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Charlotta Bass / California Eagle Digital Archive
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Title: Charlotta Bass / California Eagle Digital Archive
Alternate Title: Charlotta Bass / California Eagle Photograph Collection. 1870-1978
URL: http://digarc.usc.edu/search/controller/collection/scl-m0000.html External Link
Description: The Charlotta Bass/California Eagle Photograph Collection is comprised of almost 500 photographs that were among the personal papers and artifacts of Charlotta Bass, publisher of the California Eagle from 1912-1951. The photos can be divided into 6 general categories: 1.) Photographs illustrating Bass' career as the Eagle's publisher and editor, her political activities, including her candidacies for U.S. Congress and Vice President on the Progressive Party ticket, and her trip to Prague and the Soviet Union; 2.) Personal photographs of Bass with family, colleagues and friends, and photos of Bass' relatives, friends and acquaintances; 3.) Photographs of reporters and other employees of the California Eagle: 4.) Photographs published in the California Eagle that illustrate various aspects of political and social life in Los Angeles' African-American community; 5.) Other photographs of African-Americans; 6.) Photographs published in the California Eagle of various news events, including labor union activities, the activities of the Civil Rights Congress, and citizens protesting the Communist "witch hunts" of the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Subjects: African Americans
Arts
Social Studies
DLF-specific Subjects:American Culture
Geographic Coverage: North America (continent)
Time Period: Late 20th Century (1968-2000)
Middle 20th Century (1934-1967)
Early 20th Century (1901-1933)
Late 19th Century (1868-1900)
Modern (1701-present)
Objects Represented: Photographs / slides / negatives
Format: image/jpeg
Interaction with Collection: Search
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Size: 787
Frequency of additions: Irregularly
Alternative Access: http://digarc.usc.edu/oaidp/controller/serve?verb=ListRecords&metadataPrefix=mods&set=scl External Link
http://digarc.usc.edu/oaidp/controller/serve?verb=ListRecords&metadataPrefix=oai_dc&set=scl External Link
Metadata schema used: Dublin Core (simple or qualified)
MODS
This Record Last Updated By: khage@umich.edu
This Record Last Updated On: 12/11/2008 2:17:32 PM
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Title of Project: Aquifer American Social History Online
Project URL: http://www.diglib.org/aquifer/ External Link
 
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