Man next to graves at the Los Angeles Pet Cemetery, 1937

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Photograph of a man next to graves at the Los Angeles Pet Cemetery, 1937. The man can be seen wearing a suit and bowtie at left and is looking at graves at right. The headstones appear as plaques on the side of a wall. Flower holders can be seen to the right of most of the plaques. The headstones read, from top to bottom, "1923-193[...]. Our Lost Treasure", "Jiggs Fa[...]. My Dear Little Pa[...]. 1925-1934", "Nina. 1927-19[...] 'Boucicault'", "Fritz. July 6th, 1936. Jan. 14th, 1937", "[...] Margie. Our 'Little Baby' Pet", "Sammy. 1919-1935. 'My Boy'", "Oct 1930. May 1936. Rex. Our Pride and Joy. The Dearly Loved Little Pet of Anne Nat Arthur Shilkret", "Suie. 1927-1936. Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Cozzens", "John Schulte. Sleep Now, My Precious Jackie, S[...] In God's [...]", and "1924. Sh[...]".

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Title Man next to graves at the Los Angeles Pet Cemetery, 1937

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1937

Subject Cemeteries (lcsh), Cemeteries (adlf), General Subjects -- Cemeteries -- General -- Uncataloged (file heading), Los Angeles Pet Cemetery (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1937

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m20419

Identifier 37055 (accession number), CHS-37055 (call number), CHS-37055 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-22624 (legacy record id), chs-m20419 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 22624

Unique identifier UC124217

Legacy Identifier CHS-37055.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.3 in × 18.5 in at 300dpi
33.7 cm × 47.2 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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