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| West Los Angeles Farmland, February 2, 1933 |
[Farm on Robertson Boulevard North of
Hall Road Studio Farm]
Los Angeles: 1932–33 by Anton Wagner, PC
17,
California Historical Society
When my father donated the pictures
it was with the wish that they could be accessible to as many people as
possible, and now they can.
—Geoff Wagner, 2016
Today the California
Historical Society celebrates Digital Archives Day—established by the
California State Archives—with the launch of our digital pilot platform
featuring the photographic collection “Los Angeles: 1932–33 by Anton Wagner, PC 17.” A cultural
geography student from Germany writing his dissertation about metropolitan Los
Angeles, Wagner’s 400-plus research photographs document the city’s
transformation during the early 1930s. Illustrating
the period between the booms of the 1920s and post–World War II, Wagner’s
images of Depression-era Los Angeles were selected for CHS’s inaugural
digitization project for their innovation and historical value.
Old Chinatown, January 22, 1933
[Chinatown; Marchesault Street, East of
Alameda]
Los Angeles: 1932–33 by Anton Wagner, PC
17,
California Historical Society
Unique to
the CHS Collection and one of our most important and valuable twentieth-century
collections, Wagner’s images have already generated enthusiasm among
researchers, historians, and lovers of Los Angeles history:
- A selection from the Wagner collection was highlighted in August 2016 at the CHS/LA as Subject exhibition “History Keepers: Traversing Los Angeles.”
- Wagner’s work is featured today, October 10, in KCET’s Lost LA blog: “Anton Wagner’s Walkthrough Los Angeles.” The piece is written by CHS archivists Marie Silva and Jaime Henderson
- On October 15, CHS archivists Marie Silva and Jaime Henderson will speak about the Wagner digital collection at the LA as Subject Archives Bazaar at the University of Southern California.
- Getty Publications will publish a new translation of Wagner's thesis in 2018.
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Over the next two
years, the California Historical Society, with partner organizations, will
explore the relevance of Wagner’s work to the study of American metropolises
today and his legacy as a pioneer urban chronicler.
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Read
more about Anton Wagner on the CHS blog:
Shelly Kale
Publications and Strategic Projects
Manager
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