Francis M. Fultz (1857-1948) Photograph Collection
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Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
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Title: Francis M. Fultz (1857-1948) Photograph Collection
Dates: 1906-1932
Collection Number: P-283
Creator/Collector:
Fultz, Francis M. (Francis Marion), 1857-
Extent: (Boxes: 5)
Repository:
Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Los Angeles, California 90007-4057
Abstract: Negatives, prints. Taken by Fultz; some by his wife, Dessa. Represents a life-time of photographing, with some family photos,
but most taken of scenery, landscape, water, and fauna. Geographic concentration is California, the western states, Hawaii,
and Iowa (his home state).
Language of Material: English
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Francis M. Fultz (1857-1948) Photograph Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of
Los Angeles County
Biography/Administrative History
Fultz was born in Iowa. Web information lists his career history: Instructor Burlington (Iowa) High School, 1886-1895. Superintendent
schools, Burlington, 1899-1909, Santa Barbara, California, 1909-1913. Assistant director and forester, vocational department,
city schools, Los Angeles, California, 1925-1932. He also authored 4 books, published between 1908 and 1928.
Scope and Content of Collection
Negatives, prints. Taken by Fultz; some by his wife, Dessa. Represents a life-time of photographing, with some family photos,
but most taken of scenery, landscape, water, and fauna. Geographic concentration is California, the western states, Hawaii,
and Iowa (his home state). His photographs appeared in his educational books about geology and the natural environment.
Primarily negatives with a few prints. Some examples of lantern slides, early Kodak negatives, and panoramas of Acoma, New
Mexico; Burlington, Iowa; and Santa Barbara, California. 1906-1932, undated