Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961

Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961

Donna Lee stuffs the first 1,000 petition letters to rebuild the Los Angeles Orphanage, 1923

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Donna Lee stuffs the first 1,000 petition letters to rebuild the Los Angeles Orphanage, 1923

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Photograph. "Target of a final mail appeal by the little girls of the Los Angeles Orphanage who are seeking funds to rebuild their ancient home will be more than 100,000 city residents fortunate enought to have homes of their own. Here little Donna Lee, 4, chosen for the honor by her playmates at the historic institution, stuffs the first 1,000 letters into the slot at the Metropolitan Station to launch the special appeal yesterday." -- typed note attached to verso, release date 23 February 1951. "From: Los Angeles Orphanage * MA 63216, B.N. Cossart" -- typed at head of note. "Robert Perkins [?], Photography, 6363 Selma Ave., Hollywood, Calif." -- stamped on verso.; Streetscape. Horizontal photography.

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Title Donna Lee stuffs the first 1,000 petition letters to rebuild the Los Angeles Orphanage, 1923

Creator Perkins, Robert (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1951-02-23

Subject Daughters Of Charity (subject), Los Angeles -- City -- Orphanages -- Los Angeles Orphanage (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Downtown Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Los Angeles Orphanage (manmade features), USA (countries), Whittier Boulevard & Boyle Avenue (roadway)

Temporal Subject 1951-02-23

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961 (collection), Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961 (subcollection), University of Southern California (contributing entity)

Repository Email cisadmin@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/examiner-m3176

Identifier 3-1275-02805-6068 (barcode), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-ORP-009 (filename), examiner-m4404 (legacy collection record id), examiner-c44-90446 (legacy record id), examiner-m3176 (legacy record id), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-ORP-009 (original filename), Subjects 316 (print box)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 90446

Unique identifier UC11733566

Legacy Identifier EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-ORP-009.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 9.4 in × 12.2 in at 300dpi
23.9 cm × 31.0 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961

Description The Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection consists of approximately 1.4 million prints and negatives from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper. It was a daily newspaper, published in the afternoon on weekdays (Herald-Express) and in the morning on weekends (Examiner). The afternoon and morning papers merged in 1962 (Herald Examiner).

? 1903-1989: Los Angeles Examiner (founded 1903)
? 1931-1962: Los Angeles Herald-Express (formed from the 1931 merger of Los Angeles Evening Express and Evening Herald)
? 1962-1989: Los Angeles Herald Examiner (formed from the 1962 merger of the Los Angeles Herald-Express and the Los Angeles Examiner)

Almost every event and individual receiving news coverage in Los Angeles during the period late 1920's to 1961 is represented in the collection. Coverage is broad including crime, sports, society, art, and entertainment. The collection forms part of the Hearst Collection and was a gift from the Los Angeles Herald Examiner Division of the Hearst Corporation in 1978.

The Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection (1950-1961) consists of approximately 215,000 4x5-inch negatives from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper.

The Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection consists of approximately 1.2 million photoprints from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper.

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Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961

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