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Panoramic negatives

Box 1

Panoramic Negatives (3072-3118)

Box 1, Negative 3072

View of real estate office and surrounding hills, Topanga Oaks, 1925

Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3073

Beverly Hills Heights, development by Frank Meline shown at the start of the subdivision, 1925

Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3074

Beverly Hills Heights, development by Frank Meline shown at the start of the subdivision, 1925

Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3075

Belgenland Steamship at San Pedro, 1925

Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3076

Riviera development by Frank Meline, Pacific Palisades, 1926

Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3077

Riviera development by Frank Meline, Pacific Palisades, 1926

Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3078

Santa Fe Valley farms, Dan Midine, 1926

Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3079

Beach and bathers, and real estate development by Frank Meline, Pierpont Bay, Ventura County, 1926

Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3080

Beach and bathers, and real estate development by Frank Meline, Pierpont Bay, Ventura County, 1926

Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3081

View from the pier of beach, hotel, and buildings around Dan Moline development, Del Mar, 1926

Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3082

View of Castellammare before development by Frank Meline began, 1926

Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3083

View of Castellammare before development by Frank Meline began, 1926

Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3084

View of Castellammare before development by Frank Meline began, 1926

Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3085

View of Castellammare before development by Frank Meline began, 1926

Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3086

View of Lido Isle, Newport Beach, ca. 1930

Physical Description: [9 ½ x 11 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3087

View of Lido Isle, Newport Beach, ca. 1930

Physical Description: [9 ½ x 11 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3088

View of Lido Isle, Newport Beach, ca. 1930

Physical Description: [9 ½ x 11 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3089

View of Lido Isle, Newport Beach, ca. 1930

Physical Description: [9 ½ x 11 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3090

Armistice Day celebration on Mt. Rubidoux, Riverside County, 1926

Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3091

View of development, Miramar Estates, 1927

Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]

Note

[Santa Monica?]
Box 1, Negative 3092

Development by Le Baron, Midwick tract, 1927

Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]

Note

[Monterey Park.]
Box 1, Negative 3093

Development by Le Baron, Midwick tract, 1927

Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]

Note

[Monterey Park.]
Box 1, Negative 3094

Beach, tent cabins and automobiles, Hollywood by the Sea, 1927

Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3095

Los Angeles at night, 1928

Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3096

Opening day, Lido Isle, Newport Beach, 1928

Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3097

Opening day, Lido Isle, Newport Beach, 1928

Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3098

Safeway warehouse, 1927

Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3099

Crowd waiting to see "Desert Song," 1928

Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3100

Beach and buildings, Hollywood by the Sea, 1928

Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3101

Plaza, Leimert Park, Los Angeles, 1929

Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3102

Plaza, Leimert Park, Los Angeles, 1929

Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3103

California Aerial Transport planes lined up outside air terminal, 1929

Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3104

Maddux Air Lines planes in hangar, ca. 1929

Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3104a

Jonathan Club banquet, 1937

Physical Description: [12 x 20 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3105

Caballero Estates auction, 1931

Physical Description: [7 x 17 in.]

Note

[Los Angeles?]
Box 1, Negative 3106

Olympic swimming, 1932

Physical Description: [12 x 20 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3107

Opening day, Olympics, 1932

Physical Description: [12 x 20 in.]
Box 1, Negative  3108

Cabrillo Beach, 1932

Physical Description: [12 x 20 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3109

Easter service at the Hollywood Bowl, 1932

Physical Description: [12 x 20 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3110

Crowd getting Miracle Water, 1932

Physical Description: [12 x 20 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3111

Camp-fire girls, 1934

Physical Description: [12 x 20 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3112

Drive-in theatre, Los Angeles, 1934

Physical Description: [12 x 20 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3113

The Packard fiesta, 1934

Physical Description: [12 x 20 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3114

Pacific Freight Lines, 1935

Physical Description: [12 x 20 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3115

Universal Studios banquet for executives, 1936

Physical Description: [12 x 20 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3116

Hollywood Bowl, Gershwin concert, 1937

Physical Description: [11 x 14 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3117

Dedication of Mabel Normand State, Republic Studios, 1940

Physical Description: [12 x 20 in.]
Box 1, Negative 3118

W.R. Hearst, 1942

Physical Description: [11 x 14 in.]
Box 2

Panoramic Negatives (3131-3153)

Box 2, Negative 3131

Castellammare before development, ca. 1926

Physical Description: [8 x 51 in.]

Note

[Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles.]
Box 2, Negative 3132

Santa Monica Canyon, 1930

Physical Description: [10 x 29½ in.]

Note

[View of Pacific Coast Highway and hillside homes.]
Box 2, Negative 3133

View of Castellammare subdivision, 1931

Physical Description: [10 x 39 in.]

Note

[Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles.]
Box 2, Negative 3134

Miramar Estates before development, 1927

Physical Description: [8 x 78 in.]

Note

[Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles.]
Box 2, Negative 3135

Brentwood Riviera Estates, Los Angeles, undated

Physical Description: [10 x 52½ in.]
Box 2, Negative 3136

View of Leimert Park, Los Angeles, undated

Physical Description: [10 x 51 in.]
Box 2, Negative 3137

Leimert Park, Los Angeles, 1928

Physical Description: [8 x 49 in.]
Box 2, Negative 3138

Midwick View Estates, ca. 1930

Physical Description: [10 x 45½ in.]

Note

[Monterey Park.]
Box 2, Negative 3139

Opening Day Crowd at Midwick View Estates, ca. 1930

Physical Description: [10 x 66 in.]

