Negatives (Photographs)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Photographs in which the tonal values are reversed from their appearance in nature and are intended to be used to produce positive prints.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Chaiclin family collection of negatives
Collection
Identifier: MVC088
Abstract
Joseph “Dick” Chaiclin was born in Connecticut in 1934, but moved to Ventura in the 1960s. He worked for the county until retiring in 2000. His father Abraham Chaiclin was an electrical and telephone engineer for Western Electric and Bell Laboratories. Dick passed away in 2009 in Oxnard at the age of 75. This collection consists largely of negatives and photographs of the Chaiclin family, and Dick's childhood and youth.
Dates:
circa 1905 - 1958
Oxnard Press-Courier records
Collection
Identifier: MVC082
Abstract
The Oxnard Press-Courier was a newspaper located in Oxnard, California from roughly 1899-1994. The paper ceased publication in June 1994 due to stiff competition from the Los Angeles Times. This collection consists of the paper's morgue and negatives. A newspaper morgue is a reference collection that includes clippings, old files, notes, and photographs kept by reporters for quick reference. Materials include clippings, photographs,...
Dates:
circa 1890s-1993; Majority of material found within circa 1970-1990
Found in:
Museum of Ventura County
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Oxnard Press-Courier records
Ventura County Star Free Press negatives collection
Collection
Identifier: MVC049
Abstract
The Ventura County Star was founded in 1925 by the John P. Scripps Newspaper Group. In approximately 1936, the Star acquired the Ventura Free Press, which was founded in 1875, and began publishing as the Ventura County Star-Free Press in 1938. In 1994, the newspaper dropped the Free Press and began publishing again as the Ventura County Star. Their headquarters are in Camarillo, California. The Ventura County Star-Free Press negatives collection consists of negatives from the paper's...
Dates:
1958 - 2001