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URB.TRP
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Tomás Rodriguez Photograph Collection
Creator:
Rodriguez, Tomás, ca. 1903 - 2005
Identifier/Call Number: URB.TRP
Extent:
0.21 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1950-1954
Abstract: The collection consists of one Album
which contains 232 photographs, including negatives, prints, and proof sheets. These images
capture various people and events, including a number of family photographs, Goodwin
Knight's gubernatorial campaign in 1952, the unsuccessful campaign of Edward Roybal for
Lieutenant Governor of California in 1954, and the Dura Steel Strike in 1954.
Language of Material: English
Tomás Rodriguez was born and raised in Peterville, Arizona. Once in the Los Angeles area he
studied photography at Los Angeles Trade Technical College. Rodriguez married first wife,
Irene Godoy, in 1939. They had three children together, and divorced in 1950. He then
married Aurora, who had three children from a previous marriage, and they had three more
children together. Tomás was 92 years old when he died on January 18, 2005.
The
Tomás Rodriguez Photograph Collection consists of one
Album which contains 232 photographs, including negatives, prints, and proof sheets. These
images capture various people and events, including a number of family photographs, Goodwin
Knight's gubernatorial campaign in 1952, the unsuccessful campaign of Edward Roybal for
Lieutenant Governor of California in 1954, and the Dura Steel Strike in 1954. The collection
is arranged chronologically by photograph number to reflect the arrangement of the
album.
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Other Information:
This collection was processed under a U.S. Department of Education Title V
Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Grant.
The collection is open for research use.
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Jorge and Irene Garcia, 05/22/2003
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Robert G. Marshall and Melissa Bergmann
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Albums (Books)
Photographs