Note

[Monterey Park.]
Box 2, Negative 3140

View of Covina before development, ca. 1930

Physical Description: [10 x 66 in.]
Box 2, Negative 3141

Laguna Beach, ca. 1930

Physical Description: [10 x 71 in.]
Box 2, Negative 3142

Opening Day of Lido Isle, Newport Beach, ca. 1930

Physical Description: [10 x 31½ in.]
Box 2, Negative 3143

Crowds in grandstand, Southern California Fair, Riverside, 1930

Physical Description: [10 x 55½ in.]
Box 2, Negative 3144

Runnymede, 1929

Physical Description: [10 x 47 in.]

Note

[Development in southern California?]
Box 2, Negative 3145

Earle M. Jorgensen Company plant, 1930s

Physical Description: [10 x 30½ in.]
Box 2, Negative 3146

Interstate Aircraft, El Segundo, California, ca. 1943

Physical Description: [10 x 40 in.]
Box 2, Negative 3147

Fairchild Aerial Surveys, fleet of planes on runway, ca. 1940

Physical Description: [10 x 64 in.]
Box 2, Negative 3148

Opening Day at Grand Central Air Terminal, Glendale, 1929

Physical Description: [10 x 44 in.]
Box 2, Negative 3149

View of sports fields and Southwest Museum in the Arroyo Seco, Los Angeles, ca. 1940s

Physical Description: [10 x 65 in.]
Box 2, Negative 3150

Republic Studios, 1942

Physical Description: [10 x 47 in.]
Box 2, Negative  3151

Republic Studios, 1942

Physical Description: [10 x 49 in.]
Box 2, Negative 3152

Republic Studios, 1942

Physical Description: [10 x 47 in.]
Box 2, Negative 3153

Whittington Studio, 3845 Wisconsin Street, Los Angeles, undated

Physical Description: [10 x 63 in.]

Note

[Print.]
 

Copy prints

Box 3

Copy Prints (1-338)

Box 3, Item 1-6

El Dorado County, 1946

Note

[Placerville; Coloma.]
Box 3, Item 7

Inyo County, 1939

Note

[Lone Pine.]
Box 3, Item 8-13

Nevada County, 1946

Note

[Truckee.]
Box 3, Item 14-19

Lake Tahoe, 1946

Note

[Tahoe.]
Box 3, Item 20-30

Kern County, 1938-1939

Note

[Randsburg; Mojave; Maricopa; Lebec.]
Box 3, Item 31-38

Kern County, 1934, 1939

Note

[Kern County Park; Kernville; Bakersfield oil fields; Los Angeles aqueduct in Mint Canyon; Fort Tejon.]
Box 3, Item 39-40

Tulare County, 1939

Note

[Visalia.]
Box 3, Item 41- 53

San Luis Obispo County, 1939

Note

[Atascadero; Paso Robles; Pismo Beach; Moro Rock and Bay; Cayucos; Cambria.]
Box 3, Item 54-64

Santa Barbara County, 1939, 1946-1947

Note

[El Rancho Espanol; Cuyama; Rancho Santa Ynez; Mission Santa Ines; Solvang.]
Box 3, Item 65-76

Santa Barbara County, 1929, 1937, 1939

Note

[Santa Maria; La Purisima Concepcion; Santa Barbara; Santa Barbara oil fields.]
Box 3, Item 77-89

Ventura County, 1934, 1939, 1946

Note

[Dos Vientos Ranch near Camarillo; Ojai Valley; Ojai.]
Box 3, Item 90-103

Ventura County, 1926-1928, 1939

Note

[Pierpont Bay; Hollywood by the Sea.]
Box 3, Item 104-109

Ventura County, 1939

Note

[Santa Paula; Ventura; Oxnard.]
Box 3, Item 110-119

Ventura County, 1939

Note

[Port Hueneme.]
Box 3, Item 120-135

Ventura County, 1939

Note

[Port Hueneme.]
Box 3, Item 136-147

Orange County, 1928, 1938-1939

Note

[Fullerton; Santa Ana; Anaheim; Laguna Beach.]
Box 3, Item 148-173

Orange County, 1927-1928, 1931, 1936

Note

[Capistrano Beach construction; Balboa and Newport Beach; Lido Isle.]

Note

[For additional Lido Isle images, see panoramic negative #s 3086-3089, 3142.]
Box 3, Item 174-187

Orange County, 1925, 1928, 1930, 1935, 1938, 1939, 1941

Note

[Balboa and Newport Beach.]
Box 3, Item 188-202

Riverside County, 1939, 1943

Note

[Elsinore; Lake Elsinore; Perris; Corona; Sherman Institute (Riverside); Riverside; U.S. Naval Hospital construction (Norco).]
Box 3, Item 203-221

Riverside County, 1933-1934, 1937, 1939

Note

[El Mirador Hotel (Palm Springs); Palm Springs.]
Box 3, Item 222-237

Riverside County, 1938-1939

Note

[San Jacinto; Hemet; Lavida Springs; Gilman Hot Springs; Eden Hot Springs; Soboba Hot Springs; Curry's Idyllwild.]
Box 3, Item 238-248

San Bernardino County, 1930, 1938-1941, 1946

Note

[Twentynine Palms; Fontana; Chino; Ontario; San Bernardino.]
Box 3, Item 249-271

San Bernardino County, 1929, 1933-1934, 1936-1938

Note

[Big Bear; Lake Arrowhead.]
Box 3, Item 272-283

San Bernardino County, 1936, 1940

Note

[Arrowhead Springs Hotel; Arrowhead Springs Curatory.]
Box 3, Item 284-302

San Diego County, 1939

Note

[Mount Helix; La Mesa; El Cajon; Alpine; Pine Valley; Descanso; Lakeside; Ramona; Escondido; Vista; Rancho San Luis Rey; Bonsall.]
Box 3, Item 303-321

