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Description
5 photographs of daily life in an apartment complex, 2901 East Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 1940. "Date: Mon[day] Time: 9 A.M. Operator: Vannice & Brown Meet: Harry Bennet For: Wyvernwood At: Wyvernwood Job: Bennett is making a photo album. 3 Models to meet you at 10 A.M. at tract office. One man, one woman, one child. Shoot to[sic] layouts. Take graflex for possible action. All day Take plenty globes and assistant Deliver to: Bennett. Dorothy Jay Southworth Print Order: 1 ea[ch] 8x10 gl[ossy]" -- on card front. "Hours on Job: Day: 7 Illumination Used: 14 ext[erior], 6 int[erior] flash bulbs" -- on card back. "Subject: Living in Wyvernwood Agency: Elwood Robinson Adv[ertising] Agency, Mr. Harry Bennett Client: Wyvernwood Classifications: also 8x10 #1 to 13 inc. are 8x10s Original Print Order: 2 #1, 1 ea[ch] #2 to 20 Size: 8x10 Finish: gl[ossy], sw. dull Re-Order: 1 #20, 3-#20 Size: 8x10, 8 1/2 x 11" -- on envelope front. "Operator's Report-Name: Dean & Andy Original Photographs-Size: 20 - 8x10 (6 int[erior] 14 ext[erior]), inc[lude] models etc, special messenger 8.50 Model [Name]: Barry Bradford = 7.50, Dorothy Southworth 10.00, Paul Spinner 5.00 Amount: $100.00" -- on envelope back. Wyvernwood Housing, a garden apartment complex located at 2901 East Olympic Boulevard, was designed in 1939. Privately funded through Federal Housing Administration loans and privately owned, it still exists (as of August 2014). Wyvernwood was the first housing project of its kind in Southern California. Architects: David J. Witmer and Loyall F. Watson. Landscape Architect: Hammond Sadler. General Contractor: Lindgren and Swinerton. [Biography]
Type
image
Format
5 photographs: b&w, negative, 5x7 in. in envelope B/W Safety 5x7 in. photographs negatives
Apartments Children Men Women Flowers Toys Sports Sports facilities Baseball fields Baseball Vannice Brown Bennett, Harry Southworth, Dorothy Jay Dean Andy Bradford, Barry Spinner, Paul Wyvernwood Apartments Elwood Robinson Advertising Agency
Time Period
1940
Place
2901 East Olympic Boulevard 34.022565,-118.215322 California California, Southern Los Angeles USA
Source
Job 1940-007-022-105 [Identifying Number] University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
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