Hilmer Dolman (left) and Jack Croucher, high up on Spring Street facade of City Hall, are removing grimy smog, 1953

Loading details...

You do not have the permission to view Original image

Download

Copy Asset Link

Request this asset

Description

Photograph of Los Angeles City Hall. "Smog did it -- Hilmer Dolman (left) and Jack Croucher, high up on Spring street facade of City Hall, are removing grimy smog. Note how cleaned, white surface constrasts with unwashed areas. This is second bath for the structure since opening in 1928 -- Los Angeles Examiner photo" -- clipping attached to verso dated "Oct. 26, 1953".; Streetscape. Horizontal photography.

Asset Metadata

Title Hilmer Dolman (left) and Jack Croucher, high up on Spring Street facade of City Hall, are removing grimy smog, 1953

Subject Los Angeles -- City -- Buildings -- Civic -- City Hall (file heading), Smog (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 150 North Spring Street (roadway), California (states), City Hall (manmade features), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Geocoordinate -118.24149,34.05515 (point), -118.24156,34.05505 (point), -118.24235,34.05204 (point), -118.24366,34.05458 (point)

Temporal Subject 1953-10-26

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 1953-10-26

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-m3001

Identifier 3-1275-02805-8049 (barcode), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-568 (filename), examiner-m4404 (legacy collection record id), examiner-c44-90259 (legacy record id), examiner-m3001 (legacy record id), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-568 (original filename), Subjects 319 (print box)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 90259

Unique identifier UC11733008

Legacy Identifier EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-568.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 2.3 in × 2.9 in at 300dpi
5.9 cm × 7.4 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