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Title
Opening of Hollywood Store, Los Angeles, CA, 1940
Creator
Dick Whittington Studio
Date Created and/or Issued
1940
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
"Dick" Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987
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
For uses other than private, contact USC Libraries Special Collections at the e-mail given
USC Libraries Special Collections
specol@usc.edu
Description
8 photographs of opening of Hollywood Store, Los Angeles, CA, 1940. "Date: Thurs[day]
Time: 8 PM
Operator: Jack
Meet: Mr. Scott- M[ana]g[e]r
For: Foreman & Clark
At: New Hollywood Store, cor[ner] Ivar & Hollywood
Job: Crowds, flowers, congratulations, etc., almost all 4x5 sy[ilg]
Deliver to: Foreman & Clark, Adv[ertising] Dep[artmen]t LA
Print Order: 1 ea[ch] 8x10 gl[ossy]" -- on card front. "Night: 2 1/2, No. of negs: 8
Illumination used: 4x5 flash
Charge to: Foreman & Clark, 7 Hill
Price quoted: reg[ular]" -- on card back. "Subject: Opening- Hollywood Store
Client: Foreman & Clark
Job: 03-14-119
Year: 1940
Original print order: 1 ea[ch], 1 #8, 1, 3, 7, 6, 4
Size: 8x10
Finish: gl[ossy]
Re-order: 2 ea[ch], 1 ea[ch] #6, 7, 8, 1 #8" -- on envelope front. "Photographer: Jack
Original photographs- Size: 8, 8x10 int[erior]
Amount: 20.00" -- on envelope back.
Type
image
Format
8 photographs: b&w, negative, 5x7 in. in envelope
B/W Safety
5x7 in.
photographs
negatives
Identifier
whit-neh-86241
DW-1940-03-14-119~01...~12
http://doi.org/10.25549/whit-m9527
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/DW-1940-03-14-119~01.jpg
Subject
Clothing and dress
Escalators
Staircases
Men
Stores, Retail
Women
Hollywood Store
Foreman & Clark
Scott
Jack
Time Period
1940
Place
34.101616,-118.328156
California
California, Southern
Hollywood Boulevard
Ivar Avenue
Los Angeles
USA
Source
Job 1940-003-014-119 [Identifying Number]
University of Southern California [Contributing entity]

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