Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Harry Adams photographs
Collection
Call Number: WA Photos 589
Abstract:
Photographs prints created and collected by Harry Adams, 1943-1985, that chiefly document events, activities, and individuals related to the African American community in the Los Angeles metropolitan area of California and his career as a professional photographer as well as his work for African American newspapers including the California Eagle and Los Angeles Sentinel.
Dates:
1943-1985, bulk 1951-1985
Ruth Wilhelmina Kohlstedt Benson and Eloise Jeanette Benson Nicholl photographs and photograph albums of California life
Collection
Call Number: WA Photos 1296
Abstract:
Photographs and photograph albums compiled by Ruth Wilhelmina Kohlstedt Benson and Eloise Jeanette Benson Nicholl documenting the Benson family in California, circa 1908-1947. Images are primarily formal and informal group and individual portraits of mostly identified men, women, and children chiefly in Big Bear City, La Crescenta, Los Angeles, and San Diego, California, but also in Indiana and other identified locations. Multiple photographs show the Benson family in Guadalajara, Mexico....
Dates:
circa 1908-2003, bulk circa 1914-1946
Guide to the Catalog of Photographic Prints of Backdrops for the Motion Picture Industry in California
Collection
Call Number: WA Photos 1340
Abstract:
Catalog of photographic prints of backdrops for the motion picture industry chiefly in California comprised of photographic views of sites in California from approximately 1925 to approximately 1945, with the bulk from approximately 1935.
Dates:
approximately 1925 to approximately 1945, bulk approximately 1935
Makiko Ichiyasu photograph albums of California
Collection
Call Number: WA Photos 1271
Abstract:
Photograph albums compiled by Makiko Ichiyasu of life in southern California, 1922-1945. Depicted are Ichiyasu, relatives, and acquaintances, as well as Young Women’s Christian Association events. Identified locations include San Francisco, Los Angeles, Watsonville, Sonora, and Russian River. One album documents Ichiyasu’s travels to Hawaii with YWCA acquaintances (Box 3); another documents her travels with friends to Arizona and Utah (Box 5). Multiple photographs appear to have been taken...
Dates:
1922-1945
Mary Shizuko Mitsueda Muranishi photograph albums related to Japanese American life
Collection
Call Number: WA Photos 1337
Abstract:
Four photograph albums with approximately 650 photographs that document the activities of Mary Shizuko Mitsueda Muranishi, approximately 1939-1950. Images are primarily of Muranishi and acquaintances in California, as well as her and William Hitoshi Muranishi in Chicago, Illinois, and a skiing trip at Snoqualmie, Washington. Multiple images in California show her classmates at Washington High School in Los Angeles and United States Army soldiers at Fort Ord.Several photographs...
Dates:
approximately 1939-1950