Finding aid for the Christa Zinna photographs 0194

Finding aid prepared by Jacqueline Morin
USC Libraries Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California, 90089-0189
213-740-5900
specol@usc.edu
2014 March


Title: Christa Zinner photographs
Collection number: 0194
Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 13.96 Linear feet 22 boxes
Date: late 1940s-1970s
Abstract: Christa Zinner was a well-known fashion and advertising photographer from the 1940s through the 1970s. Her photographs appeared in many popular magazines and newspaper supplements including Ebony, Look, Life, Harpers Bazaar, Sports Illustrated, TV Guide, etc. The collection consists of photographs, negatives, and slides including those not selected for the actual magazines. Many of the magazines themselves are included in the collection as well as single magazine pages.
creator: Zinner, Christa

Biographical Note

Christa Zinner was born in Germany; visited the US for 14 months as a student and returned permanently two years later; operated a golf links restaurant; became a fashion model in San Francisco, and became interested in photography (commercial, portrait, and fashion); managed a photo studio while taking classes at Los Angeles Art Center School; opened her own commercial studio for fashion photography with an emphasis on editorial assignments; and married motion picture editor and director Peter Zinner. She is currently a sculptor living in Los Angeles.

Acquisition

Gift of Ms. Zinner, June 8, 1998.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Processing Information

This collection was processed with the assistance of Ye Fu.

Scope and Content

Magazine photographs, proofs, negatives, slides, and prints of Ms. Zinner's professional fashion photography dating from the late 1940s through the 1970s. Included are fashion photographs for: LIFE, LOOK, Sports Illustrated, Town & Country, Glamour, Mademoiselle, New York Times Magazine, Los Angeles Magazine, TV Guide, Ebony, Vanity Fair (British), Brides Magazine, McCall's, Colliers, American Home, Seventeen, Photoplay, and California Stylist, and photographs of famous personalities for Glamour Magazine, Columbia Records, Photoplay, and Ebony.

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder# or item name], Christa Zinner photographs, Collection no. 0194, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Zinner, Christa -- Archives
Advertising photography--Archival resources
Fashion photography--Archival resources
Magazines (periodicals)
Negatives (photographic)
Photographs
Slides (photographs)

 

Magazine Titles

 

American Home

Box 1, Folder 1

Beauty Page--Marie de Angelis 1972

Box 1, Folder 2

Outdoor Rooms--High-Rise Apartment 1971 March

Box 1, Folder 3

Beauty Page--Marie de Angelis 1972

Box 1, Folder 4

Beauty Page--Prepare to Bare--Ann McLeod and Small Son

Box 1, Folder 5

Outdoor Decorating California Style 1971 June

 

American President Lines

Box 1, Folder 6

S.S. President Monroe

Box 1, Folder 7

S.S. Roosevelt 1968 February

Box 1, Folder 8

S.S. President Monroe

Box 1, Folder 9

S.S. President Monroe 1967 August

 

Bride and Home

Box 1, Folder 10

San Fernando Mission (Hearst) 1966 April

Box 22, Folder 1

Cover 1967

 

Brides Magazine

Box 2, Folder 1

Untitled

Box 2, Folder 2

Untitled 1967

Box 2, Folder 3

Bel Air Hotel 1967 March

Box 2, Folder 4

Bel Air Hotel 1967 March

Box 2, Folder 5

Bridesmaids 1967

Box 2, Folder 6

Bridesmaids 1967

Box 2, Folder 7

Desert (Goodner)/Mission Inn 1967

Box 2, Folder 8

Gayle Dunes 1967

Box 2, Folder 9

Headpiece/Roebke Dunes/Bridesmaids 1967

Box 2, Folder 10

Roebke Dunes 1967

Box 2, Folder 11

Tiegs/Dunes/Mission Inn 1967

 

California Fashion Creators

Box 2, Folder 12

Patty Woodord

Box 2, Folder 13

Greta Chi (Model) 1964

Box 2, Folder 14

Bathing Suits

Box 2, Folder 15

Family Living / London Red Coats 1956 November 23

 

California Stylist

Box 19

Magazine 1947 March

Box 19

Magazine 1952 August

 

Californian, The

Box 19

Magazine 1948 October

 

Collier's

Box 22, Folder 1

Cover 1956 June 8

Box 19

Magazine 1956 June 8

 

Companion

Box 22, Folder 1

Cover 1956 May

 

