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Title: Our pool from start to finish: photograph album,
Date (inclusive): 1958
Collection number: MS-R104
Creator:
Zupp family
Extent:
0.2 linear feet
1 box
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library.
Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract: This collection comprises a photograph album with 57 tipped-in black and white photographs documenting the building of the
Zupp family pool in Van Nuys, California. The photographs (each approximately 9 x 9 cm) and accompanying handwritten captions
document the process from start to finish, showing numerous steps including the excavation and shaping of the grounds, installation
of steel rods, and plastering. The album, titled "Our Pool from Start to Finish," illustrates the creation of a backyard
pool in the 1950s in a working class Southern California neighborhood.
Language:
English.
Collection open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and University Archives.
Our pool from start to finish: photograph album. MS-R104. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine,
California.
Acquired, 2003.
Processed by Andre Ambrus, 2003.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection comprises a photograph album with 57 tipped-in black and white photographs documenting the building of the
Zupp family pool in Van Nuys, California. The photographs (each approximately 9 x 9 cm) and accompanying handwritten captions
document the process from start to finish, showing numerous steps including the excavation and shaping of the grounds, installation
of steel rods, and plastering. The album, titled "Our Pool From Start to Finish," illustrates the creation of a backyard
pool in the 1950s in a working class Southern California neighborhood.