Access Conditions Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/whit-m2582

Identifier DW-49-48-1 (call number), DW-49-48-1-ISLA (filename), isla id: 3857 (identifying number), isla id: S-4198 (identifying number), whit-m2804 (legacy collection record id), whit-c170-21505 (legacy record id), whit-m2582 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 21505

Unique identifier UC12072507

Legacy Identifier DW-49-48-1-ISLA.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 15.8 in × 12.8 in at 300dpi
40.2 cm × 32.6 cm at 300dpi

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Title Getty -- Faces of LA, 1936-1958

Description The "Dick" Whittington Studio was the largest and finest photography studio in the Los Angeles area from 1924 to 1987. Specializing in commercial photography, the Whittington Studio took photographs for nearly every major business and organization in Los Angeles; in so doing, they documented the growth and commercial development of Los Angeles. Clients included Max Factor, the Broadway, Bullock's, and May Co. department stores, the California Fruit Growers Association, Signal Oil, Shell Oil, Union Oil, Van de Kamp's bakeries, Forest Lawn, Sparkletts Water, CBS, Don Lee Television, Goodyear Tire and Rubber, real estate developers, construction companies, automobile, aircraft, and railroad companies, and drive-in theaters. Another notable client was the University of Southern California, which contracted with the Whittington Studios for coverage of athletic and other events. The collection consists primarily of roughly 500,000 negatives; the rest are photoprints.

Supporters

The collection is only partially digitized, but thanks to the generous help of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), the USC Libraries has digitized 76,645 at-risk negatives in obsolete formats from the 1920s to 1940s.

Coverage Temporal 1924/1987

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Getty -- Faces of LA, 1936-1958

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Looking down Hollywood Boulevard, Grauman's Chinese Theatre is seen on the left side of the road

Looking across Hill Street to the Mayan Theater, which was built in 1927 and is playing "Pop Goes the Weasel"

Seen from the corner high above Sixth Street and Broadway is the Stone Building which houses Silverwood's Inc.

The Pan-Pacific Auditorium

Streaks of lights from the headlights of cars curve around the corner where every light in the Woodbury College is located

Cars parked in a row along Tuna Street which houses many fishing businesses

Looking west over the palms and banana trees of Pershing Square to the Biltmore Hotel, which opened in 1923

A large group of men gathered in Westlake Park, with old men playing cards in the foreground

A facade of the Forrester Building and the Broadway Palace Building which house the Innes Shoe Company and Dr. Beauchamp Dentist Office

A corner view of Desmond's, a mens clothing store, in Westwood

An old man sitting with a young girl in a doorway which leads to many residences in Chinatown

The Asbury Hotel

The Sunset Market shopping center

Looking up Brand Boulevard in Glendale, CA, showing the Glendale Music Company, and the Glendale theater, which is playing "Waikiki Wedding" with Bing Crosby and Martha Raye

Cars line up for the opening of the Pico Drive-In

Looking south along Broadway from the Tenth Street intersection

Looking east on Wilshire Boulevard from Burnside Avenue

Looking north along Broadway between Ninth Street and Tenth street

A long shot of CBS Television City

The Angels Flight Cable Railway going up Bunker Hill

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