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Collection Description

The Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection consists of approximately 1.2 million photoprints from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper. Almost every event and individual receiving news coverage in Los Angeles during the period late 1920's to 1961 is represented in the collection. Coverage is broad including crime, sports, society, art, and entertainment. The collection forms part of the Hearst Collection and was a gift from the Los Angeles Herald Examiner Division of the Hearst Corporation in 1978.


CITE AS: Creator. Title. Date2 or Date1. From the Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961. Digitally reproduced by the University of Southern California Digital Archive. Available: URL. Access date.


EXAMPLE CITE AS: Arnold, A.E. (photographer). The First Methodist Episcopal Church in Pasadena with cars parked in front of it. 1905/1930. From the Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961. Digitally reproduced by the University of Southern California Digital Archive. Available: http://digarc.usc.edu:8089/cispubsearch/resultsdetail.jsp?object_name=examiner-m27. Accessed 10 December 2004.


PHYSICAL LOCATION: The Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection is part of the Regional History Collection of the Archival Research Center, Doheny Library, University of Southern California.


CONTACT: Dace Taube, Regional History Center, Archival Research Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189, U.S.A.; (213) 743-2117; (213) 743-1778; fax (213) 740-2343; taube@usc.edu; special@usc.edu


Title:

Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961

Alternate Title:

[short] LA Examiner prints

Record ID:

examiner-m4404

Names & Dates

Created:

1920/1961

Creator:

[photographer] Los Angeles Examiner

Publisher:

[host] University of Southern California. Libraries

Subject

Topic:

news photographs , Art -- California -- Los Angeles , Crime -- California -- Los Angeles , Music -- California -- Los Angeles , Fashion -- California -- Los Angeles , Upper classes -- California -- Los Angeles , Traffic accidents -- California -- Los Angeles , Natural disasters -- California -- Los Angeles , United States -- Armed Forces

Coverage:

1920/1961

Place:

[cities] Los Angeles
[counties] Los Angeles
[states/provinces] California
[countries] USA

Relationships

Part Of:

[collection] Los Angeles Examiner Collection, 1920-1961

Physical

Type:

images

Format:

ca. 1.2 million photographs : prints, b&w
photographs

Access

Rights:

University of Southern California

Repository:

USC Libraries Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu
specol@usc.edu

Ordering:

Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu; phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343

Identifiers

Record ID:

examiner-m4404

Source:

Regional History Collections

Collection Sampling

examiner-m3161
The largest bascule bridge in the world ...
examiner-m2942
Los Angeles Market Terminal, [s.d.]
examiner-m2944
Busy Broadway packed with automobiles an...
examiner-m3174
Sister Mary Rose plays baseball with the...