Finding aid for the D.J. Holland collection of Rotary Photographic Co. postcards 2544
Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
2022 June
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0185
ctlibarc@usc.edu
Note
Collection is housed with Collection #2530.
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: D.J. Holland collection of Rotary Photographic Co. postcards
Creator:
Holland, D.J.
Identifier/Call Number: 2544
Physical Description:
0.03 Linear Feet
2 folders
Date (inclusive): c. 1898 - 1910
Date: 1968
Abstract: Collection consists of Rotary Photographic Company actress portrait postcards.
Language of Material:
English.
Collection consists of Rotary Photographic Company portrait postcards of various late 19th and early 20th century stage actresses
including Sarah Bernhardt, Constance Collier, Ethel Irving, Billie Burke, and Lillian Nordica. Description notes from Holland
present on many postcards. Also present is a 1968 letter from Holland to Robert Knutson about the donation to USC.
Originally part of the Ethel Barrymore Memorial Theatre Arts Collection at the University of Southern California Library
100 Series, and was labeled 100-29.
Rotary Photographic Co. was founded in 1898 in London, and it specialized in the rapid printing of photographs for brochures,
calendars, and postcards. Rotary sold negative paper and bromide printing paper under the name Rotograph. It went into voluntary
liquidation in 1916.
D.J. Holland was a childhood friend of Ethel Barrymore's in Philadelphia during the late 19th century.
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Rights Statement for Archival Description
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of D.J. Holland in 1968.
[Box/folder no. or item name], D.J. Holland collection of Rotary Photographic Co. postcards, Collection no. 2544, Special
Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Actresses -- England -- Archival resources
Actresses -- Photographs
Actresses -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Theater -- England -- London -- Archival resources
Holland, D.J. -- Archives
Rotary Photo. Rotary Photographic Co. Ltd.
Box 1
F.R. Holland postcard
Box 1
D.J. Holland postcards