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"Dick" Whittington StudioCollection of Negatives andPhotographs: Finding Aid

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"Dick" Whittington Studio Collection of Negatives and Photographs: FindingAid

Finding aid prepared by Sue Luftschein.The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical GardensPhoto Archives1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, California 91108Phone: (626) 405-2191Email: [email protected]: http://www.huntington.org© May 2006The Huntington Library. All rights reserved.

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Overview of the CollectionTitle: "Dick" Whittington Studio Collection of Negatives and PhotographsDates (inclusive): 1924-1948Collection Number: photCL WhittCreator: "Dick" Whittington StudioExtent: 39 boxesRepository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Photo Archives1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, California 91108Phone: (626) 405-2191Email: [email protected]: http://www.huntington.orgAbstract: The collection consists of 70 panoramic negatives, 3207 copy prints, and corresponding negatives andinterpositives, covering the years 1924-1948, that were created by the "Dick" Whittington Studio of Los Angeles, California.The images depict specific places, businesses, and commercial activity in both central and southern California, with theemphasis on Los Angeles County. The collection provides a broad overview of the commercial landscape of the area duringthe first half of the twentieth century. In addition, there is also a tape measure produced by the studio in the 1950s.Language of Material: EnglishAccessOpen to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contactReader Services.Publication RightsThe Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of thismaterial, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one,and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.Preferred Citation[Identification of item], "Dick" Whittington Studio Collection of Negatives and Photographs, The Huntington Library, SanMarino, California.ProvenanceThe Whittington Collection was partly purchased by, and partly donated to, the Huntington Library by Whittington’s sonEdward Whittington in 1976.The tape measure (Box 12) was the gift of Stephen Chin, 2014.Processing InformationThe panoramic negatives underwent conservation treatment in 2005. They were humidified, flattened and housed in mylarby Ann Lindsey, project conservator. All the negatives were digitized during this process. Access to the panoramicnegatives is available on CD-ROM through the office of the Curator of Photographs. Due to the length of the negatives, allimages are scanned in sections. An image must be ordered in its entirety. Patrons are responsible for assuming the cost ofdigitally stitching the image together by the Huntington’s Media Lab.The 5 x 7 inch and 8 x 10 inch copy prints were created from original negatives. The prints were organized, labeled, andrehoused prior to 2006. In May 2006, Sue Luftschein created this finding aid using the organizational and numberingscheme established in the original rehousing. Since the collection came into the Huntington in 1976, many negatives havedeteriorated and are housed in separate boxes; all negatives are in cold storage. Between 1993 and 1997, interpositiveswere made of all the 8 x 10 inch negatives which were showing signs of rapid deterioration.Physical Characteristics or Technical RequirementsAccess to the panoramic negatives is available on CD-ROM through the office of the Curator of Photographs. Due to thelength of the negatives, all images are scanned in sections.Historical NoteThe "Dick" Whittington Studio was the largest photography studio in the Los Angeles area from 1924 to 1987. Founded by Wayne Whittington, the Studio specialized in commercial photography, taking photographs for nearly every major business and organization in Los Angeles; in so doing, they documented the growth and commercial development of Los Angeles. The Studio’s clients included department stores, oil companies, real estate developers, food service companies, television


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and radio broadcast companies, automobile manufacturers and related industries, aircraft manufacturers, constructionfirms, and the entertainment industry. They also photographed the 1932 Olympics and the National Air Races of 1933 and1936. Another notable client was the University of Southern California, which contracted with the Whittington Studios forcoverage of athletic and other events.Wayne Whittington was born and raised in Los Angeles near Exposition Park. He attended Manual Arts High School and thenthe University of Southern California. After graduation, he served in the Signal Corps in World War I. He founded the Studioafter leaving his first business venture, the Acme Tire Company.Whittington adopted the name of his studio from a historical figure who was the subject of a popular children’s story, "DickWhittington and His Cat." Dick Whittington was an orphan who, in the late 14th century, traded his cat for funds to becomea merchant, and then rose to Lord Mayor of London. The name inspired the Tudor architecture of the Studio, located at3845 Wisconsin Street near the University of Southern California, and also the use of a cat as its logo."Dick" Whittington Studio experienced its greatest growth during the 1930s, at which time it employed 27 people. Duringthis period, it launched a news-picture division, taking photographs to supplement the wire services and the photographicdepartments of local newspapers. This led to work for Life magazine and other national publications, and to theestablishment of an in-house stock photograph library. The Studio also created the Trav-l Lab, a self-contained processinglab on wheels with a thirty-foot extension ladder that allowed photographers to take elevated shots.World War II saw the loss of a number of personnel and a decline in business due to the rationing of silver and paper. TheStudio made its facilities available to the United States government, and the Navy agreed to use them under contract, anarrangement that lasted for fifteen years. The Studio remained in active business until 1987.Scope and ContentsThe collection consists of 70 panoramic negatives, 3207 copy prints, and corresponding negatives and interpositives,covering the years 1924-1948, that were created by the "Dick" Whittington Studio of Los Angeles, California. The imagesdepict specific places, businesses, and commercial activity in both central and southern California, with the emphasis onLos Angeles County. The collection provides a broad overview of the commercial landscape of the area during the first halfof the twentieth century. In addition, there is also a tape measure produced by the studio in the 1950s.The 70 panoramic negatives depict undeveloped and newly developed areas of Los Angeles, including Pacific Palisades,Santa Monica, and Alhambra; views of Lido Isle in Newport; and Republic Studios in Studio City. There are also images ofLos Angeles industries, including film and automotive, as well as specific locations, such as the Hollywood Bowl, and events,such as swimming events during the 1932 Olympics.The first part of the collection of copy prints depicts specific towns, businesses, street scenes and landscapes in central andsouthern California, specifically El Dorado, Inyo, and Nevada Counties, Lake Tahoe, Kern, Tulare, San Luis Obispo, SantaBarbara, Ventura, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, and Imperial Counties, Mexico, and Los Angeles County.The bulk of these images depict Ventura, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, and Los Angeles Counties. TheVentura County images concentrate on Port Hueneme. The Orange County images depict Fullerton, Santa Ana, Anaheim,Laguna Beach, Capistrano Beach, Balboa and Newport Beach, and Lido Isle. In Riverside County, the images depict LakeElsinore, Perris, Corona, the Sherman Institute, Riverside, Norco, Palm Springs, San Jacinto, Hemet, and a number of hotsprings. The San Bernardino images depict Twentynine Palms, Fontana, Chino, Ontario, San Bernardino, Big Bear and LakeArrowhead. In San Diego County, images depict Mount Helix, La Mesa, El Cajon, Alpine, Pine Valley, Descanso, Lakeside,Ramona, Escondido, Vista, Rancho San Luis Rey, Bonsall, Tahiti Beach, Del Mar, Solana Beach, La Jolla, Casa de Manana,the San Diego Fairgrounds, and Boulder.Los Angeles County images form the bulk of this section. Images of the San Gabriel Valley and nearby areas depict Flintridge, Altadena, Monrovia, Glendora, Azusa, East Los Angeles, Montebello, Whittier, the Pio Pico Adobe, Santa Fe Springs, Downey, Norwalk, Bellflower, El Monte, Baldwin Park, Covina, the Pomona Fairgrounds, San Marino, Pasadena, Sierra Madre, Alhambra, El Sereno, San Gabriel, Monterey Park, Arcadia, and Santa Anita. Images of Los Angeles beach communities include Long Beach, San Pedro and Fish Harbor, Palos Verdes and Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, Playa del Rey, Venice, Santa Monica and coastal areas. The collection also depicts West Los Angeles, specifically Westwood and the University of California, Los Angeles, Bel Air, and Brentwood. Central, East and South Los Angeles are represented by images of Hollywood, Los Feliz, Culver City, Leimert Park, Baldwin Hills, Inglewood, View Park, Hawthorne, Westchester, and Gardena. The San Fernando Valley images depict Woodland Hills, Encino, Sherman Oaks, North Hollywood, and Studio City. Also present in the collection are images of specific locations within Los Angeles proper (such as the Los Angeles riverbed, the Farmer's Market and Gilmore Stadium, Olvera Street, Los Angeles theaters, hospitals and businesses, City Hall, the Los Angeles Public Library, the Los Angeles Times Building under construction, Memorial Coliseum and the Olympic pool, and the Pan-Pacific Auditorium). Of particular note are the series of photographs that depict new housing tracts (Midwick View Estates, Rolling Knolls, Rolling Hills Estates, Beverly Wood), Wilshire


