Guide to the Zupp Family Photograph Album Documenting Pool Construction. MS.R.104

Processed by Andre Ambrus.
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
(cc) 2004
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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 .

Access

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.

box 1, folder 1

Photograph album 1958

General Physical Description note: Black paper cover, 25.5 x 17.5 cm..