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Beale's Cut Photograph Slide Collection
SC.BCPA
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Beale's Cut Photographic Slide Collection
Creator:
California State University, Northridge. University Library
Identifier/Call Number: SC.BCPA
Extent:
0.21 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1997-1998
Abstract: The
Beale's Cut
Photographic Slide Collection
contains 24 color slides and photographs of Beale's
Cut, located in the Newhall area of Los Angeles.
Language of Material: English
The library created this collection of materials for study and research.
The
Beale's Cut Photographic Slide Collection consists of
slides and photographs of Beale's Cut, located in the Newhall area of Los Angeles. In 1854,
Phineas Banning created a narrow cut through the Newhall Pass area, to accommodate
stagecoach traffic to Fort Tejon. In 1861, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Edward
Fitzgerald Beale as Surveyor General of California and Nevada. Beale expanded the cut to
three times its original size, and named the passage after himself. Throughout the late
nineteenth and early twentieth century, Beale's cut was used as a transportation passage and
overland mail route, until the Newhall Tunnel was constructed in 1910. During the silent
film era, Beale's cut became a favorite location of movie producers like John Ford and D. W.
Griffith.
The collection is open for research use.
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style
manual, or see the
Citing Archival
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guide.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Albums (Books)
Photographs