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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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Statler Center unique motorist lobby
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Photograph of the Statler Center unique motorist lobby. "Statler Hotel / Photo caption / Statler Center's unique motorists's [sic] entrance where guests may register and be taken by elevator directly to their rooms without having to pass through the plush lobby in travel-weary clothes. Professional models and hotel employees demonstrate how the auto entrance on Francisco street operates" -- typed note attached to verso. "Motorist lobby -- Professional models demonstrate innovation in hotel service. Guests drive into garage, register at special desk, and are then whisked to their rooms by elevator, by-passing main lobby" -- Examiner clipping attached to verso, dated, "October 27, 1952". Verso dated, "October 27, 1952"; EXM-P-S-HOT-CAL-LOS-ANG-STA-005~1: "A unique feature of the Los Angeles (Hotel) Statler is the motorist's lobby for guests arriving by car. The motorist can drive his car into the lobby, turn it over to an attendant for parking in the underground garage and go directly to his room without the need of going to the main lobby in travel-wrinkled clothes" -- typed note attached to verso. Verso dated, "October 26, 1952".; Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
Asset Metadata
Title
Statler Center unique motorist lobby
Subject
Hotels -- California -- LA -- LA Statler
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Downtown Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Statler Hotel
(manmade features),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1952-10-26
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : 2 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
1952-10-26
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-m3742
Identifier
EXM-P-S-HOT-CAL-LOS-ANG-STA-005 (
filename
), examiner-m4404 (
legacy collection record id
), examiner-c44-90868 (
legacy record id
), examiner-m3742 (
legacy record id
), EXM-P-S-HOT-CAL-LOS-ANG-STA-005 (
original filename
), EXM-P-S-HOT-CAL-LOS-ANG-STA-005~1 (
original filename
), 4879 (
unidentified no.
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
90868
Unique identifier
UC11731747
Legacy Identifier
EXM-P-S-HOT-CAL-LOS-ANG-STA-005.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
16.2 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
41.3 cm × 33.8 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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