Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961

Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961

Aerial view of Los Angeles Coliseum, Los Angeles Sports Arena, University of Southern California (USC), Downtown Los Angeles, Harbor Freeway (I-110)

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Aerial view of Los Angeles Coliseum, Los Angeles Sports Arena, University of Southern California (USC), Downtown Los Angeles, Harbor Freeway (I-110)

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Aerial photograph of Los Angeles Coliseum, Los Angeles Sports Arena, University of Southern California (USC), Downtown Los Angeles, Harbor Freeway (I-110). "Air view of Democratic Convention site -- The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Exposition Park is only minutes from the Biltmore Hotel (convention headquarters) at the Civic Center (upper right shown by City hall spire). Left of the Arena is the 101,528 seat memorial Coliseum where the nominee will make his acceptance speech, probably on the night of July 15. On the South (bottom) side of the Arena and West (left0 side of the Coliseum are the 6000 space parking lots. The Harbor Freeway (right) leads to Civic Center as well as International Airport. It is part of Greater Los Angeles 85-mile freeway network. The Sports Arena was designed and engineered by Welton Becket and Associates" -- typed note attached to verso. Verso dated, "August 3, 1960".; "Please credit Welton Becket F.A.I.A. and Associates, Architects and Engineers, 5657 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles 36, California" -- stamped on verso.; Streetscape. Oblique aerial photography.

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Title Aerial view of Los Angeles Coliseum, Los Angeles Sports Arena, University of Southern California (USC), Downtown Los Angeles, Harbor Freeway (I-110)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1960-08-03

Subject Los Angeles -- City -- Air Views (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Exposition Park (city or populated place), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard & Vermont Avenue (roadway), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1960-08-03

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)

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-m2728

Identifier 3-1275-02805-4642 (barcode), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-AIR-VIE-033 (filename), examiner-m4404 (legacy collection record id), examiner-c44-91507 (legacy record id), examiner-m2728 (legacy record id), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-AIR-VIE-033 (original filename), Subjects 315 (print box)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 91507

Unique identifier UC11731468

Legacy Identifier EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-AIR-VIE-033.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 11.4 in × 8.8 in at 300dpi
29.1 cm × 22.4 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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