Motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- Pictorial works

Scope and Contents This subseries contains miscellaneous brochures related to motion picture cameras, motion picture equipment, and the motion picture industry. Of particular interest are brochures in French and a manuscript by Carl Louis Gregory entitled, "Specifications on Optical Printer."Also of particular interest is a manuscript by Carl Louis Gregory entitled, "An Optical Printer for Trick Work," in which Gregory claims that American cinematographers had already employed the same types of...

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The Jonathan Collection contains rare historical photographs and papers of the early motion picture industry. Included are items pertaining to influential figures such as Eric Berndt, Annette Kellerman, Carl Louis Gregory and Charles Urban.

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This subseries contains miscellaneous news clippings related to the motion picture industry ca. early 20th century.

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This subseries contains an advertising card from one of Carl Louis Gregory's associates, S.J. Benjamin Cheng and an original title card with film credits from Carl Louis Gregory and Fred A. Barber.

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This subseries contains miscellaneous items related to motion pictures, motion picture cameras, and the motion picture industry.

Scope and Contents Included in the papers of Joyce Marion Chapman are photographs of her, biographical sketches she wrote on members of her family, a family tree of her mother, Zella's, lineage,an ancestral chart for six generations relating to Joyce's mother, Zella, nee Keyes, a Daughter's of the American Revolution certificate, ephemera from her career as a real estate agent in Palm springs, material related to her participation in the Racquet Club of Palm Springs, an article reprint of Charles Farrell who...

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This small collection of correspondence and papers from Natalie Kalmus (1892-1965) covers 1939-1947 and deals with some of her business transactions.

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This subseries contains numerous photographs of motion picture cameras and motion picture equipment from the early 20th century.

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This subseries contains miscellaneous interior and exterior photographs of early 20th century motion picture studios. Of particular interest is a photograph of Theodore Roosevelt and an early 20th century article referring to the photograph entitled, "Hunting African Lions in the City of Chicago: How a Fake Roosevelt Picture Was Made."