California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Anti-nuclear billboard on 8236-8240 Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, December 1981

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Anti-nuclear billboard on 8236-8240 Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, December 1981

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Photograph of an anti-nuclear billboard on 8236-8240 Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, December 1981. Photoprint reads: "12'x28' Billboard mounted on a building lit by three florescent lights. Lettering on billboard 'No Thanks !'. Lettering across the bottom of the sign 'L.A. P.A.D. CONCERNED ARTISTS 2936 W 8th St., L.A. 90005'. The illustration on the billboard is a cornucopia with ballistic missiles pouring out. This is a cloth banner approx 12'x24'. The sign painters or sign hangers have just mounted the banner over the existing sign. The window in the lower left of the photo seems to have a Christmas wreath displayed. This billboard is known to display activist statements". Men stand below the sign next to ladders which lead to its top. A large brick building with doors along the balcony behind the billboard on the right. The top of a building labeled "Chiropractic Orthopedics" can be seen in the lower right corner with plants in a box next to it on the left.

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Title Anti-nuclear billboard on 8236-8240 Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, December 1981

Subject Advertising -- Outdoors -- Billboards (file heading), Advertising, Outdoor (lcsh), Billboards (lcsh), buildings (adlf), L.A. P.A.D. Concerned Artists 2936 W. 8th. St L.A.90005 (subject), Los Angeles -- Schools -- Colleges -- UCLA (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 8236-8240 Santa Monica Boulevard (roadway), California (states), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries), West Hollywood (city or populated place)

Temporal Subject 1981-12-01

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

Date Created 1981-12-01

Creator Mamer, Marshall (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m4392

Identifier 45780 (accession number), CHS-45780 (call number), CHS-45780 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-4803 (legacy record id), chs-m4392 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-4486 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 4803

Unique identifier UC119671

Legacy Identifier CHS-45780.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.9 in × 16.8 in at 300dpi
53.1 cm × 42.7 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Description The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.

We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.

Date Created 1860/1960

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