Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987

May Company building from West 8th Street and South Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1930

May Company building from West 8th Street and South Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1930 [image]

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May Company building from West 8th Street and South Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1930 [image]

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Photograph of exterior of May Company building from West 8th Street and South Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1930. "The May Co." -- on building. "7 Floors of [Ser]vic[e]" -- on sign.

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Title May Company building from West 8th Street and South Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1930 [image]

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Department stores (lcsh), Men (lcsh), Stores, Retail (lcsh), Women (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Type images

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

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-c170-16307

Identifier DW-1930-01-30-170~01.TIF (filename), whit-c170-16307 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 16307

Unique identifier UC12055611

Legacy Identifier DW-1930-01-30-170/DW-1930-01-30-170~01.tif

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 32.1 in × 22.9 in at 300dpi
81.5 cm × 58.3 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title May Company building from West 8th Street and South Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1930

Inherited Title May Company building from West 8th Street and South Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1930 (title)

Description Photograph of exterior of May Company building from West 8th Street and South Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1930. "Subject: May Co[mpany] b[ui]ld[in]g from 8th & Hill st[reet]s; Client: May Co[mpany]; Classification: B store b[ui]ld[in]gs; Original print order: 1; Size: 8x10; Finish: gl[ossy]; Re-order: 1, 1#1; Size: 8x10; Finish: gl[ossy], gl[ossy]-Brilliant print; Year: 1930; Job: 01-30-170" -- on envelope front. "Extra charges: Bishop; Original photographs-Size: 1, In City, 3.00; Operator's report (Name): Davey" -- on envelope back.

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Bishop (personal name), Davey (personal name), Department stores (lcsh), Men (lcsh), Stores, Retail (lcsh), The May Company (corporate name), Women (lcsh)

Coverage Spatial California (states), California, Southern (region), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), South Hill Street (roadway), USA (countries), West 8th Street (roadway)

Coverage Geocoordinate 34.044443,-118.255768 (point)

Coverage Temporal 1930

Inherited Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Bishop (personal name), Davey (personal name), Department stores (lcsh), Men (lcsh), Stores, Retail (lcsh), The May Company (corporate name), 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 1930

Creator 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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