Motion Pictures Collection, 1914-2007

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Summary

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(Boxes: 7 legal; 1 ½ legal; 2 ½ letter; 4 ov; ov folders)
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Preferred citation:

Motion Pictures Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Background

Scope and content:

Pamphlets and ephemera; publicity materials such as ads and theater ads; correspondence, clippings, trade and movie fan publications, scripts and continuities, fake movie currency, and celebrity stationery and bookplates. There are also title cards and art cards used in silent film production and three scrapbooks to commemorate the first "talkies" by Fox Films and Paramount Studios. The bulk of the collection is pre-1933. See also: GC 1269, GC 1286, GC 1287, GC 1288. See also photograph collection P-26; see also photograph collection P-26.1

Access and use

Restrictions:

Research is by appointment only

Terms of access:

Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder

Preferred citation:

Motion Pictures Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Location of this collection:
900 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007-4057, US
Contact:
(213) 763-3359
seavercenter@nhm.org
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