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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/whit-c170-27081

Identifier DW-1931-06-29-176~01.TIF (filename), whit-c170-27081 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 27081

Unique identifier UC12061761

Legacy Identifier DW-1931-06-29-176/DW-1931-06-29-176~01.TIF

Type Image

Resolution 32.3 in × 22.9 in at 300dpi
82.1 cm × 58.2 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title World's largest wedding cake, Swift and Co., Southern California, 1931

Inherited Title World's largest wedding cake, Swift and Co., Southern California, 1931 (title)

Description Photograph of photograph of 4 women and a man frosting a wedding cake, Swift and Co., Southern California, 1931. "Subject: Copy of Worlds largest wedding cake; Agency: J. Walter Thompson; Client: Swift and Co.; Original print order: 15; Size: 8x10; Finish: glossy; Mount: at 35¢ ea[ch]; Re-order: 8; Size: 8x10; Finish: gl[ossy], #1; Year: 1931; Job: 6-29-176" -- on envelope front. "Extra charges: Fa. 6030; Copies (Print Extra): 1, 1.00; Operator's report (Name): Joe" -- on envelope back.

Subject Food (lcsh), Men (lcsh), Swift and Co. (corporate name), Thompson, J. Walter (personal name), Wedding cakes (lcsh), Women (lcsh)

Coverage Spatial California (states), California, Southern (region), USA (countries)

Coverage Temporal 1931

Inherited Subject Food (lcsh), Men (lcsh), Swift and Co. (corporate name), Thompson, J. Walter (personal name), Wedding cakes (lcsh), Women (lcsh)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

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

Rights For uses other than private, please contact the USC Digital Library at cisadmin@lib.usc.edu

Date Created 1931

Creator Carter, Joseph E. (photographer), Dick Whittington Studio (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Type images, texts

Format 1 photograph: b&w, negative, 5x7 in. in envelope (aacr2), 5x7 in. (format), B/W Nitrate (format), negatives (aat), photographs (aat)

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