Photographs, circa 1850-1995
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Scope and Content
The Photographs series contains images of Legg, his family, and his ancestors in a variety of formats including a daguerreotype, ambrotypes, tintypes, card photographs, and photographic prints. The images include his ancestors from the Legg, Cross, and Crosby families. Along with the cased photographs and card photographs are three albums documenting Legg and his family through the early 1930s. Legg's personal photographs include images from his vacations, homes, and his professional life as an landscape designer and professor. In box 15 there are photographic images of Legg mounted on two souvenir china plates from Taipei, Taiwan. The collection included a couple of loose pages from an unknown album documenting his early life and a small photograph album primarily of his later travels in Europe. The photographs of these albums were photocopied to document their arrangement and transferred to sleeves. The color photographs comprise images of his later life with John Nojima, their travels together, visits from relatives, and photographs of Legg's burial. Along with the print images are slides, ink-jet prints, and a limited number of negatives documenting the same topics.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1850-1995
Creator
- From the Collection: Legg, W. Dorr (William Dorr Legg) (Creator, Person)
- From the Collection: Nojima, John (Nagatoshi) (Donor, Person)
- From the Collection: Mulroy, Brad (Interviewer, Person)
- From the Collection: Kelly, James J. (Author, Person)
Access
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Extent
From the Collection: 24 Linear Feet (6 record boxes, 6 archive cartons, 8 clamshell photograph binders, 2 flat boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Arrangement Note
The documents of the Photographs Series are arranged chronologically.
Container Summary
[12 boxes]
Repository Details
Part of the ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, University of Southern California Repository
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Los Angeles California 90007 United States
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