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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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Pool courtyard of the Country Club Villa hotel
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Pool courtyard of the Country Club Villa hotel
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Description
Photograph of the pool courtyard of the Country Club Villa hotel. "Operation played -- Here's swimming pool around which he saw drunken women fighting, declared Municipal Judge Vernon W. Hunt as he yesterday ordered complete demolition of the $1,000,000 Country Club Villa at 445 North Rossmore avenue. The newly constructed hotel is an "architectural monstrosity," he added. Wrong type of permit has been charged. -- Associated Press photo" -- Examiner clipping attached to verso, dated, "February 25, 1950".; "Associated Press photo / Caution: use credit / From Los Angeles / New $2,000,000 hotel ordered torn down. This is the luxurious Country Club Villa, completed in Los Angeles recently at a cost of $2,000,000, which an iratic [sic] judge ordered torn down or moved to another location. Two owners, Maurice and Zimmel Miller, were charged with building the place without a permit, failing to obtain a certificate of occupancy, maintaining a public nuisance, and operating a cafe, night club and swimming pool in violation of zoning ordinances. The judge, after a personal survey, termed the hotel a "glorified quickie motel." / associated press photo / la sk pn cxnynegs rhs 2/24/50 / stf-hf" -- typed note attached to verso.; Streetscape.
Asset Metadata
Title
Pool courtyard of the Country Club Villa hotel
Subject
Hotels -- California -- LA -- Misc.
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
445 North Rossmore Avenue
(roadway),
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1950-02-24
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
1950-02-24
Creator
Associated Press
(photographer)
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-m3705
Identifier
3-1275-02806-5259 (
barcode
), EXM-P-S-HOT-CAL-LOS-ANG-MIS-008 (
filename
), examiner-m4404 (
legacy collection record id
), examiner-c44-90832 (
legacy record id
), examiner-m3705 (
legacy record id
), EXM-P-S-HOT-CAL-LOS-ANG-MIS-008 (
original filename
), Subjects 275 (
print box
), 4842 (
unidentified no.
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
90832
Unique identifier
UC11731771
Legacy Identifier
EXM-P-S-HOT-CAL-LOS-ANG-MIS-008.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
15.8 in × 12.3 in at 300dpi
40.2 cm × 31.4 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.
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