Finding aid for the Wayburn E. Johnston California photographs and films 7157
Sue Luftschein
USC Libraries Special Collections
20204 February
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Wayburn E. Johnston California photographs and films
Creator:
Johnston, Wayburn E., 1879-1965
Identifier/Call Number: 7157
Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/3/resources/3458
Physical Description:
0.42 Linear Feet
1 box
Date (inclusive): circa 1940s-1950s
Abstract: 3 film reels and dozens of slides depicting various sites in California, including San Francisco, San Diego, Redondo Beach,
San Juan Capistrano, Pasadena and the Tournament of Roses, Kings River, and Yosemite.
Language of Material:
English
.
Container: 1
Wayburn E. Johnston (1879-1965) was born on a farm in Franklin County, oOwa. He spent his childhood in Estherville, Iowa,
and moved to Minneapolis to attend the University of Minnesota. After his marriage, he and his family moved to Sacramento
where he spent 4 years working in the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Southern Pacific Railroad. The family then
returned to St. Paula and Johnston went to work for the Great Northern Railroad. In 1923, he founded Johnston Manufacturing
Company in Minneapolis, which built custom designed furnaces.
3 film reels and dozens of slides depicting various sites in California, including San Francisco, San Diego, Redondo Beach,
San Juan Capistrano, Pasadena and the Tournament of Roses, Kings River, and Yosemite.
Collection stored off-site. Advance notice required for access.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special
Collections at specol@usc.edu. 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.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Wayburn E. Johnston California photographs and films, Collection no. 7157, Regional History
Collection, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
The collection consists of film reels that must be digitized prior to viewing.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
California -- Photographs
Moving images
Slides (photographs)