the Los Angeles Railway Corporation (LARy). The collection provides a broad pictorial overview of the development of the railway systems in Los Angeles, California in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as well as information on the physical development of the city itself. Lewis began collecting the photographs and related clippings and correspondence as background information for his history of the railway systems of Los Angeles. The materials depict and describe views of Los Angeles, primarily downtown, but also some of the neighborhoods that grew as a result of the construction of the street car system; methods and modes of transportation and transportation-related subjects, primarily with regard to the Los Angeles Railway; and employees of the Railway and of the Los Angeles business community, and individuals who were in some way connected with the development of the railroad in Southern California. The collection is particularly strong in city scenes and panoramic views, primarily of downtown Los Angeles. These include "then and now" comparisons of various Los Angeles neighborhoods; business districts; hotels; city halls; school buildings; commercial and industrial buildings; post office buildings; churches; hospitals; holiday celebrations; and outlying areas (such as Catalina Island and San Diego). The transportation images include, but are not limited to, views of the railway; railway, street and cable cars; stations and station locations; and maps of rail lines. Also included are images of bicycles, carriages, and automobiles. The material related to individuals consists of biographical files and includes biographical sketches, notes on interviews conducted by Lewis, and/or correspondence, and describes LARy and other railroad employees, individuals who worked in industries connected with transportation, and business leaders in Southern California. The interviews are essentially oral histories, and provide a great deal of information on the development of both the railways in Los Angeles and the development of the city itself. The photographs included in the biographical files are portraits. The majority of the photographs are annotated on the reverse with location information, a short description, and/or identification of individuals. Some images include annotations on the front. Many of the photographs have clippings taped to the reverse. Some of the photographs exist in duplicate form; however, many of the duplicates are annotated with information not found on the original copy. Some photographs are missing.
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