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Doyle Lane portfolio and Ben Serar photographs

Description: A portfolio of 16 loose color photographs of Doyle Lane's work, and two compact discs of digital photographs by Ben Serar of Lane working at his studio in 1976, and color images of Lane's works. The 16 print photographs include: pottery on exhibit in a display case; Lane's "weed pots"; a glazed tile mural at Golden State Bank, Downey; two portraits of Lane with his works; installation shots of the Pasadena Mutual Savings and Loan tile mural, 1964, commissioned by architect Welton Becket (later reinstalled at The Huntington in 2015); and images of unidentified works.
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Production date: approximately 1960-1979.
Call number: photCL 730
Provenance: Gift of Ben and Heide Serar, July 2024. When Doyle Lane died, one of his sisters retrieved what was left of his property, including his portfolio. When his sister died years later, her son then sold the portfolio to Ben Serar, a photographer and personal friend of Lane's.

Doyle Lane portfolio and Ben Serar photographs

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A portfolio of 16 loose color photographs of Doyle Lane's work, and two compact discs of digital photographs by Ben Serar of Lane working at his studio in 1976, and images of Lane's works. The 16 print photographs include: pottery on exhibit in a display case; Lane's "weed pots"; a glazed tile mural at Golden State Bank, Downey; two portraits of Lane with his works; installation shots of the Pasadena Mutual Savings and Loan tile mural, 1964, commissioned by architect Welton Becket (later reinstalled at The Huntington in 2015); and images of unidentified works.

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Photographs of Alaska and the Pacific Northwest by Mayo & Weed

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This album contains 122 photographic prints by the Chicago, Illinois, photography firm of Mayo & Weed that depicts scenery and glaciers in Alaska; Native Alaskans; some Native American totems, and a variety of scenic views in the western United States and Canada. These photographs were taken ca. 1890s. The organization of the album's photographs mirrors a trip from Denver, Colorado, to Alaska, with stops at various tourist destinations, and includes images of Caucasian tourists; Salt Lake City, Utah; Manitou Springs and Colorado Springs, Colorado; Wrangell, Alaska; Sitka, Alaska; Alaskan natives; glaciers; totems; British Columbia health resorts; and Western railway lines. Brigham Young, a leader of the Mormon Church, is listed as a personal name index term because a photograph of his grave is included in this collection. The photograph album has the word "Alaska" embossed on the cover and "Alaska / Mayo & Weed, Chicago" embossed on the spine. Almost all of the photographs have a printed caption included in the bottom of the photograph.

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Corner of Maiden Lane and Foothill Boulevard, Altadena. 1927

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Corner of Maiden Lane and Foothill Boulevard in Altadena. A large fir tree grows at the corner, blocking the view of a nearby house. Telephone or electrical poles line Maiden Lane.

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Photographs, ephemera and bound portfolios

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This collection chiefly contains studio-produced press photographs of the development of the Universal Pictures movie studio, MCA-Universal Studios, the Universal Studios Tour, and Universal City in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California, 1910s - 1990s. These materials were acquired and collected by Albert A. Dorskind during his tenure as an executive at MCA Inc. While many of the photographs depict locations and events of the 1910s-1960s, they are all 8 x 10-inch reproduction photographs. Views include early filmmaking, street sets and backlots, studio facilities and buildings, personnel (including studio heads Carl Laemmle and Lew Wasserman), and photographs of architectural drawings. The collection includes a portfolio of photographs of concept designs by architects William L. Pereira Associates for the MCA Sheraton Hotel No. 2 (later known as the Sheraton Premiere Hotel) in Universal City; a bound book of photographs of Universal Studios backlot locations; and five VHS-format audiovisual cassette tapes of Universal Studios history and 80th Anniversary celebrations (1985,1994).

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