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Boulevard from Westlake to Western Avenues, the business district around La Brea Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard, and theconstruction of the Federal Building and Post Office in central Los Angeles.The collection also contains images arranged by subject. These include photographs of advertising (signs, billboards anddisplays); radio and television communications; clubs; people; transportation (including Los Angeles Railway cars and UnionStation); industries (food processing, fruits, water, rubber, steel, quarries, entertainment, and miscellaneous); construction(dams and aqueducts, housing); recreation; circuses; police and fire; cemeteries, charities and relief; religion; photographyand photographers; World War II effort; medical; ranches; automobiles; trucks; buses; motorcycles; automobile dealershipsand used car lots; racing cars; races; National Auto School; and aviation. Of particular note are the series of photographsdepicting tire production by Goodyear; the interior of the Bethlehem Steel Plant; the construction of the Metropolitanaqueduct and Parker Dam; the construction of Boulder (now Hoover) Dam; assembly lines in Ford, Plymouth, Studebaker,and Willys-Knight plants; photographs of Amelia Earhart, Howard Hughes, and other aviators; images of the DouglasAircraft plant; Timm Aircraft plastic plane construction; and images of the Vultee production facilities and airplanes.All copy photographs have identification information and Whittington numbers on verso; some have client information.Some images exist in duplicate.ArrangementThe collection is arranged in 39 boxes according to item type:

Panoramic negatives (Boxes 1-2)Copy prints (Boxes 3-11)Unprinted negatives (Box 11)Ephemera (Box 12)Negatives and interpositives with corresponding prints (27 boxes)

The panoramic negatives (boxes 1 and 2) are arranged generally by subject and location. These images are available forviewing in the form of digital surrogates available on CD-ROM through the office of the Curator of Photographs.The collection of copy prints (boxes 3-11) is arranged in two parts: the first by location, the second by subject. Thegeographic section—images of towns, businesses, street scenes, and landscapes—begins with central California locations,then moves to southern California, culminating in Los Angeles County. This is followed by the subject section: Los Angelesbusinesses arranged by type followed by broad topical areas: advertising; radio and television communications; clubs;people; transportation; industries; construction; recreation; circuses; police and fire; cemeteries, charities and relief;religion; photography and photographers; World War II effort; medical; ranches; automobiles; trucks; buses; motorcycles;automobile dealerships and used car lots; racing cars; races; National Auto School; and aviation.Related MaterialThe bulk of the "Dick" Whittington Studio archive is housed at the University of Southern California Regional History Center.For additional "Dick" Whittington Studio photographs in the Huntington Library, see also:

California Botanic Gardens, Mandeville Canyon, Los Angeles (photCL 208)Construction of Hoover Dam, Nevada, ca. 1929 (photCL 261)Bullock's Department Store Collection of Photographs, 1905-1971 (photCL 401)

Index TermsThe following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog. Persons:Cronin, A. J. (Archibald Joseph), 1896-1981 -- Photographs.Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977 -- Photographs.Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 -- Photographs.Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 -- Photographs.Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976 -- Photographs.Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 -- Photographs.Shaw, Frank L., 1877-1958 -- Photographs.Organizations:Bethlehem Steel Corporation -- Photographs.Casa de Manana (La Jolla, Calif.) -- Photographs.Douglas Aircraft Company -- Photographs.

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Farmers Market (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Photographs.Federal Building (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Photographs.Ford Motor Company -- Photographs.Gilmore Stadium (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Photographs.Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company -- Photographs.Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Photographs.Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Photographs.Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Photographs.Los Angeles Public Library -- Photographs.Los Angeles Railway -- Equipment and supplies -- Photographs.Los Angeles Times (Firm) -- Buildings -- Photographs.Pan-Pacific Auditorium (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Photographs.Rancho San Luis Rey (San Diego County, Calif.) -- Photographs.Republic Pictures Corporation -- Photographs.Santa Anita Park (Arcadia, Calif.) -- Photographs.Sherman Institute (Riverside, Calif.) -- Photographs.Studebaker Corporation -- Factories -- Photographs.Timm Aircraft Corporation (Van Nuys, Calif.) -- Factories -- Photographs.Union Passenger Terminal (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Photographs.University of California, Los Angeles -- Photographs.Vultee Aircraft, Inc.--Photographs.Willys-Overland Motors, Inc. -- Photographs.Places:Alhambra (Calif.) -- Photographs.Alpine (San Diego County, Calif.) -- Photographs.Altadena (Calif.) -- Photographs.Anaheim (Calif.) -- Photographs.Arcadia (Calif.) -- Photographs.Azusa (Calif.) -- Photographs.Balboa Island (Calif.) -- Photographs.Balboa Park (San Diego, Calif.) -- Photographs.Baldwin Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Photographs.Baldwin Park (Calif.) -- Photographs.Bel Air (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Photographs.Bellflower (Calif.) -- Photographs.Big Bear Lake (Calif.) -- Photographs.Bonsall (Calif.) -- Photographs.Brentwood (Calif.) -- Photographs.Capistrano Beach (Calif.) -- Photographs.Chino (Calif.) -- Photographs.Corona (Calif.) -- Photographs.Covina (Calif.) -- Photographs.Culver City (Calif.) -- Photographs.Del Mar (Calif.) -- Photographs.Descanso (Calif.) -- Photographs.Downey (Calif.) -- Photographs.East Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Photographs.El Cajon (Calif.) -- Photographs.


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El Dorado County (Calif.) -- Photographs.El Monte (Calif.) -- Photographs.El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Photographs.El Sereno (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Photographs.Encino (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Photographs.Escondido (Calif.) -- Photographs.Fish Harbor (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Photographs.Flintridge (Calif.) -- Photographs.Fontana (Calif.) -- Photographs.Fullerton (Calif.) -- Photographs.Gardena (Calif.) -- Photographs.Glendora (Calif.) -- Photographs.Hawthorne (Calif.) -- Photographs.Hemet (Calif.) -- Photographs.Hermosa Beach (Calif.) -- Photographs.Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Photographs.Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) -- Photographs.Imperial County (Calif.) -- Photographs.Inglewood (Calif.) -- Photographs.Inyo County (Calif.) -- Photographs.Kern County (Calif.) -- Photographs.La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.) -- Photographs.La Mesa (Calif.) -- Photographs.Laguna Beach (Calif.) -- Photographs.Lake Arrowhead (Calif.) -- Photographs.Lake Elsinore (Calif.) -- Photographs.Lakeside (Calif.) -- Photographs.Leimert Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Photographs.Long Beach (Calif.) -- Photographs.Los Angeles River (Calif.) -- Photographs.Los Feliz (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Photographs.Manhattan Beach (Calif.) -- Photographs.Metropolitan Aqueduct (Calif.) -- Photographs.Mexico -- Photographs.Midwick View Estates (Monterey Park, Calif.) -- Photographs.Monrovia (Calif.) -- Photographs.Montebello (Calif.) -- Photographs.Monterey Park (Calif.) -- Photographs.Mount Helix (Calif.) -- Photographs.Nevada County (Calif.) -- Photographs.Newport Beach (Calif.) -- Photographs.Norco (Calif.) -- Photographs.North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Photographs.Norwalk (Calif.) -- Photographs.Ontario (Calif.) -- Photographs.Orange County (Calif.) -- Photographs.Pacific Palisades (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Photographs.Palm Springs (Calif.) -- Photographs.


