Of historic or cultural significance, and portraits. Also of note are images of sites and themes The collection is particularly strong in images of central Los Angeles from the 1880s to the 1910s and Los Angeles Countyīeach communities in the 1900s and 1910s. Francisco, McPherson, Charles Prudhomme and William Burton. Ellis copied the photographic holdings of,Īmong others, Bancroft, Behrendt, Tyler, Hill, Ingersoll, Forman, Rowan, Foxley, Guinn,įryer, A.W. These smaller format itemsĪre mostly copy negatives (not originals) taken by Ellis of images in other collections,Īpparently for reference purposes or to document already existing collections. Glass negatives and lantern slides viewing must be arranged through the Curator of Photographs. There are no prints or other viewing surrogates for the smaller format The 1920s and consists of 1366 photographic prints (mostly copy prints from 8 x 10 inch glass-plateĪnd film negatives), 1520 4 x 5 inch and smaller glass negatives, glass positives, film negatives and lantern slides, 203Ĩ x 10 inch glass plate negatives, and 734 8 x10 inch film negatives. Growth and development of the region at the turn of the twentieth century. The imagesįocus mainly on Los Angeles and nearby communities and provide quite a comprehensive picture of the Ellis (1875-1932), often for use in his research and lectures on California history. The late 19th century, that were compiled by Los Angeles This collection contains photographs, negatives, positives, and lantern slides depicting Southern California, primarily in The Indians of Los Angeles County (1926), a collection of letters of early pioneer Hugo Reid that provided firsthand accounts of the Native Americans of CaliforniaĪnd their treatment by the Mission padres. He lectured statewide on California history and accumulated a large collection of photographs and slidesĭepicting Southern California and the Southwest, which he used in his presentations. Society of Southern California, and was its president during 1927-1928. He established his practice in Los Angeles in 1903.Įllis studied history while at Berkeley, and his interest in the subject was life-long. Upon graduation he began a teaching career, but left the profession after a few years Where his grandfather had settled in the early 1850s.

When he was two years old, his parents moved the family to California, Arthur McDonald Ellis (1875-1932) was born in Missouri.

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