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Title
Fallen "H", Hollywoodland sign
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1947
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
The huge size of the toppled H in the Hollywoodland sign is shown, by comparison with Radio Singer Jane Webb. A fuss has been stirred up in the City Council about either restoring the H or removing the entire sign. Photo dated April 12, 1947.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00041562
Herald Examiner Collection
HE Box 4392
CARL0000045937
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/13335
Subject
Hollywood Sign (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Signs and signboards--California--Los Angeles
Mountains--California, Southern
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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