Photographs
Subject
Subject Source: Tgmi
Found in 307 Collections and/or Records:
Women's Suffrage Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-WSU
Abstract
The Women's Suffrage Collection consists of pamphlets, broadsides, and ephemera documenting debates and events surrounding the late 19th- and early 20th-century women's suffrage movement in the United States. It includes materials arguing both in favor of and against the enfranchisement of women, especially prints of some of Elihu Root's anti-suffrage speeches; two racist, anti-suffrage broadsides from the Brown Printing Company of Montgomery, Alabama; broadsides opposing Woodrow Wilson's...
Dates:
circa 1880-1917
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
World War II Joke and Humor Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC-WWJH
Abstract
The World War II Joke and Humor Collection consists of jokes, poems, rhymes, letters, cartoons, and other humorous materials read by and exchanged between soldiers serving in World War II. Common topics are sex, women, military life, commanding officers, and Hitler. Most items are hand-written, though some possibly copied out of magazines and other publications as there are multiple copies in different hands. A few items are type written, or small pamphlet...
Dates:
ca. 1941-ca. 1945
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
World War II Soldier Photograph Album
Collection
Identifier: SC-WWSP
Abstract
The World War II Soldier Photograph Album documents the non-combat life of an unidentified soldier. Most images feature fellow soldiers and include handwritten notes on the front and back of some of the photos. The photo album includes snapshots of nurses, men eating and drinking in dining halls, soldiers’ living quarters, an outdoor performance space, and more. The photo album also included a loose newspaper clipping titled “Eddie M. Norton of Milstead reports the following address” with a...
Dates:
ca. 1939-1945
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Harry Wugalter Collection
Collection
Identifier: OCH-HWC
Abstract
Harry Wugalter was a United States Marine who served in Northern China from 1945-1947. The collection contains copies of photographs taken by Wugalter during his tour in China, and includes photographs of Marines, Japanese prisoners of war, Allied internees, and local Chinese and Russians who interacted with the troops. Also included is a letter written by Wugalter and published in the China Marine Association's newsletter, Scuttlebutt, about his time in...
Dates:
1945-1994; Majority of material found within 1945-1947
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Ralph J. Wyatt California Missions Lantern Slides
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 30700112662795]
Identifier: SC-CMLS
Abstract
The Ralph J. Wyatt California Missions Lantern Slides contains lantern slides of California Missions taken by Pasadena photographer Ralph J. Wyatt, and used as educational aids in Santa Monica City Schools.
Dates:
ca. 1920-1953
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) of Los Angeles Collection
Collection
Identifier: URB-YWCA
Abstract
The Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) of Los Angeles was established in 1893 to promote the physical, social, spiritual, and educational well-being of young women. The collection documents the establishment, evolution, and achievements of the YWCA of Los Angeles.
Dates:
ca. 1890-1986
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives
Albert Zoraster Collection
Collection
Identifier: URB-AZ
Abstract
A resident of the San Fernando Valley from 1920 to the mid-1970s, Albert Zoraster devoted much of his life to improving the quality of services in the community, particularly in the areas of transportation and municipal services. An active committee volunteer, Mr. Zoraster worked with the Los Angeles City Board of Education, the Mayor's Valley Transportation Committee, Los Angeles City Department of Airports, Valley Presbyterian Hospital, and California State University, Northridge. The...
Dates:
1948-1979; Majority of material found within 1951-1979
Found in:
Special Collections & Archives