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Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961
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Thanksgiving trip...ninety-two-year-old grandmother takes first flight via Transcontinental and Western Airlines to visit family in Glendale, 1951
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Thanksgiving trip...ninety-two-year-old grandmother takes first flight via Transcontinental and Western Airlines to visit family in Glendale, 1951
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1 image. Thanksgiving trip...ninety-two-year-old grandmother takes first flight via Transcontinental and Western Airlines to visit family in Glendale, 21 November 1951. Mrs. C. C. Adams, 92; Private Welles Adams, Grandson; Jim MacVicar, 5, Great Grandson; Bruce MacVicar, 8, Great Grandson.; Supplementary material reads: "TWA Public Relations Dept. Michigan 8141. Wednesday, 1951-11-21. 92-year-old greatgrandmother Mrs. C. C. Adams of Hooker, Oklahoma, reversed the old saying 'over the hills to grandma's house' when she decided to take her first flight via TWA Skycoach to greet part of her large family in Glendale, California for Thanksgiving Day. Her grandson, Pvt. Welles Adams of the Marine Corps, accompanied her on the trip. Upon arrival in Los Angeles early today, she was met by two of her 18 greatchildren, Bruce (8 yrs old) and Jim (5 yrs. old) MacVicar of 1313 Justin, Glendale, where Mrs. Adams will stay for the holidays. Also on hand was the boy's mother, Mrs. Robert MacVicar, who is another of Mrs. Adams grandchildren of which there are fourteen. Three of her six children, Mrs. Bessie Woods, 1308 N. Central, Glendale; Mrs. Faye Higgenbotham, 704 C N. Orange, Glendale and Mrs. Eunice Eddington of Van Nuys were also at the airport reunion. Left to right: Mrs. C. C. Adams; Pvt. Welles Adams; Jim MacVicar; and Bruce MacVicar".
Asset Metadata
Title
Thanksgiving trip...ninety-two-year-old grandmother takes first flight via Transcontinental and Western Airlines to visit family in Glendale, 1951
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Temporal Subject
1951-11-21
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
(aacr2),
negatives (photographic)
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961
(subcollection),
Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961
(collection),
University of Southern California
(contributing entity)
Date Created
1951-11-21
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-m6949
Identifier
EXM-N-9402-012 (
filename
), examiner-m1663 (
legacy collection record id
), examiner-c44-89598 (
legacy record id
), examiner-m6949 (
legacy record id
), 9402-012 (
sleeve number
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
89598
Unique identifier
UC11732173
Legacy Identifier
EXM-N-9402-012.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
22.6 in × 29.4 in at 300dpi
57.5 cm × 74.6 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961
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 Negatives Collection, 1950-1961
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