Charles and Lucile Herbert - Western Ways Features Manuscript and Photograph Collection, ca. 1930-1970 (bulk 1940-1960).

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Charles and Lucile Herbert - Western Ways Features Manuscript and Photograph Collection, ca. 1930-1970 (bulk 1940-1960).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71341482

Summary: Along with MS 1056, this collection contains the photographs and articles produced by the Western Ways Features Service from 1940 and to about 1970, along with earlier records from the Herbert's newsreel projects prior to establishment of Western Ways. The Western Ways material mostly concerns Arizona but their focus was Western North America; so the West including Sonora, Mexico; Montana; and the Yellowstone National Park were also heavily photographed. There are advertising photographs for Chevrolet and Ford; images of WW offices; image of photographers at work on location including images of a tour of photographers at the Navajo Reservation. There are images of prominent and less-known people including Ted DeGrazia, Thomas Edison, Frank Lloyd Wright, Louise Serpa, Will Rogers, Jr., Gen. George C. Marshall, Mao Tse-tung, Chiang Kai-skek, and many images of North American Indians particularly Apache, Navajo and Tohono O'odham. There are images of southern Arizona towns including Douglas, Elgin, Oracle, Nogales, Patagonia, Sonoita, Tucson, and others. There are images of homes, businesses, landmarks and more in Tucson, Ariz. There are many photographs based on topics such as agriculture, cattle, art, home construction, ranches and guest ranches, national parks and monuments, and schools.

27 linear ft. (47 boxes)

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 8082302

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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