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Mid-City Cut Rate Drug Store, 3773 South Western, Los Angeles. 1940-1941

Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1940-1941
Call number: photCL Whitt 1304 ; Whitt neg. 1849
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Mid-City Cut Rate Drug Store, 3773 South Western, Los Angeles. approximately 1941

Visual Materials

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.

photCL Whitt 1302 ; Whitt neg. 1850

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

China City, Los Angeles. 1940

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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

Setting the press, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1941

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Two men work on a press at the Los Angeles Times. One of the men is bending over, setting a block of text in the machine for printing. The second man stands behind him and holds a lever on the machine.

photCL Whitt 1449 ; Whitt neg. 1230

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

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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

Making toys for Christmas, May Co., Broadway and 8th, Los Angeles. 1929

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A view of a toy workshop at the May Co. department store at Broadway and 8th in Los Angeles. Three men in overalls are working in a room with two large windows and shelves lined with cans of paint and lacquer. One of the men is painting the roof of a doll house, another is working on a wooden horse, and the third is spray painting a small wicker chair.

photCL Whitt 1281 ; Whitt neg. 0374

Mid-City Cut Rate Drug Store, 3773 South Western, Los Angeles. 1940-1941

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