Close
About
FAQ
Home
Collections
Login
USC Login
Register
0
Selected
Invert selection
Deselect all
Deselect all
Click here to refresh results
Click here to refresh results
USC
/
Digital Library
/
Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987
/
A view of Seventh Street and Figueroa Street, looking east along Seventh Street, showing the Signal Oil and Barker Brothers Buildings and the street crowded with cars and trolleys
(USC DC Image)
A view of Seventh Street and Figueroa Street, looking east along Seventh Street, showing the Signal Oil and Barker Brothers Buildings and the street crowded with cars and trolleys
Loading details...
You do not have the permission to view Original image
Download
Share
Copy Asset Link
Request this asset
Description
A view of Seventh Street and Figueroa Street, looking east along Seventh Street, showing the Signal Oil and Barker Brothers Buildings and the street crowded with cars and trolleys.; Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
Asset Metadata
Title
A view of Seventh Street and Figueroa Street, looking east along Seventh Street, showing the Signal Oil and Barker Brothers Buildings and the street crowded with cars and trolleys
Subject
streetcars
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
7th Street
(roadway),
Barker Brothers
(manmade features),
California
(states),
California, Southern
(region),
Downtown Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Figueroa Street
(roadway),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Signal Oil
(manmade features),
USA
(countries)
Geocoordinate
34.049388,-118.259917 (
point
)
Temporal Subject
1936/1950
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
(aacr2),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987
(collection),
University of Southern California
(contributing entity)
Date Created
1936/1950
Creator
Dick Whittington Studio
(photographer)
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
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-m2182
Identifier
DW-1-132-100 (
call number
), DW-1-132-100-ISLA (
filename
), isla id: 3175 (
identifying number
), isla id: S-3515 (
identifying number
), whit-m1 (
legacy collection record id
), whit-c170-21113 (
legacy record id
), whit-m2182 (
legacy record id
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
21113
Unique identifier
UC12071067
Legacy Identifier
DW-1-132-100-ISLA.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
12.1 in × 9.8 in at 300dpi
30.8 cm × 24.9 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987
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
Linked assets
Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987
Conceptually similar
A view of Seventh Street and Figueroa Street, looking east along Seventh Street, showing the Signal Oil building, a Barker Brothers advertisement and streetcars of the Los Angeles Railway
A view of Seventh Street looking east from Figueroa Street showing the Signal Oil building and the street filled with traffic
Looking east along Seventh Street, showing the Warner Brothers Downtown Theatre
Looking along Seventh Street from the Figueroa Street intersection as many cars crowd the streets
Looking east on Seventh Street, showing the Bank of America, Warner Brothers Downtown Theatre, Lankershim Hotel and Loew's State Building
Looking north along South Spring Street at Seventh Street as pedestrians and trolley cars fill the travel about
Looking east on Seventh Street past the Union Oil Building
Looking east over the intersection of Seventh Street and Olive Street toward the Warner Brothers Downtown Theatre
Looking northwest along Spring Street from the corner of Seventh Street as pedestrians crowd the crosswalks and sidewalks
Looking west along Seventh Street, with the Warner Brothers Downtown Theatre advertising "Dark Victory" with Bette Davis, George Brent, and Humphrey Bogart
Barker Brothers Department Store located in Downtown Los Angels on the corner of 7th Street and Figueroa Street
A modern looking streamlined trolley is stopped at the intersection of Seventh Street and Main Street in front of Overell's
Looking west on Seventh Street toward the Brack Shops and Union Oil Buildings
Seventh Street decorated for Christmas, looking west from the corner of Seventh Street and Flower Street, showing Signal Oil, Studebaker, and Pig 'n' Whistle Cafe signs
In Downtown Los Angeles at the intersection of South Broadway and West Seventh Street, crowded with pedestrians and Los Angeles Railway cars
Looking west on Seventh Street toward the Brack Shops and Union Oil Buildings
A trolley car driving down the intersection of Ninth Street and Hill Street as pedestrians walk along the sidewalk
A high-angle view of Seventh Street from the intersection of Figueroa Street
In Downtown Los Angeles at the intersection of South Broadway and West Seventh Street, crowded with pedestrians and Los Angeles Railway cars
Seventh Street looking west from the intersection of Seventh Street and Hill Street, 1958
Similar tones
View images with similar tones