Ebony

Box 3, Folder 1

All-Weather Coats (LA Flaque De Paris) 1967

Box 3, Folder 2

Boutique Fashions 1970 March

Box 3, Folder 3

Bras/Girdles 1964 May

Box 3, Folder 4

Bridal Gowns 1965 June

Box 3, Folder 5

Chaperelle Fashions

Box 3, Folder 6

Chinoiserie/Orient Joins The Fashion World

Box 3, Folder 7

Christmas Glitter/Evening Gowns 1971

Box 3, Folder 8

Cocktail Dresses 1963 May

Box 3, Folder 9

Cruise Line 1964

Box 3, Folder 10

Equestrian 1969 April

Box 3, Folder 11

Evening Clothes/Spanish Rug/Backdrop/Dache Hat/Lena Horne/Dr. Piper (Best Dressed)

Box 3, Folder 12

Furs (Fuhrman's)/Michael Hennessy Furs 1965 & 1965 October

Box 3, Folder 13

Garden Wedding 1970 May

Box 3, Folder 14

Glasses 1957

Box 3, Folder 15

Gypsy Clothes 1969 February

Box 3, Folder 16

Gypsy Fashions 1969

Box 3, Folder 17

Harem Pants

Box 3, Folder 18

Harem Pants/Midriff 1969 April

Box 4, Folder 1

Harem Styles 1969 April

Box 4, Folder 2

Jerry Magnin Store, Beverly Hills Shopping Together "Gals + Guys" 1971 May

Box 4, Folder 3

Knits--Lee Herman, Janizen, Kimberly 1969

Box 4, Folder 4

Knits/Long Pants--Midriff/Low Back Dress

Box 4, Folder 5

Knits, Pleaure Dome, Rudi, Andiamo 1968

Box 4, Folder 6

Leather Coats 1966 February

Box 4, Folder 7

Lingerie 1970

Box 4, Folder 8

Lingerie/Imaginative Sleepwear 1968 June

Box 4, Folder 9

Macrame

Box 4, Folder 10

Midi--Length 1968 January

Box 4, Folder 11

Military/Morocco 1968 June

Box 4, Folder 12

Patterned Night Clothes 1966

Box 5, Folder 1

Poolside Fashion

Box 5, Folder 2

Rebecca Wells Designs

Box 5, Folder 3

Ruffles

Box 5, Folder 4

Ruffles 1964 April

Box 5, Folder 5

Ruffles 1968

Box 5, Folder 6

Shirt Dress 1969 February

Box 5, Folder 7

Ski Clothes/Parkas 1965 December

Box 21, Folder 1

Sleepwear

Box 5, Folder 8

Spring Clothes 1966 March

Box 21, Folder 2

Spring Costumes

Box 5, Folder 9

Spring Forecast/Suits 1965 March

Box 5, Folder 10

Stockings 1964 June

Box 5, Folder 11

Summer Coolers 1964 May

Box 6, Folder 1

Summer Fashions 1970 May

Box 6, Folder 2

Summer Nighties 1965 April

Box 6, Folder 3

Swimsuits 1964

Box 6, Folder 4

Swimsuits 1965 December

Box 6, Folder 5

Swimsuits 1966 October

Box 6, Folder 6

Swimsuits 1967 November

Box 6, Folder 7

Swimsuits 1968 November

Box 6, Folder 8

Swimsuits/Bikini 1963 April

Box 6, Folder 9

Swimsuits--Carribbean 1958

Box 6, Folder 10

Swimsuits In Desert 1969 May

Box 6, Folder 11

Teen Fashions, etc.

