Call Number:

PH-00101

Collection Name:

Rodney B. Radford Photography Collection

Creator:

No. of Items:

118 photographs and 2 scrapbooks

Span Dates:

1920s-1970s

Description:

The collection consists of 118 loose photographs (975:0005:0001-0118) by Rodney B. "Rod" Radford (American, 20th century) and two scrapbooks. Rod Radford was born Weldon B. Radford, but changed his name to Rodney in 1938. Among the subjects Radford covered were: Hollywood, California, in the late 1920s and early 1930s; the construction of Boulder Dam (Boulder Canyon Project) in the 1930s; the U.S. Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service, and the Food for Freedom Campaign in the 1940s. Group-level information follows.

Loose Prints
975:0005:0001-0028 -- Boating at Delray Beach, Florida, photos for "My Comic Camera" article;
975:0005:0029-0040 -- "Photo Hints" enlarger prints;
975:0005:0041-0064 -- Boating tips, photos of "The Joy of PVC Pipe";
975:0005:0065-0100 -- Animals of Florida;
975:0005:0101-0105 -- Unsold boating tips photos;
975:0005:0106-0118 -- Miscellaneous photos.

Scrapbook 1
975:0006:0001 -- Bound scrapbook with black covers comprised of 58 pages. Adhered to the pages are clippings and rotogravure pages which include photographs by Radford. Also included are 8 Food for Freedom posters, from 1942-1943, featuring Radford's photographs.

Location(s):

Curatorial permission required Radford, R., Box 3 (Scrapbook 2 975:0007:0001)
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Radford, R., Box 2 (Scrapbook 1 975:0006:0001)
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Radford, R., Box (975:0005:0001-0118)
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