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Black Cat Casting Call
This image, Casting call for black cats to star in Roger Corman movie in Los Angeles, Calif., 1961, from the Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives (Collection 1429) is a favorite of many staff members in Library Special Collections. Librarians love cats -- it's true! If you are also an ailurophile, check for more cats from the collections in future posts.
Megan Hahn Fraser, Processing Projects Librarian
WE DID IT! 10,000 images available online!
More than 10,000 nitrate negative images are now available online through the generous support of Arcadia --- photographs that document Southern California history and culture during the city’s early modern years, including its architecture, design, commerce, civic activities, fashions, and notable people and events. Due to the volatile and unstable condition of nitrate film, these resources were in effect unavailable to users until now. From sources as varied as newspapers, a commercial photographer, a landscape architect, and a fashion editor these images collectively present a broad resource about Southern California history from the early 1920’s through the 1930’s.
The 10,000th image cataloged is…
Negative of Crown Prince Gustav Adolf and Crown Princess Louise of Sweden at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1926 (Los Angeles Times)
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Other photographs from the nitrate collections share in the celebration…
Negative of metropolitan Water District workmen celebrate the completion of a water tunnel to supply Los Angeles with Colorado River water, Pasadena, 1937(Los Angeles Daily News)
Negative of young people jumping on beach, Santa Monica, 1938 (Adelbert Bartlett Collection: commercial photographer)
Negative of John Percival Jefferson residence, reflection pool with statue of a bacchante by MacMonnies, Montecito, 1931 (Ralph Cornell Collection: landscape architect)
Negative of Peggy Hamilton modeling an Adrian tulle evening gown, 1929 (Peggy Hamilton Adams Collection: fashion editor)
Negative of "Circus Maximus" performer at the Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1929 (Los Angeles Times)
Negative of boy smiling, Children’s Home Society, Los Angeles, circa 1935 (Adelbert Bartlett Collection: commercial photographer)
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And we’re smiling too, because thousands more images will be released over the next few months! You can find all of these collections online here.
Claudia Horning, Martha Steele, and Becky Spiro UCLA Library Cataloging and Metadata Center
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