Box 6, Folder 12

Teen--Age Clothes 1966 April

Box 6, Folder 13

The Bare Dress 1966 May

Box 6, Folder 14

Travel Clothes 1970

Box 6, Folder 15

Yachts/Boating

Box 6, Folder 16

Unidentified

Box 21, Folder 3

Unidentified

Box 21, Folder 4

Various

Box 7, Folder 1

Black Cole, Black Cole Cover-Up, Turquoise Cole, White Terry, Orange Terry

Box 7, Folder 2

Black Dress, Blue Silk and Leather, Silk Caprioti, Selwyn-Day

Box 7, Folder 3

Brocade Top, Ecru Heavy, Satin Skirt

Box 7, Folder 4

Christmas Issue/Evening Gowns 1971 October

Box 7, Folder 5

Fall Fashions--5 Models

Box 7, Folder 6

Furs, Evening, etc. 1969 December

Box 7, Folder 7

Long Knits(Black Cape), Green And Vine

Box 7, Folder 8

Long White Lace Gown

Box 7, Folder 9

Magenta Terry, Rudi With Sleeve, Rudi Strapless, White Pants, Blazer

Box 7, Folder 10

Mexico City/Acapulco

Box 7, Folder 11

Sand Dunes 1969 May

Box 7, Folder 12

Swimsuits 1969 November

Box 7, Folder 13

Swimsuits 1969 November

Box 7, Folder 14

Swimsuits 1972 Janruary

Box 7, Folder 15

Swimsuits 1972 Janruary

Box 7, Folder 16

Swimsuits 1972 Janruary

Box 7, Folder 17

Swimsuits--Elisabeth Harriet 1969 November

Box 7, Folder 18

Swimsuits/Elisabeth Robinson 1969 November

Box 7, Folder 19

Swimsuits--G.White 1969 November

Box 7, Folder 20

Swimsuits--G.White 1969 November

Box 8, Folder 1

Swimsuits/Monica Harriet 1969 November

Box 8, Folder 2

Swimsuits Monica-Harem Pants 1969 November

Box 8, Folder 3

Swimsuits/Loose-Fitting Clothes

Box 8, Folder 4

Travel Suit

Box 8, Folder 5

Young Voter Fashions 1972 February

Box 8, Folder 6

Young Voter Fashions 1972 February

Box 21, Folder 4

Various

Box 21, Folder 5

Various

Box 21, Folder 6

Various 1950s - 1970s

Box 21, Folder 7

Various

Box 20

Ebony Magazine 1962 April

Box 20

Ebony Magazine 1968 December

Box 20

Ebony Magazine 1969 January

Box 20

Ebony Magazine 1969 February

Box 20

Ebony Magazine 1969 June

Box 20

Ebony Magazine 1971 March

Box 20

Ebony Magazine 1971 April

Box 20

Ebony Magazine 1971 May

Box 20

Ebony Magazine 1971 June

Box 20

Ebony Magazine 1971 July

 

Glamour

Box 8, Folder 7

Untitled

Box 8, Folder 8

Swimsuits

Box 8, Folder 9

Swimsuits 1950

Box 8, Folder 10

South Bound--Cotton Play Clothes, Coolie Coats, Swim Suits 1950 December

Box 8, Folder 11

Swim Suits, Dolores Hart

Box 17

Glamour Magazine 1961 February

Box 17

Glamour Magazine 1962 May

Box 17

Glamour Magazine 1963 February

 

Ladies' Home Journal

Box 8, Folder 12

Advertisement--Martex Towel

 

Sports Illustrated

Box 10, Folder 10

Sporting Look--Munich: Loden Cloth Look 1956 July

Box 11, Folder 1

Baja Seashell Collecting 1954/1955

Box 11, Folder 2

California Bathing Suits(Cut-outs)--Sandpit 1961

Box 11, Folder 3

Mineral Specimens

Box 11, Folder 4

Plam Springs/Chuck wagon?,Dudas?,Hats

Box 11, Folder 5

Ski Fashions 1957 December 27

Box 11, Folder 6

Ski, Mt.Hood, Aspen

Box 11, Folder 7

Sports Car Look In Southern California

Box 11, Folder 8

Spring Preview--Pebble Beach 1959

Box 11, Folder 9

Stretch

Box 11, Folder 10

Stretch Pants 1960

Box 11, Folder 11

Sunclothes In The Desert--Claire McCardel

Box 11, Folder 12

Sweaters--Florence,Paris 1957

Box 11, Folder 13

Swimsuits 1955

Box 11, Folder 14

Wragge Field Hockey Fashions 1957

Box 11, Folder 15

Baja Seashell Collecting 1954

Box 11, Folder 16

Sidney Wragge Field Hockey Fashions, U.S. Open Fashions, Children's Sailing Clothes, Ski Fashions, Bathing Suits, McCardel, Sports Car Fashions 1962

Box 17

Sports Illustrated Magazine 1957 November 4

Box 17

Sports Illustrated Magazine 1958 March 24

Box 17

Sports Illustrated Magazine 1958 August 18

Box 17

Sports Illustrated Magazine 1958 November 24

Box 17

Sports Illustrated Magazine 1959 March 9

Box 17

Sports Illustrated Magazine 1959 September 28

Box 17

Sports Illustrated Magazine 1959 November 23

Box 17

Sports Illustrated Magazine 1960 October 17

Box 17

Sports Illustrated Magazine 1961 September 25

Box 17

Sports Illustrated Magazine 1962 May 2

Box 17

Sports Illustrated Magazine 1962 October 1

Box 17

Sports Illustrated Magazine 1963 September 30

 

