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Don Lee TV Station, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles. 1941

Description: A woman in a bikini stands on the ladder of a pool being filmed by a man with a camera that has "Don Lee Television System" on the side. Another man in front of a standing microphone is looking at papers he is holding. The area around the pool lacks any grass or landscaping.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1941
Call number: photCL Whitt 1411 ; Whitt neg. 2301
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Newspaper printing, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1941

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Two men work on a printing press at the Los Angeles Times. One of the men stands on a raised platform and looks at printed pages which are feeding through the machine. The other man stands on the ground level below him and has his hand on a panel of large buttons.

photCL Whitt 1451 ; Whitt neg. 1228

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

Plant interior, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1937

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A man stands at a machine in the plant of the Los Angeles Times. The man's left hand is on a lever and his right hand holds a rag. The machine has numerous valves and levers, as well as a gauge of some kind.

photCL Whitt 1458 ; Whitt neg. 1579

Hollywood Bowl under construction, 2301 North Highland, Hollywood, Los Angeles. 1934

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A view from the stands of the Hollywood Bowl during construction. A few men are working on the central stage area, which has a long raised walkway to the hill behind it.

photCL Whitt 0779 ; Whitt neg. 0768

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

Laying gas lines, Southern California Gas Company, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. 1924

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Workers lay pipe for the Southern California Gas Company in Woodland Hills in Los Angeles. One man stands on the left with surveying equipment, another leans against a parked automobile, and six men with shovels and pick axes stand in a narrow trench on the right. Long pieces of pipe lay on the ground parallel to the trench. There is a domed church in the background.

photCL Whitt 1981 ; Whitt neg. 0017

Don Lee TV Station, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles. 1941

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