Photographs of unpacking the Ludwig Collection, 1983.

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Photographs of unpacking the Ludwig Collection, 1983.

Records comprise photographs, and xeroxes of the photographs, of the opening and unpacking of the Ludwig Collection of illuminated manuscripts donated to the J. Paul Getty Museum, circa 1983. Three photographs are unaccounted for, and exist currently only in photocopy form.

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Getty Research Institute

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J. Paul Getty Museum. Dept. of Manuscripts.

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