San Diego County, 1926-1928

Note

[Tahiti Beach; Del Mar; Solana Beach.]
Box 3, Item 322-338

San Diego County, 1935, 1938-1939

Note

[La Jolla; Casa de Manana; San Diego Fairgrounds (Balboa Park); Boulder Park.]
Box 4

Copy Prints (339-718)

Box 4, Item 339-352

Imperial County, 1938, 1946

Note

[Mullett Island; Imperial Valley; All American Canal.]
Box 4, Item 353-359

Mexico, 1938

Note

[Tijuana; Agua Caliente; Ensenada.]
Box 4, Item 360-376

Los Angeles County (east), 1925, 1928, 1936-1937, 1939, 1941

Note

[House of Jenkins Flintridge, Flintridge; home of Zane Grey, Altadena; Altadena; Monrovia; Glendora; Crystal Lake; Azusa.]
Box 4, Item 377-399

Los Angeles County, 1927-1928, 1930-1931, 1936, 1939

Note

[East Los Angeles; Montebello; Whittier; Pio Pico Adobe; Sunshine Acres Farms (Santa Fe Springs); Santa Fe Springs oil fields; Downey; Norwalk; Bellflower.]
Box 4, Item 400-409

Los Angeles County, 1930-1931, 1939

Note

[El Monte; Gay's Lion Farm; Baldwin Park; Covina; Puddingstone Reservoir; Pomona Fairgrounds.]
Box 4, Item 410-427

Los Angeles County, 1925-1926, 1931

Note

[El Molino Viejo, San Marino; San Marino Tract; Huntington Estate.]
Box 4, Item 428-440

Los Angeles County, 1925-1939, 1945

Note

[Pasadena. Annandale Estates; California Institute of Technology construction; Colorado Boulevard grandstand; William Wrigley, Jr. home; Foothill Boulevard and Sunnyslope; Sierra Madre Boulevard; Hastings Estate (North Pasadena).]
Box 4, Item 441-457

Los Angeles County, 1945

Note

[Pasadena; Hastings Estate (North Pasadena); Raymond Hills.]
Box 4, Item 458-474

Los Angeles County, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1935, 1941, 1946

Note

[Mayfair tract, Alhambra; Alhambra; El Sereno; San Gabriel; Midwick View Estates, Monterey Park; Monterey Park tracts.]
Box 4, Item 475-489

Los Angeles County, 1931, 1934, 1936, 1938-1940

Note

[Monterey Hills; South Pasadena; Santa Anita; Arcadia; Santa Anita race track.]
Box 4, Item 490-510

Los Angeles County, 1929, 1933-1934, 1942

Note

[Long Beach; Long Beach earthquake.]
Box 4, Item 511-522

Los Angeles County, 1932, 1936-1937, 1945

Note

[Cabrillo Beach; Point Fermin; South Los Angeles housing projects (Rolling Knolls, Harbor City).]
Box 4, Item  523-541

Los Angeles County, 1929-1930, 1939, 1941

Note

[San Pedro Harbor; San Pedro ferry boat; Fish Harbor.]
Box 4, Item 542-553

Los Angeles County, 1929-1930, 1935, 1941, 1945

Note

[Los Angeles Harbor; Fish Harbor; Terminal Island.]
Box 4, Item 554-571

Los Angeles County, 1927, 1935, 1937, 1940

Note

[Palos Verdes ranch views; Palos Verdes homes.]
Box 4, Item 572-583

Los Angeles County, 1936, 1937, 1944

Note

[Rolling Hills Estates; Rancho Palos Verdes.]
Box 4, Item 584-599

Los Angeles County, 1934, 1941, 1944

Note

[Redondo Beach.]
Box 4, Item 600-609

Los Angeles County, 1935, 1940, 1943

Note

[Hermosa Beach; Manhattan Beach.]
Box 4, Item 610-626

Los Angeles County, 1930, 1937-1939

Note

[Playa del Rey; Venice.]
Box 4, Item 627-642

Los Angeles County, 1930, 1932, 1939-1940

Note

[Santa Monica.]
Box 4, Item 643-658

Los Angeles County, 1928, 1930-1931, 1939

Note

[Mulholland Drive; Santa Monica Mountains; Malibu Lake; Calabasas; Topanga del Mar; Topanga Beach; Malibu Coast Road; Residence of Edgar Rice Burroughs (Malibu); Malibu.]
Box 4, Item 659-682

Los Angeles County, 1926-1928, 1937

Note

[Pacific Palisades. Riviera Tract; Castellammare; Marquez Knolls; Bernheimer Estate (Santa Monica).]

Note

[For additional Riviera Tract and Castellammare images, see panoramic negative numbers 3076-3077, 3082-3085, 3131, 3133.]
Box 4, Item 683-698

Los Angeles County, 1928, 1931, 1933, 1937-1939

Note

[Westwood and the University of California, Los Angeles.]
Box 4, Item 699-718

Los Angeles County, 1924, 1926, 1928-1929, 1941, 1947

Note

[Bel Air; Beverlyridge Estates; Beverly Pacific tract; Bernheimer Estate (Santa Monica); Brentwood Riviera; Beverly Wood tract.]

