Primary Sources: The 1920s: Art

"The George Grantham Bain Collection represents the photographic files of one of America's earliest news picture agencies. The collection richly documents sports events, theater, celebrities, crime, strikes, disasters, political activities including the woman suffrage campaign, conventions and public celebrations. The photographs Bain produced and gathered for distribution through his news service were worldwide in their coverage, but there was a special emphasis on life in New York City. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1900s to the mid-1920s, but scattered images can be found as early as the 1860s and as late as the 1930s."

"Contains 2,085 drawings, prints, and paintings related to the art of caricature, cartoon, and illustration, spanning the years 1780 to 1977 and includes works by 521 American and foreign artists and illustrators. Most of the images are cartoons, comic strips, and periodical illustrations drawn by American artists between 1890 and 1970."

"The online archive includes images from the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner and Valley Times newspapers, along with photos from the Security Pacific National Bank Collection, the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, the WPA project, as well as from photographers including Ansel Adams, Herman Schultheis, Gary Leonard, and William Reagh."