Behrendt Christmas Card Collection
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Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
2015
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Title: Behrendt Christmas Card Collection
Dates: 1926-1928
Collection Number: GC 1100
Creator/Collector:
Behrendt, Sam
Extent: (Boxes: 2 legal)
Repository:
Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Los Angeles, California 90007-4057
Abstract: Primarily Christmas cards and holiday cards received by Behrendt; some senders were well-known names in the movie industry.
Language of Material: English
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Behrendt Christmas Card Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Biography/Administrative History
Sam Behrendt was a successful insurance salesman in Los Angeles in the teens and twenties. As early as 1924 he operated the
Behrendt-Levy Company, which underwrote about 75% of the movie industry's insurance. He was a second-generation Angeleno,
as his father was German-born Los Angeles pioneer of 1852, Caspare Behrendt.
Scope and Content of Collection
Primarily Christmas cards and holiday cards received by Behrendt; some senders were well-known names in the movie industry.