Visual Materials

Mayfair Tract, Alhambra. 1929

Description: Four men in suits point at a large aerial view of Alhambra with the Mayfair Tract front and center, and adjacent land marks indicated. Two of the men are standing, one is sitting, and one is crouching. One of the standing men is supporting an oversized umbrella. In the background is a billboard for the Mayfair Tract.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1929
Call number: photCL Whitt 0458 ; Whitt neg. 0349
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China City, Los Angeles. 1940

Visual Materials

An alley in Los Angeles's China City. Two old men are standing outside of shops on either side of the alley, and a boy is pulling a rickshaw in which a girl with a paper umbrella is sitting. A line of lanterns are suspended between the buildings.

photCL Whitt 1012 ; Whitt neg. 1634

San Marino Tract development. 1926

Visual Materials

A man and woman stand in an empty lot of the San Marino Tract and look at house plans. Men with surveying equipment and lumber work on the tract, with already constructed houses in the background.

photCL Whitt 0413 ; Whitt neg. 0076

Midwick Tract development by Le Baron, Alhambra. 1927

Visual Materials

A slightly elevated panoramic view of the Midwick Tract in Alhambra during its development. There are several streets and houses already built, but the rest of the land is undeveloped.

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Midwick Tract development by Le Baron, Alhambra. 1927

Visual Materials

A slightly elevated panoramic view of the Midwick Tract in Alhambra during its development. There are four streets and as many houses, but the rest of the land is otherwise undeveloped. Already developed parts of Alhambra are in the background.

photCL Whitt 3092

Los Angeles Times, news desk and photographer, Los Angeles. 1941

Visual Materials

A man seated at a desk covered with proofs and newspapers speaks with two standing men at the Los Angeles Times. One of the standing men is wearing a three piece suit and hat and holding a paper that the seated man is pointing at with his pencil. The other man is shorter, wearing a dark two piece suit and rests his hand on a camera that is on the desk.

photCL Whitt 1442 ; Whitt neg. 1225

Riviera Tract, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles. 1926

Visual Materials

A street view of the office of the Frank Meline Co. in the California Riviera section of Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles. Five automobiles are parked in front of the office and six men are standing in pairs on the steps and the driveway in front of the building.

photCL Whitt 0659 ; Whitt neg. 0065

Mayfair Tract, Alhambra. 1929

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