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Elmer Frink's body being removed from bombed-out Los Angeles Times building, October 5, 1910
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Elmer Frink's body being removed from bombed-out Los Angeles Times building, October 5, 1910
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Photograph of Elmer Frink's body being removed from bombed-out Los Angeles Times building, October 5, 1910. Debris stands in a tall pile in the right foreground while the body lies in a wicker casket at center. The casket's lid leans against the pile at right while several men gather around the body at left. A brick wall stands in the background.; "Body of Elmer Frink being removed from ruins of Times Building. He was 25 years old and a linotype operator working in the basement of the building."
Asset Metadata
Title
Elmer Frink's body being removed from bombed-out Los Angeles Times building, October 5, 1910
Subject
Bombings
(lcsh),
buildings
(adlf),
Frink, Elmer
(subject),
Los Angeles -- Los Angeles Times disaster, 1910 and 1936
(file heading),
Los Angeles Times
(subject),
Newspapers
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
Broadway and First Streets
(roadway),
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1910-10-05
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection)
Date Created
1910-10-05
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m3448
Identifier
31110 (
accession number
), CHS-31110 (
call number
), CHS-31110 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-4401 (
legacy record id
), chs-m3448 (
legacy record id
), USC-0-1-1-3522 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
4401
Unique identifier
UC118826
Legacy Identifier
CHS-31110.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
19.8 in × 16.1 in at 300dpi
50.4 cm × 41.1 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Description
The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.
We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.
Date Created
1860/1960
Linked assets
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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