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Palos Verdes Estates (Calif.) -- Photographs.Parker Dam (Ariz. and Calif.) -- Photographs.Pasadena (Calif.) -- Photographs.Perris (Calif.) -- Photographs.Pine Valley (Calif.) -- Photographs.Pio Pico State Historic Park (Whittier, Calif.) -- Photographs.Playa del Rey (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Photographs.Pomona Fairplex (Pomona, Calif.) -- Photographs.Port Hueneme (Calif.) -- Photographs.Ramona (Calif.) -- Photographs.Rancho Palos Verdes (Calif.) -- Photographs.Redondo Beach (Calif.) -- Photographs.Riverside (Calif.) -- Photographs.Riverside County (Calif.) -- Photographs.Rolling Hills Estates (Calif.) -- Photographs.San Bernardino (Calif.) -- Photographs.San Bernardino County (Calif.) -- Photographs.San Diego County (Calif.) -- Photographs.San Gabriel (Calif.) -- Photographs.San Jacinto (Calif.) -- Photographs.San Luis Obispo (Calif.) -- Photographs.San Marino (Calif.) -- Photographs.San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Photographs.Santa Ana (Calif.) -- Photographs.Santa Barbara County (Calif.) -- Photographs.Santa Fe Springs (Calif.) -- Photographs.Santa Monica (Calif.) -- Photographs.Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Photographs.Sierra Madre (Calif.) -- Photographs.Solana Beach (Calif.) -- Photographs.Studio City (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Photographs.Tahiti Beach (San Diego County, Calif.) -- Photographs.Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) -- Photographs.Tulare County (Calif.) -- Photographs.Twentynine Palms (Calif.) -- Photographs.Venice (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Photographs.Ventura County (Calif.) -- Photographs.View Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Photographs.Vista (Calif.) -- Photographs.Westchester (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Photographs.Westwood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Photographs.Whittier (Calif.) -- Photographs.Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Photographs.Woodland Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Photographs.Subjects:Aeronautics -- California -- Photographs.Air pilots -- Photographs.Airplane factories -- California -- Los Angeles -- Photographs.


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Airplanes -- Photographs.Airports -- California -- Los Angeles -- Photographs.Aqueducts -- California -- Design and construction -- Photographs.Automobile dealers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Photographs.Automobile industry and trade -- California -- Los Angeles -- Photographs.Automobile racing -- California -- Photographs.Automobiles -- Photographs.Billboards -- California -- Los Angeles -- Photographs.Buses -- Photographs.Business enterprises -- California -- Photographs.Camp meetings -- California -- Los Angeles -- Photographs.Cemeteries -- California -- Photographs.Charities -- California -- Photographs.Circus -- California -- Los Angeles -- Photographs.Cities and towns -- California -- Photographs.Clubs -- California -- Los Angeles -- Photographs.Dam construction -- Photographs.Display of merchandise -- California -- Los Angeles -- Photographs.Fire departments -- California -- Los Angeles -- Photographs.Fire departments -- California -- Pasadena -- Photographs.Food industry and trade -- California -- Photographs.Hospitals -- California -- Los Angeles -- Photographs.Housing -- California -- Los Angeles -- Design and construction -- Photographs.Motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- Photographs.Motorcycles -- Photographs.Olympic Games (10th : 1932 : Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Photographs.Photographic studios -- California -- Los Angeles -- Photographs.Plymouth automobile -- Factories -- California -- Photographs.Police -- California -- Los Angeles -- Photographs.Quarries and quarrying -- California -- Photographs.Radio -- Equipment and supplies -- Photographs.Ranches -- California -- Photographs.Recreation -- California -- Photographs.Rubber industry and trade -- California -- Los Angeles -- Photographs.Signs and signboards -- California -- Los Angeles -- Photographs.Springs -- California -- Photographs.Steel industry and trade -- California -- Los Angeles -- Photographs.Television -- Equipment and supplies -- Photographs.Television stations -- California -- Los Angeles -- Photographs.Theaters -- California -- Los Angeles -- Photographs.Trucks -- Photographs.World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief -- California -- Los Angeles -- Photographs.World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- California -- Los Angeles -- Photographs.Document Types:Interpositives.Negatives.Panoramas.Photographs.


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Tape measures.

Container List

Panoramic negatives Box 1 Panoramic Negatives (3072-3118)Box 1,Negative 3072

View of real estate office and surrounding hills, Topanga Oaks, 1925Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]

Box 1,Negative 3073

Beverly Hills Heights, development by Frank Meline shown at the start of thesubdivision, 1925

Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.] Box 1,Negative 3074

Beverly Hills Heights, development by Frank Meline shown at the start of thesubdivision, 1925


Belgenland Steamship at San Pedro, 1925Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]

Box 1,Negative 3076

Riviera development by Frank Meline, Pacific Palisades, 1926Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]

Box 1,Negative 3077

Riviera development by Frank Meline, Pacific Palisades, 1926Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]

Box 1,Negative 3078

Santa Fe Valley farms, Dan Midine, 1926Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]

Box 1,Negative 3079

Beach and bathers, and real estate development by Frank Meline, PierpontBay, Ventura County, 1926


Beach and bathers, and real estate development by Frank Meline, PierpontBay, Ventura County, 1926


View from the pier of beach, hotel, and buildings around Dan Molinedevelopment, Del Mar, 1926


View of Castellammare before development by Frank Meline began, 1926Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]

Box 1,Negative 3083


Box 1,Negative 3084


Container ListPanoramic negatives


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Box 1,Negative 3085


Box 1,Negative 3086

View of Lido Isle, Newport Beach, ca. 1930Physical Description: [9 ½ x 11 in.]

Box 1,Negative 3087


Box 1,Negative 3088


Box 1,Negative 3089


Box 1,Negative 3090

Armistice Day celebration on Mt. Rubidoux, Riverside County, 1926Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]

Box 1,Negative 3091

View of development, Miramar Estates, 1927Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]Note[Santa Monica?]

Box 1,Negative 3092

Development by Le Baron, Midwick tract, 1927Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]Note[Monterey Park.]

Box 1,Negative 3093

Development by Le Baron, Midwick tract, 1927Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]Note[Monterey Park.]

Box 1,Negative 3094

Beach, tent cabins and automobiles, Hollywood by the Sea, 1927Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]

Box 1,Negative 3095

Los Angeles at night, 1928Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]

Box 1,Negative 3096

Opening day, Lido Isle, Newport Beach, 1928Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]

Box 1,Negative 3097

Opening day, Lido Isle, Newport Beach, 1928Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]

Box 1,Negative 3098

Safeway warehouse, 1927Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]

Box 1,Negative 3099

Crowd waiting to see "Desert Song," 1928Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]

Box 1,Negative 3100

Beach and buildings, Hollywood by the Sea, 1928Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]



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Box 1,Negative 3101

Plaza, Leimert Park, Los Angeles, 1929Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]

Box 1,Negative 3102

Plaza, Leimert Park, Los Angeles, 1929Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]

Box 1,Negative 3103

California Aerial Transport planes lined up outside air terminal, 1929Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]

Box 1,Negative 3104

Maddux Air Lines planes in hangar, ca. 1929Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]

Box 1,Negative 3104a

Jonathan Club banquet, 1937Physical Description: [12 x 20 in.]

Box 1,Negative 3105

Caballero Estates auction, 1931Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]Note[Los Angeles?]

Box 1,Negative 3106

Olympic swimming, 1932Physical Description: [12 x 20 in.]

Box 1,Negative 3107

Opening day, Olympics, 1932Physical Description: [12 x 20 in.]

Box 1, Negative 3108

Cabrillo Beach, 1932Physical Description: [12 x 20 in.]

Box 1,Negative 3109

Easter service at the Hollywood Bowl, 1932Physical Description: [12 x 20 in.]

Box 1,Negative 3110

Crowd getting Miracle Water, 1932Physical Description: [12 x 20 in.]

