Young Women's Christian Association, 941 Figueroa St., Los Angeles, before 1940

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Photograph of the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), 941 Figueroa Street, before 1940. "Left to right: Administration and Health Unit Building of theYoung Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and Hotel Figueroa. The administration building houses the administration offices, free employment bureau, room registry, business girls headquarters, Girl Reserve Department and the Health Department with its Plunge and Gymnasium. The hotel was built to meet the needs of girls and women. Both buildings are on one lot, and will be lost to the YWCA unless it is successful in its $300,000 campaign starting March 30th." -- typed noted attached to verso. Belmont Apartments in background, unidentified man in emply lot adjacent to parking lot. Automobiles parked in parking lot and on street. Sign on building indicates entrance via Ninth Street to Cottage Place. Photo by The National Studios, Los Angeles.; Streetscape. Horizontal photography.

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Title Young Women's Christian Association, 941 Figueroa St., Los Angeles, before 1940

Subject Los Angeles -- City -- Buildings -- X-Y-Z (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 941 Figueroa Street (roadway), 9th Street (roadway), Belmont Apartments (manmade features), California (states), Cottage Place (roadway), Downtown Los Angeles (city or populated place), Hotel Figueroa (manmade features), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries), Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) (manmade features)

Temporal Subject 1940

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)

Date Created 1940

Creator The National Studios (photographer)

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-m3227

Identifier 3-1275-02806-0961 (barcode), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-373 (filename), examiner-m4404 (legacy collection record id), examiner-c44-90469 (legacy record id), examiner-m3227 (legacy record id), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-373 (original filename), Subjects 319 (print box)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 90469

Unique identifier UC11733212

Legacy Identifier EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-373.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 7.3 in × 5.7 in at 300dpi
18.6 cm × 14.6 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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