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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Portrait File
Identifier/Call Number: PASC.0204
Physical Description:
24.0 linear feet
(47 boxes and 2 flat boxes)
Physical Description:
7.25 linear feet
(4 unprocessed flat boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1921-
Abstract: The collection is primarily publicity photographs/stills of American actors, actresses, and other creative talent associated
with the motion pictures and television industry.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9966771073606533
[Identification of item], Portrait File (Collection PASC 204). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Processed by UCLA Library Performing Arts Special Collections staff.
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The Portrait File was collection was originally assembled by the UCLA Theatre Arts Library and comes from a variety of unknown
sources.
The Portrait File consists primarily of black and white publicity photographs/stills of American actors, actresses, and other
motion picture or television creative talent, dating from the early 1920s to the present. The collection represents more than
3000 individuals and includes portrait/head shots and stills from unidentified production projects that may include more than
one cast member in the shot.
The files are arranged alphabetically by individual's last name.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Publicity photographs.
Film stills.