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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
California Historical Society
Title: Los Angeles: 1932-33
Creator:
Wagner, Anton.
Identifier/Call Number: PC 17 Vols. 1-3
Physical Description:
3.0 portfolios
Date (inclusive): 1932-1933
Abstract: Consists of photographs of urban, suburban,
rural and waterfront areas of Los Angeles County. Many photographs show neighborhood streets
and houses, including ethnic enclaves and communities.
Physical Description: 3 portfolios (438 photographic prints, one
map, and typescript list of photos): gelatin silver prints; images 9 x 12 cm., mounts 27 x
19 cm.
Processed by Wendy Welker, 2015
Any rights (including copyright and related rights to publicity and privacy) held by Anton
Wagner were transferred to the California Historical Society (CHS) on May 05, 1987 by Anton
Wagner. Reproduction or publication of materials in this collection beyond that allowed by
fair use requires the written permission of CHS. Please contact rights@calhist.org.
Consists of photographs of urban, suburban, rural and waterfront areas of Los Angeles
County. Many photographs show neighborhood streets and houses, including ethnic enclaves and
communities of Mexican Americans, Japanese Americans, Chinese Americans, African Americans,
Russian Americans, Irish Americans, Jewish Americans, and Slavonian Americans. Includes
images of businesses, buildings, oil rigs in populated areas, hydraulic structures,
railyards, industrial and construction sites, and agricultural land. A small portion contain
people. Includes six photographs of damaged buildings in Compton and Long Beach from the
Long Beach earthquake of 1933, three photographs of maps of Los Angeles, and a section of
map showing the southwest of downtown portion of the city.
Photographs were organized by Wagner using a sometimes inconsistent lettering and numbering
system; they are arranged in three portfolios.
Includes one photograph of 4th St. in Santa Monica dated 1926 (nonum01).
Supplied titles were created using Wagner's typed descriptions of each photograph, which
sometimes included outmoded words.
Contains several panoramic images comprised of multiple 9 x 12 cm. prints.
Gift of Anton Wagner, 1986.
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[Identification of item], Los Angeles: 1932-33 by Anton Wagner, PC 17, California
Historical Society.
Wagner created a list of these photographs by date spans and accompanying letters. The
finding aid container list for this collection follows this order.
Anton Wagner (also known as G. A. Wagner) was a PhD candidate at the University of Kiel
when he made these photographs to document his dissertation, Los Angeles: Werden, Leben und
Gestalt der Zweimillionstadt in Südkalifornien..., published in 1935. His thesis suggests
that the topography of Los Angeles produces the character of the city's inhabitants. After
World War II, Wagner settled in Montreal and worked as a commercial journalist and trade
marketing consultant.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
African American neighborhoods--California--Los Angeles County
(Calif.)--Photographs.
Buildings--California--Los Angeles County
(Calif.)--Photographs.
Business enterprises--Photographs.
Ethnic neighborhoods--California--Los Angeles County
(Calif.)--Photographs.
Gelatin silver prints.
Industry--California--Los Angeles County
(Calif.)--Photographs.
Irish Americans--California--Los Angeles County
(Calif.)--Photographs.
Japanese Americans--California--Los Angeles County
(Calif.)--Photographs.
Jews--California--Los Angeles County (Calif.)--Photographs.
Landscapes--California--Los Angeles County
(Calif.)--Photographs.
Los Angeles County (Calif.)--Pictorial works.
Maps.
Mexican American neighborhoods--California--Los Angeles County
(Calif.)--Photographs.
Portfolios.
Russian Americans--California--Los Angeles County
(Calif.)--Photographs.
Slovenes--California--Los Angeles County
(Calif.)--Photographs.
Streets--California--Los Angeles County
(Calif.)--Photographs.