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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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Proposed Medical Center
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Proposed Medical Center
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Description
Photograph of a map of a proposed Medical Center. "New 'Core' for City's Century. Medical Center a 'Significant' Step. Plans to turn California Hospital into a gigantic integrated medical center for the revitalized downtown Los Angeles area were disclosed yesterday by hospital administrators and members of the City Planning Department. A $3,000,000 expansion and modernization program, calling for construction of a nine-story wing on the north side of the present main building at the 1414 South Hope street, is the first step. Target date -- Work on the new wing can be started by January 1, 1959, according to Ritz E. Heerman, general manager of the hospital. At the same time, City Planning Director John E. Roberts unveiled a new proposed land use study designating the California Hospital site as ideal for the medical center needed in the central city district. Pointing out accessibility of the hospital via freeway and major highway routes, Roberts said: "This proposed medical center will be a significant element in the...(the rest of the clipping is not available)" -- Examiner clipping attached to verso, dated, "May 15, 1958".; Compares to EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-AIR-VIE-001 (record ID: examiner-m2738); Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
Asset Metadata
Title
Proposed Medical Center
Subject
Los Angeles -- City -- Air Views
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
1414 South Hope Street
(roadway),
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1958-05-15
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
(aacr2),
maps
(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
1958-05-15
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-m2737
Identifier
3-1275-02805-4733 (
barcode
), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-AIR-VIE-002 (
filename
), examiner-m4404 (
legacy collection record id
), examiner-c44-91516 (
legacy record id
), examiner-m2737 (
legacy record id
), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-AIR-VIE-002 (
original filename
), Subjects 315 (
print box
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
91516
Unique identifier
UC11731521
Legacy Identifier
EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-AIR-VIE-002.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
11.4 in × 9.5 in at 300dpi
29.1 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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