Note

[See also numbers 966-970 for additional Beverly Wood images.]
Box 5

Copy Prints (719-1171)

Box 5, Item 719-745

Los Angeles County, 1931-1933, 1936-1939, 1946

Note

[Hollywood. Sunset Boulevard; Hollywood Boulevard; Pilgrimage Playhouse; Bernheimer Gardens; the Chinese Theater.]
Box 5, Item 746-776

Los Angeles County, 1928, 1930, 1932-1934, 1936-1937, 1940

Note

[Los Feliz; Barnsdall Art Park; Griffith Park (recreational activities, golf course dedication, observatory construction, Greek Theater).]
Box 5, Item 777-797

Los Angeles County, 1930, 1934-1935, 1938-1939, 1941

Note

[Hollywood. Paul Bragg and hikers in Hollywood; Hollywood Bowl (construction, ski jumping); Hollywood Legion stadium; NBC building; Earl Carroll Theatre; KNX building (CBS station and tower); panoramas of Los Angeles from Don Lee's tower.]
Box 5, Item 798-817

Los Angeles County, 1929, 1931, 1938, 1940

Note

[Culver City; Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Administration Building (Culver City); Leimert Park; Baldwin Hills.]

Note

[For additional Leimert Park images, see panoramic negative numbers 3131-3102, 3136-3137.]
Box 5, Item 818-829

Los Angeles County, 1926, 1928, 1931, 1934, 1938, 1942, 1944

Note

[Inglewood; View Park; Hawthorne; Loyola College; Westchester; Windsor Hills; Gardena.]
Box 5, Item 830-852

Los Angeles County, 1932, 1939

Note

[Beverly and La Cienega Boulevards; 3rd Street and Fairfax Avenue Farmer's Market; Gilmore Stadium.]

Note

[See numbers 971-975 for additional Farmer's Market images.]
Box 5, Item 853-861

Los Angeles County, 1930-1931, 1937-1940

Note

[Tract on Airdrome Street; La Cienega and Pico Boulevards; La Brea Avenue and Exposition Boulevard; Sunset Hills tract (Alsace Avenue and Exposition Boulevard); Carthay Circle Theater.]
Box 5, Item 862-869

Los Angeles County, 1934, 1936

Note

[Sepulveda and National Boulevards; Los Angeles's first drive-in theater.]
Box 5, Item 870-887

Los Angeles County, 1924, 1926, 1929, 1933-1934,1937, 1939, 1943

Note

[Cahuenga Pass; Burbank; Tujunga; Granada Estates (San Fernando); Paul Hill's Ranch (Saugus); Newhall; Sylmar.]
Box 5, Item 888-907

Los Angeles County, 1932, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1941

Note

[San Fernando Valley; Woodland Hills; Encino; Sherman Oaks; North Hollywood; panoramic views; Studio City.]
Box 5, Item 908-921a

Los Angeles County, 1938, 1940

Note

[Los Angeles River bed construction.]
Box 5, Item 922-944

Los Angeles County, 1936, 1939, 1940-1942

Note

[Pacific Coast Highway (Roosevelt Highway).]
Box 5, Item 945-965

Los Angeles County, 1927, 1936, 1940

Note

[Pasadena (Colorado Boulevard); Santa Anita race track; Leimert Park; Santa Barbara; Windsor Hills; Crenshaw Park Development; 94th Street and Vermont Avenue.]

Note

[For additional Leimert Park images, see panoramic negative numbers 3131-3102, 3136-3137.]
Box 5, Item 966-988

Los Angeles County, 1929, 1933, 1937, 1939-1940, 1942, 1946

Note

[Beverly Wood tract; Farmer's Market; Gilmore Stadium; Hollywood (I. Magnin Building, Montmartre Café, storefronts); Los Feliz (Hillhurst Avenue and Sunset Boulevard); Elysian Park; Ventura Boulevard; Cahuenga Boulevard construction; Beverly Hills City Hall; KMPC building; Venice.]

Note

[See numbers 715-718 for additional Beverly Wood images; see numbers 832-852 for additional Farmer's Market and Gilmore Stadium images.]
Box 5, Item 989-997

Los Angeles County, 1924, 1929, 1931, 1938, 1940

Note

[Pico Boulevard; Los Angeles High School; Flood scenes; Vermont Avenue and 4th Street; Drug store at 918 S. Western Avenue.]
Box 5, Item 998-1022

Los Angeles County, 1930, 1936-1937, 1938-1941,1946

Note

[Central Los Angeles; Olvera Street; Chinatown; Pershing Square; City views and panoramas.]
Box 5, Item 1023-1051

Los Angeles County, 1927

Note

[Wilshire Boulevard from Westlake to Western Avenue.]
Box 5, Item 1052-1075

Los Angeles County, 1927

Note

[Wilshire Boulevard from Westlake to Western Avenue.]
Box 5, Item 1076-1089

Los Angeles County, 1932

Note

[Business district, La Brea Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard.]
Box 5, Item 1090-1102

Los Angeles County, 1932

Note

[Business district, La Brea Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard.]
Box 5, Item 1103-1113

Los Angeles County, 1932

Note

[Business district, La Brea Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard.]
Box 5, Item 1114-1119

Los Angeles County, 1928, 1934, 1937, 1945-1946

Note

[Wilshire Boulevard near Westwood; Wilshire and La Cienega Boulevards; Wilshire Boulevard and Highland Avenue; Coconut Grove Night Club.]
Box 5, Item 1120-1142

Los Angeles County, 1924-1927, 1929, 1931-1932

Note

[Franklin Park; Highland Park; Beverly Hills Heights; Midwick tract (Alhambra); Overhill tract; Terrace Park; Cahuenga Park; Santa Monica.]

