Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Alvin Wyckoff photographs
- Dates:
- 1909-1930
- Creators:
- Wyckoff, Alvin
- Extent:
- 1.3 linear feet of photographs.
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Alvin Wyckoff photographs, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Alvin Wyckoff photographs span the years 1909-1930 and encompass 1.3 linear feet. The collection consists of glass negatives, nitrate negatives, and prints of motion picture production, biography, and subject photographs.
- Biographical / historical:
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Alvin Wyckoff (1877-1957) was born in New York. He acted in a number of early silent films before becoming a cinematographer who worked on the films of Cecil B. DeMille, William N. Selig, and others.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged in the following series: 1. Biography photographs.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- cinematographers
- Names:
- Wyckoff, Alvin--Archives.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2014
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from Inmagic. Date of source: December 09, 2014
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Available by appointment only.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the Margaret Herrick Library. Researchers are responsible for obtaining all necessary rights, licenses, or permissions from the appropriate companies or individuals before quoting from or publishing materials obtained from the library.
- Preferred citation:
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Alvin Wyckoff photographs, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- Location of this collection:
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333 S. La Cienega BlvdBeverly Hills, CA 90211, US
- Contact:
- (310) 247-3036 extension 2226