Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Arnold Entzmann Papers,
- Dates:
- 1845-1980, bulk 1906-1909
- Creators:
- Entzmann, Arnold
- Abstract:
- Arnold Entzmann lived in San Francisco at the time of the 1906 earthquake. The collection consists of over 1000 photographs taken of San Francisco by Arnold Entzmann documenting the earthquake and resultant fire. The collection contains copy negatives, photograph albums and copies of calendars that he made using the pictures.
- Extent:
- 1 box (0.5 linear ft.) 1 oversize box
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Arnold Entzmann Papers (Collection 410). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of over 1000 photographs taken of San Francisco by Arnold Entzmann after the 1906 earthquake and fire. The collection contains copy negatives, photograph albums, and copies of calendars that he made using the pictures. Also includes biographical notes on Arnold Entzmann and the Muhr and Entzmann families, correspondence, a map of San Francisco, a land title, a 1980 newspaper clipping, ephemera, and three documents concerning Entzmann's service in the Imperial Austrian Artillery.
- Biographical / historical:
-
Entzmann lived in San Francisco at the time of the 1906 earthquake and fire, and he took over a thousand pictures of the city after the destruction.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Thomas Hayne, 1989.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 1998
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from database containing container list structure and data, encoding added via MS Access or other database program, June 1997 . Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Caroline Cubé.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Arnold Entzmann Papers (Collection 410). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988