Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Behrendt Christmas Card Collection
- Dates:
- 1926-1928
- Creators:
- Behrendt, Sam
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- (Boxes: 2 legal)
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
-
Behrendt Christmas Card Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Background
- Scope and content:
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Primarily Christmas cards and holiday cards received by Behrendt; some senders were well-known names in the movie industry.
- Biographical / historical:
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Sam Behrendt was a successful insurance salesman in Los Angeles in the teens and twenties. As early as 1924 he operated the Behrendt-Levy Company, which underwrote about 75% of the movie industry's insurance. He was a second-generation Angeleno, as his father was German-born Los Angeles pioneer of 1852, Caspare Behrendt.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- 1926-1928
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Research is by appointment only
- Terms of access:
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Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder
- Preferred citation:
-
Behrendt Christmas Card Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
- Location of this collection:
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900 Exposition BoulevardLos Angeles, CA 90007-4057, US
- Contact:
- (213) 763-3359