Box 1,Negative 3111

Camp-fire girls, 1934Physical Description: [12 x 20 in.]

Box 1,Negative 3112

Drive-in theatre, Los Angeles, 1934Physical Description: [12 x 20 in.]

Box 1,Negative 3113

The Packard fiesta, 1934Physical Description: [12 x 20 in.]

Box 1,Negative 3114

Pacific Freight Lines, 1935Physical Description: [12 x 20 in.]

Box 1,Negative 3115

Universal Studios banquet for executives, 1936Physical Description: [12 x 20 in.]

Box 1,Negative 3116

Hollywood Bowl, Gershwin concert, 1937Physical Description: [11 x 14 in.]



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Box 1,Negative 3117

Dedication of Mabel Normand State, Republic Studios, 1940Physical Description: [12 x 20 in.]

Box 1,Negative 3118

W.R. Hearst, 1942Physical Description: [11 x 14 in.]

Box 2 Panoramic Negatives (3131-3153)Box 2,Negative 3131

Castellammare before development, ca. 1926Physical Description: [8 x 51 in.]Note[Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles.]

Box 2,Negative 3132

Santa Monica Canyon, 1930Physical Description: [10 x 29½ in.]Note[View of Pacific Coast Highway and hillside homes.]

Box 2,Negative 3133

View of Castellammare subdivision, 1931Physical Description: [10 x 39 in.]Note[Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles.]

Box 2,Negative 3134

Miramar Estates before development, 1927Physical Description: [8 x 78 in.]Note[Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles.]

Box 2,Negative 3135

Brentwood Riviera Estates, Los Angeles, undatedPhysical Description: [10 x 52½ in.]

Box 2,Negative 3136

View of Leimert Park, Los Angeles, undatedPhysical Description: [10 x 51 in.]

Box 2,Negative 3137

Leimert Park, Los Angeles, 1928Physical Description: [8 x 49 in.]

Box 2,Negative 3138

Midwick View Estates, ca. 1930Physical Description: [10 x 45½ in.]Note[Monterey Park.]

Box 2,Negative 3139

Opening Day Crowd at Midwick View Estates, ca. 1930Physical Description: [10 x 66 in.]Note[Monterey Park.]

Box 2,Negative 3140

View of Covina before development, ca. 1930Physical Description: [10 x 66 in.]

Box 2,Negative 3141

Laguna Beach, ca. 1930Physical Description: [10 x 71 in.]



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Box 2,Negative 3142

Opening Day of Lido Isle, Newport Beach, ca. 1930Physical Description: [10 x 31½ in.]

Box 2,Negative 3143

Crowds in grandstand, Southern California Fair, Riverside, 1930Physical Description: [10 x 55½ in.]

Box 2,Negative 3144

Runnymede, 1929Physical Description: [10 x 47 in.]Note[Development in southern California?]

Box 2,Negative 3145

Earle M. Jorgensen Company plant, 1930sPhysical Description: [10 x 30½ in.]

Box 2,Negative 3146

Interstate Aircraft, El Segundo, California, ca. 1943Physical Description: [10 x 40 in.]

Box 2,Negative 3147

Fairchild Aerial Surveys, fleet of planes on runway, ca. 1940Physical Description: [10 x 64 in.]

Box 2,Negative 3148

Opening Day at Grand Central Air Terminal, Glendale, 1929Physical Description: [10 x 44 in.]

Box 2,Negative 3149

View of sports fields and Southwest Museum in the Arroyo Seco, Los Angeles,ca. 1940s


Republic Studios, 1942Physical Description: [10 x 47 in.]

Box 2, Negative 3151


Box 2,Negative 3152


Box 2,Negative 3153

Whittington Studio, 3845 Wisconsin Street, Los Angeles, undatedPhysical Description: [10 x 63 in.]Note[Print.]

Copy prints Box 3 Copy Prints (1-338)Box 3, Item 1-6 El Dorado County, 1946

Note[Placerville; Coloma.]

Box 3, Item 7 Inyo County, 1939

Note[Lone Pine.]

Container ListCopy prints


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Box 3, Item 8-13 Nevada County, 1946Note[Truckee.]

Box 3, Item 14-19 Lake Tahoe, 1946

Note[Tahoe.]

Box 3, Item 20-30 Kern County, 1938-1939

Note[Randsburg; Mojave; Maricopa; Lebec.]

Box 3, Item 31-38 Kern County, 1934, 1939

Note[Kern County Park; Kernville; Bakersfield oil fields; Los Angeles aqueduct in MintCanyon; Fort Tejon.]

Box 3, Item 39-40 Tulare County, 1939

Note[Visalia.]

Box 3, Item 41- 53 San Luis Obispo County, 1939

Note[Atascadero; Paso Robles; Pismo Beach; Moro Rock and Bay; Cayucos; Cambria.]

Box 3, Item 54-64 Santa Barbara County, 1939, 1946-1947

Note[El Rancho Espanol; Cuyama; Rancho Santa Ynez; Mission Santa Ines; Solvang.]

Box 3, Item 65-76 Santa Barbara County, 1929, 1937, 1939

Note[Santa Maria; La Purisima Concepcion; Santa Barbara; Santa Barbara oil fields.]

Box 3, Item 77-89 Ventura County, 1934, 1939, 1946

Note[Dos Vientos Ranch near Camarillo; Ojai Valley; Ojai.]

Box 3,Item 90-103

Ventura County, 1926-1928, 1939Note[Pierpont Bay; Hollywood by the Sea.]

Box 3,Item 104-109

Ventura County, 1939Note[Santa Paula; Ventura; Oxnard.]

Box 3,Item 110-119

Ventura County, 1939Note[Port Hueneme.]

Box 3,Item 120-135

Ventura County, 1939Note[Port Hueneme.]



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Box 3,Item 136-147

Orange County, 1928, 1938-1939Note[Fullerton; Santa Ana; Anaheim; Laguna Beach.]

Box 3,Item 148-173

Orange County, 1927-1928, 1931, 1936Note[Capistrano Beach construction; Balboa and Newport Beach; Lido Isle.]Note[For additional Lido Isle images, see panoramic negative #s 3086-3089, 3142.]

Box 3,Item 174-187

Orange County, 1925, 1928, 1930, 1935, 1938, 1939, 1941Note[Balboa and Newport Beach.]

Box 3,Item 188-202

Riverside County, 1939, 1943Note[Elsinore; Lake Elsinore; Perris; Corona; Sherman Institute (Riverside); Riverside;U.S. Naval Hospital construction (Norco).]

Box 3,Item 203-221

Riverside County, 1933-1934, 1937, 1939Note[El Mirador Hotel (Palm Springs); Palm Springs.]

Box 3,Item 222-237

Riverside County, 1938-1939Note[San Jacinto; Hemet; Lavida Springs; Gilman Hot Springs; Eden Hot Springs; SobobaHot Springs; Curry's Idyllwild.]

Box 3,Item 238-248

San Bernardino County, 1930, 1938-1941, 1946Note[Twentynine Palms; Fontana; Chino; Ontario; San Bernardino.]

Box 3,Item 249-271

San Bernardino County, 1929, 1933-1934, 1936-1938Note[Big Bear; Lake Arrowhead.]

Box 3,Item 272-283

San Bernardino County, 1936, 1940Note[Arrowhead Springs Hotel; Arrowhead Springs Curatory.]

Box 3,Item 284-302

San Diego County, 1939Note[Mount Helix; La Mesa; El Cajon; Alpine; Pine Valley; Descanso; Lakeside; Ramona;Escondido; Vista; Rancho San Luis Rey; Bonsall.]

Box 3,Item 303-321

San Diego County, 1926-1928Note[Tahiti Beach; Del Mar; Solana Beach.]

Box 3,Item 322-338

San Diego County, 1935, 1938-1939Note[La Jolla; Casa de Manana; San Diego Fairgrounds (Balboa Park); Boulder Park.]



