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[Los Angeles Memorial] Coliseum fire works (4th of July) (early art), 1961
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[Los Angeles Memorial] Coliseum fire works (4th of July) (early art), 1961

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1 image. [Los Angeles Memorial] Coliseum fire works (4th of July) (early art), 4 July 1961. Betsy Still; Roscoe Morse (State Legion Commander); Jaclyn Carmichael.; Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Wessellmann. Date: 1961-07-04. Reporter: MacMillin. Assignment: fireworks Coliseum. l to r -- #1: Los Angeles County American Legion Commander Charles K. Wright; Princess Joy Boehm; Mayor Samuel Yorty. #3: (l to r) -- Princess Betsy Still; State Legion Commander Roscoe Morse; Princess Jaclyn Carmichael. Crowd shots". 
Asset Metadata
Title [Los Angeles Memorial] Coliseum fire works (4th of July) (early art), 1961 
Creator Wessellmann (photographer) 
Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital) 
Date Created 1961-07-04 
Tags OAI-PMH Harvest 
Temporal Subject 1961-07-04 
Type images
Format 1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat) 
Language English
Source Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961 (subcollection), Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961 (collection), 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-m12979 
Identifier EXM-N-12980-002~1 (filename), examiner-m1663 (legacy collection record id), examiner-c44-91961 (legacy record id), examiner-m12979 (legacy record id), 12980-002 (sleeve number) 
IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID] 
DM Record ID 91961 
Unique identifier UC11725885 
Legacy Identifier EXM-N-12980-002~1.tiff 
Type Image 
Internet Media Type image/tiff
Resolution 22.4 in × 28.1 in at 300dpi
56.9 cm × 71.4 cm at 300dpi 
Inherited Values
Title Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961 
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 Negatives Collection, 1950-1961
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Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961 
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