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

Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1931
Call number: photCL Whitt 1350 ; Whitt neg. 0543
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See’s Candy Co., 519 West Washington, Los Angeles. 1931

Visual Materials

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

Steam refined loaf sugar candies and sugar plums. Stewart & Co

Visual Materials

Image of a price list for Stewart & Company confectioners of New York, New York; lists of candies including stick, drops, sugar plums, gum drops, cough candy, and chocolate varieties with American Flag at top left; additional advertising for Stewart & Company's importing of Cuban, American, and German cigars; fig and grape-based confections from Oriental Confectionery advertised at bottom center flanked by star and crescent moon silhouettes.

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Typesetting, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1937

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Men in aprons and rolled shirt sleeves work at setting type at the Los Angeles Times. The men work at desks and machines and draw their letters from trays arranged around the room.

photCL Whitt 1460 ; Whitt neg. 1581

Los Angeles's first drive-in theater, 10860 West Pico, Los Angeles. 1934

Visual Materials

A slightly raised view of two long lines of automobiles waiting to get in to the first drive-in theater in Los Angeles at 10860 West Pico. There is a ticket booth in the bottom right corner, and two young men dressed in white speaking to the drivers of the automobiles at the front of the lines. Across the street there is a grocery store called "Green Spray Market".

photCL Whitt 0867 ; Whitt neg. 1504

May Co., Broadway and 8th, Los Angeles. 1929

Visual Materials

An interior view of a department of the May Co. department store, located at Broadway and 8th in Los Angeles. It looks like a printing shop, with presses in front of the windows on the right and stacks of paper around the room. Three men and a woman work at the presses on the right and three women work at desks on the left.

photCL Whitt 1276 ; Whitt neg. 0380

United Artists Theatre free car giveaway, 606 East Colorado, Pasadena. 1936

Visual Materials

Street view of the United Artists Theatre at 606 East Colorado. A large crowd is gathered in front of the theater for a drawing for a 1936 Plymouth sedan. The marquee reads "Free tonite - New 1936 Plymouth Sedan - Free tonite ; Barbara Stanwyck - "The Bride Walks Out"." A sign below the marquee advertises for "San Francisco" starring Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, and Spencer Tracy. Next to the theater is a See's Candies shop.

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

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