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Title
Florida, Washington D.C., World's Fair, New York, 1939
Creator
Dick Whittington Studio
Date Created and/or Issued
1939
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
34 photographs of Florida, Washington D.C., and World's Fair, New York, 1939. "Subject: Florida, Wash[ington] D.C., Worlds Fair N[ew] Y[ork]
No. C9-1-6" -- on envelope. "#2: Miami Beach from Good Hotel
3 to 13: incl[uding] Homes & lagoons at Miami Beach
14, 15: Skyline of Miami, Florida
16, 17: The Silver Meteor Streamliner
18, 19: Florida Bayous
22: Potomac River, Wash[ington] D.C.
23: Washington D.C. Skyline
24: Philadelphia, PA Skyline
25: Trylon & Perisphere N.Y. Worlds Fair
26: British B[ui]ld[in]g N.Y. Worlds Fair
27: Statue in British B[ui]ld[in]g N.Y. Worlds Fair
28: Dick Whittington coat of arms
29: Wentworth coat of arms
31: Copy of photo British B[ui]ld[in]g, N.Y Worlds Fair
32, 33, 34: Scenes near British B[ui]ld[in]g Worlds Fair
35: French Flag - Tri-Color
No. C9-1-6" -- on sleeve.
Type
image
Format
34 photographs: b&w, negative, 35mm in envelope
B/W Nitrate
35mm
photographs
negatives
Identifier
whit-neh-74366
DW-SD-C9-01-06~02...~37
http://doi.org/10.25549/whit-m6000
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/DW-SD-C9-01-06~02.jpg
Subject
Beaches
Ocean
Women
Bodies of water
Men
Hotels
Automobiles
Boats and boating
Flags
Fairs
Exhibitions
Ships
Heraldry
Street photography
Railroad trains
Dwellings
Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.)
White House (Washington, D.C.)
Good Hotel
Clyde-Mallory Lines
Seaboard Railway
Meteor
Daily News
Atlantic White Flash
Whittington, Dick
Whittington, Richard
Duke, John
Humphrey
Talbot, John
Malory, Thomas
Fortescue, John
Beaufort, Margaret
Elphinstone, William
Wentworth, Thomas
Pym, John
Winthrop, John
Graham, James
Milton, John
Hyde, Edward
Penn, William
Wren, Christopher
Time Period
1939
Place
40.746172,-73.845083
38.889354,-77.035232
38.897346,-77.036521
FL
PA
NY
DC
Miami Beach
Miami
Philadelphia
New York City
Miami-Dade
New York
USA
monuments: Washington Monument
buildings: White House
Source
Job SD-C9-001-006 [Identifying Number]
University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
Relation
Dick" Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987
Archive bag no. 1
Box no. 44
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