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Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961
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Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961
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Baldwin Hills Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library, 1960
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Baldwin Hills Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library, 1960
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Description
Photograph of a drawing. "New branch -- Artists' conception of the new Baldwin Hills branch of the Los Angeles Public Library to be located at LaBrea and Westhaven Avenues. One of 24 branches scheduled for completion in 1960, the 5,000 square foot, $97,000 structure was designed by the architectural firm of Hunter and Benedict, A.I.A. of Los Angeles." -- typed note attached to verso, dated 4 February 1960.
Asset Metadata
Title
Baldwin Hills Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library, 1960
Subject
Los Angeles -- City -- Buildings -- Library -- Branches
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Los Angeles Public Library. Baldwin Hills Branch
(manmade features),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1960-02-04
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
(aacr2),
art
(aat),
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)
Date Created
1960-02-04
Creator
Hunter and Benedict
(architect),
Nekson, J.D.
(artist)
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
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-m4615
Identifier
3-1275-02805-3289 (
barcode
), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-175 (
filename
), examiner-m4404 (
legacy collection record id
), examiner-c44-91123 (
legacy record id
), examiner-m4615 (
legacy record id
), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-175 (
original filename
), Subjects 318 (
print box
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
91123
Unique identifier
UC11733465
Legacy Identifier
EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-175.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
11.8 in × 6.4 in at 300dpi
30.2 cm × 16.3 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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