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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Biography/Administrative History
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  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Henri Pénélon Tax Records
    Dates: 1859-1868
    Collection Number: GC 1334
    Creator/Collector:
    Extent: (Boxes: ½ letter)
    Repository: Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
    Abstract: Tax records with several attributed to Pénélon along with Adrien Davoust. 1859-1868, undated.
    Language of Material: English

    Access

    Research is by appointment only

    Publication Rights

    Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder

    Preferred Citation

    Henri Pénélon Tax Records. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

    Biography/Administrative History

    Pénélon (1827 - 1885) was a Frenchman who arrived in Los Angeles in 1853 and thrived as a Daguerre photographer. He was also a self-taught portraiture artist who was commissioned by many prominent Californios.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Tax records with several attributed to Pénélon along with Adrien Davoust. 1859-1868, undated.