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Overview of the Collection
Repository::
The Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA
91108
Phone: 626-405-2180
Email: jwatts@huntington.org
Creator:
Ellis, Arthur M. (Arthur McDonald), 1875-1932.
Title:
Arthur M. Ellis Collection of Photographic Negatives
Dates:
1849-1923
Dates:
bulk 1880s-1890s
Quantity:
28 linear feet,
67 boxes
Abstract:
The collection consists of 1366 photographic prints (mostly copy prints from 8 x 10 inch glass plate and film negatives), 1520 4 x 5 inch and smaller glass negatives, glass positives, film negatives and lantern slides, 203 8 x 10 inch glass plate negatives, and 734 8 x10 inch film negatives depicting Southern California (mainly Los Angeles and nearby communities) and spanning the years ca. 1850 to the 1920s. The collection provides quite a comprehensive picture of the growth and development of Los Angeles at the turn of the twentieth century.
Identification:
photCL 188
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