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Title
Portrait of caricaturist Henry Major, Los Angeles, 1925
Date Created and/or Issued
June 1, 1925
1925-06-01
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
This photograph appears with the article, "Mr. Major Himself, by Himself, and of Himself: Noted Caricaturist Here: Henry Major Arrives With Pencils to Sketch Film and Other Notables for the Times," Los Angeles Times, 2 Jun. 1925: 7.
Text from newspaper caption: As He Looks to Himself: Henry Major, famous European caricaturist, who arrived in Los Angeles yesterday to spend the next two weeks sketching Hollywood and Los Angeles notables, unfortunately caught sight of himself in a mirror at his hotel. His pencil did the rest. Introducing Mr. Major, himself, by himself and of himself in halftone and in - Majorgraph.
Handwritten on negative: Henry Major
Text from negative sleeve: Major, Henry. Artist
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6221
ark:/21198/zz002cwd45
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Cartoonists
Major, Henry, 1889-1948
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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