Branson DeCou Archive, 1920-1941

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Branson DeCou Archive, 1920-1941

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Glass lantern slides, negatives,photographic albums, notebooks, travelogues, and miscellaneous artifactsthat document DeCou's travels in five continents and subsequent travel lecture toursca. 1920-1941.

50 boxes,; 8,000 lantern slides

eng,

University of California, Santa Cruz. . University Library Special Collections and Archives

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DeCou, Branson

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Biography Photographer and travelogue lecturer Branson DeCou journeyed the world for thirty years before his death in 1941 at the relatively young age of 49. He was born October 20, 1892, in Philadelphia, a city with a long history of photographic invention, from the pioneer Langenheim brothers to the work of Thomas Eakins. The city also has a tradition of collecting and publishing photographs--the Library Company of Philadelphia, American's ...