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Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 540 Collections and/or Records:

Southern California family photograph album

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 7039
Abstract

Photograph album of a World War 2 serviceman and his family, spanning the years 1951-1965. Included are both black and white and color photographs. The family's home at 650 North Lyall Avenue in West Covina is shown in a number of the photographs.

Dates: 1951-1965

Southern California housing reports and photographs collection

 Collection
Identifier: 0436
Abstract

The Southern California housing reports and photographs collection consists of reports, photographs, studies, housing authority materials, and a speech, 1937-1972, related to the problem of affordable housing in Los Angeles. The reports were authored by the Los Angeles City Housing Authority, the Los Angeles City Planning Commission, and the Claremont Colleges. The photographs provide visual evidence of slum housing in Los Angeles in the 1940s.

Dates: 1937 - 1972

Southern California photographs

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 7040
Abstract

Photographs of unidentified families, women, children, World War II servicemen, and interiors; automobiles; pets; the San Pablo dam under construction; Beverly Hills; Union Station; and Long Beach.

Dates: 1920s-1940s

Southern California rock concert ephemera collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 7091
Abstract The Southern California rock concert ephemera collection consists of flyers, handbills, posters, photographs, and concert tickets promoting Southern California venues and bands from the mid-1970s to 2005 -- with the bulk of the material spanning the 1980s and early 1990s. The majority of the flyers are printed on standard sized sheets of various colors with several incorporating pre-computer cut and paste graphics alongside rubber-stamped elements. The collection also includes 72 half-sheet...
Dates: 1975 - 2005; Majority of material found within 1985 - 1995

Spanish-American War collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275056491716]
Identifier: 0045
Abstract

This small collection consists of photographs and various printed ephemera about the Spanish American War.

Dates: circa 1898-1906

Hermine Speier papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6078
Abstract Correspondence of German Jewish archaeologist Dr. Hermine Speier (1898-1989), the first woman employed by the Vatican, who converted to Catholicism and worked under Church protection. The majority of the correspondence is with Speier's lover, Italian airship navigator General Umberto Nobile, who lived in America in exile due to personal conflicts with Mussolini. The collection includes many photographs of Nobile and some of Speier, and a photograph album of Nobile, compiled and dedicated by...
Dates: 1937 - 1941

Geoff St. Andrews collection on Johnny Weissmuller

 Collection
Identifier: 2635
Abstract

This collection chiefly contains film stills for Tarzan movies starring Johnny Weissmuller from the 1930s to 1950s, which were compiled by Weissmuller fan and researcher Geoff St. Andrews.

Dates: 1932 - 1956

Stabler family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 5381
Abstract The Stabler family papers consists of photographs, clippings, ephemera, correspondence, certificates and licenses, documenting the lives of Laird and Maud Stabler and their children. Laird Stabler was Professor of Chemistry and Physics at USC, and later became Professor of Applied Chemistry and Metallurgy. He also helped found the School of Pharmacy in 1905, and was appointed Dean of the School in 1910, serving as Dean and Professor of Chemistry and Toxicology for 29 years until his death...
Dates: 1885-1920s

John Stahl papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2234
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of director John Stahl (1886-1950). Materials include approximately 20 screenplays; correspondence, telegrams, and memos; publicity clippings and reviews of many of Stahl’s films; books (mostly novels); synopses and treatments; approximately 50 photographs and stills; two sketchbooks; and a research book.

Dates: 1922 - 1955

Standard Oil Company "See Your West" Scenic Views collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 6155
Abstract This small collection consists of photographic prints depicting scenes in the western United States and Canada distributed by Standard Oil Company through Standard and Chevron gas stations. Beginning in 1938, the Standard Oil Company began distributing annually 25 collectible photographic prints of scenes in the Western United States and Canada through its Standard and Chevron gas stations. These prints, part of the "See Your West" advertising campaign, were distributed free of charge to...
Dates: circa 1940