Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Biography
Scope and Content of Collection
Contributing Institution:
California Museum of Photography
Title: Robert Cleveland Negatives
Identifier/Call Number: 1993.0005
Physical Description:
543 items
Date: ca. 1950-1965
Abstract: The Robert Cleveland negative collection contains 543 8x10 negatives and color transparencies. Robert Cleveland, a commercial
architectural photographer working primarily in Southern California, photographed for a number of interior and exterior firms
and publications in the 1950s and through the early 1960s. The majority of photographs document the trends in interior and
exterior design focusing on particular elements such as appliances, hardware, and building materials. Buildings and sites
represented in the collection are located in Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, and Utah.
Language of Material: English
Access
Original negatives are available by appointment, but must be handled by the Curator of Collections. Images should be requested
by their print identification numbers.
Publication Rights
Copyright has been assigned to the UCR/California Museum of Photography. All requests for permission to publish be submitted
in writing to the Curator of Collections.
Preferred Citation
Robert Cleveland Negatives. UC Riverside. California Museum of Photography
Acquisition Information
The negatives were donated by the photographer in 1982 and accessioned into the permanent collection in 1993.
Biography
Robert C. Cleveland (1918-1991) was an architectural and design photographer based in Pacific Palisades. In 1953 he published
"Architectural Photography of Houses: How to Take Good Pictures of Exteriors and Interiors," describing his practice.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Robert Cleveland negative collection contains 543 8x10 negatives and color transparencies. Robert Cleveland, a commercial
architectural photographer working primarily in Southern California, photographed for a number of interior and exterior firms
and publications in the 1950s and through the early 1960s. The majority of photographs document the trends in interior and
exterior design focusing on particular elements such as appliances, hardware, and building materials. Buildings and sites
represented in the collection are located in Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, and Utah. Places of note include Disneyland,
Bullock's Westwood, Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), the Beverly Hilton, and many banks, small businesses, and private
residences.