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[Richard Loo photograph album].
BANC PIC 2019.087--fALB
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Title:
[Richard Loo photograph album]Creator/Contributor:
Loo, Richard, creator, creator.Abstract:
Photograph album of chiefly snapshots documenting the early life of Hollywood actor Richard Loo (b. 1903, d. 1983), including
many images of family, friends and associates. Includes numerous scenes from Loo's childhood in Hana (Maui), Honolulu and
other Hawaii locations; travels to the U.S. mainland, Asia and Europe; his student years at St. Louis School in Honolulu,
University of California, Berkeley, and Columbia University; and his life in San Francisco, possibly during the early years
of his marriage to Bessie Sue Loo, their wedding being documented in newspaper clippings adhered to the last page. Loo's later
career as a motion picture and television actor are not documented in this album.
Date:
1905 (issued)Subject:
n-us-hi -- n-us-caLoo, Richard -- Photographs
University of California, Berkeley -- Photographs
Columbia University -- Photographs
Chinese Americans -- Hawaii -- Photographs
Hawaii -- Photographs
Maui (Hawaii) -- Photographs
Honolulu (Hawaii) -- Photographs
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Photographs
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Compiler's name inscribed inside front cover: Richard Y.L. Loo, Honolulu, Hawaii; initials written on outside front cover:
R.Y.L.L. [Richard Yau-Lock Loo].
Richard Loo photograph album, BANC PIC 2019.087, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Purchase ; from Jeffrey Rovenpor Rare Books ; 2019.
Type:
graphicPhotograph albums.
Physical Description:
photoprint
approximately 350 photographs in 1 album : chiefly gelatin silver prints ; sheets various sizes, album 26 x 34 cm
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC PIC 2019.087--fALB