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Title
Sidewalk in front of Texaco station, Wilshire Boulevard and South New Hampshire Avenue, 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
Photograph of sidewalk in front of Texaco service station, Los Angeles, CA, 1940. "Date: Wed[nesday]
Time: 10:30
Operator: Andy
Meet: Mr. Mitter [sic]
For: Maryland Casualty
At: Texaco Station, New Hampshire & Wilshire, [ilg] 0676
Job: Retake #03-72-1 from same position. Have Mr. Mittier place the signs exactly as they were where a woman fell last Dec[ember]
Deliver to: Place in envelope 03-72-1
Print order: 2- 8x10 gl[ossy] prints" -- on card 1 front. "Date: Sat[urday]
Operator: Joe
Meet: Mr. Mettier, Manager
At: Texaco Station- New Hampshire & Wilshire
Job: 1 shot where woman fell, Have manager put warning sign up by island as it was when woman fell on dec[ember] 1939. Shoot from east, show white lines on pavement & pump island nearest sidewalk, File, Lia 11819
Deliver to: Maryland Casualty Co[mpany]- Mr. Mathews
Print Order: 2- 8x10 gl[ossy]" -- on card 2 front. "Hours on job: Day, 1/2
No. of Negs.: 1" -- on card 2 back. "Subject: Sidewalk in front of Texaco station, File # Lia 11819
Client: Maryland Casualty, Mr. Mathews
Job: 03-9-72
Year: 1940
Original print order: 2
Size: 8x10
Finish: gl[ossy]
Mount: Full neg[ative]" -- on envelope front. "Photographer: Joe
Original photographs- Size: 1, 8x10
Amount: 2.50" -- 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-86220
DW-1940-03-09-72~01...~07
http://doi.org/10.25549/whit-m5473
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/DW-1940-03-09-72~01.jpg
Subject
Andy
Joe
Mathews
Mettier
Automobiles
Service stations
Maryland Casualty
Texaco
Time Period
1940
Place
34.061765,-118.292904
California
California, Southern
Los Angeles
USA
Wilshire Boulevard
South New Hampshire Avenue
Source
Job 1940-003-009-072 [Identifying Number]
University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
Relation
Dick" Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987
Archive bag no. 1
Box no. 53
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