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Title: J.L. Roop Scrapbook
Dates: 1920s
Collection Number: P-254
Creator/Collector:
Extent: (Boxes: 1 flat)
Repository:
Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Los Angeles, California 90007-4057
Abstract: A scrapbook of photos and clippings organized in chronological order outlining the career of J.L.Roop from his origins in
the Midwest as a sculptor, to his model and miniature work on a number of stop-motion pictures in the 1920s, including The
Lost World.
Language of Material: English
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[Identification of item]. J.L. Roop Scrapbook. Collection Number: P-254. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural
History Museum of Los Angeles County
The scrapbook was most likely given to the Museum by Roop himself while he was an employee in the late 1920s. Roop also worked
at the Natural History Museum's satellite facility at the La Brea Tar Pits, making models and casts of prehistoric animals
found at the site.
Scope and Content of Collection
A scrapbook of photos and clippings organized in chronological order outlining the career of J.L.Roop from his origins in
the Midwest as a sculptor, to his model and miniature work on a number of stop-motion pictures in the 1920s, including The
Lost World.
Silent films.