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Depression
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Approx. 25 items: LAT article copies - one packet in plastic sleeve focuses on "Stock Market Crash, 1929," another on "Depression, 1931 - 1933," with subjects such as "jobless wanderers," camps for transients, "bonus" armies, etc. Other clips are from as late as 1936.
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Theaters - Los Angeles
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Approx. 12 items: a selection of clips on the history, operation or restoration of classic theaters in Los Angeles. Notable items: small theater "programme," 7/1910, "Olympic Theatre - Main St. between 4th & 6th" ; booklet, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra - Symphony Magazine, 3/1962 ; tear sheet, Westways, 7/1961, "Theaters under the stars" ; reprint from Southern California Quarterly, 9/1965, "Requiem for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Auditorium" ; tear sheet, LAT?, 1967?, "Movie theaters seemed like palaces back in 1917" ; clip, Downtown News, 12/2/1985, "Some old Playbills, a few gags, the B&Ws" ; LAT reprint, from 5/14/1981 edition, "Theater in Los Angeles...the roots run deep" ; gold folder w/ sunburst on cover, contains promotional material and news clips on the refurbishment of the Mayan Theater and adjacent entertainment venues, 1991.
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Press - Freedom of - Clippings
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Approx. 50 items: LAT clips and reprints plus tear sheets from Time and Wall St. Journal on press freedom. Notable items: complete issue, The Review of Southern California Journalism, 12/1972, lead story - "It can happen here - ask Bill Farr" (the LAT reporter jailed for refusing to reveal a source to a judge) ; reprint, Time, 7/8/1974, "The Press..fair of foul" ; LAT, bound reprints, 4/1976, series title, "Free trial and free press...on a collision course."
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Commerce and Industry (1 of 2)
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Approx. 35 items: article clips and copies from LAT, Downtown News, informal multi-page reports, some undated and with no attribution, ephemera related to commerce and industry in greater Los Angeles; (in plastic sleeve) very early LAT clips on the subjects, 1913 - 1932; investment letter (ad) for James R. Miller & Company, 1934; complete issue, Pacific Business, 3-4/1975; complete issue, Counter Talk (May Co.), 6/4/1976; booklet, Pacific Lighting Corp. - A Century of Commitment, 1886 - 1986; booklet, From Agriculture to Aerospace (L.A. Area Chamber of Commerce), 1988. Split into two folders.
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Commerce and Industry (2 of 2)
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Approx. 35 items: article clips and copies from LAT, Downtown News, informal multi-page reports, some undated and with no attribution, ephemera related to commerce and industry in greater Los Angeles; (in plastic sleeve) very early LAT clips on the subjects, 1913 - 1932; investment letter (ad) for James R. Miller & Company, 1934; complete issue, Pacific Business, 3-4/1975; complete issue, Counter Talk (May Co.), 6/4/1976; booklet, Pacific Lighting Corp. - A Century of Commitment, 1886 - 1986; booklet, From Agriculture to Aerospace (L.A. Area Chamber of Commerce), 1988. Split into two folders.
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Corporate Building
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Approx. 20 items: LAT clip copy, 8/13/1958, on planting of trees at Times Mirror Square; 18-pp. "invitation list for opening of Times Mirror Corporate offices in New York," revised list, 5/11/1964; LAT clip copy, 5/29/1969, "Times Mirror to build 6-story addition to downtown square"; more clips on previous story; tear sheet, 6/1973, Progress, "Cornerstones of the West," on LAT buildings over the years; related brochures and other ephemera about TMS from 1970s; complete issue of Progress, 6/1973, reprint (2 cps.) from Interiors, 7/1974, "an atrium at the top," on TM's exec offices; tear sheet, 4/11/1978, Civic Center News, "The metamorphosis of First and Spring."
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