Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961

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

Drawing of two dwelling units and a service wing to be erected at the Los Angeles Orphan's Home, 1954

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Drawing of two dwelling units and a service wing to be erected at the Los Angeles Orphan's Home, 1954

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Photograph of a drawing by Allan Edwards, 1954. Charles O. Matham, architect; Charles O. Matcham, A.I.A., architect; Roland Logan Russell, A.I.A., associate. "Bids will be returned on November 29th to clear the way for the start of construction on two dwelling units and a service wing to be erected for the widely known Los Angeles Orphan's Home Society. For 75 years the home has cared for orphaned and otherwise homeless children. The structures to be built now were designed by Charles O. Matcham, AIA, architect. The first units scheduled for erection are at the upper left of the photo. The service wing will be attached to the centrally located administration building and will house the kitchen, laundry and boiler room. The two buildings at the top and bottom of the photo on the extreme right will be future projects. The dormitory shown in the center foreground to the right of the administration building (center) is also scheduled for future replacement. The administration building will be extensively remodeled. Building to right at bottom of photo is an existing infirmary." -- typed on verso.; Streetscape. Horizontal photography. Variously dated: 23 November 1955 & 7 January 1956. "Cut order no. 15146 ... by Lonsdale Real Estate" -- attached to verso.

Asset Metadata

Title Drawing of two dwelling units and a service wing to be erected at the Los Angeles Orphan's Home, 1954

Subject Los Angeles -- City -- Orphanages -- Los Angeles Children's Home Society (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 815 North El Centro Avenue (roadway), California (states), Hollywood (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Los Angeles Orphanage Home (manmade features), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1954

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 1954

Creator Edwards, Allan (artist), Matcham, Charles O. (architect)

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-m2794

Identifier 3-1275-02805-5730 (barcode), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-ORP-001 (filename), examiner-m4404 (legacy collection record id), examiner-c44-90055 (legacy record id), examiner-m2794 (legacy record id), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-ORP-001 (original filename), Subjects 316 (print box)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 90055

Unique identifier UC11731787

Legacy Identifier EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-ORP-001.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 12.2 in × 7.7 in at 300dpi
31.0 cm × 19.7 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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