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Box 4 Copy Prints (339-718)Box 4,Item 339-352

Imperial County, 1938, 1946Note[Mullett Island; Imperial Valley; All American Canal.]

Box 4,Item 353-359

Mexico, 1938Note[Tijuana; Agua Caliente; Ensenada.]

Box 4,Item 360-376

Los Angeles County (east), 1925, 1928, 1936-1937, 1939, 1941Note[House of Jenkins Flintridge, Flintridge; home of Zane Grey, Altadena; Altadena;Monrovia; Glendora; Crystal Lake; Azusa.]

Box 4,Item 377-399

Los Angeles County, 1927-1928, 1930-1931, 1936, 1939Note[East Los Angeles; Montebello; Whittier; Pio Pico Adobe; Sunshine Acres Farms(Santa Fe Springs); Santa Fe Springs oil fields; Downey; Norwalk; Bellflower.]

Box 4,Item 400-409

Los Angeles County, 1930-1931, 1939Note[El Monte; Gay's Lion Farm; Baldwin Park; Covina; Puddingstone Reservoir; PomonaFairgrounds.]

Box 4,Item 410-427

Los Angeles County, 1925-1926, 1931Note[El Molino Viejo, San Marino; San Marino Tract; Huntington Estate.]

Box 4,Item 428-440

Los Angeles County, 1925-1939, 1945Note[Pasadena. Annandale Estates; California Institute of Technology construction;Colorado Boulevard grandstand; William Wrigley, Jr. home; Foothill Boulevard andSunnyslope; Sierra Madre Boulevard; Hastings Estate (North Pasadena).]

Box 4,Item 441-457

Los Angeles County, 1945Note[Pasadena; Hastings Estate (North Pasadena); Raymond Hills.]

Box 4,Item 458-474

Los Angeles County, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1935, 1941, 1946Note[Mayfair tract, Alhambra; Alhambra; El Sereno; San Gabriel; Midwick View Estates,Monterey Park; Monterey Park tracts.]

Box 4,Item 475-489

Los Angeles County, 1931, 1934, 1936, 1938-1940Note[Monterey Hills; South Pasadena; Santa Anita; Arcadia; Santa Anita race track.]

Box 4,Item 490-510

Los Angeles County, 1929, 1933-1934, 1942Note[Long Beach; Long Beach earthquake.]



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Box 4,Item 511-522

Los Angeles County, 1932, 1936-1937, 1945Note[Cabrillo Beach; Point Fermin; South Los Angeles housing projects (Rolling Knolls,Harbor City).]

Box 4, Item 523-541

Los Angeles County, 1929-1930, 1939, 1941Note[San Pedro Harbor; San Pedro ferry boat; Fish Harbor.]

Box 4,Item 542-553

Los Angeles County, 1929-1930, 1935, 1941, 1945Note[Los Angeles Harbor; Fish Harbor; Terminal Island.]

Box 4,Item 554-571

Los Angeles County, 1927, 1935, 1937, 1940Note[Palos Verdes ranch views; Palos Verdes homes.]

Box 4,Item 572-583

Los Angeles County, 1936, 1937, 1944Note[Rolling Hills Estates; Rancho Palos Verdes.]

Box 4,Item 584-599

Los Angeles County, 1934, 1941, 1944Note[Redondo Beach.]

Box 4,Item 600-609

Los Angeles County, 1935, 1940, 1943Note[Hermosa Beach; Manhattan Beach.]

Box 4,Item 610-626

Los Angeles County, 1930, 1937-1939Note[Playa del Rey; Venice.]

Box 4,Item 627-642

Los Angeles County, 1930, 1932, 1939-1940Note[Santa Monica.]

Box 4,Item 643-658

Los Angeles County, 1928, 1930-1931, 1939Note[Mulholland Drive; Santa Monica Mountains; Malibu Lake; Calabasas; Topanga delMar; Topanga Beach; Malibu Coast Road; Residence of Edgar Rice Burroughs(Malibu); Malibu.]

Box 4,Item 659-682

Los Angeles County, 1926-1928, 1937Note[Pacific Palisades. Riviera Tract; Castellammare; Marquez Knolls; BernheimerEstate (Santa Monica).]Note[For additional Riviera Tract and Castellammare images, see panoramic negativenumbers 3076-3077, 3082-3085, 3131, 3133.]



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Box 4,Item 683-698

Los Angeles County, 1928, 1931, 1933, 1937-1939Note[Westwood and the University of California, Los Angeles.]

Box 4,Item 699-718

Los Angeles County, 1924, 1926, 1928-1929, 1941, 1947Note[Bel Air; Beverlyridge Estates; Beverly Pacific tract; Bernheimer Estate (SantaMonica); Brentwood Riviera; Beverly Wood tract.]Note[See also numbers 966-970 for additional Beverly Wood images.]


Los Angeles County, 1931-1933, 1936-1939, 1946Note[Hollywood. Sunset Boulevard; Hollywood Boulevard; Pilgrimage Playhouse;Bernheimer Gardens; the Chinese Theater.]

Box 5,Item 746-776

Los Angeles County, 1928, 1930, 1932-1934, 1936-1937, 1940Note[Los Feliz; Barnsdall Art Park; Griffith Park (recreational activities, golf coursededication, observatory construction, Greek Theater).]

Box 5,Item 777-797

Los Angeles County, 1930, 1934-1935, 1938-1939, 1941Note[Hollywood. Paul Bragg and hikers in Hollywood; Hollywood Bowl (construction, skijumping); Hollywood Legion stadium; NBC building; Earl Carroll Theatre; KNXbuilding (CBS station and tower); panoramas of Los Angeles from Don Lee's tower.]

Box 5,Item 798-817

Los Angeles County, 1929, 1931, 1938, 1940Note[Culver City; Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Administration Building (Culver City); LeimertPark; Baldwin Hills.]Note[For additional Leimert Park images, see panoramic negative numbers 3131-3102,3136-3137.]

Box 5,Item 818-829

Los Angeles County, 1926, 1928, 1931, 1934, 1938, 1942, 1944Note[Inglewood; View Park; Hawthorne; Loyola College; Westchester; Windsor Hills;Gardena.]

Box 5,Item 830-852

Los Angeles County, 1932, 1939Note[Beverly and La Cienega Boulevards; 3rd Street and Fairfax Avenue Farmer'sMarket; Gilmore Stadium.]Note[See numbers 971-975 for additional Farmer's Market images.]

Box 5,Item 853-861

Los Angeles County, 1930-1931, 1937-1940Note[Tract on Airdrome Street; La Cienega and Pico Boulevards; La Brea Avenue andExposition Boulevard; Sunset Hills tract (Alsace Avenue and Exposition Boulevard);Carthay Circle Theater.]



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Box 5,Item 862-869

Los Angeles County, 1934, 1936Note[Sepulveda and National Boulevards; Los Angeles's first drive-in theater.]

Box 5,Item 870-887

Los Angeles County, 1924, 1926, 1929, 1933-1934,1937, 1939, 1943Note[Cahuenga Pass; Burbank; Tujunga; Granada Estates (San Fernando); Paul Hill'sRanch (Saugus); Newhall; Sylmar.]

Box 5,Item 888-907

Los Angeles County, 1932, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1941Note[San Fernando Valley; Woodland Hills; Encino; Sherman Oaks; North Hollywood;panoramic views; Studio City.]

Box 5,Item 908-921a

Los Angeles County, 1938, 1940Note[Los Angeles River bed construction.]

Box 5,Item 922-944

Los Angeles County, 1936, 1939, 1940-1942Note[Pacific Coast Highway (Roosevelt Highway).]

Box 5,Item 945-965

Los Angeles County, 1927, 1936, 1940Note[Pasadena (Colorado Boulevard); Santa Anita race track; Leimert Park; SantaBarbara; Windsor Hills; Crenshaw Park Development; 94th Street and VermontAvenue.]Note[For additional Leimert Park images, see panoramic negative numbers 3131-3102,3136-3137.]

