Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987

Safety zone and skid marks at West 9th Street and South Main Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1940

Safety zone and skid marks at West 9th Street and South Main Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1940 [image 1]

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Photograph of safety zone and skid marks at West 9th Street and South Main Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1940. "Lane Mortgage Building; Pacific [ilg]; National, Auto Parks; Billiards, Bowling; Fezz; Maryland Gas; Occidental Life; 810 South Spring Building, Eighth and Spring Office, California Bank; Entrance; Ann Sheridan, Warner Brothers Star, Signal's got more Oomph, Signal Gasoline; Power Off; Gold; Modern Furnish Your Home; Hotel Cecil; Furniture; So. Main St. Next To P.E. Depot; Theatre, Talking Pictures, 10¢; Coca-Cola; H.A. Belcher; Bee-H[ive], Shoe rEp[air]; Hotel, Berkeley Hotel, [ilg], Cadillac Hotel, [ilg]; Gordons Bread" -- building signage. "Stop; E. 9th St.; No Right Turn; Go" -- intersection signage.

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Title Safety zone and skid marks at West 9th Street and South Main Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1940 [image 1]

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Office buildings (lcsh), Roads (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Type images

Source University of Southern California (contributing entity)

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/whit-c170-87334

Identifier DW-1940-04-05-64~01.TIF (filename), whit-c170-87334 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 87334

Unique identifier UC12225150

Legacy Identifier DW-1940-04-05-64/DW-1940-04-05-64~01.TIF

Type Image

Resolution 29.8 in × 23.9 in at 300dpi
75.8 cm × 60.8 cm at 300dpi

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Title Safety zone and skid marks at West 9th Street and South Main Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1940

Inherited Title Safety zone and skid marks at West 9th Street and South Main Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1940 (title)

Description 4 photographs of safety zone and skid marks at West 9th Street and South Main Street, Los Angeles, CA, 5 April 1940. "Date: Friday; Time: 3:30 P.M.; Operator: Ed; Meet: Mr. Morgan; For: Hartford Acc[ident] & ind[emnity]; At: pedestrian zone-S[outh] E[ast] corner of 9th & main; Job: sign, skid marks, blood, etc[etera] on safety zone; Deliver to: Hartford Acc[ident] & Ind[emnity] Co[mpany], Mr. Morgan; Print Order: 2 ea[ch] 8x10 gl[ossy]; Promised: Monday A.M." -- on card front. "No. of Negs: 4" -- on card back. "Subject: safety zone, skid marks etc[etera], 9th & Main st[reet]; Client: Hartford Accident & Ind[emnity], Mr. Morgan; Original Print Order: Mon A.M. 2 ea[ch]; Size: 8x10; Finish: gl[ossy]; Job: 4-5-64; Year: 1940" -- on envelope front. "Operator's Report Name: Ed; 4 Original Photographs-Size 8x10; Amount: 6.00" -- on envelope back.

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Bank of America (corporate name), Bee-Hive Shoe Repair (corporate name), Belcher, H.A. (personal name), Berkeley Hotel (corporate name), Cadillac Hotel (corporate name), Ed (personal name), General Paint (corporate name), Gordon's Bread (corporate name), Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company (corporate name), Hotel Cecil (corporate name), Lane Mortgage (corporate name), Maryland Gas (corporate name), Morgan (personal name), National Auto Parks (corporate name), O.T. Johnson Corp. (corporate name), Office buildings (lcsh), Puttee Shop (corporate name), Radio Supply Co. (corporate name), Roads (lcsh), Sheridan, Ann (personal name), Sherwin-Williams (corporate name), Signal Gasoline (corporate name), Victor the Hat Cleaner (corporate name)

Coverage Spatial California (states), California, Southern (region), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), South Main Street (roadway), USA (countries), West 9th Street (roadway)

Coverage Geocoordinate 34.041534,-118.254945 (point)

Coverage Temporal 1940-04-05

Inherited Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Bank of America (corporate name), Bee-Hive Shoe Repair (corporate name), Belcher, H.A. (personal name), Berkeley Hotel (corporate name), Cadillac Hotel (corporate name), Ed (personal name), General Paint (corporate name), Gordon's Bread (corporate name), Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company (corporate name), Hotel Cecil (corporate name), Lane Mortgage (corporate name), Maryland Gas (corporate name), Morgan (personal name), National Auto Parks (corporate name), O.T. Johnson Corp. (corporate name), Office buildings (lcsh), Puttee Shop (corporate name), Radio Supply Co. (corporate name), Roads (lcsh), Sheridan, Ann (personal name), Sherwin-Williams (corporate name), Signal Gasoline (corporate name), Victor the Hat Cleaner (corporate name)

Repository Email specol@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

Date Created 1940-04-05

Creator Dick Whittington Studio (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Type images, texts

Format 4 photographs: b&w, negative, 5x7 in. in envelope (aacr2), 5x7 in. (format), B/W Safety (format), negatives (aat), photographs (aat)

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