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Motion Picture Photograph Collection
P-026  
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Indexing Terms
  • Additional collection guides

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Motion Picture Photograph Collection
    Dates: 1872-1971
    Collection Number: P-026
    Creator/Collector:
    Extent: 48 linear feet (Boxes: letter, legal, 5x7, flat, ov, mc)
    Repository: Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
    Los Angeles, California 90007-4057
    Abstract: Primarily photographs. Actor and actress stills, portraits by studio photographers, film stills, set stills and other images, as well as related programs, brochures and clippings. Early technology and experimental work in moving pictures is represented by images about camera and projection devices and their inventors. Items related to movie production include early laboratories, sound, lighting and make-up technology. See also GC1095 Motion Pictures Collection. ca. 1872-1971, 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

    [Identification of item]. Motion Picture Photograph Collection. Collection Number: P-026. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Primarily photographs. Actor and actress stills, portraits by studio photographers, film stills, set stills and other images, as well as related programs, brochures and clippings. Early technology and experimental work in moving pictures is represented by images about camera and projection devices and their inventors. Items related to movie production include early laboratories, sound, lighting and make-up technology. See also GC1095 Motion Pictures Collection. ca. 1872-1971, undated

    Indexing Terms

    Camera, early photography & moving pictures
    Motion pictures.
    Silent films.
    Motion picture actors and actresses.

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