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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine
Libraries
Title: Zupp family photograph album documenting pool construction
Creator:
Zupp family
Identifier/Call Number: MS.R.104
Physical Description:
0.2 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1958
Abstract: This collection comprises a photograph
album with 57 tipped-in black and white photographs documenting the building of the Zupp
family pool in Van Nuys, California. The photographs (each approximately 9 x 9 cm) and
accompanying handwritten captions document the process from start to finish, showing
numerous steps including the excavation and shaping of the grounds, installation of steel
rods, and plastering. The album, titled "Our Pool from Start to Finish," illustrates the
creation of a backyard pool in the 1950s in a working class Southern California
neighborhood.
Language of Material:
English .
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Collection open for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by
the creators of the records and their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish,
please contact the Head of Special Collections and University Archives.
Preferred Citation
Our pool from start to finish: photograph album. MS-R104. Special Collections and Archives,
The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information
about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder
descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Acquisition Information
Acquired, 2003.
Processing Information
Processed by Andre Ambrus, 2003.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection comprises a photograph album with 57 tipped-in black and white photographs
documenting the building of the Zupp family pool in Van Nuys, California. The photographs
(each approximately 9 x 9 cm) and accompanying handwritten captions document the process
from start to finish, showing numerous steps including the excavation and shaping of the
grounds, installation of steel rods, and plastering. The album, titled "Our Pool From Start
to Finish," illustrates the creation of a backyard pool in the 1950s in a working class
Southern California neighborhood.