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Mid-City Cut Rate Drug Store, 3773 South Western, Los Angeles. approximately 1941

Description: A view from the sidewalk of the Mid-City Cut Rate Drug Store at 3773 South Western in Los Angeles. The display windows are full of merchandise and signs advertising deals on soap, tooth paste, rubbing alcohol, whiskey, and candy bars, among other things. Outside of the building there are two mailboxes and a coin operated scale. A billboard on the left side of the building advertises for Old Guide Whiskey.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1941
Call number: photCL Whitt 1302 ; Whitt neg. 1850
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Mid-City Cut Rate Drug Store, 3773 South Western, Los Angeles. 1940-1941

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The interior of Mid-City Cut Rate Drug Store, located at 3773 South Western in Los Angeles. There are four employees, two men and two women. One man is standing next to a hot water bottle display while the other three are standing behind counters along the sides of the store. Merchandise such as candy, paper goods, and soda are displayed in the shopping area, while medicine and alcohol are displayed on shelves behind the counters.

photCL Whitt 1304 ; Whitt neg. 1849

See’s Candy Co., 519 West Washington, Los Angeles. 1931

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A street view of See's Candy Co. at 519 West Washington in Los Angeles. The company is housed in a two story brick building with awnings over the upper windows and a storefront on the left of the ground floor. A delivery truck and motorcycle are parked on the street outside.

photCL Whitt 1348 ; Whitt neg. 0553

Liquor shop, Jonathan Club, 545 South Figueroa, Los Angeles. 1937

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The liquor shop area in the Jonathan Club at 545 South Figueroa in Los Angeles. Shelves on the right are accessible to customers and hold a variety of gins, rums, whiskeys, champagnes and more. A glass counter and displays behind the glass counter hold more costly bottles of alcohol. A large wooden cash register sits behind the counter.

photCL Whitt 1469 ; Whitt neg. 1576

See's Candy Co., 519 West Washington, Los Angeles. 1931

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Two women work at candy making stations in See's Candy Co., located at 519 West Washington in Los Angeles. They are both wearing white uniforms and caps with "Quality first" stitched along the front. The nearer woman has what looks like a tray of cherries and a bowl of white stuff for dipping at her left hand, and a sheet with drying candies at her right. There are two trays of completed candies on the front of the table.

photCL Whitt 1350 ; Whitt neg. 0543

Fire damage in China City, Los Angeles. 1939

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Elevated view of fire damage in Los Angeles's China City. A long low building has almost completely collapsed and is full of burned timer. The neighboring brick building is also burned. Los Angeles City Hall is visible in the distance on the right.

photCL Whitt 1010 ; Whitt neg. 1623

Cartoonist, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1941

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A man is seated at a tilted desk, working on a cartoon for the Los Angeles Times. Drawing materials are on a short, small cabinet, and newspaper clippings with images of Uncle Sam are at the top of the desk. The cartoon shows Uncle Sam holding a newspaper the has "Free Press" on it in large font. This is presumably Bruce Russell, whose signature is at the bottom of the cartoon.

photCL Whitt 1445 ; Whitt neg. 1233

Mid-City Cut Rate Drug Store, 3773 South Western, Los Angeles. approximately 1941

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