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Title
Los Angeles Orphanage orphans play in a pile of taffy at the Nu-Pike, 1950
Creator
Perkins, Robert
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1950-10-02
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
Los Angeles Examiner Collection, 1920-1961
Rights Information
Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
USC Libraries Special Collections
University of Southern California
specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph. "First celebrants at the Greater Los Angeles Press Club's week-long celebration at the Long Beach Nu-Pike opening today are these girls from the Los Angeles Orphanage. They wallow in taffy. Proceeds from fete go to orphanage building fund." -- Examiner clipping attached to verso, dated 2 October 1950.
Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
examiner-m3164
EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-ORP-024
http://doi.org/10.25549/examiner-m3164
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-ORP-024.jpg
Subject
Daughters Of Charity
Los Angeles--City--Orphanages--Los Angeles Orphanage
Time Period
circa 1950-10-02
Place
-118.18505,33.88322
-118.06227,33.81957
-118.19072,33.73318
-118.22488,33.78985
California
Los Angeles Orphanage
Nupike Amusement Park
Los Angeles
Long Beach
USA
Source
3-1275-02805-5946 [Barcode]
EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-ORP-024 [Original Filename]
Subjects 316 [Print Box]
University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
Relation
Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961
Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961
examiner-m4404

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