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Finding Aid for the Los Angeles Daily News Photographs, 1923-1954
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Title:
Los Angeles Daily News Photographs,
Date (inclusive): 1923-1954
Collection number: 1386
Creator:
Los Angeles daily news
Extent: 20 boxes (10.0 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract:
The Los Angeles daily news was originally named the
Illustrated daily news by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr. when he started it in 1923. In 1954, it merged with the
Mirror and became the
Mirror-News. It lost reporters, columnists, and its more liberal flavor, and ceased publication in the early 1960s. The collection consists
of 20,000 contact prints (a 10% sample) from the Los Angeles daily news morgue negatives in collection 1387.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language: English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of The Times-Mirror Company, 1958.
[Identification of item],
Los Angeles Daily News Photographs (Collection 1386). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4233335
The Los Angeles daily news was originally named the
Illustrated daily news by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr. when he started it in 1923. He copied the tabloid format of the
New York daily news, although he rejected lurid and sensational journalism. In 1926 the paper went bankrupt and was taken over by Manchester
Boddy, who changed the name to the
Los Angeles daily news. He kept the tabloid format, with its heavy reliance on photographs. In 1954 it merged with the
Mirror, the afternoon paper of the
Los Angeles times, and became the
Mirror-News. It lost reporters, columnists, and its more liberal flavor, and ceased publication in the early 1960s.
Collection consists of 20,000 contact prints (a 10% sample) from the Los Angeles daily news morgue negatives in collection
1387.
Arranged in the following series:
- Subject files in alphabetical order (Boxes 1-17).
- Miscellaneous dating guide information (Box 18).
- Subject index to Daily News (Boxes 19-20).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Los Angeles daily news--Archives.
American newspapers--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
- Los Angeles Daily News Records (Collection 1208). Available at UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.
- Los Angeles Daily News Negatives (Collection 1387). Available at UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.