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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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Aerial photo of the intersection of First Street and Figueroa Street, with the orientation of the photo facing east
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Aerial photo of the intersection of First Street and Figueroa Street, with the orientation of the photo facing east
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Description
Aerial photo of the intersection of First Street and Figueroa Street, with the orientation of the photo facing east. "Received. Examiner reference library" -- stamped on verso, dated, "July 25, 1936".; Streetscape. Oblique aerial photography.
Asset Metadata
Title
Aerial photo of the intersection of First Street and Figueroa Street, with the orientation of the photo facing east
Subject
Los Angeles -- City -- Streets -- Figueroa
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
1st Street & Figueroa Street
(roadway),
California
(states),
Downtown Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Geocoordinate
-118.25008,34.05768 (
point
), -118.25099,34.05708 (
point
), -118.25104,34.05847 (
point
), -118.25187,34.0575 (
point
)
Temporal Subject
1936-07-25
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, 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)
Date Created
1936-07-25
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-m2852
Identifier
3-1275-02805-8353 (
barcode
), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-STR-FIG-006 (
filename
), examiner-m4404 (
legacy collection record id
), examiner-c44-90112 (
legacy record id
), examiner-m2852 (
legacy record id
), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-STR-FIG-006 (
original filename
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
90112
Unique identifier
UC11732417
Legacy Identifier
EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-STR-FIG-006.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
11.7 in × 9.5 in at 300dpi
29.9 cm × 24.2 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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Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961
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