Box 5,Item 966-988

Los Angeles County, 1929, 1933, 1937, 1939-1940, 1942, 1946Note[Beverly Wood tract; Farmer's Market; Gilmore Stadium; Hollywood (I. MagninBuilding, Montmartre Café, storefronts); Los Feliz (Hillhurst Avenue and SunsetBoulevard); Elysian Park; Ventura Boulevard; Cahuenga Boulevard construction;Beverly Hills City Hall; KMPC building; Venice.]Note[See numbers 715-718 for additional Beverly Wood images; see numbers 832-852for additional Farmer's Market and Gilmore Stadium images.]

Box 5,Item 989-997

Los Angeles County, 1924, 1929, 1931, 1938, 1940Note[Pico Boulevard; Los Angeles High School; Flood scenes; Vermont Avenue and 4thStreet; Drug store at 918 S. Western Avenue.]

Box 5,Item 998-1022

Los Angeles County, 1930, 1936-1937, 1938-1941,1946Note[Central Los Angeles; Olvera Street; Chinatown; Pershing Square; City views andpanoramas.]



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Box 5,Item 1023-1051

Los Angeles County, 1927Note[Wilshire Boulevard from Westlake to Western Avenue.]

Box 5,Item 1052-1075

Los Angeles County, 1927Note[Wilshire Boulevard from Westlake to Western Avenue.]

Box 5,Item 1076-1089

Los Angeles County, 1932Note[Business district, La Brea Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard.]

Box 5,Item 1090-1102


Box 5,Item 1103-1113


Box 5,Item 1114-1119

Los Angeles County, 1928, 1934, 1937, 1945-1946Note[Wilshire Boulevard near Westwood; Wilshire and La Cienega Boulevards; WilshireBoulevard and Highland Avenue; Coconut Grove Night Club.]

Box 5,Item 1120-1142

Los Angeles County, 1924-1927, 1929, 1931-1932Note[Franklin Park; Highland Park; Beverly Hills Heights; Midwick tract (Alhambra);Overhill tract; Terrace Park; Cahuenga Park; Santa Monica.]Note[For additional Midwick images, see panoramic negative numbers 3092-3093,3138-3139.]

Box 5,Item 1143-1154

Los Angeles theaters, 1931, 1938

Box 5,Item 1155-1171

Los Angeles hospitals, 1929-1930, 1932, 1934, 1938, 1940, 1942


New state office building construction, Los Angeles, 1930-1932

Box 6,Item 1185-1202

Federal Building and Post Office construction, Los Angeles, 1937-1938

Box 6,Item 1203-1219

Federal Building and Post Office construction and installation, Los Angeles,1938

Box 6,Item 1220-1231

Los Angeles. City Hall; Los Angeles Public Library; Los Angeles Times Buildingconstruction, 1927, 1937, 1940, 1946- 1948

Box 6,Item 1232-1246

Los Angeles. Memorial Coliseum; Olympic pool, 1925, 1931-1932, 1938, 1941

Box 6,Item 1247-1253

Pan-Pacific Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1937, 1939, 1945

Box 6,Item 1254-1259

Venice, 1933, 1940

Box 6,Item 1260-1271

Sports, 1926-1928, 1931, 1933, 1939, 1941, 1943-1944



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Box 6,Item 1272-1289

Los Angeles businesses, 1926, 1929Note[The Typewriter Shop; May Company; Radios; Furniture.]

Box 6,Item 1290-1295

Los Angeles businesses, 1930, 1935, 1937, 1939Note[Myers Barber Shop; Checker Barber Supply; Dental office; Forest Lawn mortuary.]

Box 6,Item 1296-1304

Los Angeles businesses, 1940Note[Silver's Drug Store; Mid-City Cut Rate Drugs.]

Box 6,Item 1305-1323

Los Angeles businesses, 1925, 1928, 1931Note[Sav-a-day Laundry; Unidentified laundry; Los Angeles Creamery Company (seealso number 2639); Mutual Dairy Association; Adohr Creamery Company; SantaMonica Dairy.]

Box 6,Item 1324-1334

Los Angeles businesses, 1924, 1927, 1946Note[Western Paint Remover; Gibson Lumber Company; Germain's Nursery.]

Box 6,Item 1335-1344

Los Angeles businesses, 1931, 1943Note[Vermont Avenue Market (Hattem's Shopping Center); Mayfair Market.]

Box 6,Item 1345-1363

Los Angeles businesses, 1928, 1931, 1935, 1937, 1939Note[Health Water Center; Alex's Sweet Shop; Currie's Ice Cream Store; See's CandyCompany; Sally's Candy Shop; Unidentified bar; Simon's Drive In Café.]

Box 6,Item 1364-1377

Advertising, 1928, 1931, 1935-1936, 1942, 1944Note[Signs; Billboards; Displays.]

Box 6,Item 1378-1391

Communications (radio), 1938Note[Making records; KNX; CBS; Lady football broadcasters.]

Box 6,Item 1392-1405

Communications (radio), 1940, 1944Note[KFAC "man on the street" broadcast;" KRKD election returns; CBS broadcasting;Tommy Dorsey at NBC.]

Box 6,Item 1406-1422

Communications (television), 1941Note[Don Lee's television system; Miscellaneous images.]

Box 6,Item 1423-1438

Communications (television), 1941Note[Don Lee's television system; Miscellaneous images.]



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Box 6,Item 1439-1460

Communications (Los Angeles Times), 1937, 1941

Box 6,Item 1461-1470

Clubs, 1933Note[Miramar-Biltmore Beach Club; Santa Monica.]Note[Numbers 1466-1470 missing as of 5/2006.]

Box 6,Item 1471-1479

People, 1926-1927, 1935, 1937-1938, 1942Note[Herbert Clark Hoover; J.W. Robinson; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Frank Shaw;Archibald Joseph Cronin; Bing Crosby.]

Box 6,Item 1480-1506

Transportation, 1927-1929, 1934, 1936-1937, 1942Note[Streetcars (Los Angeles Railway); Trucks and freight; Buses; Ships; Greyhound busdepot; Taxi cabs.]

Box 6,Item 1507-1532

Transportation (railroads), 1924, 1926-1927, 1930, 1933, 1937-1939Note[Cars; Track, Union Station.]

Box 6,Item 1533-1558

Transportation (railroads), 1939, 1942-1943, 1946-1947Note[Railroad stations; Union Pacific depot celebration; Glendale tower; Friendshiptrain; Virginia and Truckee Railroad (Carson City); Track construction.]

Box 6,Item 1559-1583

Industries (food processing), 1927-1928, 1930, 1932, 1935Note[Runnymede Poultry Farm and cannery; SC chicken ranch; Peanut butter factory;Fishing; Vegetables.]

Box 6,Item 1584-1606

Industries (food processing), 1929, 1931, 1936Note[McClure's Winery; Irrigation; Acme Brewery.]


Industries (fruits), 1936, 1938, 1942Note[Leffingwell Rancho; San Fernando Heights Packing House; Fruit plant operations.]

Box 7,Item 1625-1636

Industries (food processing, water), 1940, 1946Note[Ice Exchange; Sparkletts; Arrowhead.]

Box 7,Item 1637-1650

Industries (food processing), 1938-1940Note[Van de Kamp's Holland Dutch Bakers; Beaudry Brothers Candy Company.]

Box 7,Item 1651-1670

Industries (rubber), 1928, 1937Note[Goodrich rubber plant; Goodyear tire production.]



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Box 7,Item 1671-1686

Industries (rubber), 1937Note[Goodyear tire production.]

Box 7,Item 1687-1707

Industries (rubber), 1943-1944Note[Kirkhall Rubber; Goodyear Tire and Rubber; B.F. Goodrich.]

