Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961

Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961

Largest candy cane in the world to be installed on fence surrounding construction of underground garage in Pershing Square, 1951

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Largest candy cane in the world to be installed on fence surrounding construction of underground garage in Pershing Square, 1951

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1 image. Largest candy cane in the world to be installed on fence surrounding construction of underground garage in Pershing Square, 30 November 1951. Candy Cane Kid, holding it; Mrs. Doris Townsend, worker; Mr. John Townsend, worker.

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Title Largest candy cane in the world to be installed on fence surrounding construction of underground garage in Pershing Square, 1951

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Pershing Square (manmade features), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1951-11-30

Type images

Format 1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Source Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961 (subcollection), Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961 (collection), University of Southern California (contributing entity)

Date Created 1951-11-30

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-m7195

Identifier EXM-N-9412-019 (filename), examiner-m1663 (legacy collection record id), examiner-c44-89635 (legacy record id), examiner-m7195 (legacy record id), 9412-019 (sleeve number)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 89635

Unique identifier UC11731977

Legacy Identifier EXM-N-9412-019.tif

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 22.7 in × 29.0 in at 300dpi
57.6 cm × 73.7 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961

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 Negatives Collection, 1950-1961

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