Collection of California and Southern California Panoramic Negatives 1889-1958 (bulk 1920s-1930s)

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Collection of California and Southern California Panoramic Negatives 1889-1958 (bulk 1920s-1930s)

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This finding aid brings together information about the Huntington’s collections of panoramic negatives. These 436 negatives are located in three separate collections: the Verner Collection of Panoramic Negatives, the Harold A. Parker Collection of Photographs and Negatives, and the “Dick” Whittington Studio Collection of Photographs and Negatives. They depict Los Angeles and surrounding areas, and group portraits, 1889-1958. The collection is an important resource for the visual history of Los Angeles, and contains photographs by some of the better known photographers and photographic firms of the first part of the twentieth century.

13 boxes,; 67.83 linear feet

eng,

The Huntington Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6660657

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