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Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961
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Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961
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University of Southern California car wash, 1959
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University of Southern California car wash, 1959
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Description
1 image. University of Southern California car wash, 20 February 1959. Fraternity boys and sorority girls wash cars for underprivileged children at Idlewild Mountains.; Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Gray. Date: 1959-02-20. Reporter: Gray. Assignment: USC car wash. Special instructions: Monday. 73/74: Gals from Alpha Phi & Pi Beta Phi; 103/104: Plus guys from Tau Kappa Epsilon & Sigma Alpha Epsilon are asking 75 cents per car for Troy Camp in Idlewild Mountains for underprivileged kids. 150 go for hose, been sold on campus".
Asset Metadata
Title
University of Southern California car wash, 1959
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
University of Southern California
(geographic subject),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1959-02-20
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)
Date Created
1959-02-20
Creator
Gray
(photographer)
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
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-m12238
Identifier
EXM-N-12509-001~1 (
filename
), examiner-m1663 (
legacy collection record id
), examiner-c44-91827 (
legacy record id
), examiner-m12238 (
legacy record id
), 12509-001 (
sleeve number
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
91827
Unique identifier
UC11727198
Legacy Identifier
EXM-N-12509-001~1.tif
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
28.1 in × 22.6 in at 300dpi
71.5 cm × 57.6 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.
Linked assets
Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961
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