Note

[For additional Midwick images, see panoramic negative numbers 3092-3093, 3138-3139.]
Box 5, Item 1143-1154

Los Angeles theaters, 1931, 1938

Box 5, Item 1155-1171

Los Angeles hospitals, 1929-1930, 1932, 1934, 1938, 1940, 1942

Box 6

Copy Prints (1172-1606)

Box 6, Item 1172-1184

New state office building construction, Los Angeles, 1930-1932

Box 6, Item 1185-1202

Federal Building and Post Office construction, Los Angeles, 1937-1938

Box 6, Item 1203-1219

Federal Building and Post Office construction and installation, Los Angeles, 1938

Box 6, Item 1220-1231

Los Angeles. City Hall; Los Angeles Public Library; Los Angeles Times Building construction, 1927, 1937, 1940, 1946- 1948

Box 6, Item 1232-1246

Los Angeles. Memorial Coliseum; Olympic pool, 1925, 1931-1932, 1938, 1941

Box 6, Item 1247-1253

Pan-Pacific Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1937, 1939, 1945

Box 6, Item 1254-1259

Venice, 1933, 1940

Box 6, Item 1260-1271

Sports, 1926-1928, 1931, 1933, 1939, 1941, 1943-1944

Box 6, Item 1272-1289

Los Angeles businesses, 1926, 1929

Note

[The Typewriter Shop; May Company; Radios; Furniture.]
Box 6, Item 1290-1295

Los Angeles businesses, 1930, 1935, 1937, 1939

Note

[Myers Barber Shop; Checker Barber Supply; Dental office; Forest Lawn mortuary.]
Box 6, Item 1296-1304

Los Angeles businesses, 1940

Note

[Silver's Drug Store; Mid-City Cut Rate Drugs.]
Box 6, Item 1305-1323

Los Angeles businesses, 1925, 1928, 1931

Note

[Sav-a-day Laundry; Unidentified laundry; Los Angeles Creamery Company (see also number 2639); Mutual Dairy Association; Adohr Creamery Company; Santa Monica Dairy.]
Box 6, Item 1324-1334

Los Angeles businesses, 1924, 1927, 1946

Note

[Western Paint Remover; Gibson Lumber Company; Germain's Nursery.]
Box 6, Item 1335-1344

Los Angeles businesses, 1931, 1943

Note

[Vermont Avenue Market (Hattem's Shopping Center); Mayfair Market.]
Box 6, Item 1345-1363

Los Angeles businesses, 1928, 1931, 1935, 1937, 1939

Note

[Health Water Center; Alex's Sweet Shop; Currie's Ice Cream Store; See's Candy Company; Sally's Candy Shop; Unidentified bar; Simon's Drive In Café.]
Box 6, Item 1364-1377

Advertising, 1928, 1931, 1935-1936, 1942, 1944

Note

[Signs; Billboards; Displays.]
Box 6, Item 1378-1391

Communications (radio), 1938

Note

[Making records; KNX; CBS; Lady football broadcasters.]
Box 6, Item 1392-1405

Communications (radio), 1940, 1944

Note

[KFAC "man on the street" broadcast;" KRKD election returns; CBS broadcasting; Tommy Dorsey at NBC.]
Box 6, Item 1406-1422

Communications (television), 1941

Note

[Don Lee's television system; Miscellaneous images.]
Box 6, Item 1423-1438

Communications (television), 1941

Note

[Don Lee's television system; Miscellaneous images.]
Box 6, Item 1439-1460

Communications (Los Angeles Times), 1937, 1941

Box 6, Item 1461-1470

Clubs, 1933

Note

[Miramar-Biltmore Beach Club; Santa Monica.]

Note

[Numbers 1466-1470 missing as of 5/2006.]
Box 6, Item 1471-1479

People, 1926-1927, 1935, 1937-1938, 1942

Note

[Herbert Clark Hoover; J.W. Robinson; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Frank Shaw; Archibald Joseph Cronin; Bing Crosby.]
Box 6, Item 1480-1506

Transportation, 1927-1929, 1934, 1936-1937, 1942

Note

[Streetcars (Los Angeles Railway); Trucks and freight; Buses; Ships; Greyhound bus depot; Taxi cabs.]
Box 6, Item 1507-1532

Transportation (railroads), 1924, 1926-1927, 1930, 1933, 1937-1939

Note

[Cars; Track, Union Station.]
Box 6, Item 1533-1558

Transportation (railroads), 1939, 1942-1943, 1946-1947

Note

[Railroad stations; Union Pacific depot celebration; Glendale tower; Friendship train; Virginia and Truckee Railroad (Carson City); Track construction.]
Box 6, Item 1559-1583

Industries (food processing), 1927-1928, 1930, 1932, 1935

Note

[Runnymede Poultry Farm and cannery; SC chicken ranch; Peanut butter factory; Fishing; Vegetables.]
Box 6, Item 1584-1606

Industries (food processing), 1929, 1931, 1936

Note

[McClure's Winery; Irrigation; Acme Brewery.]
Box 7

Copy Prints (1607-2049)

Box 7, Item 1607-1624

Industries (fruits), 1936, 1938, 1942

Note

[Leffingwell Rancho; San Fernando Heights Packing House; Fruit plant operations.]
Box 7, Item 1625-1636

Industries (food processing, water), 1940, 1946

Note

[Ice Exchange; Sparkletts; Arrowhead.]
Box 7, Item 1637-1650

Industries (food processing), 1938-1940

Note

[Van de Kamp's Holland Dutch Bakers; Beaudry Brothers Candy Company.]
Box 7, Item 1651-1670

Industries (rubber), 1928, 1937

Note

[Goodrich rubber plant; Goodyear tire production.]
Box 7, Item 1671-1686

Industries (rubber), 1937

Note

[Goodyear tire production.]
Box 7, Item 1687-1707

Industries (rubber), 1943-1944

Note

[Kirkhall Rubber; Goodyear Tire and Rubber; B.F. Goodrich.]
Box 7, Item 1708-1720