Box 7,Item 1708-1720

Industries (steel), 1925, 1928-1929, 1935Note[Axelson Machine Shop; Factory interiors; Earle M. Jorgensen Company.]

Box 7,Item 1721-1746

Industries (steel), 1936Note[Bethlehem Steel plant interior.]

Box 7,Item 1747-1770

Industries (steel), 1940, 1943, 1944Note[Plant interiors; Pacific Wire Rope plant; Western Pipe and Steel; Ducommun Metalsand Supply Company.]

Box 7,Item 1771-1789

Industries (quarries), 1936

Box 7,Item 1790-1802

Industries (entertainment), 1942Note[RCA plant and recording facilities.]

Box 7,Item 1803-1821

Industries (entertainment), 1928-1929, 1931Note[Movie studios. First National Pictures; Mack Sennett Studios; RKO Pictures; MGMStudios; "Poverty Row;" Unidentified studios.]

Box 7,Item 1822-1839

Industries (entertainment), 1932, 1934, 1937, 1939-1941, 1943Note[Movie sets; Fox Studios; Selznick Studio sets; Columbia Studios set; Distributionoffice, Paramount Studios.]

Box 7,Item 1840-1852

Industry (miscellaneous), 1928Note[Pioneer Paper Company; Max Factor production factory.]

Box 7,Item 1853-1872

Industry (miscellaneous), 1937, 1943Note[Arabian princes (King Faisal?); Small boat production; Knitting mill; Radiomanufacturing.]

Box 7,Item 1873-1887

Industry (miscellaneous), 1938Note[Standard Oil building; Southern California Telephone building; General Motors;Willys-Overland Motors building; Studebaker Pacific Corporation building; ChryslerMotors building; Firestone building; U.S. Rubber Products Inc. building; Goodrichbuilding.]



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Box 7,Item 1888-1916

Construction (dams and aqueducts), 1926, 1934Note[Hell's Gate Dam retaining wall; Metropolitan aqueduct and Parker Dam.]

Box 7,Item 1917-1942

Construction (dams and aqueducts), 1934Note[Metropolitan aqueduct and Parker Dam.]

Box 7,Item 1943-1961

Construction (dams and aqueducts), 1934Note[Boulder (Hoover) Dam.]

Box 7,Item 1962-1980

Construction (dams and aqueducts), 1935, 1937-1938, 1940-1941Note[Bonnerville Dam (Oregon); San Francisquito Canyon Powerhouse #2; Metropolitanaqueduct tunnel at Ascot Reservoir; San Gabriel Dam; Morris Dam.]

Box 7,Item 1981-2001

Construction, 1924, 1927-1928, 1931, 1936, 1939-1940Note[Gas lines; Riverside Drive; Equipment; Hyperion Viaduct; Mulholland bridge;Figueroa Street Tunnel connector; Arroyo Seco Parkway; Pasadena Freeway;Verdugo Wash bridge; Highway 101/Santa Ana River bridge.]

Box 7,Item 2002-2023

Construction (housing), 1928, 1942, 1946Note[Hotel construction; Small defense house; Pre-fabricated homes.]

Box 7,Item 2024-2049

Construction, 1936, 1946-1947Note[Kaiser Community Homes; Tujunga School; Fox Studios; House construction;Development in Pomona; Bullock's (Pasadena).]


Recreation, 1925, 1927-1928, 1930, 1932, 1937, 1939Note[Yachts and boats; Pool; Exposition Park playground; Children; Horseshoes; Hiking;Croquet; Exercise.]

Box 8,Item 2069-2084.1

Recreation, 1930-1931, 1937, 1939-1940, 1943Note[Miniature golf course; Camp Radford; Volleyball; Children playing marbles; Soapbox derby; Swimming pools; Picnic at Montebello Stadium; Bowling alley; Fishingfor grunions at Huntington Beach.]

Box 8,Item 2085-2108

Recreation, 1928-1930, 1932, 1935, 1940Note[Fairs; Christmas parade; Kiddies' parade; Griffith Park pet parade; Rose Bowldancers; Salvation Army gathering; Wendell Wilkie parade; Catholic CentennialPontifical Mass.]

Box 8,Item 2109-2116

Circus, 1937Note[Cole Brothers Circus parade; Al G. Barnes and Sells-Floto Circus.]



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Box 8,Item 2127-2143

Police, fire, 1924-1927, 1930, 1937-1939Note[Slide area in Elysian Park; Forest fire in Santa Monica hills; Fire trucks and firemen;Studio fire; Los Angeles Fire Department Company #32; Fire engine; Forestryservice demonstration in Pasadena; Fire Department training; Motorcyclepolicemen; Police and police car; Pasadena Fire Department rescue wagon.]

Box 8,Item 2144-2168

Cemeteries, charities and relief, 1925-1926, 1929, 1932-1933, 1938Note[Sawtelle Cemetery; Forest Lawn mausoleum; Legless and armless disabledperson; Camp Oakmont; Feeding earthquake victims; Midnight Mission; SalvationArmy Band; Breadline.]

Box 8,Item 2169-2175

Religion, 1938, 1944Note[Revival meetings.]

Box 8,Item 2176-2202

Photography and photographers, 1929-1930, 1933-1934, 1936-1937, 1939,1942

Note[Wayne Whittington; Whittington Studios; Whittington Trav-l Lab; Cameras andequipment.]

Box 8,Item 2204-2233

World War II effort, 1941-1942Note[No number 2203.]

Box 8,Item 2234-2252

World War II effort, 1943

Box 8,Item 2253-2266

World War II effort, 1941, 1944-1945

Box 8,Item 2267-2283

World War II effort, 1944-1945

Box 8,Item 2284-2306

World War II effort, 1942-1944

Box 8,Item 2307-2319

Medical, 1943Note[Processing blood plasma.]

Box 8,Item 2320-2332

World War II, 1943-1944Note[Army ordnance.]

Box 8,Item 2333-2352a

World War II, 1942-1945

Box 8,Item 2353-2362

Miscellaneous, 1928,1935-1936, 1946Note[Oil fields; Northern California resorts; Searchlights.]

Box 8,Item 2363-2369

Ranches, 1944, 1946

Box 9 Copy Prints (2370-2667)



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Box 9,Item 2370-2373

Automobiles, 1928, 1930, 1932-1933Note[Auburn.]

Box 9,Item 2374-2381

Automobiles, 1930Note[Austin.]

Box 9,Item 2382-2383

Automobiles, 1934Note[Brewster.]

Box 9,Item 2384-2386

Automobiles, 1929, 1937Note[Buick.]

Box 9,Item 2387-2392

Automobiles, 1929, 1935, 1939Note[Cadillac.]

Box 9, Item 2393 Automobiles, 1932

Note[Cass.]

Box 9,Item 2394-2403

Automobiles, 1926, 1928Note[Chevrolet.]

Box 9,Item 2404-2408

Automobiles, 1928-1929, 1932, 1934Note[Chrysler.]

Box 9,Item 2409-2413

Automobiles, 1929-1931Note[Cord.]

Box 9,Item 2414-2416

Automobiles, 1929-1930Note[DeSoto.]

Box 9,Item 2417-2419

Automobiles, 1929, 1936Note[Dodge.]


Note[Dupont.]

Box 9,Item 2421-2422

Automobiles, 1929Note[Durant.]



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Box 9,Item 2423-2428

Automobiles, 1929Note[Dusenberg.]

Box 9,Item 2429-2432

Automobiles, 1926Note[Elcar.]

Box 9,Item 2433-2460

Automobiles, 1928-1934Note[Ford.]

Box 9,Item 2461-2476

Automobiles, 1934-1937Note[Ford.]

Box 9,Item 2477-2490

Automobiles, 1935Note[Ford assembly plant, Long Beach.]

Box 9,Item 2491-2496

Automobiles, 1929, 1934-1935Note[Hudson.]


Note[Hupmobile.]

