Close
About
FAQ
Home
Collections
Login
USC Login
Register
0
Selected
Invert selection
Deselect all
Deselect all
Click here to refresh results
Click here to refresh results
USC
/
Digital Library
/
Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961
/
Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961
/
Higgins Building, 2nd & Main St., Los Angeles, 1934
(USC DC Image)
Higgins Building, 2nd & Main St., Los Angeles, 1934
Loading details...
You do not have the permission to view Original image
Download
Share
Copy Asset Link
Request this asset
Description
Photograph. "A new lease just signed by General Petroleum Corporation for six floors of the Higgins Building, shown above, calls for the expenditure of approximately $150,000 to be spent in improvements to the structure. The leas is one of the largest in local realty circles for many months." -- typed note attached to verso. "Received Examiner reference library: Jun. 28 1934" -- stamped on verso. Occupying the ground floor are Karl's Shoes and The Owl Drug Company.; Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
Asset Metadata
Title
Higgins Building, 2nd & Main St., Los Angeles, 1934
Creator
Streib, Art (photographer)
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Date Created
1934-06-28
Subject
Los Angeles -- City -- Buildings -- H
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
2nd Street & Main Street
(roadway),
California
(states),
Downtown Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1934-06-28
Type
images
Format
3 photographs : photoprints, negative, b&w
(aacr2),
negatives (photographic)
(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)
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-m2545
Identifier
3-1275-02805-2513 (
barcode
), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-130 (
filename
), examiner-m4404 (
legacy collection record id
), examiner-c44-91289 (
legacy record id
), examiner-m2545 (
legacy record id
), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-130 (
original filename
), Subjects 318 (
print box
), 911 (
unidentified no.
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
91289
Unique identifier
UC11732123
Legacy Identifier
EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-130.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
9.7 in × 12.0 in at 300dpi
24.7 cm × 30.6 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.
Linked assets
Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961
Conceptually similar
Higgins Building, 2nd & Main St., Los Angeles, 1959
Broken cornices on the Higgins Building, 2nd & Main St., Los Angeles, 1959
Harris Newmark Building, 127 E. 9th St., Los Angeles, ca.1954
Harris Newmark Building, 127 E. 9th St., Los Angeles, ca.1954
Harris Newmark Building, 127 E. 9th St., Los Angeles, ca.1954
State Office Building No. 2, Broadway & 2nd St., Los Angeles, 1960
Pacific National Building, 9th & Hill St., Los Angeles, 1933
Temple & Rampart St. building, 2535 Temple St., Los Angeles, 1960
Kerckhoff Building, downtown Los Angeles, [s.d.]
Therberge Building, 1013 S. Los Angeles St., [s.d.]
Fashion League Building, 2nd & Hill St., Los Angeles, 1956
Braun Building, 524 North Spring Street, downtown Los Angeles, 1948
Richfield Building, ca. 1929-1955
Bedell Building, downtown Los Angeles, [s.d.]
Patriotic Hall, 1816 Figueroa St., Los Angeles, 1925
Philharmonic building, 427 W. 5th St., Los Angeles, 1938
Pershing Square Building, 5th & Hill St., Los Angeles, [s.d.]
Bryson Building housing United States Nation Bank, downtown Los Angeles, 1934
O.T. Johnson Building, 365 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, 1952
Old Mode o' Day building, later the County Assesors building, Washington & Hill St., Los Angeles, 1959
Similar tones
View images with similar tones