1910's RARE CALIFORNIA BUNGALOW COLOR GLASS SLIDES X 23 LOS ANGELES ARCHITECTURE

Description: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE [PHOTOGRAPHY, ARCHITECTURE, CALIFORNIA BUNGALOWS] "CALIFORNIA BUNGALOWS" A collection of 23 ORIGINAL glass slides of Southern California stucco bungalows. Each of the 2.25 in x 2.75 in slides is hand colored as shown. The slides made by Victor Animatograph Company are in excellent condition and present quite well. A RARE (we could not locate any other examples) collection of southern California residential architectural history from the early 20th century. The slides are housed in their original cardboard box with an old pen indication of the contents. The images of the bungalows are interesting in that they exhibit some streets not yet paved and none of the houses shown show house numbers. It is possible if not very likely that most of these houses still exist in Los Angeles neighborhoods. 1915's era cars are partially visible in some of the images. We imagine this lot may have institutional interest and we are willing to work with local Universities and Civic organizations billing requirements. Provenance: James S. Copley / Copley Library –Followers of our inventory might note we originally acquired most of our James Copley material in 2009 & 2010. However, we recently learned one of the Copley homes inherited by David Copley (d. 2012) had family effects from both Ira and James Copley in the garage. We acquired a portion of that material when it was recently offered at auction in Spring 2015.This item is formerly from the collection of James S. Copley (1916 - 1973) who owned the Copley Press (comprised of 14+ city newspapers) and founded the Copley Library in San Diego California.James Copley was born in St. Johnsville, N.Y., in 1916. Both of his parents died in the flu epidemic that swept the U.S. in 1918, and when he was 4 he was adopted by Col. and Mrs. Ira C. Copley. Col. Copley bought The San Diego Union and Evening Tribune from the Spreckels family in 1928.Copley graduated from Yale in 1939 and started his journalism career at another of his father's papers, The Culver City Star News, where he solicited ads and circulation as well as sweeping the floor and writing news stories. Copley then moved to San Diego and joined the Navy Reserves in 1941 after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.When the elder Copley died in 1947, Jim became Chief Executive Officer of the corporation publishing a large family of newspapers, the flagship of which was, and is today, the Union-Tribune. He pursued a dynamic program of expansion of the newspaper plants, both technologically and in size. He took an active personal interest in the editorial quality of his papers. In the 26 years he headed the enterprise until his death in 1973, the Union's circulation tripled and the Union-Tribune moved into a wholly new plant with new presses in Mission Valley. He remained editor of that paper and CEO of Copley Press until his death in 1973. He was the recipient of numerous industry awards and he and his wife, Helen K. Copley, were notable philanthropists to the San Diego area; endowing the Copley Auditorium at the San Diego Museum of Art, the Copley Library at the University of San Diego, Copley Symphony Hall, the Copley Center at the Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation and a YMCA facility, among others. After several years of collecting on a small scale, Mr. Copley embarked on journey to assemble a substantial collection and enlisted the help of a curator, Richard Reilly. For the remainder of Mr. Copley’s life and for many years following, Reilly, together with Mrs. Copley, worked to build a collection that keenly reflected Mr. Copley’s interests, chief among which was his own national heritage and the patriotic principles embraced by the family’s newspapers.Please email any questions -

Price: 649.99 USD

Location: Beverly Hills, California

End Time: 2025-01-12T09:39:17.000Z

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