William L. Brown Collection
1765-1971
Title: William L. Brown Collection
Dates: 1765-1971
Collection Number: GC 1054
Creator/Collector:
Extent: .8 linear ft.
Repository:
Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Abstract: Collection of ephemera including post cards, portraits (lithographs, engravings), postal covers, photographs (including tintypes
and cyanotypes), and other materials, ca. 1760-1971 (bulk late 1800's to 1940's).
Language of Material: English
Research is by appointment only
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William L. Brown Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Scope and Content of Collection
Collection of ephemera including post cards, portraits (lithographs, engravings), postal covers, photographs (including tintypes
and cyanotypes), and other materials, ca. 1760-1971 (bulk late 1800's to 1940's). There are portraits of George and Martha
Washington, U.S. Grant, Abraham Lincoln, James Buchanon, Thomas Jefferson, Millard and Abigail Fillmore, Louis Daguerre, and
others. Many of the postal covers are related to aviation. Four photograph albums: Los Angeles and Santa Monica; Santa Fe
Springs and San Bernardino Mountains; California; and foreign locales.