Industries (steel), 1925, 1928-1929, 1935

Note

[Axelson Machine Shop; Factory interiors; Earle M. Jorgensen Company.]
Box 7, Item 1721-1746

Industries (steel), 1936

Note

[Bethlehem Steel plant interior.]
Box 7, Item 1747-1770

Industries (steel), 1940, 1943, 1944

Note

[Plant interiors; Pacific Wire Rope plant; Western Pipe and Steel; Ducommun Metals and Supply Company.]
Box 7, Item 1771-1789

Industries (quarries), 1936

Box 7, Item 1790-1802

Industries (entertainment), 1942

Note

[RCA plant and recording facilities.]
Box 7, Item 1803-1821

Industries (entertainment), 1928-1929, 1931

Note

[Movie studios. First National Pictures; Mack Sennett Studios; RKO Pictures; MGM Studios; "Poverty Row;" Unidentified studios.]
Box 7, Item 1822-1839

Industries (entertainment), 1932, 1934, 1937, 1939-1941, 1943

Note

[Movie sets; Fox Studios; Selznick Studio sets; Columbia Studios set; Distribution office, Paramount Studios.]
Box 7, Item 1840-1852

Industry (miscellaneous), 1928

Note

[Pioneer Paper Company; Max Factor production factory.]
Box 7, Item 1853-1872

Industry (miscellaneous), 1937, 1943

Note

[Arabian princes (King Faisal?); Small boat production; Knitting mill; Radio manufacturing.]
Box 7, Item 1873-1887

Industry (miscellaneous), 1938

Note

[Standard Oil building; Southern California Telephone building; General Motors; Willys-Overland Motors building; Studebaker Pacific Corporation building; Chrysler Motors building; Firestone building; U.S. Rubber Products Inc. building; Goodrich building.]
Box 7, Item 1888-1916

Construction (dams and aqueducts), 1926, 1934

Note

[Hell's Gate Dam retaining wall; Metropolitan aqueduct and Parker Dam.]
Box 7, Item 1917-1942

Construction (dams and aqueducts), 1934

Note

[Metropolitan aqueduct and Parker Dam.]
Box 7, Item 1943-1961

Construction (dams and aqueducts), 1934

Note

[Boulder (Hoover) Dam.]
Box 7, Item 1962-1980

Construction (dams and aqueducts), 1935, 1937-1938, 1940-1941

Note

[Bonnerville Dam (Oregon); San Francisquito Canyon Powerhouse #2; Metropolitan aqueduct tunnel at Ascot Reservoir; San Gabriel Dam; Morris Dam.]
Box 7, Item 1981-2001

Construction, 1924, 1927-1928, 1931, 1936, 1939-1940

Note

[Gas lines; Riverside Drive; Equipment; Hyperion Viaduct; Mulholland bridge; Figueroa Street Tunnel connector; Arroyo Seco Parkway; Pasadena Freeway; Verdugo Wash bridge; Highway 101/Santa Ana River bridge.]
Box 7, Item 2002-2023

Construction (housing), 1928, 1942, 1946

Note

[Hotel construction; Small defense house; Pre-fabricated homes.]
Box 7, Item 2024-2049

Construction, 1936, 1946-1947

Note

[Kaiser Community Homes; Tujunga School; Fox Studios; House construction; Development in Pomona; Bullock's (Pasadena).]
Box 8

Copy Prints (2050-2369)

Box 8, Item 2050-2068

Recreation, 1925, 1927-1928, 1930, 1932, 1937, 1939

Note

[Yachts and boats; Pool; Exposition Park playground; Children; Horseshoes; Hiking; Croquet; Exercise.]
Box 8, Item 2069-2084.1

Recreation, 1930-1931, 1937, 1939-1940, 1943

Note

[Miniature golf course; Camp Radford; Volleyball; Children playing marbles; Soap box derby; Swimming pools; Picnic at Montebello Stadium; Bowling alley; Fishing for grunions at Huntington Beach.]
Box 8, Item 2085-2108

Recreation, 1928-1930, 1932, 1935, 1940

Note

[Fairs; Christmas parade; Kiddies' parade; Griffith Park pet parade; Rose Bowl dancers; Salvation Army gathering; Wendell Wilkie parade; Catholic Centennial Pontifical Mass.]
Box 8, Item 2109-2116

Circus, 1937

Note

[Cole Brothers Circus parade; Al G. Barnes and Sells-Floto Circus.]
Box 8, Item 2127-2143

Police, fire, 1924-1927, 1930, 1937-1939

Note

[Slide area in Elysian Park; Forest fire in Santa Monica hills; Fire trucks and firemen; Studio fire; Los Angeles Fire Department Company #32; Fire engine; Forestry service demonstration in Pasadena; Fire Department training; Motorcycle policemen; Police and police car; Pasadena Fire Department rescue wagon.]
Box 8, Item 2144-2168

Cemeteries, charities and relief, 1925-1926, 1929, 1932-1933, 1938

Note

[Sawtelle Cemetery; Forest Lawn mausoleum; Legless and armless disabled person; Camp Oakmont; Feeding earthquake victims; Midnight Mission; Salvation Army Band; Breadline.]
Box 8, Item 2169-2175

Religion, 1938, 1944

Note

[Revival meetings.]
Box 8, Item 2176-2202

Photography and photographers, 1929-1930, 1933-1934, 1936-1937, 1939, 1942

Note

[Wayne Whittington; Whittington Studios; Whittington Trav-l Lab; Cameras and equipment.]
Box 8, Item 2204-2233

