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Descriptive Summary
Title: Behrendt Christmas Card Collection
Dates: 1926-1928
Collection Number: GC 1100
Creator/Collector:
Behrendt, Sam
Extent: (Boxes: 2 legal)
Repository:
Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Los Angeles, California 90007-4057
Abstract: Primarily Christmas cards and holiday cards received by Behrendt; some senders were well-known names in the movie industry.
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
Behrendt Christmas Card Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Biography/Administrative History
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.
Scope and Content of Collection
Primarily Christmas cards and holiday cards received by Behrendt; some senders were well-known names in the movie industry.
