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Title: Werner von Boltenstern Collection of Southern California History Photographs Collection
Identifier/Call Number: MS111
Contributing Institution:
Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2 archival document boxes (1 linear foot)
Date (inclusive): 1901-1950s
Abstract: This collection consists of photographs of places, persons, and events in Southern California history.
Conditions Governing Access Note
Collection is open to research under the terms of use of the Department of Archives and Special Collections.
Materials in the Department of Archives and Special Collections may be subject to copyright. Unless explicitly stated otherwise,
Loyola Marymount University does not claim ownership of the copyright of any materials in its collections. The user or publisher
must secure permission to publish from the copyright owner. Loyola Marymount University does not assume any responsibility
for infringement of copyright or of publication rights held by the original author or artists or his/her heirs, assigns, or
executors.
[Identification of item], Box and Folder number, Werner von Boltenstern Collection of Southern California History Photographs
Collection, MS111, Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University.
This collection consists of over seventy black and white photographs, most of which are 8x10, documenting events, places,
and persons related to Southern California history. Events include the "La Fiesta de Flores" of Los Angeles (1901) and the
Tournament of Roses parade (1896, 1897). Also found are missions, such as the Mission San Diego; persons, such as the actor
Basil Rathbone; Los Angeles landmarks, such as Angels Flight; and places such as Pasadena.
The descriptions and dates of the photographs in the box and folder list are taken from captions written on them. The dates
of the photographs given in the date field are those of the original photographs, not the copies.
Many of the photographs are reproductions from the Security First National Bank Collection at the Los Angeles Public Library
and the Title Insurance Trust Company Collection (now on deposit at the University of Southern California), and from photographers
such as David M. Mills, a well-known photographer in the 1950s and 1960s, with a studio in Hollywood, California. Hence, Loyola
Marymount University cannot reproduce these photographs.
Provenance
Internal evidence suggests that Werner von Boltenstern collected the photographs and probably gained some of them from a Helen
Benshoff. The photographs most likely came to then Loyola University around 1967, when von Boltenstern donated his postcard
collection to the university.
This collection is arranged by individual photograph, with the description based on the accompanying captions.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Benshoff, Helen
Boltenstern, Werner von, 1904-1978
Angels Flight (Railway)
Fiesta de Los Angeles (1901: Los Angeles, Calif.)
Santa Inés Mission (Solvang, Calif.)
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History
Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel, Calif.)
Parades -- California -- Los Angeles
San Diego Mission
Pasadena (Calif.) -- History
Tournament of Roses Parade
Mills, David M., 1927-