Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Emil Joseph Willimetz (1918-2003) and Joanna Creighton Willimetz (1925-2017); possibly acquired when Emil Willimetz worked on film projects in Latin America in the 1950s and 1960s; donated to MAI by Mr. and Mrs. Willimetz in 1981 on behalf of Joanna Willimetz’s sister, Lois Creighton Abbott (Mrs. Seth Abbott), and brother James Alexander Creighton Jr. (1919-2008).
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