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Title
Home - 6437 Drexel Avenue, Carthay Center, Los Angeles, CA, 1927
Creator
Dick Whittington Studio
Date Created and/or Issued
1927
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
Historical notes: This house went into auction on August 2, 1927. The auctioneer was W. Dwight Hammond. According to an auction announcement, the house was a "Flemish-type" 7-room stucco home. It also had a built-in telephone stand and desk, lots of closets, etc. "Buy at your own price", said the advertisement. [Biography]
Photograph of house at 6437 Drexel Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 1927. "77-27-74
1927
Dwight Hammond
Home - 6437 Drexel, Carthay Center" -- on envelope.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph: b&w, negative, 5x7 in. in envelope
B/W Nitrate
5x7 in.
photographs
negatives
Identifier
whit-neh-69910
DW-1927-77-27-74~01...~03
http://doi.org/10.25549/whit-m7710
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/DW-1927-77-27-74~01.jpg
Subject
Dwellings
Hammond, Dwight
Time Period
1927
Place
34.069143,-118.368709
6437 Drexel Avenue
California
California, Southern
Los Angeles
USA
Source
Job 1927-077-027-074 [Identifying Number]
University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
Relation
Dick" Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987
Archive bag no. 1
Box no. 38
image/tiff

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