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Descriptive Summary

Title:
Stefan Lorant Collection, ca. 1869-1993 (bulk 1920-1992)

Collection number:
Accession no. 920024

Creator:
Lorant, Stefan, 1901-

Extent:
ca. 47 linear ft.
(47 boxes)

Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Research Library
Special Collections and Visual Resources
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688

Abstract:
A founder of modern pictorial journalism. Photographic documentation collected by Lorant represents German history from the Bismarck era to the Nuremberg Trials (ca. 1871-1946). A smaller portion of the collection consists of stills from Lorant's silent films and personal photographs of himself, his friends, and family. Extensive correspondence from his American years primarily concerns book projects.

Languages:
English,
and German.

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