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Title
Construction jobs, Consolidated Rock Co., Burbank, 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
Photograph of construction site with mixer truck, Burbank, CA, 1940. "Date: Friday
Time: 10 A.M.
Operator: Vannice
For: Consolidated Rock Co.
At: 905 San Fernando R[oa]d. Burbank
Job: 1 shot from on top of the office b[ui]ld[in]g showing the mixer truck and a couple of the buildings. (Buttress & McClellan, Conract), Then go to the Vega Job at Hollywood Way and Empire, 1 shot of the mixer truck and the structures in the background. In both of these shots - not close-ups of the trucks but shots of the construction with the mixer trucks in the picture
Deliver To: & Charge Consolidated Rock Co., Mr. Best
Print Order: 1 ea[ch] 8x10 gl[ossy]" -- on card front. "Hours on Job: Day: 2
No. of Neg[ative]s: 2
Illumination Used: ext[erior]" -- on card back. "Subject: Construction jobs at Menasco Plant, 905 San Fernando R[oa]d & Union Air Terminal (Vega job)
Client: Consolidated Rock Co., Mr. Best
Classifications: (also 8x10)
Original Print Order: 1 ea[ch], 25 #1
Size: 8x10
Finish: gl[ossy]
Year: 1940
Job: 08-2-13" -- on envelope front. "Operator's Report - Name: Dean
Original Photographs - Size: 2 - 8x10 ext[erior]
2 locations
Amount: 10.50" -- on envelope back.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph: b&w, negative, 5x7 in. in envelope
B/W Safety
5x7 in.
photographs
negatives
Identifier
whit-neh-94620
DW-1940-08-02-13~01...~05
http://doi.org/10.25549/whit-m5863
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/DW-1940-08-02-13~01.jpg
Subject
Best
Dean
Vannice
Consolidated Rock Co
Buttress & McClellan
Menasco
Union Air
Construction equipment
Building
Trucks
Men
Time Period
1940
Place
34.185862,-118.317138
905 San Fernando Road
North Hollywood Way
West Empire Avenue
Burbank
California
California, Southern
Los Angeles
USA
Source
Job 1940-008-002-013 [Identifying Number]
University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
Relation
Dick" Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987
Archive bag no. 3
Box no. 58
image/tiff

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