Motion Pictures Collection, 1914-2007

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Title:: Motion Pictures Collection
Dates:: 1914-2007
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Extent:: (Boxes: 7 legal; 1 ½ legal; 2 ½ letter; 4 ov; ov folders)
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Preferred citation:: Motion Pictures Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Scope and content:: Pamphlets and ephemera; publicity materials such as ads and theater ads; correspondence, clippings, trade and movie fan publications, scripts and continuities, fake movie currency, and celebrity stationery and bookplates. There are also title cards and art cards used in silent film production and three scrapbooks to commemorate the first "talkies" by Fox Films and Paramount Studios. The bulk of the collection is pre-1933. See also: GC 1269, GC 1286, GC 1287, GC 1288. See also photograph collection P-26; see also photograph collection P-26.1

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid created by Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County staff.
Date Prepared:: 1914-2007
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.

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Restrictions:: Research is by appointment only
Terms of access:: Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder

Preferred citation:: Motion Pictures Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Location of this collection:: Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

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Los Angeles, CA 90007-4057, US