Haloid Company Collection, ca. 1920s

Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

900 Exposition Boulevard

Los Angeles, California 90007-4057

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2013

Descriptive Summary

Title: Haloid Company Collection, ca. 1920s

Dates: 1925

Collection Number: P-242

Creator/Collector:

Extent: (Boxes: 1 ov)

Repository: Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Los Angeles, California 90007-4057

Abstract: The prints in the Haloid Company Collection pre-date the company's involvement with xerography. They appear to be photographs intended to be used as examples of the various textures of "modern photographic papers."

Language of Material: English

Access

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Preferred Citation

Haloid Company Collection, ca. 1920s. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Biography/Administrative History

The Haloid Company, Rochester, New York, was founded in 1906 to manufacture and sell photographic paper. In 1958, the name of the company was changed from the Haloid Company to Haloid Xerox Inc. Three years later, Haloid Xerox became Xerox Corporation.

Scope and Content of Collection

The prints in the Haloid Company Collection pre-date the company's involvement with xerography. They appear to be photographs intended to be used as examples of the various textures of "modern photographic papers." All ten prints are ten by fourteen inches and are black and white studio portraits of young women. The hair and fashion styles of the subjects, along with other props such as a telephone, suggest that the photographs were created in the 1920's. Each print has been individually housed in a folder labeled according to the photograph's own description of its paper or texture. The original envelope is included with the collection and includes the company logo along with the description "Haloid Photographic Papers of Quality." The address is given as The Haloid Company, Rochester, New York.

Indexing Terms

Camera, early photography & moving pictures