World War II effort, 1941-1942

Note

[No number 2203.]
Box 8, Item 2234-2252

World War II effort, 1943

Box 8, Item 2253-2266

World War II effort, 1941, 1944-1945

Box 8, Item 2267-2283

World War II effort, 1944-1945

Box 8, Item 2284-2306

World War II effort, 1942-1944

Box 8, Item 2307-2319

Medical, 1943

Note

[Processing blood plasma.]
Box 8, Item 2320-2332

World War II, 1943-1944

Note

[Army ordnance.]
Box 8, Item 2333-2352a

World War II, 1942-1945

Box 8, Item 2353-2362

Miscellaneous, 1928, 1935-1936, 1946

Note

[Oil fields; Northern California resorts; Searchlights.]
Box 8, Item 2363-2369

Ranches, 1944, 1946

Box 9

Copy Prints (2370-2667)

Box 9, Item 2370-2373

Automobiles, 1928, 1930, 1932-1933

Note

[Auburn.]
Box 9, Item 2374-2381

Automobiles, 1930

Note

[Austin.]
Box 9, Item 2382-2383

Automobiles, 1934

Note

[Brewster.]
Box 9, Item 2384-2386

Automobiles, 1929, 1937

Note

[Buick.]
Box 9, Item 2387-2392

Automobiles, 1929, 1935, 1939

Note

[Cadillac.]
Box 9, Item 2393

Automobiles, 1932

Note

[Cass.]
Box 9, Item 2394-2403

Automobiles, 1926, 1928

Note

[Chevrolet.]
Box 9, Item 2404-2408

Automobiles, 1928-1929, 1932, 1934

Note

[Chrysler.]
Box 9, Item 2409-2413

Automobiles, 1929-1931

Note

[Cord.]
Box 9, Item 2414-2416

Automobiles, 1929-1930

Note

[DeSoto.]
Box 9, Item 2417-2419

Automobiles, 1929, 1936

Note

[Dodge.]
Box 9, Item 2420

Automobiles, 1929

Note

[Dupont.]
Box 9, Item 2421-2422

Automobiles, 1929

Note

[Durant.]
Box 9, Item 2423-2428

Automobiles, 1929

Note

[Dusenberg.]
Box 9, Item 2429-2432

Automobiles, 1926

Note

[Elcar.]
Box 9, Item 2433-2460

Automobiles, 1928-1934

Note

[Ford.]
Box 9, Item 2461-2476

Automobiles, 1934-1937

Note

[Ford.]
Box 9, Item 2477-2490

Automobiles, 1935

Note

[Ford assembly plant, Long Beach.]
Box 9, Item 2491-2496

Automobiles, 1929, 1934-1935

Note

[Hudson.]
Box 9, Item 2497

Automobiles, 1932

Note

[Hupmobile.]
Box 9, Item 2498-2499

Automobiles, 1928-1929

Note

[Kissel.]
Box 9, Item 2500

Automobiles, 1935

Note

[Lafayette.]
Box 9, Item 2501-2502

Automobiles, 1929, 1934

Note

[La Salle.]
Box 9, Item 2503-2520

Automobiles, 1926, 1928-1931, 1936

Note

[Lincoln.]
Box 9, Item 2521-2522

Automobiles, 1926

Note

[Marmon.]
Box 9, Item 2523-2526

Automobiles, 1929

Note

[Mercedes.]
Box 9, Item 2527-2529

Automobiles, 1927, 1929, 1936

Note

[Nash.]
Box 9, Item 2530-2531

Automobiles, 1932, 1936

Note

[Oldsmobile.]
Box 9, Item 2532-2543

Automobiles, 1926, 1929-1931, 1934-1936, 1938

Note

[Packard.]
Box 9, Item 2544-2554

Automobiles, 1924-1925, 1929-1930, 1932

Note

[Pierce Arrow (includes 1900 model).]
Box 9, Item 2555-2557

Automobiles, 1930, 1932, 1938

Note

[Plymouth.]
Box 9, Item 2558-2580

Automobiles, 1937

Note

[Plymouth assembly line.]
Box 9, Item 2581

Automobiles, 1937

Note

[Pontiac.]
Box 9, Item 2582-2587

Automobiles, 1929-1930, 1935

Note

[Rolls-Royce.]
Box 9, Item 2588-2591

Automobiles, 1930-1931, 1934

Note

[Studebaker.]
Box 9, Item 2592-2597

Automobiles, 1936

Note

[Studebaker assembly line.]
Box 9, Item  2598-2599

Automobiles, 1929

Note

[Stutz.]
Box 9, Item 2600

Automobiles, 1936

Note

[Swallow.]
Box 9, Item 2601-2604

Automobiles, 1932, 1934-1935

Note

[Terraplane.]
Box 9, Item 2605-2606

Automobiles, 1927

Note

[Velie.]
Box 9, Item 2607-2613

Automobiles, 1928, 1931, 1933-1934

Note

[Willys-Knight.]
Box 9, Item 2614-2617

Automobiles, 1937

Note

[Willys-Knight plant.]
Box 9, Item 2618-2625

Various automobiles and trucks, 1934-1935, 1937-1938, 1942

Box 9, Item 2626-2645

Various automobiles and trucks, 1925-1926, 1928, 1930-1931, 1933

Box 9, Item 2646-2667

Various automobiles and trucks, 1928-1930

Box 10

Copy Prints (2668-2958)