Harper's Bazaar

Box 8, Folder 13

Bel Air Hotel 1967

Box 8, Folder 14

Santa Catalina Island 1966

 

Look

Box 8, Folder 15

Beach Wear--Muscle Beach

Box 22, Folder 2

Bill Hawes' Beachcomber Hats 1952

Box 8, Folder 16

Boating Clothes--San Diego

Box 8, Folder 17

One-Piece Bathing Suits(Fox Lot)

Box 9, Folder 1

Red Rock Canyon--Bathing Suits, Western Clothes(Fringe Jacket), Bill Hawes' Beach Hats

Box 9, Folder 2

Red Rock Canyon, Western Fashions

Box 9, Folder 3

Beach Wear--Muscle Beach

Box 22, Folder 3

Bill Hawes, Beachcomber Hats, Muscle Beach, Ski Fashions, Western Fashions, Yosemite, Boating Clothes, Swimsuits, Glamour Pants, Palm Springs

Box 19

Look Magazine 1952 January 15

Box 19

Look Magazine 1956 September 18

 

Los Angeles Magazine

Box 9, Folder 4

Cape Costume--Micheline Swift

Box 9, Folder 5

Evening Clothes--Vicky Geiss, Hornburg

Box 9, Folder 6

Fashion--Gown/Model--Virginaia Stewart

Box 9, Folder 7

Fashions--Margaret Peirera, Ulrica Kantor

Box 9, Folder 8

Fashions--Joanna Barnes, Holt

Box 9, Folder 9

Fashions--Suits--Ensemble/Gretchen Ward

Box 9, Folder 10

Hair Switches

Box 22, Folder 4

Rosemary Stack, Pauline Candy, Cooper? Hayward

Box 9, Folder 11

Swimsuits--Rosemary Bowe-Stack, Brook Hayward, Curry, Candy, Hopper 1963 May

Box 22, Folder 5

Hair Switches, "Photoplay" Cover, Various

Box 18

Los Angeles Magazine 1963 October

Box 18

Los Angeles Magazine 1963 November

Box 18

Los Angeles Magazine 1964 January

Box 18

Los Angeles Magazine 1964 March

Box 18

Los Angeles Magazine 1964 September

Box 18

Los Angeles Magazine 1967 October

 

Mademoiselle

Box 10, Folder 1

California Lemon Yellows

 

Modern Bride

Box 10, Folder 2

Riverside Inn Myrna Fahey 1960 October

Box 22, Folder 1

Cover

Box 19

Magazine 1961 February/March

 

New York Times Magazine

Box 10, Folder 3

Beverly Hills Designer Clothes--Hildegard

Box 10, Folder 4

Beverly Hills Designer Clothes/13 Styles

Box 10, Folder 5

California Fashions

Box 10, Folder 6

California Fashions--Pasadena

Box 10, Folder 7

Fashion Lay-out

Box 19

Magazine 1956 May 6

Physical Description: 4 Copies
 

Photoplay

Box 10, Folder 8

1950s

 

Seventeen

Box 10, Folder 9

Fashions/ Squaw Valley 1959 August

Box 22, Folder 6

San Francisco -- Plaid Organzas 1959

 

Town & Country

Box 12, Folder 1

Untitled 1962 October 15

Box 22, Folder 7

Untitled

Box 18

Magazine 1960 February

Physical Description: 2 Copies
Box 18

Magazine 1964 February

 

