Fred Engel family photograph collection
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UC Riverside. California Museum of Photography
2020
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Riverside, California 92501
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Title: Fred Engel family photograph collection
Dates: 1890-1947
Collection Number: 1991.0047
Creator/Collector:
Engel, Fred
Extent: 3 linear feet (1 box)
Repository:
UC Riverside. California Museum of Photography
Riverside, California 92501
Abstract: The photographs and papers in the collection relate to the life of Fred Engel, who worked in Hollywood throughout the 1940s.
Language of Material: English
The collection is open for research use.
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Fred Engel family photograph collection. UC Riverside. California Museum of Photography
The collection was donated to UCR/CMP in 1991 by Daniel Lane.
Biography/Administrative History
Frederick W. Engel (b. 1897) worked in Hollywood’s film industry during its ‘golden age’. Throughout the 1940s, he befriended
movie stars and was a major figure in Los Angeles’ social scene. Engel died in 1971, and is buried in the Hollywood Forever
Cemetery.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Engel Family material spans from the late 1800s into the 1940s. Two albums chronicle Fred Engel’s youth in New York,
while the rest of the collection contains images and objects from his adult years in California. Photos depict Engel with
friends at parties thrown by the film studio MGM, and dining at famous Los Angeles nightclubs like Ciro’s and the Café Trocadero.
Other memorabilia include a telegram from Mary Pickford and celebrity headshots.
Engel, Fred
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
photographs