Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987

Buses on Olympic Boulevard, Wilshire Boulevard, and Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1940

Buses on Olympic Boulevard, Wilshire Boulevard, and Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1940 [image 2]

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Buses on Olympic Boulevard, Wilshire Boulevard, and Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1940 [image 2]

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Photograph of streen scene on Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 1940. "42M6[ilg]; 95M914; V6965; 7[ilg]2637" -- on license plates. "Wilshire" -- on bus. "[S]top; No Parking, Parking 1 Hour" -- on street signs. "Film; Sontag [ilg] Cut Rate Drug Stores; Photo; Sherbert; Presc[riptions]" -- signage on building. "Checker Tra[de]" -- on bench.

Asset Metadata

Title Buses on Olympic Boulevard, Wilshire Boulevard, and Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1940 [image 2]

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Buses (lcsh), Street photography (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-c170-93479

Identifier DW-1940-08-29-159~02.TIF (filename), whit-c170-93479 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 93479

Unique identifier UC12231816

Legacy Identifier DW-1940-08-29-159/DW-1940-08-29-159~02.TIF

Type Image

Resolution 29.8 in × 24.0 in at 300dpi
75.8 cm × 61.0 cm at 300dpi

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Title Buses on Olympic Boulevard, Wilshire Boulevard, and Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1940

Inherited Title Buses on Olympic Boulevard, Wilshire Boulevard, and Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1940 (title)

Description 3 photographs of buses on streets, Los Angeles, CA, 1940. "Date: First clear morning; Time: 9AM; Operator: Vammie; Job: 3 locations. Shoot west on Olympic from Petroleum Securities or nearby b[ui]ld[in]gs showing congested traffic with buses [sic] featured. Same at Alvarado & Wilshire, [same] between 5th & 7th on Hill St[reet]. Bus [sic] #'s are 4200 & 4300 series (new models), feature them if possible, 4x5 graphic; Deliver To: General Motors Trucks; Print Order: 1 ea[ch] 8x10 gl[ossy], (check this size, maybe they are usually 9x11); Promised: Mon 9/2; Order No.: Mr. McDonald" -- on card front. "Hours on Job: Day: 2 1/2; No. of Neg[ative]s: 3; Illumination Used: ext[erior]; 3 locations; Price Quoted: None" -- on card back. "Subject: Buses [sic] on Olympic, Wilshire, & Hill St[reet]s; Client: General Motors Trucks, Mr. McDonald, 1850 E[ast] Washington; Original Print Order: 1 ea[ch]; Size: 8x10; Finish: gl[ossy]; Year: 1940; Job: 08-29-159" -- on envelope front. "Operator's Report - Name: Dean; Original Photographs - Size: 3 - 8x10 ext[erior], 3 locations; Amount: 9.00" -- on envelope back.

Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Aviation (corporate name), Best Drug Stores, Inc. (corporate name), Buses (lcsh), Dean (personal name), Florsheim (corporate name), General Acceptance Corporation (corporate name), General Motors Trucks (corporate name), Globe Coffee Shop (corporate name), Los Angeles Motor Coach Co. (corporate name), McDonald (personal name), Security First National Bank (corporate name), Sontag (corporate name), Street photography (lcsh), Vammie (personal name)

Coverage Spatial 1850 East Washington Street (roadway), 5th Street (roadway), 7th Street (roadway), California (states), California, Southern (region), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Olympic Boulevard (roadway), South Alvarado Street (roadway), South Hill Street (roadway), USA (countries), Wilshire Boulevard (roadway)

Coverage Geocoordinate 34.047379,-118.253115 (point), 34.05795,-118.27588 (point)

Coverage Temporal 1940

Inherited Subject Automobiles (lcsh), Aviation (corporate name), Best Drug Stores, Inc. (corporate name), Buses (lcsh), Dean (personal name), Florsheim (corporate name), General Acceptance Corporation (corporate name), General Motors Trucks (corporate name), Globe Coffee Shop (corporate name), Los Angeles Motor Coach Co. (corporate name), McDonald (personal name), Security First National Bank (corporate name), Sontag (corporate name), Street photography (lcsh), Vammie (personal 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

Creator Dick Whittington Studio (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Type images, texts

Format 3 photographs: b&w, negative, 5x7 in. in envelope (aacr2), B/W Safety in. (format), negatives (aat), photographs (aat)

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