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Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 540 Collections and/or Records:

John Brahm papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2092
Abstract

This collection contains photographs, clippings, audio discs, and production materials from movie, television, and theater projects of German director John Brahm (1893-1982), dating from the 1920s to the 1960s and chiefly for American projects.

Dates: 1920 - 1973
Found in: USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library

Maceo Braxton, Jr. family photograph album

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275049031165]
Identifier: 7109
Abstract An album of family portraits and other material assembled at the time of Maceo Braxton, Jr.'s graduation from West Point in 1974. The more than 40 photographs in the album prominently feature Braxton (1953-2008)--a Black physician and military officer--as well as his parents, Maceo Braxton, Sr. (1922-1997) and Bernice Maiflorence Braxton (1924-2013), and his four siblings in their Los Angeles home. Many of the portraits feature Braxton's mother, Bernice, who worked at the University of...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1974; 1944; 1980
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0394
Abstract Dr. Benjamin Bennett Briggs was a horticulturist and medical doctor who originally came to California from Ohio during the Gold Rush but returned to Ohio where he married and established a medical practice. He later returned to California to continue with horticultural pursuits and was one of the founders of La Crescenta, where he hoped to establish a health resort. Though he died before he could accomplish all his dreams, today's Crescenta-Canada valley was home to many sanitariums and...
Dates: 1836 - 2020; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1920
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Ira M. Britton papers

 Collection
Identifier: 6097
Abstract

The Ira M. Britton papers consist of letters, photographs, certificates and notebooks created and collected by American serviceman Ira Britton during World War II. Britton served in both the the Royal Canadian Air Force and the United States Navy. Together, the photographs and letters describe the experience of Americans who served in the RCAF.

Dates: 1941-1945
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Edmund G. Brown, Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0217
Abstract

The Edmund G. Brown, Jr. papers comprise the papers of Jerry Brown during his tenure as California Secretary of State (1971-1975) and his first two terms as the Governor of California (1975-1983). Over the course of his career, Jerry Brown has served as the California Secretary of State (1971-1975), the 34th Governor of California (1975-1983), the Mayor of Oakland (1999-2007), the Attorney General of California (2007-2011), and the 39th Governor of California (2011-2019).

Dates: circa 1971-1987
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Gilbert Brown "Our Family Honor" production collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2414
Abstract

This collection consists of photographs, as well as wardrobe and production information, for the television series "Our Family Honor," which had one season from 1985-1986.

Dates: 1985 - 1986
Found in: USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library

Margaret De Motte Brown photographs

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 6144
Abstract 130 black and white photographs of historic Dutch houses and nearby landscapes in New York's Hudson Valley (Albany, Ulster, Dutchess and Westchester Counties) taken by photographer Margaret De Motte Brown in the 1920s. Each is signed. The images were used to illustrate the book "Historic Dutch Houses in the Hudson Valley before 1776" by Helen Wilkinson Reynolds (1926). Margaret De Motte Brown was an Illinois-born photographer who studied with Clarence White in New York City, and was an early...
Dates: circa 1929
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Ross Brown theater photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 0314
Abstract

This collection contains stereoscopic and 35mm slides and black and white photographs taken of Los Angeles theatre and ballet performances. The photographs in the collection were taken by Ross Brown, who photographed performances in Southern California in the 1940s and 1950s.

Dates: circa 1945-1960
Found in: USC Libraries Music Library

Norma Bubar collection of Kantaro Suzuki and Frederick T. Woodman photographs

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 7046
Abstract 7 photographs of Kantaro Suzuki and Frederick T. Woodman, circa 1919. The photographs were taken during and around the time of Admiral Suzuki's visit to Los Angeles. The collection includes 1 photograph of Mayor Woodman throwing a baseball, posing with a group of men, all dressed in civilian clothes (with the exception of the Mayor) holding rifles, the Mayor driving a car with 4 other men, some holding rifles (presumably a hunting trip?), Mayor Woodman shaking hands with Admiral Suzuki, and...
Dates: circa 1919
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Buffalo Soldiers photographs

 Collection — Pamphlet-binder 1: [Barcode: 31275058603458]
Identifier: 7150
Scope and Contents A collection of five photographs of African American Buffalo soldiers. One of the frequent assignments of Buffalo Soldiers was to assist the early frontiers of the Western United States. These African American soldiers contributed greatly to pathfinding, road and trail construction, building telegraph lines, and mapping out much of the frontier for homesteaders. The collection includes a photographic postcard depicting Buffalo Soldiers alongside white soldiers escorting a wagon train; a...
Dates: 1890 - 1910
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections
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