Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987

Alvarado Street, 100 block south, Los Angeles, CA, 1933

Alvarado Street, 100 block south, Los Angeles, CA, 1933 [image 1]

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Photograph of South Alvarado Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1933. "Clyde Porte[r]; Glenn Osborn; Ferguson Storage, Garage; Packard, Service, Studebaker; Santa M[aria] Apts.; Economy Gasoline, More Miles Per Dollar, 12 1/2, Gilmore, 15 1/2; Union Leade[ilg]; Coney Island Red Hots Or Hamburger, 10 c[ents]; Steak, Chops; Meals, 25 c[ents] & 40 c[ents]; [ilg] Spot; Eat; Tamales; D[r]ugs" -- signage on buildings. "186; 187" --addresses on buildings. "[ilg] New [Zer]olene; Union Cleaning Solvent [ilg]; 15 c[ents]; 10 c[ents]; Roar with Gilmore; [ilg] State; For Sale [ilg]; Economy, Guaranteed First Grade, Gasoline, 8 for $1, Zerolene Motor Oil, 10 c[ents] Q[uar]t; Barker Hotel, 2000 Miramar, Breakfast, Dinner; Alvarado, [ilg] 15 c[ents] [ilg]; Belmont, [ilg] 20 c[ents], [ilg]; Vincent's [ilg]er Shop" -- signage on street. "Quiet" -- on street sign. "3[ilg] 26; California, 5W 95 17; 1933, California 7S 135" -- on license plates.

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Title Alvarado Street, 100 block south, Los Angeles, CA, 1933 [image 1]

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Roads (lcsh), Service stations (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Type images

Source University of Southern California (contributing entity)

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-c170-50852

Identifier DW-1933-05-01-04~01.TIF (filename), whit-c170-50852 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 50852

Unique identifier UC12135690

Legacy Identifier DW-1933-05-01-04/DW-1933-05-01-04~01.TIF

Type Image

Resolution 32.2 in × 23.0 in at 300dpi
81.8 cm × 58.5 cm at 300dpi

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Title Alvarado Street, 100 block south, Los Angeles, CA, 1933

Inherited Title Alvarado Street, 100 block south, Los Angeles, CA, 1933 (title)

Description 4 photographs of South Alvarado Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1933. "Subject: Alvarado St[reet] 100 block so[uth], File comm[ission] A.L. 4737; Client: Commercial Casualty, Loyalty Group, Mr. Mitchell; Original Print Order: 2 ea[ch]; Size: 8x10; Finish: gl[ossy]; Job: 5-1-4; Year: 1933" -- on envelope front. "Operator's Report Name: Joe; Original Photographs-Size: 4-8x10; Amount: 6.00" -- on envelope back.

Subject 4S Baking Company (corporate name), Apartments (lcsh), Automobiles (lcsh), Barker Hotel (corporate name), Commercial Casualty (corporate name), Economy Gasoline (corporate name), Ferguson Storage (corporate name), Foster and Kleiser (corporate name), Gilmore Motor Oil (corporate name), Kirschner, Dave (personal name), Mitchell (personal name), Morton's Salt (corporate name), Osborn, Glenn (personal name), Packard (corporate name), Pennzoil (corporate name), Porter, Clyde (personal name), Porter, John Clinton (personal name), Richfield (corporate name), Roads (lcsh), Santa Maria Apartments (corporate name), Service stations (lcsh), Shell (corporate name), Signal Gasoline (corporate name), Spencer Arms (corporate name), Studebaker (corporate name), Union (corporate name), Vincent Apartments (corporate name), Werner, Erwin P. (personal name), Zerolene (corporate name)

Coverage Spatial 2000 Miramar Street (roadway), California (states), California, Southern (region), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Miramar Street (roadway), South Alvarado Street (roadway), USA (countries), Valley Street (roadway)

Coverage Geocoordinate 34.063903,-118.272051 (point), 34.064828,-118.271515 (point)

Coverage Temporal 1933

Inherited Subject 4S Baking Company (corporate name), Apartments (lcsh), Automobiles (lcsh), Barker Hotel (corporate name), Commercial Casualty (corporate name), Economy Gasoline (corporate name), Ferguson Storage (corporate name), Foster and Kleiser (corporate name), Gilmore Motor Oil (corporate name), Kirschner, Dave (personal name), Mitchell (personal name), Morton's Salt (corporate name), Osborn, Glenn (personal name), Packard (corporate name), Pennzoil (corporate name), Porter, Clyde (personal name), Porter, John Clinton (personal name), Richfield (corporate name), Roads (lcsh), Santa Maria Apartments (corporate name), Service stations (lcsh), Shell (corporate name), Signal Gasoline (corporate name), Spencer Arms (corporate name), Studebaker (corporate name), Union (corporate name), Vincent Apartments (corporate name), Werner, Erwin P. (personal name), Zerolene (corporate name)

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 1933

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

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Type images, texts

Format 4 photographs: b&w, negative, 5x7 in. in envelope (aacr2), 5x7 in. (format), B/W Nitrate (format), negatives (aat), photographs (aat)

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