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Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 540 Collections and/or Records:

Forthmann family photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6087
Abstract This collection consists of photographs of members of the Forthmann family, one of the first prominent families in Los Angeles at the end of the nineteenth century and beginning of the twentieth century. John Albert Forthmann I was a German immigrant who arrived in Los Angeles as a teenager in the 1860s and bought a small soap business that he turned into the Los Angeles Soap Co. The photographs in this collection include various members of the Forthmann family, but generally center around...
Dates: 1912-1949, undated

Forthmann House relocation photographs

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 5329
Abstract Photographs taken by James Child documenting the November 23, 1988 move of the historic Forthmann House from 629 W. 18th St. to 1101 W. 28th St. (now 2801 S. Hoover St.). The collection also includes an essay by Jim Childs about the move, a copy of the Cultural Heritage Board's notice of historical status for the house, and correspondence and related information about the relocation and planned use of the house by USC. The Forthmann House was built in the late 1880s, is believed to be the...
Dates: 1972 - 2017; Majority of material found within 1988

Valeska Foss High School scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 0396
Abstract "The Girl Graduate: Her Own Book" is embossed into the leather cover of this fragile scrapbook. The volume was kept by Valeska Foss of Lincoln High School in Los Angeles, California, between 1916 and 1919, the year she graduated from high school. The scrapbook is filled with small photographs, invitations, notes, clippings, programs, illustrations, and handwritten descriptions and narratives on the pages. The principal of Lincoln High School at the time was Ethel Percy Andrus who, among...
Dates: 1916 - 1919

David Foster collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2174
Abstract

This collection consists of American film producer David Foster (1929-2019) expenses, scripts, videotapes, and photographs. Foster created films such as "The Fog" (2005) and "The River Wild" (1994), included in this collection. Foster graduated from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television in 1953.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1970s-2000s

Foto Flair Los Angeles Christopher Street West gay pride parade photographs

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Coll2012-065
Abstract

Foto Flair photographic prints of the Los Angeles Christopher Street West gay pride prarade, June 28, 1970.

Dates: June 28, 1970

Edward A. Fox letters

 Collection
Identifier: 0168
Abstract

The Edward A. Fox letters consists of 33 letters written by Union Sergeant Fox to his mother Hannah J. Fox during the period August 1862-February 1863, and more than 50 letters and notes written to his fiancee (later wife) Jennie Greenleaf from the late 1860s to the 1880s. Also included are assorted letters written from France at the beginning of the first World War and correspondence with a male relative.

Dates: 1862-1926, (bulk 1862-1863, 1868-1881)

Eduard Frank correspondence with Joseph Brod

 Collection
Identifier: 6246
Abstract The Eduard Frank correspondence with Joseph Brod consists of a collection of letters written between Eduard Frank and Joseph Brod from 1953 to 1981. Eduard Frank was born in historical Sudetenland, now part of the Czech Republic. After settling in Germany following World War II, Frank authored one book, Gustav Meyrink, Werk und Wirkung (1957) and served as editor on another book, Das Haus zur Letzten Latern: Nachgelassenes und...
Dates: 1953 - 1981

Gelya Frank papers

 Collection
Identifier: 5286
Abstract

This collection consists of the papers of Gelya Frank (born 1948), an American author and anthropology professor at the University of Southern California.

Dates: 1970 - 2017

Larry Frost photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0361
Abstract

This collection contains photographs taken by Larry Frost. Formats include film negatives, prints, and slides. Subjects include buildings, wild life, and people.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1950s-1990s

Laurell Gaines photographs

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275053949617]
Identifier: 6165
Abstract

Collection of photographs of dancers, musicians, and radio personalities, the majority of which are inscribed to Laurell Gaines. Also included are photographs of Gaines and her partner, Ted Vaun. Gaines was a ballet and ballroom dancer who performed in vaudeville, musical revues and Hollywood films from the 1920 to the 1940s.

Dates: 1920s-1940s