TV Guide

Box 12, Folder 2

Elizabeth Montgomery--Maternity Clothes 1965 June

Box 12, Folder 3

Greta Chi

Box 12, Folder 4

Inger Stevens

Box 12, Folder 5

Misc

Box 12, Folder 6

Pat Crowley, Nina Wane, Maggie Pierce 1965 September

Box 12, Folder 7

Anita Louise

Box 12, Folder 8

Cher Bono

Box 12, Folder 9

Elizabeth Montgomery--Maternity Clothes 1965 June

Box 12, Folder 10

Fringes

Box 12, Folder 11

Greta Chi

Box 12, Folder 12

Jill Townsend

Box 12, Folder 13

Leigh Taylor Young--Baby

Box 12, Folder 14

Leigh Taylor Young

Box 12, Folder 15

Linda Cristal

Box 12, Folder 16

Linda Cristal

Box 12, Folder 17

Linda Cristal, Jill Towns

Box 12, Folder 18

Marlo Thomas, Cardinale, "Swan", Blue Cocktail

Box 12, Folder 19

Misc

Box 13, Folder 1

Pat Crowley, Nina Wane, Maggie Pierce 1965 September

Box 13, Folder 2

Pretty Wives: Mrs. M. Miller, Mrs. John Gavin, Mrs. Gray Conway 1966 May

Box 13, Folder 3

Sally Kellerman

Box 13, Folder 4

Stefanie?

Box 13, Folder 5

Stefanie Powers

Box 13, Folder 6

Tish Sterling

Box 13, Folder 7

York/Janss

Box 13, Folder 8

York--Janssen

Box 13, Folder 9

Cher, Marlo Thomas, Diahann Carroll, Vera Miles, Pat Crowley, Dana Wynter, Inger Stevens, Barbara Bain, Tisha Sterling, Gena Rowlands, Susan St. James, Greta Chi, Maggie Pierce, Diane McBain, Dorothy Malone, Terry Moore, Sally Kellerman, Jill Townsend, Meridith Macrae, Lee Taylor Young, Elizabeth Montgomery (Maternity Clothes)

 

Vanity Fair

Box 13, Folder 10

Untitled 1965 March

Box 13, Folder 11

Untitled 1963 April

 

Fashion Designers

Box 13, Folder 12

Addie Masters Ad 1960

Box 14, Folder 1

Bud Kilpatrick Design

Box 14, Folder 2

Cole--Bathing Suits

Box 14, Folder 3

Cortina Knits 1960s

Box 14, Folder 4

International Silk 1960

Box 14, Folder 5

International Silk

Box 14, Folder 6

International Silk 1960s

Box 14, Folder 7

Malibu Plastics, Surfboard, Wetsuit 1965 January

Box 14, Folder 8

Max Factor 1960s

Box 14, Folder 9

Merle Norman Cosmetics 1960s

Box 14, Folder 10

Palm Beach--Suits

Box 14, Folder 11

Palm Beach Co.--Men's Fashions(Suits), With Women

Box 14, Folder 12

Peggy Hunt (Cal. Designer) 1950s

Box 14, Folder 13

Rose Marie Reid--Beachwear 1961

Box 14, Folder 14

Spectacles 1956-1957

Box 14, Folder 15

Travilla Design 1966

Box 15, Folder 1

Werle 1966

Box 15, Folder 2

White Stag 1959 February

Box 15, Folder 3

White Stag--Beach And Sports Clothes 1959

Box 22, Folder 8

Misc 1960s

Box 22, Folder 9

Palm Beach CO., Max Factor, "Lamplighter" Promotion 1960s

Box 22, Folder 10

Peggy Hunt, Addie Masters, Don Loper, Howard Greer "Sir James", Broadway Dept. Store 1940s - 1950s

Box 22, Folder 11

Rose Marie Reid - Beachwear 1961 November

Box 15, Folder 4

White Stag--Ski Fashions 1963 - 1964

 

Hairstyles

Box 15, Folder 5

Blow-up Prints 1950-1960

Box 15, Folder 6

Dutch Treat/Patio Background--Joanne W./Bangs, Mary Murray 1960

Box 15, Folder 7

Mary Murray, Dina Mori, Males 1950 - 1960

Box 15, Folder 8

Mary Murray, Joanne 1960

Box 15, Folder 9

Mary Murray, Joanne--Orchids 1964 February

Box 15, Folder 10

Mary Murray, Joanne Wade--Turtleneck, Pampass Grass 1960

Box 15, Folder 11

Mary Murray, Joanne With Umbrella 1950s, 1960s, 1970s

Box 15, Folder 12

Mary Murray, Theodora 1960

Box 15, Folder 13

Mary Murray, Verna Cornelius 1950 1960

Box 16, Folder 1

Mary Murray, Verna Cornelius 1960-1970

 

Miscellaneous

Box 16, Folder 2

Model "Hildegard"--"Glamour Shots"

Box 16, Folder 3

Unidentified

Box 16, Folder 4

Yellow Bathing Suit, V-Neck Back--Cal

Box 22, Folder 1

Red Coats in London