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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Biography/Administrative History
  • Scope and Content of Collection
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  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Don Lee Scrapbooks
    Dates: 1916-1925
    Collection Number: GC 1382
    Creator/Collector:
    Extent: (Boxes: 2 record storage)
    Repository: Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
    Los Angeles, California 90007-4057
    Abstract: 9 scrapbooks containing newspaper and magazine clippings compiled by a clipping service, 1916 through 1925. Coverage on the development and marketing of the Cadillac automobile brand and heavily on the news, advertisements and activities of Don Lee Cadillac, a dealership. Geographic coverage is Los Angeles, the Bay area of northern California and also nationally.
    Language of Material: English

    Access

    Research is by appointment only

    Publication Rights

    Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder

    Preferred Citation

    Don Lee Scrapbooks. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

    Biography/Administrative History

    Donald Musgrave Lee sold his first Cadillac in 1905. He was a successful new and used car dealer in Los Angeles and also opened a dealership in San Francisco.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    9 scrapbooks containing newspaper and magazine clippings by a clipping service, 1916 through 1925. Coverage on the development and marketing of the Cadillac automobile brand and heavily on the news, advertisements and activities of Don Lee Cadillac, a dealership. Geographic coverage is Los Angeles, the Bay area of northern California and also nationally.