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Alvin Wyckoff photographs
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  • Descriptive Summary
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  • Biography
  • Collection Scope and Content Summary
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Alvin Wyckoff photographs
    Date (inclusive): 1909-1930
    Collection number: 1491
    Creator: Wyckoff, Alvin
    Extent: 1.3 linear feet of photographs.
    Repository: Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
    Languages: English

    Important Information for Users of the Collection

    Access

    Available by appointment only.

    Publication rights

    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

    Alvin Wyckoff photographs, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

    Biography

    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.

    Collection Scope and Content Summary

    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.

    Arrangement

    Arranged in the following series: 1. Biography photographs.

    Indexing Terms

    Wyckoff, Alvin--Archives.
    cinematographers