Portraits of Mr. Pringle, Southern California, 1932 [image 7]

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Photograph of an advertisement in Town & Country for Olympic Games in Southern California, Southern California, 1932. "Olympic games make this the year to vacation in Southern California... You can do it in a two-weeks vacation; A Hollywood premiere; The Olympic Games in Southern California this summer! The world's greatest sport spectacle added to the myriad thrilling vacation adventures already to be found in this playground-of-the-world. Never before such a glorious vacation opportunity! Champions and celebrities from every corner of the globe will gather here for the most elaborately-planned series of Olympic events in the history of these 1535-year old Games. The finals will be held July 30-August 14 - Sixteen consecutive days and nights, 135 separate events, with world honors at stake in every one. Come for the finals if you can. But come this summer, anyway. Southern California is in holiday mood and garb, promising you that big vacation you need this year...clear, rainless days...cool nights (you'll sleep under blankets)...and every kind of vacation play: Broad beaches, inviting surf and exotic pleasure-islands of the blue Pacific. Mighty mountains, mile-high, forest-bordered lakes, glaciers not far away. Sports of every kind at their sportiest. The foreign glamour of ancient Spanish Missions, palms, orange groves, a world-seaport and nearby Old Mexico. The modern gaiety of Hollywood's night life. Big, cosmopolitan Los Angeles centers it all. From it scenic highways lead you to Pasadena, Long Beach, Beverly Hills, Glendale, Pomona, Santa Monica...dozens of storied cities and resorts. Come for a vacation you'll remember all your life. Advise anyone not to come to Southern California seeking employment lest he be disappointed, but for the tourist the attractions are unlimited. New Low Costs, By Rail (reduced summer rates) from most points in the country, even a two-weeks vacation gives you at least 11 days actually here. And costs while here need be no more than those of an ordinary vacation. For in this year 'round vacationland you escape the 'peak prices' necessary in short-season resorts. We prove these statements in a remarkable new book which the coupon below brings you free. Free New 64-Page Vacation Book Olympic Games Information, The book outlines, day by day, a summer (also a winter) visit to Southern California, including nearly 100 interesting gravure photographs, map, information about routes, itemized daily cost figures, etc...perhaps the most complete vacation book ever published. With it, if you wish, we will send, also free, another book giving Olympic Games details and schedules, with ticket application blanks. These books should answer all your vacation questions. Send the coupon today. Start planning now! (If you wish another beautiful book, 'Southern California through the Camera', include 4 cents in stamps to cover mailing cost.); Mighty mountains; Here, beside the cool Pacific, you'll forget care; All-Year Club of Southern California, Ltd., Div. 0000, Send me booklets I have checked below: Free new 64-page illustrated book with complete details (including costs) of a Southern California vacation, Detailed Olympic Games schedules and ticket application blanks, 'Southern California through the Camera' (4 cents enclosed). Also send free booklets about the counties checked below: Los Angeles, Los Angeles Sports, Orange, Riverside, Santa Barbara, San Bernardino, San Diego, Ventura; Name, Street, City, State, (Please Print Your Address); LA 891 Town & Country, 1 page, 4 colors, 8 5-16x12, Jan[uary] 15, Mar[ch] 1, 1932, R-1613-5, Final O.K. for publication" -- signage on advertisement. "1151 So[uth] Broadway, Los Angeles, Calif[ornia]" -- address on advertisement.

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Title Portraits of Mr. Pringle, Southern California, 1932 [image 7]

Subject Advertising (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Type images

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-c170-65961

Identifier DW-1932-02-18-109~07.TIF (filename), whit-c170-65961 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 65961

Unique identifier UC12181859

Legacy Identifier DW-1932-02-18-109/DW-1932-02-18-109~07.TIF

Type Image

Resolution 23.0 in × 32.2 in at 300dpi
58.5 cm × 82.0 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Portraits of Mr. Pringle, Southern California, 1932

Inherited Title Portraits of Mr. Pringle, Southern California, 1932 (title)

Description 6 photographic portraits of Mr. Pringle and 1 photograph of an advertisement in Town & Country for Olympic Games in Southern California, Southern California, 1932. "Subject: Portraits of Mr. Pringle; Client: Lord & Thomas and Logan; Original print order; 1#1, 2#1; Size: P, 8x10, 1 1/2x2; Finish: buff see me, gl[ossy]; Year: 1932; Job: 2-18-109" -- on envelope.

Subject Advertising (lcsh), All-Year Club of Southern California, Ltd. (corporate name), Men (lcsh), Pringle (personal name), Town & Country (corporate name)

Coverage Spatial 1151 South Broadway (roadway), California (states), California, Southern (region), USA (countries)

Coverage Temporal 1932

Inherited Subject Advertising (lcsh), All-Year Club of Southern California, Ltd. (corporate name), Men (lcsh), Pringle (personal name), Town & Country (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 1932

Creator Dick Whittington Studio (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Type images, texts