Box 9,Item 2498-2499

Automobiles, 1928-1929Note[Kissel.]


Note[Lafayette.]

Box 9,Item 2501-2502

Automobiles, 1929, 1934Note[La Salle.]

Box 9,Item 2503-2520

Automobiles, 1926, 1928-1931, 1936Note[Lincoln.]

Box 9,Item 2521-2522

Automobiles, 1926Note[Marmon.]

Box 9,Item 2523-2526

Automobiles, 1929Note[Mercedes.]



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Box 9,Item 2527-2529

Automobiles, 1927, 1929, 1936Note[Nash.]

Box 9,Item 2530-2531

Automobiles, 1932, 1936Note[Oldsmobile.]

Box 9,Item 2532-2543

Automobiles, 1926, 1929-1931, 1934-1936, 1938Note[Packard.]

Box 9,Item 2544-2554

Automobiles, 1924-1925, 1929-1930, 1932Note[Pierce Arrow (includes 1900 model).]

Box 9,Item 2555-2557

Automobiles, 1930, 1932, 1938Note[Plymouth.]

Box 9,Item 2558-2580

Automobiles, 1937Note[Plymouth assembly line.]


Note[Pontiac.]

Box 9,Item 2582-2587

Automobiles, 1929-1930, 1935Note[Rolls-Royce.]

Box 9,Item 2588-2591

Automobiles, 1930-1931, 1934Note[Studebaker.]

Box 9,Item 2592-2597

Automobiles, 1936Note[Studebaker assembly line.]

Box 9, Item 2598-2599

Automobiles, 1929Note[Stutz.]


Note[Swallow.]

Box 9,Item 2601-2604

Automobiles, 1932, 1934-1935Note[Terraplane.]



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Box 9,Item 2605-2606

Automobiles, 1927Note[Velie.]

Box 9,Item 2607-2613

Automobiles, 1928, 1931, 1933-1934Note[Willys-Knight.]

Box 9,Item 2614-2617

Automobiles, 1937Note[Willys-Knight plant.]

Box 9,Item 2618-2625

Various automobiles and trucks, 1934-1935, 1937-1938, 1942

Box 9,Item 2626-2645

Various automobiles and trucks, 1925-1926, 1928, 1930-1931, 1933

Box 9,Item 2646-2667

Various automobiles and trucks, 1928-1930


Various automobiles and trucks, 1926-1928, 1931-1933, 1936

Box 10,Item 2682-2697

Buses, 1926, 1928-1929, 1931, 1936-1938

Box 10,Item 2698-2702

Motorcycles, 1929-1930, 1932, 1939

Box 10,Item 2703-2706

Miscellaneous automobiles and trucks, 1931, 1936, 1938

Box 10,Item 2707-2719

Automobile dealerships and used car lots, 1937, 1947

Box 10,Item 2720-2739

Automobiles and racing cars, 1925, 1929, 1931-1936, 1938Note[Includes 1938 Los Angeles Auto Show, Ascot Park.]

Box 10,Item 2740-2768

Automobile races, 1930-1931, 1937, 1939Note[Erskine Mount Baldy Run; South Gate auto races; Cobb at Bonneville Salt Flats.]

Box 10,Item 2769-2774

National Auto School, 1928-1930

Box 10,Item 2775-2800

Aviation, 1926-1928Note[Maddux airplanes; Miscellaneous airports, planes and people. Includesphotographs of Amelia Earhart.]

Box 10,Item 2801-2830

Aviation, 1929Note[Airplanes at Catalina; Grand Central Airport under construction and opening;Kinner Airplane and Motor Company (Glendale); Various airplanes; Inaugurationflight from Los Angeles to Reno.]

Box 10,Item 2831-2849

Aviation, 1929Note[Zeppelin; Goodyear Blimp; Various planes and facilities; Charles Lindbergh; MinersField under construction.]



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Box 10,Item 2850-2854

Aviation, 1929Note[Tri-motor interiors.]

Box 10,Item 2855-2877

Aviation, 1930Note[Curtiss-Wright Flying service; Grand Central Airport, Glendale; Western Air Expressterminal; Miner's Field; Los Angeles Municipal Airport; Airplanes.]

Box 10,Item 2878-2883

Aviation, 1931Note[Grand Central Airport, Glendale; Glendale Airport; Airplanes.]

Box 10,Item 2884-2887

Aviation, 1932Note[Amelia Earhart; Endurance plane.]

Box 10,Item 2888-2899

Aviation, 1933Note[National air races; Building Delta Northrup; Douglas airplane interior.]

Box 10,Item 2900-2904

Aviation, 1934-1935Note[Airline plant views; Airplanes; Clover Field.]

Box 10,Item 2905-2911a

Aviation, 1936Note[National air races; Airplanes; Airplane interiors.]

Box 10,Item 2912-2927

Aviation, 1936Note[National air races; Airplanes; Parachuting.]

Box 10,Item 2928-2942

Aviation, 1936Note[National air races; Airplanes; Airplane interior.]

Box 10,Item 2943-2952

Aviation, 1937Note[Army and Navy airplanes; Burbank Airport; Ford V-8 plane; Loading airplane at LosAngeles Harbor.]

Box 10,Item 2953-2955

Aviation, 1938Note[Howard Hughes' flight around the world.]

Box 10,Item 2956-2958

Aviation, 1939Note[Pan American Airways christened at Reeves Field; Union Airport (Burbank).]

Box 11 Copy Prints (2959-3071n)



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Box 11,Item 2959-2981

Aviation, 1940Note[Airplane construction; Douglas Aircraft plant; Vail Field; North American Aviationand Northrup.]

Box 11,Item 2982-2992

Aviation, 1940Note[Timm Aircraft plastic plane construction.]

Box 11,Item 2993-3002

Aviation, 1940Note[Airplane construction.]

Box 11,Item 3003-3006

Aviation, 1941Note[Cadets and mechanics; Bomber testing.]

Box 11,Item 3007-3011

Aviation, 1941Note[Women at work.]

Box 11,Item 3013-3022

Aviation, 1941Note[Vultee production line.]Note[No number 3012.]

Box 11,Item 3023-3031

Aviation, 1941Note[Vultee production line--final assembly.]

Box 11,Item 3032-3036

Aviation, 1941Note[Vultee aerospace plant.]

Box 11, Item 3037-3051

Aviation, 1941Note[Vultee P48; Vultee Vanguard; PT15s; Dedication of Long Beach plant; HughesAircraft plant construction; Flying officers; Flight tower operator.]

Box 11,Item 3052-3066

Aviation, 1942-1943, 1947Note[Army plane details; Vultee motor assembly line; California Military Academydemonstration; Army planes; Industrial plant near airport.]

Box 11,Item 3067-3071h

Aviation, 1943-1944Note[Army planes; Women at work; Plant operations; Interstate Aircraft El Segundoplant; Rohr airplane exhibit.]Note[For additional El Segundo aircraft images, see panoramic negative number 3146.]



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Box 11,Item 3071i-3071n

Miscellaneous unidentified, undated

Unprinted negatives Box 11,Negative 3119-3130

Liberty and Victory cargo vessels under construction, Victory troop transportunder construction, April 30, 1943, January 6, 1944, January 24, 1944, February 7,1944, February 24, 1944, September 30, 1944

Ephemera Box 12 "Dick" Whittington Photography tape measure, approximately 1950s

Physical Description: 1.5 x 1.5 in.Custodial HistoryThe tape measure came from the estate of Orange Grove, California, radiologistDonald Bahr.Scope and Content NoteTape measure produced by “Dick” Whittington Photography studio that includes thestudio “coat of arms” with the year “1924” and the studio name and telephonenumber embossed in red and gold enamel on a black enamel background.

Negatives and interpositives with corresponding printsPhysical Description: 27 boxesAccess InformationAll negatives for the collection are housed in cold storage and access is restricted.Arrangements for viewing negatives must be made in advance with the Curator ofPhotographs.

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