Box 10, Item 2668-2681

Various automobiles and trucks, 1926-1928, 1931-1933, 1936

Box 10, Item 2682-2697

Buses, 1926, 1928-1929, 1931, 1936-1938

Box 10, Item 2698-2702

Motorcycles, 1929-1930, 1932, 1939

Box 10, Item 2703-2706

Miscellaneous automobiles and trucks, 1931, 1936, 1938

Box 10, Item 2707-2719

Automobile dealerships and used car lots, 1937, 1947

Box 10, Item 2720-2739

Automobiles and racing cars, 1925, 1929, 1931-1936, 1938

Note

[Includes 1938 Los Angeles Auto Show, Ascot Park.]
Box 10, Item 2740-2768

Automobile races, 1930-1931, 1937, 1939

Note

[Erskine Mount Baldy Run; South Gate auto races; Cobb at Bonneville Salt Flats.]
Box 10, Item 2769-2774

National Auto School, 1928-1930

Box 10, Item 2775-2800

Aviation, 1926-1928

Note

[Maddux airplanes; Miscellaneous airports, planes and people. Includes photographs of Amelia Earhart.]
Box 10, Item 2801-2830

Aviation, 1929

Note

[Airplanes at Catalina; Grand Central Airport under construction and opening; Kinner Airplane and Motor Company (Glendale); Various airplanes; Inauguration flight from Los Angeles to Reno.]
Box 10, Item 2831-2849

Aviation, 1929

Note

[Zeppelin; Goodyear Blimp; Various planes and facilities; Charles Lindbergh; Miners Field under construction.]
Box 10, Item 2850-2854

Aviation, 1929

Note

[Tri-motor interiors.]
Box 10, Item 2855-2877

Aviation, 1930

Note

[Curtiss-Wright Flying service; Grand Central Airport, Glendale; Western Air Express terminal; Miner's Field; Los Angeles Municipal Airport; Airplanes.]
Box 10, Item 2878-2883

Aviation, 1931

Note

[Grand Central Airport, Glendale; Glendale Airport; Airplanes.]
Box 10, Item 2884-2887

Aviation, 1932

Note

[Amelia Earhart; Endurance plane.]
Box 10, Item 2888-2899

Aviation, 1933

Note

[National air races; Building Delta Northrup; Douglas airplane interior.]
Box 10, Item 2900-2904

Aviation, 1934-1935

Note

[Airline plant views; Airplanes; Clover Field.]
Box 10, Item 2905-2911a

Aviation, 1936

Note

[National air races; Airplanes; Airplane interiors.]
Box 10, Item 2912-2927

Aviation, 1936

Note

[National air races; Airplanes; Parachuting.]
Box 10, Item 2928-2942

Aviation, 1936

Note

[National air races; Airplanes; Airplane interior.]
Box 10, Item 2943-2952

Aviation, 1937

Note

[Army and Navy airplanes; Burbank Airport; Ford V-8 plane; Loading airplane at Los Angeles Harbor.]
Box 10, Item 2953-2955

Aviation, 1938

Note

[Howard Hughes' flight around the world.]
Box 10, Item 2956-2958

Aviation, 1939

Note

[Pan American Airways christened at Reeves Field; Union Airport (Burbank).]
Box 11

Copy Prints (2959-3071n)

Box 11, Item 2959-2981

Aviation, 1940

Note

[Airplane construction; Douglas Aircraft plant; Vail Field; North American Aviation and Northrup.]
Box 11, Item 2982-2992

Aviation, 1940

Note

[Timm Aircraft plastic plane construction.]
Box 11, Item 2993-3002

Aviation, 1940

Note

[Airplane construction.]
Box 11, Item 3003-3006

Aviation, 1941

Note

[Cadets and mechanics; Bomber testing.]
Box 11, Item 3007-3011

Aviation, 1941

Note

[Women at work.]
Box 11, Item 3013-3022

Aviation, 1941

Note

[Vultee production line.]

Note

[No number 3012.]
Box 11, Item 3023-3031

Aviation, 1941

Note

[Vultee production line--final assembly.]
Box 11, Item 3032-3036

Aviation, 1941

Note

[Vultee aerospace plant.]
Box 11, Item  3037-3051

Aviation, 1941

Note

[Vultee P48; Vultee Vanguard; PT15s; Dedication of Long Beach plant; Hughes Aircraft plant construction; Flying officers; Flight tower operator.]
Box 11, Item 3052-3066

Aviation, 1942-1943, 1947

Note

[Army plane details; Vultee motor assembly line; California Military Academy demonstration; Army planes; Industrial plant near airport.]
Box 11, Item 3067-3071h

Aviation, 1943-1944

Note

[Army planes; Women at work; Plant operations; Interstate Aircraft El Segundo plant; Rohr airplane exhibit.]

Note

[For additional El Segundo aircraft images, see panoramic negative number 3146.]
Box 11, Item 3071i-3071n

Miscellaneous unidentified, undated

 

Unprinted negatives

Box 11, Negative 3119-3130

Liberty and Victory cargo vessels under construction, Victory troop transport under construction, April 30, 1943, January 6, 1944, January 24, 1944, February 7, 1944, February 24, 1944, September 30, 1944

 

Ephemera

Box 12

"Dick" Whittington Photography tape measure, approximately 1950s

Physical Description: 1.5 x 1.5 in.

Custodial History

The tape measure came from the estate of Orange Grove, California, radiologist Donald Bahr.

Scope and Content Note

Tape measure produced by “Dick” Whittington Photography studio that includes the studio “coat of arms” with the year “1924” and the studio name and telephone number embossed in red and gold enamel on a black enamel background.
 

Negatives and interpositives with corresponding prints

Physical Description: 27 boxes

Access Information

All negatives for the collection are housed in cold storage and access is restricted. Arrangements for viewing negatives must be made in advance with the Curator of Photographs.