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Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961
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Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961
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Architectural model of the proposed United States Post Office and Federal Building at Los Angeles, 1936
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Architectural model of the proposed United States Post Office and Federal Building at Los Angeles, 1936
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Description
Photograph of an architectural model of the proposed United States Post Office and Federal Building at Los Angeles. "Model of proposed United States Postoffice [sic] and Federal Building at Los Angeles. Gilbert Stanley Underwood, Architect. Two firms submit bids on job: George A. Fuller Company of Washington and Robert McKee of Los Angeles" -- Examiner clipping attached to verso, dated, "October 23, 1936".; "United States Court House, Los Angeles. Gilbert Stanley Underwood, Architect" -- typed on verso.; Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
Asset Metadata
Title
Architectural model of the proposed United States Post Office and Federal Building at Los Angeles, 1936
Subject
Los Angeles -- City -- Buildings -- Federal Building
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1936-10-23
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
(aacr2),
models (representations)
(aat),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961
(collection),
Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961
(subcollection),
University of Southern California
(contributing entity)
Date Created
1936-10-23
Contributor
Underwood, Gilbert Stanley
(architect)
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-m15211
Identifier
3-1275-02805-3891 (
barcode
), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-812 (
filename
), examiner-m4404 (
legacy collection record id
), examiner-c44-92914 (
legacy record id
), examiner-m15211 (
legacy record id
), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-812 (
original filename
), Subjects 320 (
print box
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
92914
Unique identifier
UC11724695
Legacy Identifier
EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-812.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
11.6 in × 9.4 in at 300dpi
29.6 cm × 23.9 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 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 Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961
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